Title:IRAQI SOLDIERS TRAINING WITH 1 SQUADRON THE RAF REGIMENT, 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 90
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the Iraqi Bureau of Border Inspections (BBI) (part of the Department of Border Enforcement) undertake weapons training and range work.
Description: START 00:00:00
00:10:05 Training Room 1 (at Basra Air Station). Iraqis undergo weapons drills (loading and firing procedures) assisted by British instructor (Sergeant from the RAF Regiment). Students strip down their weapons and reassemble them.
00:07:44 Sign "DBE TRAINING ROOMS NO ACCESS" in English and Arabic.
00:07:55 Interview (in English) with senior member of the Bureau of Border Inspections, talking about the role of the border officers.
00:14:21 TIMECODE RESET.
00:00:00 Exterior views of the terminal building at Basra Air Station (Basra International Airport).
00:00:05 Weapons training on range: instructor briefs the members of the BBI. They load the their guns' magazines.
00:04:20 Ranges: targets in distance, red flags flying. Targets are prepared by instructors. BBI members line up and take aim.
END 00:11:12
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 90
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment (regiment/service)
Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement, Bureau of Border Inspections (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 11 mins
