MASTER DRIVER VIDEO FOOTAGE TAKEN AT SHAIBAH LOGISTICS BASE, 22 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MASTER DRIVER VIDEO FOOTAGE TAKEN AT SHAIBAH LOGISTICS BASE, 22 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 240
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Footage of heavy goods vehicle drivers at work in and around Shaibah, shot for use in a video about military driving.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars 00:00:54 Exterior shots of large eight-wheeled heavy duty truck (DROPS vehicle). Engineers check the tyres and the cab, and ensure that the Webley Eagle armoury pads (used for blast protection on the front of the cab) are bolted securely into place. 00:06:24 TIMECODE RESET. 00:00:00 Close-ups of tyres as the thick treads are inspected. Wheel hubs are also checked, as is the cap on the petrol tank. Filter is removed from side panel and emptied of sand before being replaced. 00:03:27 Engine inspection: oil and water checks. All indicator lights and headlights are tested. 00:07:37 Truck is driven along road at Shaibah and into container park, followed by a second vehicle (without blast protection). 00:10:10 General views of container park, with a variety of articulated vehicles. Large Terex Stacker movers load containers onto the back of flatbed trucks. The two DROPs trucks drive into position and have containers loaded onto them by the Stacker. The containers are chained into place. 00:21:35 Refuelling point: petrol tankers drive past and park. Tanker and Bedford (?) DROPS vehicle on the move. 00:24:22 Road safety and transport briefing (with map) for drivers at the container park. Close-up of route card: "CAN to SLB via Hexagon/Scorpion/Bone/Heart". 00:29:47 Armoury housed in ISO container: personal weapons are issued. 00:32:04 Vehicles are prepared prior to departure; cab-mounted guns are checked. Interior shots of cab as driver climbs on board and stows his kit. 00:36:32 Vehicles line up prior to departure (shot from inside watchtower). Top cover gunners check their weapons. 00:38:39 Soldiers at unloading point prepare their weapons by carrying out unloading drills. 00:42:03 Driver and passenger get into cab and put on their seat belts. Soldiers stand nearby. END 00:45:30
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 240
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2005-08-22
  • 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, Royal Logistic Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Shaibah Logistics Base, Shaibah, 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: 51 mins [sic]
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 240

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 241 (MASTER DRIVER VIDEO FOOTAGE TAKEN AT SHAIBAH LOGISTICS BASE, 22 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 340 (MASTER DRIVER VIDEO FOOTAGE TAKEN AT SHAIBAH LOGISTICS BASE, 22 AUGUST 2005 (DUB) [Allocated Title])
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