Title:2 SQUADRON RAF REGIMENT AND CHINOOK FOOTAGE, CA FEBRUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 417
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the RAF Regiment, 2 Squadron on patrol outside Basra.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:19 Briefing of RAF Regiment members before being deplyed by Chinook helicopter (section of the Queen's Royal Fusiliers are mentioned and may also be present).
00:01:01 Soldiers embark onto Chinook.
00:01:40 Soldiers deploy from Chinook onto desert road.
00:02:10 Aerial shots from Chinook flying over desert; convoy on road below.
00:05:14 Soldiers crouch by roadside keeping an eye on traffic and nearby waterway; also shots of them on foot patrol.
00:07:14 Views from back of moving truck showing Land Rover on road. Interior shots of the truck also seen. Vehicles drive through the security cordon at Basra Air Station
00:09:00 TIMECODE RESET.
00:05:59 Colour bars and black screen.
00:06:10 All the above scenes are duplicated.
END 00:15:09
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 417
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-02
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, RAF Regiment, 2 Squadron (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
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: Mini-DV
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 63; Running time: 8 mins
