EAGLE VCP (VEHICLE CHECKPOINT) WITH THE RAF REGIMENT, BASRA, 5 MAY 2004 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EAGLE VCP (VEHICLE CHECKPOINT) WITH THE RAF REGIMENT, BASRA, 5 MAY 2004 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 540
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Brief edit showing scenes of a vehicle checkpoint on a road outside Basra.
  • Description: Soldiers deploy from Chinook helicopter onto desert road (helicopter then takes off again. Cars are stopped and searched. Helicopter returns to pick up the section which redeploys to another site.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 540
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-05-05
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Army Combat Camera Team) (Production company) Allison, Gordon (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (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: DVCPRO Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 12; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 540

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 541 (EAGLE VCP (VEHICLE CHECKPOINT) WITH THE RAF REGIMENT, BASRA, 5 MAY 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 542 (EAGLE VCP (VEHICLE CHECKPOINT) WITH THE RAF REGIMENT, BASRA, 5 MAY 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title])
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