Title:IRAQ BROADCAST PACKAGE: EAGLE VCP WITH 1ST BATTALION THE KING'S REGIMENT AND 846 NAVAL AIR SQUADRON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 589
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the King's Regiment (KINGS) and 846 Naval Air Squadron set up an Eagle VCP (vehicle checkpoint)
Description: START 09:58:25 Bars and tone, followed by black screen.
10:00:01 Soldiers of KINGS (silhouetted in early morning light) crouch by desert roadside as Sea King helicopter (846 Squadron) approaches.
10:00:15 Scenes on board the helicopter in flight as soldiers crouch on the floor inside.
10:00:36 Ground shots: Helicopter lands (throwing up large clouds of sand and dust) and soldiers rapidly advance and climb on board. Cut to aerial shots of the desert taken through side door, also close-ups of helicopter crew and door gun mounting.
10:02:09 Helicopter lands and the troops deploy on isolated road; they approach an Iraqi truck parked by the roadside and inspect it.
10:02:54 Helicopter retrieval of section, followed by further in-flight shots (including air-air views of second Sea King, which fires flares).
10:06:09 Troops deploy at new location and set up VCP; Iraqi station wagon (in a very poor condition) is searched and allowed to move on. Also searched is a large tipper truck and a four-wheel drive vehicle.
10:08:48 Section prepares for retrieval as helicopter approaches. Further aerial shots from helicopter. Scenes of Basra below, including the Shatt al-Arab Hotel base.
END 10:10:48
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 589
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2003-11
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: British Army, King's Regiment (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, 846 Naval Air Squadron (regiment/service)
Keywords: Shatt al-Arab Hotel, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (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: 24; Running time: 10 mins
