Title:SEARCH FOR POPPY FIELDS IN AFGHANISTAN, 14 MARCH 2008 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1382
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards on patrol looking for evidence of poppy fields for future eradication. (Note that this tape is largely without sound.)
Description: Soldiers talk with local shepherd at the edge of a suspected poppy field. field. Narrow canal with village on the opposite bank. Scenes in the village; soldiers talk with local men. Soldiers carry out inspections in the fields and talk with others. Snatch Land Rovers at roadside: soldier on top cover keeps watch. Vehicles drive off in convoy through the village (view from top cover.) Gunner keeps watch. Further scenes in village. Convoy parks at second location, largely barren; soldiers stay alert. (Sound starts ten minutes into the tape.) Afghan police officers pose assist the British patrol. Patrol sets off again (view from top cover) and drives through village and past roadside market.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 1382
Sound:Silent (part Sound)
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2008-03-14
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Farrell, Mike (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Afghan National Police (regiment/service)
Keywords: Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
