THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS IN UMM QASR (MASTER) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS IN UMM QASR (MASTER) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 595
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes in and around the port at Umm Qasr featuring the Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL).
  • Description: START 09:59:43 Black screen. 10:00:00 Aerial views of the Shatt al-Arab and surrounding area from helicopter (door gunner and interior are seen). 10:02:53 General views of the port at Umm Qasr. 10:03:24 Land Rover patrol with QRL members shot from top cover on one of the two vehicles. Patrol passes lines of containers before driving along quayside past the container ship Two Rivers. 10:06:25 Corporal Kev Hough of the QRL briefs members of the IPA (through interpreter) prior to patrol, using large wall-mounted aerial photograph of Umm Qasr. 10:08:43 The customs service receive new vehicles (Ford Ranger pickup trucks with "Immigration Police" stencilled on the side). 10:10:14 General views of port work; ship is unloaded. 10:11:14 Members of the Customs and Immigration Service carry out a routine search on board a large vessel (possibly Jabal Ali I). 10:13:00 Challenger 2 tank of the Queen's Royal Lancers demonstrates its manoeuvrability in the Maintenance Park at Shaibah Logistics Base. Routine servicing is carried out. 10:16:30 Sign "D Squadron The Queen's Royal Lancers". 10:16:43 Interview with Major Nick Woolgar, OC D Squadron about the Squadron's role in providing advice to the Customs and Immigration Service and assistance to the IPA. 10:18:33 Interview with Corporal Kev Hough (QRL). 10:19:52 Interview with Trooper Michael Dabroski of QRL, who has worked closely with the OC. 10:20:34 Interview with Sergeant Gerald Dorrington (33 EOD Regiment Royal Engineers). 10:23:24 Interview with Lance Corporal Wayne Ford (QRL). END 10:27:13
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 595
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2004-07-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Army Combat Camera Team) (Production company) Capon, Kevin (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Woolgar, Nick (person) British Army, Queen's Royal Lancers (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Engineers, 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) [NEW TERM] (regiment/service) Iraqi Customs and Immigration Service (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Umm Qasr, Iraq (geography) Shatt al-Arab, Iraq (geography) Shaibah Logistics Base, Shaibah, 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
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    BFV 595

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFA 2692 (THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS IN UMM QASR (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2693 (THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS IN UMM QASR (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2694 (THE QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS IN UMM QASR (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title])
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