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Members of 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1 PWRR) assist members of the Iraqi Border Police in patrolling and setting up vehicle checkpoints.
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START 00:00:00 View across rugged landscape to a border fort in Iran.
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00:00:17 Piece to camera by unnamed British soldier about his experiences with the Border Police, and describing the patrols, which tend to take place at night.
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00:01:00 Iraqi border policemen cut blocks of ice.
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00:01:10 Map briefing (map on bonnet of Land Rover) by British troops before patrol.
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00:02:09 Interview with Iraqi border policeman in Arabic (name not caught).
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00:05:49 TIMECODE RESET.
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00:00:00 Members of 1 PWRR and Border Police on the battlements of the Iraqi border fort, erecting camp beds. View down into the courtyard, where several Iraqi policemen are sleeping on the ground in the open air. British and Iraqi personnel sleeping (the British have mosquito nets set up around their beds).
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00:05:12 Small mesh tents bedside PWRR Land Rovers, where others are sleeping. General exterior views of the Iraqi fort and the desolate surrounding area. Border Policeman keeps watch; the fort is in the background.
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00:08:49 Iraqi/British patrol (pick-up trucks and Land Rovers) sets off. View from top cover of Land Rover showing the fort and the barren landscape as the patrol sets off. Patrol crosses a military bridge.
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00:12:21 Patrol parks by roadside near the border and set up a temporary vehicle checkpoint. Several passing tipper trucks are stopped and searched before being allowed to go on their way. General views of the area. Border police are mentored by members of 1 PWRR.
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00:20:51 Interview with Second Lieutenant Matt Swales, talking about the regiment's transitional role in helping the Iraqis, and their current role training the Border Police.
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00:25:40 Further checkpoint duties: a large truck is searched.
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00:27:33 Police and soldiers attecnd a road traffic accident, in which a tanker truck has turned over on its side (fortunately, it is empty). The rear wheels have become detached. PWRR Land Rover teams keep watch.
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00:29:41 Scenes at a desert airfield: C130 Hercules aircraft comes in to land and taxies. Soldiers walk over and unload supplies from the hold, placing the boxes in the back of a lorry. They then climb on board the aircraft and stack up their bags.
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