DIGGING OF DITCHES FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE BRITISH TENTED CAMP AT BASRA AIR STATION [Allocated Title]

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  • 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
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 108

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    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])
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