Title:BOWMAN RADIO FOOTAGE, AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 242
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes taken at HQ Multinational Division South East at Basra Air Station during communications trials with the Bowman digital battlefield radio system.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:42 Troops in office at Divisional HQ.
00:01:21 Interview with Major Rupert Jones about Bowman's contribution the modern army.
00:03:44 Major Jones operates the Bowman radio in office.
00:04:38 Interview with Major Richard Spencer.
00:10:06 Interview with Warrant Officer 2 Lee Davis, who discusses the impact of Bowman.
00:13:46 General views of Bowman radio equipment and its keypad in operation.
00:16:05 Close-ups of computer monitor which triangulates Bowman users on a map.
00:16:29 Interview with Captain Johnny Porter.
00:18:42 Troops using Bowman in the back of a Snatch Land Rover.
00:21:20 Signaller Colman discusses the functionality (and some of the teething problems) with Bowman.
00:26:16 Further scenes of Bowman in action (no sound).
00:27:47 Interview with Signaller Skarratts who compares Bowman (favourably) with its predecessor Clansman.
00:32:26 Interview with Sergeant Andy Carr.
END 00:36:13
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 242
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-08-27
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: Jones, Rupert (person)
Spencer, Richard (person)
Davis, Lee (person)
Porter, Johnny (person)
Colman (Signaller) (person)
Skarratts (Signaller) (person)
Carr, Andy (person)
British Army, Royal Corps of Signals (regiment/service)
British Army, 1 Mechanised Brigade, 3 Logistic Support Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: 32 mins
