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

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  • Title: JOINT PATROL BY THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI POLICE, OLD STATE BUILDING, BASRA (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 606
  • 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 01:58:21 Bars and tone. 01:59:01 Briefing of troops from the Cheshires by Sergeant Brian Hayes, Patrol Commander, in map room at the Old State Building in Basra. 02:05:25 Sergeant Hayes and his patrol arrive at Asha'ar Police Station and greet members of the Iraqi Police Service (IPS). Inside, Sergeant Hayes meets the chief of police (underexposed). Sign "Al-Asahr Police Managar" (sic). Men deliver air conditioning units. 02:09:06 Cheshires and IPS members leave the station to go on patrol; final briefing on street before patrol around market area and meeting local stallholders. 02:12:24 Area of market place devastated by fire, now under control but with some smouldering ashes. Iraqi fire brigade spray water from hoses. Local men talk about the fire (in Arabic). Firemen continue with their operations, using high pressure spray. 02:17:22 Further patrol scenes in the market area with IPS. Local market stalls. Soldiers keep watch on streets. Further shots of local traders, including shop selling white goods, which the patrol visits. Sergeant Hayes talks with local shopkeepers, discussing the problems with electricity supplies. END 02:25:29
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 606
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • 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: 26 mins (ca)
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    BFV 606

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 605 (JOINT PATROL BY THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI POLICE, OLD STATE BUILDING, BASRA (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2699 (JOINT PATROL BY THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT AND THE IRAQI POLICE, OLD STATE BUILDING, BASRA [Allocated Title])
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