Title:IRAQI RIVERINE PATROL SERVICE, CA 20 OCTOBER 2003 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2517
Other titles:OPERATION TELIC 2, IRAQ, JULY-OCTOBER 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2003 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Training of the IRPS (Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service) by members of a Royal Navy training team.
Description: I. Interview with Commander David Lilley, OC of the RN team training the IRPS in boat handling, boarding and other skills.
II. Instructional lecture in the maritime use of hand signals (with interpreter), followed by practical training in dinghys in the lagoon of Saddam's Basra Palace and on the Shatt al-Arab.
III. Interview with Chief Petty Officer Neil Perry, trainer in small boat technique, and with Chief Marine Engineering Artificer Sid Lawrence.
IV. Introductory pieces to camera at the Basra Palace by Westcountry reporter John Andrews: "even here in Basra, where the surroundings are truly palatial, the men are still living on camp beds and having to rely, as everywhere, on chemical toilets".
V. Passing out parade for members of the IRPS on the dockside at Basra, 20 October 2007. Iraqi official gives speech, followed by a reading from the Holy Koran. Speech (translated) by Commander Lilley. New members of the IRPS receive their certificates.
Alternative Title:OPERATION TELIC 2, IRAQ, JULY-OCTOBER 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)
Capon, Kevin (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: 33 mins (ca)
