Title:OPERATION CODSALL, BASRA, AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 230
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Briefing at the Shatt al-Arab Hotel for Operation Codsall; members of the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) and the Tactical Support Unit (TSU) are present.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:30 Map laid out on the floor for use in Operation Codsall, giving a plan of the target area; also aerial photographs.
00:00:55 Briefing for Operation Codsall using map and photos (no sound). Iraqi personnel (Iraqi Police Service and Tactical Support Unit) and British personnel (1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment) are present. Salient features on the map are pointed out using a snooker cue.
00:10:02 After the briefing, personnel inspect aerial photographs of such features as an athletic field.
END 00:10:47
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 230
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-08-09
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
McIvor, Mac (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service, Tactical Support Unit (regiment/service)
Keywords: Shatt al-Arab Hotel, Basra, 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: 10 mins
