Title:BTT AIR, BASRA AIR STATION, NOVEMBER 2007 (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1063
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Activities at Basra Air Station (Basra International Airport) showing members of the BTT Air (Border Transition Team Air) assisting in the training of Iraqi Airport, Border and Customs control staff; tape also features activities of the Combat Camera Team.
Description: I. Informal scenes showing members of the Combat camera team, led by Captain Lorna Ward, sit in the back of a minibus waiting for transport
II. Staged scenes showing members of the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) check bags with a scanner and by hand, and conduct personal searches on prosepctive passengers. These are long shots, which show various members of the Comabt Camera Team (still and video cameramen) shooting the proceedings under the supervision of Captain Ward. Iraqi personnel with small digital cameras also take shots. Man takes off his shoes for inspection. Close-ups of the scanning equipment and operator. Briefing session with members of the DBE and RAF, followed by further scanning/search procedures.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1063
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-11-26
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Holmes, Andy (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Ward, Lorna (person)
Royal Air Force, 903 Wing (regiment/service)
British Army, Territorial Army, Media Operations Group (V) (regiment/service)
Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: Arabic
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 20 mins
