Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2006 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Interior of Merlin helicopter, Hercules at Basra Air Station, and aerial footage of southern Iraq.
Description: START 03:48:58 Black screen followed by colour bars.
03:49:28 Interior of Merlin helicopter (cockpit views) as it takes off and flies over barren, muddy landscape.
03:50:52 The Merlin's hold, where several soldiers are strapped in. Rear gun position.
03:51:18 Aerial shots over Basra and Basra Air Station. Conditions are murky.
03:55:12 Close-up from apron of the control tower at Basra Air Station; camera pulls back to reveal Hercules aircraft. Various shots of the static aircraft. Final pre-flight checks are made and the engines are started. The door is closed.
03:58:57 Hercules taxies and is seen taking off. (The take-off is seen from two angles, suggesting either an edit from another tape.)
04:02:24 Aerial shots of unidentified border fort (Iran-Iraq border) and town (possibly Al Amarah). A second border fort (identified as Safwan, on the Kuwaiti border) is overflown. Camel can be seen below, looking up at the camera-aircraft; camera zooms in on the fort, where members of the Bureau of Border Inspections wave.
04:04:25 Aircraft fires flares before flying over a town (aerial shots, possibly Shaibah).
04:06:02 Scenes of a small vehicle convoy on desert road, shot from top cover of moving vehicle, looking forwards and backwards.
END 04:06:54
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2006 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 307
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Safwan, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Royal Air Force 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: 18 mins (ca)
