Title:IRAQ BROADCAST PACKAGE: 1st BATTALION THE LIGHT INFANTRY ON PATROL, NOVEMBER 2003 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 588
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Light Infantry on patrol in Al-Majar al-Kabir, Iraq.
Description: START 15:00:00 Bars and tone.
15:00:35 Views from top cover of moving Land Rover.
15:01:01 Soldiers on foot patrol through outskirts of town; local children gather around them.
15:03:03 Soldier talks to local man at vehicle checkpoint. Iraqi Police assist. Cars (and a tractor) are waved through the checkpoint.
15:04:29 Further top cover scenes.
15:05:09 Officer (Major Phil Fox) meets with local elders.
15:06:15 Interview with Corporal Rob Parsons outside B Company 1st Battalion the Light Infantry's headquarters, a team commander in the motor pool.
15:11:20 Interview with Lance Corporal Stuart Wilson, 24, about patrol duties.
15:14:16 Interview with Private John Paul Raymond (25, from Cornwall), a signaller who has been detached to B Company 1st Battalion.
15:18:06 General views of B Company 1st Battalion the Light Infantry's headquarters.
15:18:53 Interview with Major Phil Fox, OC B Company about the unit's role in Al Majar al-Kabir.
15:23:37 Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Bill Pointing, Commander of 1st Battalion the Light Infantry.
15:28:53 Camouflaged Land Rover arrives; a cache of confiscated Iraqi weapons are unloaded from the back and laid out on the ground on display.
END 15:30:31
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 588
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2003-11-15
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Army Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Warrington, Colin (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Pointing, William (person)
Fox, Philip (Major) (person)
British Army, Light Infantry, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Al-Majar al-Kabir, 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: 33; Running time: 30 mins
BFA 2535A (1ST BATTALION THE LIGHT INFANTRY IN THE AL AMARAH AREA, 15 NOVEMBER 2003 (VERSION 1) [Allocated Title])
BFA 2535B (1ST BATTALION THE LIGHT INFANTRY IN THE AL-AMARAH AREA, 15 NOVEMBER 2003 (VERSION 2) [Allocated Title])
