Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Interviews with Private Mills (13 June) and Major Melbourne (14 June) discussing Private Mills' discovery of a roadside bomb.
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00:00:37 Interview with Private Mills of 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment, mentoring the Iraqi Police. (Private Mills was only 19 and had only been in theatre for two weeks.) He discusses his recent find of a roadside bomb at a vehicle checkpoint, and also talks about life in Camp Abu Naji. (There are actually two interviews with Private Mills, each covering the same ground.)
00:06:57 Interview with Major Stephen Melbourne of the Royal Marines; he talks about Private Mills' discovery of the roadside bomb. Pre-deployment training is discussed. (Various takes.)
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Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 493
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-06-13 2005-06-14
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (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: 15 mins
