JOINT PATROL BY THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI POLICE, OLD STATE BUILDING, BASRA (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: JOINT PATROL BY THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI POLICE, OLD STATE BUILDING, BASRA (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 605
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Cheshire Regiment collaborate with the Iraqi Police on a patrol of the market area in Basra.
  • Description: START 02:29:25 Bars and tone. 02:29:41 Interview on the street with Sergeant Brian Hayes about early problems with the Iraqi Police Service and the reconstruction of the force. 02:33:31 Interview with Iraqi Policeman (in Arabic). 02:35:35 Patrol through market area: general street scenes and shots of local people going about their business. 02:36:20 Woman soldier on patrol in bandanna smiles for the camera. 02:36:30 Interior of (largely deserted) covered market, followed by open air shots of 1 Cheshires and Iraqi Police on patrol along main road beside market area. (Low sound level.) 02:39:09 Local family smile for the camera; further market and patrol scenes. (Low sound level continues.) 02:40:53 Patrol returns to police station. Close-ups of Iraqi Policeman. (Low sound level continues.) 02:41:58 Exterior of headquarters: sign reads "Tactical Support Unit Basra Province". Similar sign is also mounted on Hesco bastion outside the camp of B Company 1st Battalion the Cheshire Regiment at the Old State Building. Gate of camp is opened to allow Iraqi Police pick-up to enter. Camouflaged watchtower with the bell (given to the B Company in commemoration of the part they played in the 2nd Siege of Malta and the defence of HM Dockyard). (Low sound level continues.) 02:45:08 Views from watchtower, including close-ups of bell and soldier on duty. Views of the entrance to the camp. Panning shots across city includes views of wrecked buildings.; interior of camp can also be seen. (Sound levels return to normal part way through this sequence.) END 02:49:22
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 605
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-07-07
  • 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: Hayes, Brian (person) British Army, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (regiment/service) Iraqi Police Service (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: 33; Running time: 19 mins (ca)
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    BFV 605

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFA 2699 (JOINT PATROL BY THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI POLICE, OLD STATE BUILDING, BASRA [Allocated Title]) BFV 606 (JOINT PATROL BY THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI POLICE, OLD STATE BUILDING, BASRA (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title])
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