THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT TRAINING MEMBERS OF THE IRAQI ARMY AT CAMP CONDOR, 2 OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT TRAINING MEMBERS OF THE IRAQI ARMY AT CAMP CONDOR, 2 OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 258
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Training includes contact drills, use of the Warrior armoured vehicle and FIBUA (fighting in built-up areas).
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:30 Scenes showing members of the Iraqi Army carrying out contact drills (firing at unseen enemy) on the ranges at Camp Condor under the tutelage of British mentors. Soldiers also practice advancing over terrain under fire. Posed shots. They walk off the range.(No sound during this sequence.) 00:07:33 Close-ups of damage to old Iraqi concrete bunkers which still stand at the camp: holes in the wall reveal a tangle of rebar. In the distance, Iraqi Army members walk to Warrior vehicles. (No sound). 00:08:25 British instructors from the Staffordshire Regiment walk towards the camera. 00:08:48 Close-up of the interior of the ruined bunker, where bats are nesting; one crawls down the wall then takes off in flight (despite it being broad daylight). 00:09:49 Staffordshire Regiment Warrior vehicles on road: panning shot across to bunkers. One of the Warriors drives off. 00:11:12 Iraqi Army and British Army personnel liaise. Iraqi Army soldiers approach. They stand in a line and have their weapons cleared by British instructor, who speaks to them through interpreter. The soldiers march off. (Poor sound.) 00:14:30 Soldiers line up to receive a lesson in safety when using the Warrior vehicle. Interior views of the Warrior; escape procedures through the mortar hatch. Further shots from top of Warrior as the training session continues. 00:19:50 Abrupt cut to a practical assault demonstration; three soldiers in prone position crawl towards the camera; nearby are more soldiers. Warrior drives past and soldiers climb on board. 00:21:31 Soldiers line up and are briefed prior to Warrior training. British soldier carries a radio in a backpack covered in a high visibility jackets. Iraqis load their personal weapons with blank ammunition; others talk with instructors. Close-up of soldier wearing sun goggles. 00:24:35 Iraqi section practices a dismount and assault from Warrior as others watch; British instructors in high visibility jackets watch. The soldiers remount the Warrior. Soldiers gather for further training. Shots of Warrior manoeuvring and advancing at speed. Further assault practice 00:33:40 Soldiers gather for next phase of training, involving the assault of buildings and apprehension of insurgents. (No buildings are actually used; instead, white tape marks where the walls would be, and cut-out targets stand in for the "insurgents". Troops advance through the "house" 00:42:08 Second FIBUA exercise, this time the target is a concrete bunker. (Abrupt end.) END 00:42:30
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 258
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2005-10-02
  • 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: Iraqi Army (regiment/service) British Army, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Camp Condor, Al Amarah, 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
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 258

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 259 (THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT TRAINING MEMBERS OF THE IRAQI ARMY AT CAMP CONDOR, 2 OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 353 (THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT TRAINING MEMBERS OF THE IRAQI ARMY AT CAMP CONDOR, 2 OCTOBER 2005 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title])
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