DANCON (DANISH CONTINGENT, IRAQ), 21 JULY 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DANCON (DANISH CONTINGENT, IRAQ), 21 JULY 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 1
  • 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
  • Digitised:
  • 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)
  • Keywords: Al-Qurnah, Iraq (geography) Medina, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) Iraq post-2003 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: Arabic Subtitle language: [Lithuanian]
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 50 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 1

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 2 (DANCON (DANISH CONTINGENT, IRAQ), 21 JULY 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 69 (DANCON (DANISH CONTINGENT, IRAQ), MEDINA AND AL-QURNAH, 21 JULY 2004 (DUB) [Allocated Title]) BFV 91 (SNAPSHOT FROM BASRA 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title])
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