FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 42 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 42 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 171
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Eagle VCP operations with members of the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Iraqi Police Tactical Support Unit (TSU) outside Basra.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:44 Soldiers gather near their Snatch Land Rovers. 00:01:12 Chinook helicopter flies in and lands. Soldiers embark. Exterior shot as the helicopter takes off. 00:03:37 Members of the TSU crouch on the road, watched by British soldiers (Royal Regiment of Wales). Cluster of British soldiers discuss tactics. 00:05:58 Puma helicopter flies in to pick up the section, landing on the roadside near the Shatt al-Arab. 00:06:28 Members of the TSU are given final briefing as they line up to board helicopter (not the Puma: this has now gone and the landing point is unoccupied). 00:07:22 Chinook flies in and lands at roadside; the section embark. Shots onboard the helicopter in flight, with the soldiers sat on the benches. Rear door gunner keeps watch. General views of interior. 00:11:35 Helicopter lands and soldiers disembark. 00:12:07 Aerial shots of Basra (bridges across the Shatt) and views through rear door as Chinook lands; door is lowered and second group of soldiers and TSU members disembark. They kneel on open ground, guns raised. 00:13:17 Vehicle checkpoint on busy road outside Basra. Members of the TSU stop and search selected vehicles. Traffic is monitored by British and Iraqi personnel. 00:18:16 Briefing of TSU members by British soldier at roadside. 00:18:49 Street scenes: vehicles, group of women. Further cars are searched. Brief words with British soldier. Checkpoint continues; large piece of metal barrier is removed from the carriageway. Soldiers talk to local people. 00:24:12 Preparations to board Chinook; helicopter arrives and they board. Group are swiftly deployed top another location where they disembark and set up a snap VCP; TSU search cars, drivers and passengers. 00:31:07 Brief interview with member of TSU followed by further checkpoint scenes. British soldiers look at map and discuss the situation. 00:35:06 Chinook arrives and flies the section to the next location, where they disembark. END 00:37:10
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 171
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-01-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) (regiment/service) Iraqi Police Service, Tactical Support Unit (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) British Army post-2000 (theme) Iraq post-2003 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Mini-DV Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 63
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 171

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 106 (EAGLE VEHICLE CHECKPOINT OPERATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF 20 BRIGADE AND THE IRAQI POLICE TACTICAL SUPPORT UNIT (TSU), BASRA AREA (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title])
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