Title:BOWMAN RADIO FOOTAGE, AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 243
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes taken at Shaibah Logistics Base, Az Zubayr and Basra during communications trials with the Bowman digital battlefield radio system.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars
00:00:40 Convoy codenamed "Operation Carriage" en route to Basra; heavy transport accompanied by Snatch Land Rovers of 3 Logistic Support Regiment.
00:05:52 Extended close-up of computer monitor at Headquarters which shows the movements of the convoy, as tracked by Bowman, on a digital map as it heads towards Basra. The locations of other operations and units can also be seen on the map. A dialogue box is briefly opened to update details on Operation Carriage.
00:16:45 Map zooms in to show closer detail as the Operation Carriage convoy passes near Al Harith.
00:19:00 Patrol (three Snatch Land Rovers) leaves camp.
00:20:00 Foot patrol with vehicle support on the streets (Az Zubayr ?). Troops use man portable Bowman units in their back packs for communications on the ground. The radio's aerials extend several feet above their bergens.
00:22:38 Sergeant Culshaw, patrol leader, carries out a radio check.
00:24:20 Interview with Sergeant Culshaw about the practical use of Bowman.
00:28:22 Interview with Sergeant Andrew Carter at headquarters, the Bowman System Manager for the Battalion
00:33:40 Shots of portable Bowman units in a storage rack. Sergeant Carter at work with the radio system.
00:40:17 Large permanent Bowman aerials outside headquarters.
END 00:42:44
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 243
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-08-28
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: Culshaw (Sergeant) (person)
Carter, Andrew (person)
British Army, 1 Mechanised Brigade, 3 Logistic Support Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Shaibah Logistics Base, Shaibah, Iraq (geography)
Az Zubayr, 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: 42 mins
