CAMP ABU NAJI, AL-AMARAH, 2 AUGUST 2005 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CAMP ABU NAJI, AL-AMARAH, 2 AUGUST 2005 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 224
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: General views of Camp Abu Naji; also briefings for Operation Tomahawk and Operation Talisman.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:36 Views of the memorial garden, with white walls, wooden cross and memorial plaques. 00:02:16 Cut-away shot of the flag of 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment 00:02:52 Fountain in the memorial garden. 00:03:23 Warrior armoured vehicles on the move. 00:04:27 Sentry at the main gate uses large mounted binoculars to survey the landscape; gunner keeps watch. Soldiers keep watch. 00:07:52 Sentry searchers local workers near the entrance to the camp. 00:09:11 Further view of sentry, close-up of shoulder flash for 12th Mechanised Brigade. 00:09:34 Warrior park: vehicles under cover and in the open. 00:10:47 Members of O Group receive a briefing by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Williams, Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment, for Operation Tomahawk, an operation in Maysan province: members of the group introduce themselves, before the formal briefing takes place. 00:27:34 Members of the Tactical Support Unit (TSU) discuss an operation codenamed Talisman with British officer. END 00:30:36
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 224
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2005-08-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: 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: 30 mins
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