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Battle for Haditha (Original title)
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 01 February 2008 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Nick Broomfield

Synopsis: Selected as drama by Nick Broomfield on Iraq War and also part of afternoon and early evening recording sample. War drama. Vérité-like fictional rendering of an incident that took place in the village of Haditha, a hotbed in the middle of the Sunni Triangle where much of the insurgency in Iraq is based. In November 2005, a roadside IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kills one US Marine and wounds two others. Enraged fellow Marines take revenge by killing twenty-four Iraqis: men, women and children.

Genre:
War
Releases
Date: 29 February 2008Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: High-Definition Video - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 93 mins Subtitles: English

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)

Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1476319
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Digital materials(1)
Description: MKVDuration: 01:28:42 minutesFFV1 v3 - BFI identifier: N-3722043
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(4)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 88.42 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 2008-03-17BFI identifier: C-1476026
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape


Description: DVDLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1476319
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: HD Cam SRBFI identifier: C-1518783
Status: On loan - Restricted access to videotape on loan to BFI


Description: HD Cam SRDuration: 92.53 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1518965
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape