Title:CREATING A CRATER IN A ROAD NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ, 21 NOVEMBER 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1157
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A Royal Engineers EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Team deliberately create a crater in a desert road en route to Camp Dogwood (to deny insurgents and prospective suicide bombers access to the road). Initially, a single charge is used to create a small hole in the road; this hole is then packed with explosives. Long shot of detonation site: first detonation is a misfire, but the second is a success.
Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc):
START 00:50:00 Various shot of the equipment used to create a crater. The crater is made to prevent the road from being used by suicide bombers trying to attack camp dogwood.
01:29:00 Various shots of Engineering soldier preparing the detonator.
04:33:00 Detonation cable being run and tested.
10:35:00 A small hole was created in the road then this hole was filled with explosive to create the crater. Various shots of soldiers preparing the explosives.
17:13:00 Hole in the road packed with explosive.
17:26:00 Wire running into hole.
17:53:00 Long Shot of soldiers carrying out final preps.
21:26:00 Miss fire of explosive.
22:52:00 Second attempt fires correctly.
23:54:00 Various shots of crater in road.
26:46:00 Tape ends.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1157
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2004-11-21
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Punter, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
