Title:OPERATION RATTLESNAKE, BASRA CITY, 13 APRIL 2007 (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 915
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of 2nd Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 LANCS) take part in Operation Rattlesnake, targetting two militia groups responsible for laying IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) in Basra City. Basra at night: cityscape, taken from a camera mounted on a Challenger II tank. Shots are fired a distant target.
Description:
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 915
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2007-04-13
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Tilly, Ross (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border), 2nd Battalion (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: 7 mins
