Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 46 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 175
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Training day with members of 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, Iraq (continued).
Description: START 00:00:00 Camouflaged Land Rovers drive across the desert. Interior shot show soldiers sitting. Roadside view of Moving Land Rovers.
00:00:41 Land Rovers park on desert ranges; soldier looks through binoculars. Other soldiers prepare for range work (targets can be seen in the middle distance. Individuals fire at targets from prone and crouched positions.
00:02:16 Low angle shot of ranges with targets in distance and gun on the ground before the camera. Soldiers walk past.
00:02:50 Further range activities: preparation and firing as instructor watches. Close-ups of soldiers as they fire their weapons. Spotter with tripod.
00:10:11 Firing practice with automatic weapons. Close-ups of guns.
00:13:35 Long shot of firing range from behind Land Rover, followed by close-ups of further target practice. Sniper with camouflaged rifle (as seen on previous tape) takes aim; a second soldier also fires.
00:17:05 Group of paras pose for photographs on the wreckage of an old Iraqi tank. Close-ups of the wreckage, which is spread over an area. Soldiers stand nearby.
00:17:55 Interview with para in his beret.
00:20:02 Preparation of tea using water boiled in a mess tin.
00:20:30 Long shots of Land Rovers on the range, followed by poor quality shots (camera being shaken).
00:21:46 Land Rovers with soldiers on top cover drive down range road past wreckage. Parking at roadside, they carry out contact drills before driving away.
00:24:53 Poor quality shots (camera being put down on its side without being turned off (Land Rover in view).
00:26:03 Soldiers on rocky ridge.
00:27:02 General views of routine activities of the soldiers near their Land Rovers. Paras give short pieces to camera.
END 00:36:44
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 175
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-01-19
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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; Running time: 36 mins
