Title:3RD BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT ON BORDER PATROL, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 271
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Routine patrol near the Iran-Iraq border in southern Iraq.
Description: Members of the regiment travel in open Land Rovers along desert road (shot from moving vehicle). Helmeted soldiers make roadside checks at intervals; they are also seen patrolling along the banks of a canal/channel. (Some shaky shots and moments with blank screens.) Soldiers on bridge. Soldier sits by roadside; in the background is a motorway flyover. Desert patrol. Traffic on the road near the border is directed by the soldiers. Series of shots (interspersed with black screen) of the patrol. Three Land Rovers parked on desert road; close-up of abandoned helmet. Iraqi police checkpoint briefly seen. The Land Rovers park up near a border fort; children gather around the soldiers as they stand watch; one of them lets boys look through the sight of his sniper rifle, others hand out chocolate to eager boys and girls. Close-up of shoulder patch and tactical recognition flash. Other paras (this time wearing their berets rather than helmets) talk with children and with a local man (through interpreter, wearing a scarf to obscure his face). Foot patrol along border road by watchtower; local village is also visited and patrolled. Amused local boy wears British army flak jacket and webbing. Further patrol scenes alongside roadside market.
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 271
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-10-08
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, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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
