OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 56) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 56) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFR 276
  • Other titles: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Royal Engineers practice vehicle and mine clearance in the desert (Kuwait ?)
  • Description: General views of the desert; wrecked civilian vehicles lie on the sand. (These are going to be exploded as part of the training; their poor condition testifies to the fact that they have been blown up before). Earth mover excavates holes in the ground. Several CETs can be seen. Engineers lay fuse wire for the explosives. General views of the area and of the dugouts prepared in advance of the tests. A large tractor moves the wrecked cars into position; prominent in the foreground are the bleached bones of a large animal. Soldiers inspect one of the wrecked cars.
  • Alternative Title: RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFR 276
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFR 276)
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2003-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Strike Command Media Services (Video) Mobile News Team (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords:
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 33; Running time: 24 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFR 276

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFR 216 (OPERATION TELIC 1 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 6) [Allocated Title])
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