Title:OPERATION DEMOCLES, BASRA, 6 JULY 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 802
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Scenes from Operation Democles, a search and arrest operation on a suspect house in Basra City.
Description: I. Inside the house, a large amount of seized material (including guns, ammunition and potential bomb-making equipment) has been laid out to be photographed, inventoried and bagged. Man is held in custody. Close-ups of a wireless receiver and a box containing cable and tools, plus rifles and boxes of ammunition hidden beneath the bed; also shots of a handgun and a heavy calibre weapon. All of these are bagged, along with numerous other items which are displayed for the camera.
II. In a mess room (Basra Air Station ?), a group of football fans watch a match on a large screen (possibly the England v Portugal World Cup match from 1 July).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 802
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-07-06
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (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: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 26 mins
