Title:ARABIC LANGUAGE CLASS AND VISIT BY MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE ARMED FORCES ADAM INGRAM MP [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 118
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Arabic languages classes attended by British soldiers. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram MP, with his shadow counterpart Nicholas Soames MP, visits Basra Air Station.
Description: START 00:11:27 Black screen followed by bars.
00:11:49 Title "ARABIC LANGUAGES CLASSES AT MND(SW) HQ".
00:11:57 Exterior shots of tent where the classes will take place. Soldiers (34 Squadron RAF Regiment) enter.
00:12:19 Interview with Flight Lieutenant Andy Bryan about the classes.
00:16:00 Language classes underway (Iraqi civilian instructor).
00:19:49 Cut-in shots of language software, whiteboard etc.
00:20:17 Black screen.
00:20:42 Highlights of the visit of Adam Ingram and Nicholas Soames to Basra Air Station, including the two MPs meeting with WMIK Land Rover crew, visiting admin/medical staff, greeting firemen and attending Arabic lessons, inspecting helicopters and crews.
END 00:47:04
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 118
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2003-12-19
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Ingram, Adam Paterson (person)
Soames, Nicholas (person)
Bryan, Andy (person)
Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment, 34 Squadron (regiment/service)
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
