OPERATIONAL DROP OF SUPPLIES BY HERCULES C130J TO THE LIGHT DRAGOONS IN AL MUTHANNA, SOUTHERN IRAQ, 5 JUNE 2005 (MASTER EDIT) [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 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 201
  • 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 02:10:36 Black screen and bars. 02:11:00 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. 02:11:38 Pre-flight briefing by Flight Lieutenant Tim Jones. 02:12:10 Scenes the hold of the aircraft. Various pallets can be seen; they are prepped. Aircrew wait for drop zone. 02:12:47 Rear doors open and ramp is lowered; pallets are moved forward and pushed out one by one at different locations. 02:15:32 Pallet falls towards the bleak landscape below, with two parachutes slowing its descent. Shot of loadmaster with red control in his hand followed by cockpit shots, including controls and pilot's head-up display screen. 02:16:49 Cockpit views as the aircraft comes in to land at Basra. 02:17:09 Interview on tarmac with Flight Lieutenant Tim Jones, Hercules pilot, discussing the supply drop. 02:22:00 Second interview with Flight Lieutenant Jones, this time sat in the cockpit. END 02:23:38
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 201
  • 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: 13 mins
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    BFV 201

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    BFV 200 (OPERATIONAL DROP OF SUPPLIES BY HERCULES C130J TO THE LIGHT DRAGOONS IN AL MUTHANNA, SOUTHERN IRAQ, 5 JUNE 2005 (ORIGINAL) [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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