Title:MARSH ARAB CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM BURNS RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE BRITISH ARMY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 116
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British soldiers visit a marsh Arab village to inspect and assist two badly-burned children.
Description: START 00:00:00 Black screen followed by bars.
00:00:38 British soldiers meet a group of adults and children at the outskirts of an Iraqi village. Two of the children (both boys) have been badly burned, and show their scars to the British soldiers. Radio calls are made back to headquarters.
00:08:20 Soldiers and the injured children walk down into the village to see the living conditions of the boys; officer talks to elder and other villagers (one is a woman with cataracts on both eyes).
00:13:22 Officer poses with the two children.
00:13:55 Scenes in the village, including the interior of a basic dwelling which has religious pictures on the wall.
00:16:00 Chicken sits on a nest in the village. Large group of children poses for a photograph.
00:16:34 Panoramic shots of the village.
00:16:59 Interview with officer.
00:20:07 Interview with village elder.
00:21:12 Group of children perform for the camera; further views of the village, this time from moving vehicle.
END 00:23:00
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 116
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-01-15
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: 22 mins
