Title:BTT AIR, BASRA AIR STATION, NOVEMBER 2007 (TAPE 6) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1064
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: General footage of Warrior armoured vehicles, followed by an interview with Group Captain Mike Wigston, Commander of 903 Expeditionary Air Wing and in overall charge of the reconstruction of the airport. He discusses the reconstruction to date and the slow preparation towards giving it a full civilian capability. He also talks about the importance of the Hajj to Saudi Arabia, where 3,600 Iraqi civilians will be flying out from the airport.
Description:
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1064
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-11-30
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Holmes, Andy (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wigston, Mike (person)
Royal Air Force, 903 Wing (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: 6 mins
