Title:REPATRIATION OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KRISTIAN GOVER, BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 22 AUGUST 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2703
Other titles:OPERATION TELIC 4, IRAQ, MAY-OCTOBER 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Repatriation ceremony at Basra International Airport for Flight Lieutenant Kristian Gover of RAF 33 Squadron, killed in a helicopter accident on 19 July.
Description: START 02:19:02 Soldiers stand to attention as the coffin arrives in a battlefield ambulance and is brought onto the apron by the bearer party to the waiting Hercules aircraft.
02:23:08 Formal service before the coffin is boarded as Squadron Leader the Reverend Eleanor Rance (speaking off-screen) gives prayers and all recite Psalm 23.
02:26:57 Pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest" as the coffin is borne onto the aircraft.
02:31:04 Rear door of the Hercules aircraft is closed, and the mourners leave. (Sequence ends at 02:32:48 and the time code is reset.)
01:27:31 Title "Reparation [sic] of Flight Lieutenant Kristian Gover Royal Air Force" is followed by a compilation of scenes from the repatriation ceremony (most as they appear earlier).
01:37:57 End title.
01:38:04 Additional shots of the piper playing "The Flowers of the Forest" and shots of the guard.
END 01:43:24
Alternative Title:OPERATION TELIC 4, IRAQ, MAY-OCTOBER 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: UK Land Media Ops (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Allison, Gordon (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: 29 mins (ca)
