Title:B SQN HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY REGIMENT 27.05.04 AZ ZUBAYR PORT IRAQ (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 555
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of B Squadron the Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) in their role mentoring the Iraqi Police in Az Zubayr.
Description: START 01:58:28 Bars and tone.
01:59:06 General views of the port at Az Zubayr, where supplies are unloaded using a crane and placed into large lorries prior to transport.
02:01:09 Members of the Household Cavalry Regiment sit in posed rows (flanked by Land Rovers) on the dockside at Az Zubayr Port ready for a formal unit photograph.
02:01:09 Soldiers stand guard at dockside (posed shots).
02:02:02 Views on the dockside: ship is unloaded, small boat passes by. High angle shots of dock: Household Cavalry vehicle flies the unit flag. Boat (MSV Sundaram) continues its unloading. Vehicles on dockside. Land Rover drives past.
02:04:31 Iraqi Police Service officers stand guard; close-up of officer (showing shoulder flash and insignia) at the Police Station in Az Zubayr. Members of the HCR assist police in repairing the broken engine of a police car.
02:07:06 Approach road to port: soldier stands guard.
02:08:01 Soldier plays football with local children; other soldiers and police officers join in.
02:10:30 Guns are loaded at weapons unloading point outside police station, assisted by HCR soldier who liaises with the police.
02:15:32 Interview (English questions, Arabic replies) with Iraqi Policeman Hadi Ahmed Hassan.
02:16:24 Interview with Lance Corporal of Horse Ian Philip Blackburn of the HCR.
02:18:25 Interview with Lieutenant Richard Bavister.
END 02:21:39
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 555
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-05-27
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: Bavister, Richard (person)
Blackburn, Ian Philip (person)
British Army, Household Cavalry Regiment, B Squadron (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
Keywords: Az Zubayr, 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: 23 mins (ca)
