Title:A FORT ON THE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 179
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of Normandy Company, the East and West Riding Regiment (TA), visit one of the large number of border forts being built along Iraq's borders by Coalition forces.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars
00:00:46 Convoy arrives at the fort. Iraqi flag flies above the new, turreted fort building.
00:01:42 Members of the Bureau of Border Inspections (BBI) (part of the Department of Border Enforcement) smile and laugh for the camera.
00:02:39 The door of the fort is unlocked. British soldiers keep watch outside.
00:03:01 Shot from roof of the fort (with minaret-style watchtower) across the river where the Iranian border fort can be seen in the middle distance. On the roof, British soldier keeps guard next to Iraq flag. Members of the BBI stand by. Second British soldier watches.
00:06:26 Interior shots of the fort, which, being newly occupied, is quite spartan. Packing crates stand by waiting to be opened, along with building materials and other items.
00:07:24 Main gate of fort: British and Iraqi personnel leave to go on patrol. Land Rovers drive away.
END 00:09:19
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 179
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-04-28
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Rose (POA [Phot]) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, East and West Riding Regiment, Normandy Company (regiment/service)
Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement, Bureau of Border Inspections (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: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 9 mins
