Title:CAMP UR, TALLIL, 4 JULY 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 212
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes of life at Camp Ur at Tallil, near An Nasiriyah, Iraq, which houses the army's Regional Training Centre. Scenes include contact drills, football, accommodation, fall in, training courses etc.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:12 Interview with Lieutenant Commander Richard Magnus of the King's Royal Hussars at the Regional Training Centre; behind him are soldiers carrying out a platoon attack. He describes the twelve-week training course for the Iraqi Army.
00:02:31 Soldiers carry out infantry attack and contact drills. One soldier falls "dead" for the camera. Soldiers advance.
00:08:59 Football match at Camp Ur (Brits and Iraqis).
00:13:18 Administration at Camp Ur; staged interview between officers and man in civilian clothes (all in Arabic).
00:17:29 Exterior of accommodation blocks with Iraqi flag flying. Outside, soldiers fall in for inspection. Marching off.
00:29:26 Interior of accommodation blocks: corridors and dormitories (with air conditioning. Lights are switched on. Kit inspection. Staircases, notice board.
00:31:48 Sign on door saying "Security Course" in English and Arabic; shots of the (desk-based) course (this session explaining the role of the provost sergeant in the military police).
00:36:23 Administration course session (British instructor, translated), plus what appears to be an anatomy lesson (Iraqi tutor).
END 00:44:29
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 212
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-07-04
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Magnus, Richard (person)
British Army, King's Royal Hussars (regiment/service)
Iraqi Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Ur, Tallil, 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: 44 mins
