Title:OPERATION DRAGONFLY, BASRA CITY, 15 NOVEMBER 2005 (SHORT EDIT) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 285
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Search operations in Basra. Scenes alternate between being shot with image intensifier and with standard full-colour vision.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars and tone.
00:00:30 (Image intensifier.) Search dogs outside target location. Kit inspection by torchlight.
00:00:59 Soldiers get into assault boats on the Shatt al-Arab and depart. Scenes on board boat as it travels in convoy along the waterway and under bridge.
00:03:14 Boat lands and soldiers alight.
00:03:38 Search of house begins; pistol is found. Outbuildings are also searched.
00:05:30 (Normal vision.) Inventory of search finds is carried out. Kitchen is searched. Captured pistol and AK-47 are displayed on desk. More evidence is logged and bagged. Bedroom is searched.
00:08:45 Boat is loaded prior to departure at the end of the search operation.
00:09:26 Arrival back at base (Basra Palace).
END 00:09:36
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 285
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-11-15
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Dawson, Rick (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (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: 9 mins
