Title:ROAD SCENES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ, JANUARY 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 726
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Views from Land Rover platoon as it makes its way in convoy to Camp Mittica near An Nasiriyah.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:30 Shots from top cover of moving Snatch Land Rover as platoon drives along tarmacced desert highway. Other vehicles can be seen. Forward- and rear-facing shots.
00:07:14 Shots inside the Land Rover (soldier on top cover, rear window).
00:08:09 Large roadside stall "SOUVENIR SHOP ZIGGURAT UR"; soldiers browse.
00:08:45 The Great Ziggurat of Ur itself, with British soldiers standing near the base.
00:08:59 Further top cover views as the convoy continues its journey. Roadside shots show the deserted landscape and also areas of marshland, together with various roadside stalls selling items such as clothes and carpets. [No sound]
00:14:00 Soldier on top cover buys an item of jewellery from one of the roadside traders before the Land Rover drives off again. [No sound.]
00:16:27 Interior view of Land Rover shows soft toy mascot (a dog) on the floor next to the rear door; this is followed by further roadside shots.
END 00:19:04
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 726
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2006-01
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Great Ziggurat of Ur, An Nasiriyah, 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: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 19 mins
