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Members of the Duke Of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) assist with CIMIC (civil and military cooperation) projects, vehicle checkpoints (VCPs) and patrols.
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START 01:00:00 Bars and tone.
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01:00:30 Poster (in Arabic) celebrating the new Iraq. British officers meet with a local sheikh at his house, discussing the funding and carrying out of local CIMIC projects.
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01:04:06 Soldiers and sheikh inspect road in need of repair; discussion of project.
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01:05:42 Local shepherd skins a sheep.
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01:06:06 Further road inspection scenes; very shaky camerawork.
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01:08:35 Riverine patrol boat is untied; scenes on boards during patrol by British soldiers. Soldiers climb out of another boat.
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01:09:46 Soldier stands guard; wrecked boat in background.
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01:10:01 Vehicle checkpoint by the Shatt al-Arab; soldier on guard. Soldier and RMP officer talk with local men at checkpoint. Car is searched and unauthorised weapons are found, confiscated and stowed in Army boat. Paperwork is filled in; soldier explains the situation to the local men.
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01:20:11 Shots from British Army boat on patrol, followed by scenes of foot patrol in Basra docks past derelict merchant vessels. Brief boat shots.
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01:25:18 Another snap VCP; soldier talks to children, vehicles are searched.
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01:27:44 Further shots from on board boat in the Shatt al-Arab.
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01:29:20 Soldiers on patrol across bridge near permanent VCP.
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END 01:29:15
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DVCPRO
