Title:BRITISH SOLDIERS ON PATROL IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ, 4 AND 5 JANUARY 2008 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1419
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment (Cheshires) patrol the International Zone (the "Green Zone") in Baghdad.
Description: Two brief scenes: night shot of soldiers boarding Hercules, and member of the Combat Camera Team preparing his bunk
General panoramic views of Baghdad city, including close-up of the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel; helicopters fly past. Scene inside a gun position (soldier's voice can be heard). Soldiers in garden. Further views of the cityscape.
Patrol brief prior to vehicle patrol (presence of the Combat Camera Team is discussed). Views from top cover of Snatch Land Rover as the patrol sets off from base. Drive-through of streets; heavily-damaged building is passed. Shaky shots of checkpoint and along streets, through an arch. Drive-past of various fortified compounds and under a second arch.
On foot patrol, past the damaged As-Salam Palace (Saddam Hussein's former home, now used by the Coalition). Close-ups of the palace and the blast wall surrounding part of it.
Further shots from moving Snatch as the patrol moves down wide carriageway. Vehicles come to a halt on the military parade ground next to the "Hands of Victory" monuments (also known as the Swords of Qadisiyah): here, various tactical training procedures using the Land Rovers are carried out, including transfer of "casualties" and evasive manoeuvres.
Piece to camera by Captain Lorna Ward of the Combat Camera Team about aspects of the Team's role in supplying material to the UK press.
Short interviews with members of A Company, 1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment: Private Michael New, Corporal John Whitmore, Private Andrew Lloyd (interrupted by helicopter flying overhead) and Second Lieutenant Ryan March.
Views of Combat Camera Team still photographer at work.
Further views from the top of a Snatch Land Rover as the patrol drives away; includes shots of gunner. Final scenes of night patrol (shot with image intensifier).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 1419
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2008-01-04
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Holmes, Andy (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Ward, Lorna (person)
British Army, Mercian Regiment, 1st Battalion (Cheshires) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq (geography)
British Operations in Iraq from 2003 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
