Title:CLEARING OF AMMUNITION DUMP AT TALLIL, NEAR AL NASIRIYAH, 6 MARCH 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 437
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Local men assist the Royal Engineers in clearing a derelict Iraqi ammunition dump containing large amounts of redundant ordnance.
Description: START 00:58:52 Bars.
01:01:30 General views of the open air ammunition dump; ordnance of various types (including shells and rockets) and ammunition cases lie scattered around. Boxes marked "Explosive".
01:03:32 Extended sequence showing local Iraqi men placing unexploded shells in an ISO container, transferring them from a brick bunker.
01:08:17 Interior of ISO container, where the shells have been laid out in neat rows. Further shells are added.
01:09:36 Interior of the bunker, filled with debris but now almost cleared of shells. The last shells are relocated from the bunker to the container under the watchful eye of a British Army sapper.
01:14:00 Interview with British soldier overseeing the transfer.
01:17:35 Interview with second British soldier.
01:21:41 Second brick bunker: shells and other items are strewn on the ground outside; engineers inspect the site and check the condition of the ordnance.
01:24:35 Further general views of the desolate ammunition dump.
END 01:26:08
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 437
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-03-06
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (RAF Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tallil, 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
