Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: At night, soldiers gather at their Shatt al-Arab base prior to Operation Falcon II, one of a large number of small search-and-arrest operations mounted by British troops in Basra. Shot with and image intensifier, resulting in a monochrome, grainy, green image.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:30 Soldiers gather around their Snatch Land Rovers, final checks are made by torchlight. Soldier sits on the rear step of his vehicle.
00:01:49 TIMECODE RESET.
00:00:00 Further grainy views of Land Rovers. One has a ladder tied to the roof.
00:01:15 Tower with observation point on the Shatt al-Arab Hotel, and further shots of Land Rovers.
END 00:02:09
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 268
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-10-03
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 (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: 3 mins
