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
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 224
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
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