Title:BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR VISITS THE REGIONAL POLICE ACADEMY IN BASRA AT CAMP CHINDIT, AZ ZUBAYR, 4 JANUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 110
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Informal visit by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the Regional Police Training Academy in Basra (actually at Camp Chindit, Az Zubayr).
Description: START 00:01:53 Black screen followed by bars.
00:02:20 Flags flying (British, Iraqi, Italian) over Camp Chindit. Soldiers at unloading point.
00:02:37 Hand-painted sign in Arabic and English "The Regional Police Training Academy in Basrah". Soldiers (Parachute Regiment) wait informally.
00:03:47 Members of the Iraqi Police Service wait in formation at the camp. With them is a member of the Italian Carabinieri, his sleeve marked "MSU" (Multinational Specialised Unit). British police driver waits in a (rather battered) car; he gets out and rehearses being "arrested" as a member of the Iraqi Police points a gun.
00:05:55 Arrival of Chinook helicopter carrying Tony Blair. He and his entourage (soldiers and Metropolitan Police) disembark and walk into the academy, where he greets a line of (British) police officers, Paras, MSU members and a Danish officer.
00:08:26 Inside the academy, Mr Blair watches the Police recruits staging an "arrest" before meeting more people.
00:10:18 Inside the academy, the PM takes a drink from a plastic cup and jokes with British officers. Outside he meets other officers.
00:13:17 Mr Blair gets back on board a Chinook helicopter, which then takes off.
END 00:13:46
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 110
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-01-04
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Blair, Tony Charles Lynton (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
Metropolitan Police (regiment/service)
Italian Army, Carabinieri, Multinational Specialised Unit (regiment/service)
Royal Danish Army (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
Keywords: Regional Police Training Academy in Basra, Camp Chindit, Az Zubayr, 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
