Title:DIGGING OF DITCHES FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE BRITISH TENTED CAMP AT BASRA AIR STATION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 108
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The aftermath of heavy rains at Basra Air Station.
Description: START 01:34:06 Black screen followed by bars.
01:35:00 Soldiers shovel sand to create drainage ditches beside the walkways between tents.
01:37:53 Brief shot of flooded tented corridor.
01:38:01 Further shots of drainage channels between tents, shovelling, and scenes of soldiers preparing drainage pumps to remove the water.
01:41:26 Interview with soldier involved in the operation.
01:42:25 Pool in the sand, into which a soldier puts a paper boat.
01:43:00 Interview (no sound on machine viewed).
01:46:05 Views of flooded pool behind rolls of barbed wire, flooded vehicle park and soldier standing guard (reflected in a pool of water).
END 01:47:48
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 108
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-01-13
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army 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: 12 mins
BFV 123 (DIGGING OF DITCHES FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE BRITISH TENTED CAMP AT BASRA AIR STATION [Allocated Title])
BFV 167 (FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 38 [Allocated Title])