Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Scenes from Operation Oyster: members of the Queen's Royal Hussars Battlegroup (QRH) prepare to move out of Camp Abu Naji to relocate to a desert location; the camp will then be handed over to Iraqi forces. Includes interviews with Major David Sparks Battlegroup Logistics Officer of the Queen's Royal Hussars, Lieutenant Colonel David Labouchere. Interviews with movers Private Simon "Buster" Bowers and William Phillip James, a civilian HGV driver working in Iraq. Dismantling of the memorial wall is also shown.
Description:
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 816
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-08-28
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Labouchere, David Henry (person)
Sparks, David (person)
British Army, Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah, 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: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 12; Running time: 4 mins
