Title:BOWMAN RADIO ON CHALLENGER 2, IRAQ, 15 MARCH 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 738
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Challenger tank on desert range with Bowman digital battlefield radio equipment fitted.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:33 Merlin helicopter comes in to land at desert location.
00:01:11 On gravel road, Challenger 2 tank drives directly towards the camera (which is on the road surface).
00:02:07 TIMECODE RESET.
00:00:00 Second take of Challenger driving over the camera.
00:01:28 Interior of Challenger tank with crewman. Bowman radio set-up is shown, including a view through the turret opening, and shots of the exterior aerials.
00:04:04 Merlin flies past once again, before Challenger drives over a rocky ridge and carries out manoeuvres on the barren landscape.
00:08:38 Shots from turret of moving tank.
END 00:14:41
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 738
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-03-15
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: mins
