WORLD CUP RUGBY, BASRA AIR STATION, OCTOBER 2007 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WORLD CUP RUGBY, BASRA AIR STATION, OCTOBER 2007 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 1037
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of Coalition forces at Basra Air Station hold their own seven-a-side "Basra World Cup" games, mirroring the real tournament being held in France. Highlights of the "England v South Africa" tag rugby match.
  • Description: I. Shots of match in progress at the Contingency Operating Base. (No sound.) ("England" won 8-3.) II. Post-match interviews, including Captain Kempley Smith and Corporal David Colborn of A Company 4 Rifles (both of the "South Africa" team, the only real South Africans in the team), plus Lieutenant Simon Bedford-Smith of 2nd Battalion the Royal Welsh and Captain Andre Zwijnen of 4 Rifles (of the "England" team). III. Further rugby footage.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 1037
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2007-10-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company) Houlston, Adam (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra International Airport, 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: 15 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 1037

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 1036 (WORLD CUP RUGBY, BASRA AIR STATION, OCTOBER 2007 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1038 (WORLD CUP RUGBY, BASRA AIR STATION, OCTOBER 2007 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title])
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