Title:SEARCH FOR WEAPONS BY THE POLICE SUPPORT UNIT AND THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES, THIEVES' MARKET, BASRA, 14 FEBRUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 525
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Wales assist members of the Iraqi Police Service's Police Support Unit (PSU) in the patrolling of a makeshift market area in old Basra nicknamed the "thieves' market".
Description: Brigade headquarters sign: Welsh flag and the HQ Company 1 RRW flag. Scenes in market in Basra, where an area which has been devastated by fire is taped off. Soldiers patrol through the bustling open-air market. Street vendors lay out their varied wares on blankets. Soldiers walk through the market, accompanied by members of the PSU (their faces covered by ski-masks); they gather near the burnt-out area seen earlier. A derelict building is in the background. After a briefing, the patrol continues down ramshackle streets near the market; discussion with local shopkeeper. Hardware stall is searched. Patrol past shops selling electrical equipment and satellite dishes (black screen, sound only, for part of this sequence). Television and video shop is searched. A locked unit is entered using bolt-cutters to remove the padlocks; inside is a cart covered in old clothes and rags, with a satellite dish on top. Neighbouring units are also opened and searched: one contains old fridge-freezers. Nothing is found, and the units are closed again. Patrol continues: other units are routinely checked. Gneral views of the makeshift market square which is littered with rubbish. People are kept behind a tape barrier and let through one by one, checked with a metal detector. Further searches are carried out, and the patrol continues. Views from top cover of moving Land Rover as the patrol drives off through Basra streets, returning to base. This cuts to further patrol scenes, shot from top cover.
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 525
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-02-14
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (RAF Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service, Police Support Unit (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: Mini-DV
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 60; Running time: 55 mins
