OPERATIONAL DROP OF SUPPLIES BY HERCULES C130J TO THE LIGHT DRAGOONS IN AL MUTHANNA, SOUTHERN IRAQ, 5 JUNE 2005 (ORIGINAL) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATIONAL DROP OF SUPPLIES BY HERCULES C130J TO THE LIGHT DRAGOONS IN AL MUTHANNA, SOUTHERN IRAQ, 5 JUNE 2005 (ORIGINAL) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 200
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Routine supply drop to members of Task Force Eagle (the Light Dragoons, although they are not seen) in remote areas of Al Muthanna Governate.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:47 Various shots of the C130J parked on the runway at Basra Air Station; inside, the pallet of supplies is secured into place. Aircraft is fuelled and prepared. 00:02:50 Pre-flight briefing by Flight Lieutenant Tim Jones; "airborne in 35 minutes". 00:04: 20 Scenes the hold of the aircraft; one of the soldiers (a woman) waves to the camera. Reverse angle shot shows loadmasters position. Soldiers prepare for take off, strapping themselves in. Various pallets can be seen; they are prepped. Aircrew wait for drop zone. 00:08:52 Rear doors open and ramp is lowered; pallets are moved forward and pushed out one by one at different locations. 00:16:20 Camera moves towards the rear of the aircraft and observes the pallet falling towards the bleak landscape below, with two parachutes slowing its descent. This is followed by shaky views on board the aircraft. 00:17:03 Aircrew carry out general duties after the drops. 00:17:13 Shot through side window showing the aircraft's shadow on the desert below, also loadmaster with red control in his hand. 00:18:17 Cockpit shots, including controls and pilot's head-up display screen. 00:23:36 Cockpit views as the aircraft comes in to land at Basra. 00:25:43 Interview on tarmac with Flight Lieutenant Tim Jones, Hercules pilot, discussing the supply drop; "we have the reach that other assets do not have". 00:30:35 Second interview with Flight Lieutenant Jones, this time sat in the cockpit, giving specifics of the mission and the use of the C130J. END 00:34:33
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 200
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2005-06-05
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Jones, Tim (person) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) British Army, Light Dragoons (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography) Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme) 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: 34 mins
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    BFV 200

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    BFV 201 (OPERATIONAL DROP OF SUPPLIES BY HERCULES C130J TO THE LIGHT DRAGOONS IN AL MUTHANNA, SOUTHERN IRAQ, 5 JUNE 2005 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title]) BFV 474 (OPERATIONAL DROP OF SUPPLIES BY HERCULES C130J TO THE LIGHT DRAGOONS IN AL MUTHANNA, SOUTHERN IRAQ, 5 JUNE 2005 (DUB) [Allocated Title])
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