GWT: 3rd Infantry in continue their advance

(23 Mar 2003) BROADCASTERS PLEASE NOTE UNDER US/UK EMBEDDING RULES AND THE GENEVA CONVENTION THE FACES OF POWS SHOULD BE DISGUISED WHERE IDENTIFIABLE

22 March 2003
1. Tanks moving through desert
2. Mid shot tanks on road
3. Wide of tanks in desert
4. Mid shot tank turret turns
5. Tank moves across shot
6. Soldier waves from tank
7. Pan as tank drives past
8. Reverse shot tank
9. Wide of camels in desert - pull out to tank driving past
10. Iraqis wave to soldiers as tank drives past
11. Wide of tanks through heat haze
12. Wide of tanks
13. Mid shot unexploded mine
14. Wide of tanks - one fires
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colonel Grinsley, Commander, 1st Brigade 3rd Infantry Division:
"We have had small sporadic contact largely not very well organised, but some around and no problems in terms of engagement, we've had a few surrenders and we've suffered no casualties."
15. Two Apache helicopters in flight
16. Wide Apache helicopters over tanks
17. Apache helicopter over US soldier sitting on tank
18. Mid shot Apache helicopter in flight
19. Two Apaches land
Night Shots - overnight 22/23 March 2003
20. Military vehicles - shells launched
21. Soldiers next to military vehicle in background
22. Soldiers next to military vehicle
Day Shots, 23 March 2003
23. Apache in flight
24. Tank on road - pan to convoy
25. Mid shot convoy halted
26. Travelling shot past US tanks
27. Wide of military vehicles
28. Wide of US soldier talking to POWs
29. US soldiers leading POWs away
30. Elevated shot of US convoy
31. Convoy passes
32. Wide of burning Iraqi anti aircraft gun
33. Mid shot burning gun
STORYLINE:
US infantry divisions continued their approach to Baghdad over the weekend, securing an airfield at Talil.
The airfield was handed over by the infantrymen who took it to the US Marines who will use the facility as a forward operating base.
Marine Apache helicopters were being used to support ground troops.
Overnight the advancing marines encountered some resistance from Iraqi forces and began shelling around Samawah. The division overcame the Iraqi forces there, sustaining no casualties themselves.
On Sunday as the US troops advanced towards Baghdad they encountered sporadic resistance from Iraqi troops.
After initial contact Iraqi soldiers began to surrender. Some thirty prisoners of war were taken as the advance continued.
The US military said their convoy consisted of some 10-thousand vehicles burning half a million gallons (two million litres) of fuel a day.

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