Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
Summary: Everyday life for British personnel at Camp Albany and Umm Qasr, Iraq.
Description: General views of life at Camp Albany. Vehicle park with BVs and Land Rovers. Off duty Marines, stripped to the waist, relax in the open air: reading, sunbathing, playing the paper game Dots and Boxes. Marine, dressed only in a towel, brushes his teeth; another polishes bullets. Main gate at Camp Albany: a convoy of army vehicles passes through, one of which has a (television news ?) cameraman sat in the back. Second view shows the gate being open to let a Land Rover through. Gunners at observation post.
Interview with Andrew Thompson RNR on the dockside at Umm Qasr port. He describes his role as liaison officer between merchant shipping and the Royal Navy, and preparations for the eventual reopening of the port. He also discusses the employment of local people at the port.
Interview with Lieutenant Nark Aston RNR about his role as liaison between the Royal Navy and the army's 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, and also duties and a navigational safety officer. He discusses the initial "culture shock" of working with the army, whose procedures differ from those of the navy.
Brief shot of the Port Administration building at Umm Qasr (spelled "UMQASSER" on the sign).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINES TAPES [Allocated Title]
