FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 1 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 1 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 130
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Jack Straw in Basra, November 26, and highway patrol training for members of the Iraqi Police Service (IPS), November 27.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:50 Soldiers with machine guns on guard at Basra Air Station. 00:02:01 C17 Globemaster taxies. 00:02:33 BAe 125 ZD704 belonging to 32 (The Royal) Squadron taxies along the runway towards the camera. 00:03:34 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw disembarks and greets senior military personnel before walking across the apron (shaky camerawork). 00:04:10 Jack Straw and party enter the terminal building; various shots inside the building. 00:06:03 Exterior shots: Jack Straw on the tarmac once more; he walks to a waiting Sea King helicopter and embarks. 00:07:45 Various shots of the helicopter taxiing. 00:08:05 Cleaning and maintenance to the outside of ZD704; in the distance the Sea King helicopter flies past. 00:08:22 Bars. 00:08:49 Line of IPS highway patrol pick-up trucks ("Police" is written in both Arabic and English). 00:09:18 Interview with Corporal Darren Coventry from 110 Provost Company Royal Military Police about the training of the Iraqi Police for the patrolling of Route Tampa. He also gives a Christmas message to camera for his family. 00:12:04 Interview with Corporal Neil Williams (253 Provost Company attached to 110 Company). Christmas message. 00:17:05 Members of the highway patrol assemble in car park for training. Various shots of instructional session (poor sound). Corporal Williams greets the recruits individually. The recruits then march off. 00:23:29 Exterior shots of the gate at the IPS compound as vehicles set off on patrol. 00:24:00 Practice road traffic accident scenario: traffic cones are put around a parked WMIK Land Rover an Warrior armoured vehicle. "Injured" British soldier is carried out and attended to by Iraqi policeman. Close-up as Iraqi patrolman directs traffic. 00:27:17 Interview with Sergeant Major Richard Estorga of 607 MP Battalion US Army, also involved with highway patrol training. he sents Christmas greetings to family and friends in Oklahoma City. 00:31:09 Interview with Sergeant First Class Rodney Downey, 351st Infantry Company US Army: Christmas message to North Carolina. 00:34:18 General views of highway patrol training. 00:36:29 Interview with member of the Italian Carabinieri (no sound). 00:40:23 Highway Patrol pickups in action. 00:41:05 Interview with Captain Leon Hornsby, training officer with 110 Provost Company. 00:46:22 Pete Bayliss Christmas message to his family. 00:47:04 Christmas message (unidentified). 00:47:39 Christmas message from Gareth Evans. 00:48:40 Christmas message from Corporal Baz Griffiths. 00:49:10 IPS members gather for training. 00:49:35 Christmas message from Dennis Stewart. 00:49:58 110 Provost Company sing "Merry Christmas". 00:50:48 Interview (through interpreter) with Iraqi recruits about the course. 00:58:01 Posed shot with highway patrol recruits and Royal Military Police. END 00:58:17
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 130
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2003-11-26 2003-11-27
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Straw, Jack (person) Royal Air Force, 32 Squadron (regiment/service) British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police, 110 Provost Company (regiment/service) British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police, 253 Provost Company (regiment/service) Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service) United States Army, 351st Infantry Company (regiment/service) United States Army, Military Police Corps, 607 MP Battalion (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: Mini-DV Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 63; Running time: 58 mins
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    BFV 130

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 100 (THE ROYAL MILITARY POLICE GIVE HIGHWAY PATROL TRAINING TO THE IRAQI POLICE SERVICE, 27 NOVEMBER 2003 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]) BFV 132 (FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 3 [Allocated Title])
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