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
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])