FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 11 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 11 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 140
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Opening of Al-Haak School in the village of the same name north of Basra. Drive-through of some of the villages north of Basra.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:01:00 Members of the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) at a checkpoint sing and wave their guns in the air in celebration of the capture of Saddam Hussein. 00:02:37 Coach is stopped and the travellers are told the good news. Local workers cheer and wave their hard hats. 00:04:07 CO discusses the situation in Iraq after Saddam's capture. 00:05:13 Interview with Netherlands soldier Nick Van Liampt who is an aircraft loader. Christmas message in Dutch. 00:07:37 Al-Haak Primary School Children gather around the camera, cheer and wave. 00:08:54 General views of the school compound; workmen carry out final maintenance to outer walls. 00:11:08 Soldiers with children and local people, posing for the camera. Staff Sergeant Anita Smith (30 Signal Regiment) poses with cheering children and families. 00:13:45 Lines of small girls and boys at the school entrance. Crowd led by Staff Sergeant Smith moves forward towards the school building and enter, clapping. 00:16:10 Interior of school, where soldiers issue packs of books and stationery to the children as they file in one by one. Children sit down in the classroom; soldiers help them with crayons and colouring books. 00:20:40 Teacher leads children in singing. Soldiers help out with classroom activities. 00:24:33 Further surge of children and parents in the school playground. Children say "thank you" in English. Views of trees near the school. 00:25:26 Staff Sergeant Smith discusses the refurbishment of Al-Haak and other schools, and shows the site of the old school with its rattan roof. 00:31:08 More scenes of cheering children and of the new school, including interiors of rooms under construction. 00:33:15 Soldiers prepare to depart as children flock around their Land Rovers. The vehicles drive off. 00:34:46 Sequence from top cover of moving Land Rover shows the landscape of villages north of Basra. Soldier on top cover. Land Rovers drive across one of two temporary bridges across the Shatt al-Arab. END 00:38:11
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 140
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2003-12-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Liampt, Nick Van (person) Smith, Anita (person) Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Corps of Signals, 30 Signal Regiment (regiment/service) Dutch army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Al-Haak, Iraq (geography) 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: Mini-DV Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 63; Running time: 33 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 140

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 121 (OPENING OF AL-HAAK SCHOOL, IRAQ, 16 DECEMBER 2003 [Allocated Title])
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