IRAQ BROADCAST PACKAGE: THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES AND 26TH REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY, 21 NOVEMBER 2003 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: IRAQ BROADCAST PACKAGE: THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES AND 26TH REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY, 21 NOVEMBER 2003 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 590
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of B "Rorke's Drift" Company the Royal Regiment of Wales take part in a night raid on a house in Basra: also members of 26 Regiment Royal Artillery patrolling the docks and searching for contraband.
  • Description: START Bars and tone, followed by black screen. 10:00:00 Night patrol, shot with image intensifier. Group of soldiers prepare to raid a house, putting ladders up against the wall. Main gates are opened and the house is stormed at speed. Sledgehammers are used to break down doors. Prisoner is held in plastic cuff restraints. 10:02:19 Normal vision camera: soldiers search the house and grounds. One sits with small children to reassure them. Iraqi Police Service vehicles arrive with flashing lights. 10:03:47 Piece to camera by Central News Reporter Eric MacInnes. 10:14:15 The house is searched and a rifle and ammunition magazines are found along with old image intesifier equipment. Soldier points out the hiding place of the magazines. 10:05:06 Interview with Major Robert Bell, Queens Royal Hussars, acting CO of B Company "Rorke's Drift" the Royal Regiment of Wales. He describes the raid, which was carried out acting on intelligence received. He notes that five shots were fired from the adjacent house as the soldiers entered; three shots were returned but no-one was injured. 10:06:05 Black screen with voiceover by Eric MacInnes, recording commentary for dubbing into an edited news report (for HTV News here). 10:07:58 Dockside (Basra ?) - members of 26 Regiment Royal Artillery inspect vehicles as part of an anti-smuggling operation. Soldiers talk with legless Iraqi in wheelchair on dockside. Soldier patrols along water's edge; ships (including a wreck) can be seen in the background. 10:10:54 Soundbites with various soldiers; shots of soldiers on patrol across open land. 10:12:58 Black screen with voiceover by Eric MacInnes, recording commentary for dubbing into an edited news report. END 10:14:54
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 590
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2003-11-21
  • 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: MacInnes, Eric (person) Bell, Robert (person) British Army, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 26th Regiment [NEW TERM] (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: 24; Running time: 15 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 590

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFA 2541 (26 REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY IN AL FAW, 20 NOVEMBER 2003 [Allocated Title])
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