THE BRITISH BASE AT BASRA PALACE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE BRITISH BASE AT BASRA PALACE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 1018
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Activities at Basra Palace in the week leading up to the withdrawal of troops to Basra Air Station.
  • Description: I. Radio interview with three members of 1st Battalion the Irish Guards: Guardsman Phillips, Guardsman Johnson and Lance Corporal Potts. (None of them appear on screen: image is of a stone wall.) II. Radio interview with Lance Corporal Winks and Private Vinters of 3rd Logistic Support Regiment, the Royal Logistic Corps. (None of them appear on screen: image is of a stone wall with a mop and a black bag.) III. Interview with Colonel Patrick Sanders, CO of 4th Battalion the Rifles: he is standing by the lagoon, with the main palace in the background. (The interview is split in two, with the time code resetting at 00:26:36 and causing a freeze-frame.) IV. Scenes of the handover and flag raising ceremony of Basra Palace from the British Army to the Iraqi Palace Protection Force. (Freeze-frame at 00:04:14; timecode resets.) Soldiers stand by flagpole flying the Iraqi flag. [NB This is a very small scale ceremony with no spectators, and is possibly a rehearsal.]
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 1018
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2007-08-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company) Houlston, Adam (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, The Rifles, 4th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Irish Guards, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Logistic Corps, 3rd Logistic Support Regiment (regiment/service) Iraqi Army, Palace Protection Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra Palace, Basra, Iraq (geography) British Army post-2000 (theme) Iraq post-2003 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 30 mins
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    BFV 1018

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 1016 (THE BRITISH BASE AT BASRA PALACE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1017 (THE BRITISH BASE AT BASRA PALACE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 1a) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1019 (THE BRITISH BASE AT BASRA PALACE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1020 (THE BRITISH BASE AT BASRA PALACE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1021 (THE BRITISH BASE AT BASRA PALACE, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2007 (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title])
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