Title:THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS IN AL MUTHANNA GOVERNATE, IRAQ, MARCH-APRIL 2005 (CLIPS REEL) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 625
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Selected scenes showing the activities of 1st the Queen's Dragoon Guards (1 QDG) in Al Muthanna governate, Southern Iraq, as part of Task Force Eagle.
Description: START 09:59:37 Black screen.
10:00:00 Flags flying above the watchtower at Camp Smitty: Queen's Dragoon Guards, Union flag, Iraqi flag. Pre-patrol briefing in tent (Camp Smitty).
10:00:43 Views from top cover of moving Land Rover.
10:01:30 Visit to Iraqi Police at Al Hurea Police Station.
10:02:21 Members of 1 QDG hand out leaflets at vehicle checkpoint.
10:02:56 QDG foot patrol (soft patrol, wearing berets) through covered market (souk) in As Samawah, talking to shopkeepers and customers.
10:03:40 Administration scenes (telephone, radio, computer) at the PJOC (Provincial Joint Operations Centre) in As Samawah (British and Iraqi personnel, including 1 QDG Liaison Officer).
10:05:13 Land Rover night patrol sequence (shot with available light; dark images with bright car headlights).
10:05:13 Observation post on rooftop: soldiers train their rifles over main road in the town below, most likely As Samawah (posed for camera). General views of the town from roof at sunset. Green image intensifier shots of OP operations.
10:06:45 Watchtower at gate to Camp Smitty.
10:07:16 Section of interview with Lieutenant Colonel Tim Wilson, Commander of Task Force Eagle, about the unit's role in the Al Muthanna area.
END 10:08:36
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 625
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-04-04
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Army Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wilson, Tim (person)
British Army, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Smitty, As Samawah, Iraq (geography)
Provincial Joint Operations Centre, As Samawah, 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: 8 mins
