Title:PREPARATION OF THE RAIL LINE BETWEEN BASRA AND UMM QASR, APRIL 2003 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2383
Other titles:OPERATION TELIC 1, FEBRUARY-JUNE 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2003 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Further scenes showing final preparations being made for the reopening of the rail link between Basra and Umm Qasr in Iraq.
Description: Further shots of the train on its way to Umm Qasr, including scenes through window, cab of diesel DEM 2706 (with Iraqi train driver), and British soldiers (17 Port and Maritime Regiment) on board. Royal Engineers clear debris from rail track underneath bridge. More views on board train, and by railway track: children talk to Lieutenant Liz Davies. Shots from the moving train showing Basra - children run alongside. War damage, including wrecked Iraqi armour, can be seen. Locomotive DEM 2709 pushes flatbed railcars. Various shots from different positions show diesel engine DEM 2706 pulling carriages, including long shot with shepherd tending his sheep in the foreground.
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ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST
(The following data has been copied, without amendment, from Army Mobile News Team computer files.)
12-00-00-00 Bars and tone
12-00-30-00 Train driver driving train
12-05-18-14 GV from inside the train
12-08-34-03 Military and civil Engineers repair sections
12-15-27-08 Gv from inside the train
12-22-10-16 GV of the train
Alternative Title:OPERATION TELIC 1, FEBRUARY-JUNE 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2003 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Mackenzie, Stuart (Production individual)
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: 28 mins 20 secs
