Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes featuring members of DANCON, who are operating in and around Medina and Al-Qurnah, Iraq.
Description: START 00:00:04 Bars.
00:00:52 Interior of Council Building at Medina; council leader meets with members of DANCON and council members to discuss local issues and reconstruction (languages spoken are Arabic and English).
00:11:39 Exterior of council building, where a small crowd has gathered. Council and Danish troops leave the building.
00:12:59 Interview (in Lithuanian?) with First Lieutenant Mindaugas Maštavičius, a Lithuanian soldier serving with LITCON (the Lithuanian Contingent, attached to DANCON).
00:14:12 DANCON section in Mowag Eagle armoured vehicle prepare for patrol, followed by shots in motion.
00:15:47 Views of the river Euphrates; children play in the water and pose for the camera.
00:16:34 Scenes at irrigation plant pumping station at Al-Qurnah: tractor with water bowser drives past. Shots of Pump Number 1 (currently idle) and stream. Piece to camera by First Lieutenant Maštavičius with pump in the background.
00:20:00 Further views of Pump Number 1 and surrounding area.
00:21:18 Interview with agricultural representative, discussing the pumping station (Arabic, translated into English).
00:24:54 Pump Number 2 in operation.
00:26:57 Further interview with First Lieutenant Maštavičius.
00:30:34 Interview with Iraqi representative (in Arabic).
00:36:08 Portable pumps are handed over for use by local farmers to irrigate their land. A meal is laid out for the Danish visitors.
00:40:28 Scenes in empty buildings at a chicken farm; interview (in Arabic) with the farmer who wishes to re-establish his farm.
00:46:04 Further views of the chicken farm buildings.
00:47:14 Veterinary clinic under reconstruction; interviews with staff. Views of the interior (which is in poor condition).
END 00:55:58
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:BFV 1
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
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Production Date:2004-07-21
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Gedge, Andy (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Maštavičius, Mindaugus (person)
Royal Danish Army (regiment/service)
Lithuanian Land Force (regiment/service)