Title:HANDOVER OF BASRA TO PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL, 16 DECEMBER 2007 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1086
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A ceremony and press conference is held at Basra International Airport to mark the handover of Basra and surrounding provinces to Iraqi control
Description: General view of the Press Information Centre at Basra. The various participants salute as the Iraqi National Anthem is played and prayers are sang. Doctor Mowafaq al-Rubaie, the National Security Advisor for Iraq, and Mohammed al-Waili, Governor of Basra, give statements in Arabic. Major General Graham Binns, Commander of Multinational Division (South East), then gives an address in English (translated). Final address by Iraqi official before the formal signing of the memorandum. Major General Binns and Mr al-Waili shake hands. A press conference follows in English and Arabic.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1086
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2007-12-16
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Holmes, Andy (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Binns, Graham John (person)
Rubaie, Mowafaq Baqer al- (person)
Waili, Mohammed al- (person)
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
Title language: Arabic
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 49 mins
