Title:OPERATION BRUTUS, BASRA, 31 DECEMBER 2005 (MASTER) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 511
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes of Operation Brutus, a night operation in Basra City on New Year's Eve, which involved showing a presence on the streets and setting up vehicle checkpoints in an effort to counteract possible threats from insurgents. Shot with an image intensifier.
Description: Soldiers prepare their kit and ready their Warrior armoured vehicles prior to setting off. Scenes inside the Warrior en route [no sound at the beginning of this sequence. At their destination in Basra, the troops alight: the Warriors are parked. Patrol liaises with members of the Iraqi Police Service. Soldier crouches and keeps watch. Warriors move off. (Further interior scenes.) Street patrol. Vehicle checkpoint: car is stopped and searched. Further Warrior scenes (interior) and activities at second checkpoint. Soldier on patrol.
Normal colour image: interview with Major John Stott of 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers attached to 1st Highlanders (Commanding Officer of British troops based at the Old State Building, Basra)
Further image intensifier scenes featuring troops in an out of Warrior vehicles. Street patrol and further liaison with the Iraqi Police. The section moves to another location where they go on foot patrol. Cars and their occupants are searched at another impromptu checkpoint. Warriors on the move in support of the foot patrol. Interior shots of Warrior; troops on their way to the next location.
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 511
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-12-31
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Stott, John (person)
British Army, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 1st Battalion (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: 41 mins
