Title:SEARCH AND ARREST OPERATION, IRAQ [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 531
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Operation to secure a compound (a former Iraqi army barracks) which has allegedly been taken over by criminals - weapons are found and a large number of people are picked up for questioning.
Description: START 00:00:00 Interior of moving vehicle as it drives along a road at night: camera is pointing forward showing other Land Rovers in the convoy, filled with troops. Close-ups of gunner on top cover.
00:04:00 Dark shots on poorly lit road as the convoy pulls up. Soldiers dismount and approach a house. They enter the premises and begin a search; one of the occupants is cuffed with plastic ties. Other occupants (including women and children) are kept under watch.
00:07:18 The house is searched; the occupants are also frisked. Children are amused with glowsticks and given gum and lollipops.
00:13:15 Male occupants of the house crouch in corners, under guard (some of this sequence is in colour). Women walk through.
00:15:14 Further monochrome shots inside the house, and also outside as the grounds are searched (very dim image here). Prisoners shiver in the darkness, their hands tied.
00:18:34 Search of grounds continues; various items are inventoried. Soldiers man the walls. Prisoners talk with soldiers.
00:22:45 Colour footage: soldiers (one with a torch mounted on his head) continue their inventory assisted by one of the prisoners.
00:23:25 Monochrome: officer (Royal Artillery cap badge) discusses the operation, which also involved a large number of Iraqi personnel. He stresses the value of the Iraqi role in the operation.
00:26:25 Prisoners are processed and kept under guard; they have identification numbers written on their foreheads.
00:32:33 Seized weapons (in bags) are processed and inventoried: AK-47s and long-barrelled RBKs, heavy calibre link ammunition, mortar rounds and cases. (These will later be destroyed.)
00:35:44 Shots of a parked vehicle (very dim); it is searched. Further views of the compound where various suspect items are bagged. Further prisoners are processed and guarded.
END 00:44:25
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 531
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: 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: 44 mins
