FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 14 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 14 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 143
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes at Basra Air Station.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:53 Interview with SAC Jo Delacour, an air medic, now working in the medical centre. She discusses her experiences including assistance after the suicide bomber attack on the Italian Carabinieri headquarters in Nasiriyah on 12 November 2003 which killed 26 people. 00:05:58 Interview with Corporal Chris Sullivan, RAF medic on the helicopter-based IRT (Immediate Response Team). 00:10:08 Medical administration tent with SAC Delacour working on computer.and Corporal Sullivan packing an emergency kit. 00:12:39 RAF C17 Globemaster transport aircraft parked on the tarmac at Basra. 00:13:17 Interview with Corporal Darren Biggs, the Environmental Health Technician at Basra Air Station; discussion of problems including pests; he holds up a large spider in a jar of preservative fluid. 00:18:31 Flight Lieutenant Paul McClurk and "George the Bear" (a soft toy mascot from his daughter's school in Sleaford): Christmas message from "Paul and George". 00:22:15 General views of Basra Air Station, showing a battlefield ambulance driving across the tarmac and the Immediate Response Team deploying onto a Lynx helicopter. Various shots of the ambulance. 00:26:56 Interview with Tahar Kadir, working with the Royal Air Force at Basra. 00:28:48 Interview with JT Michael Clapham, vehicle mechanic with MTMS (Motor Transport Maintenance Section) Basra. 00:31:56 Transporter vehicle with two Land Rovers on the back; these are strapped down and the transporter drives off. 00:33:36 Interview with Sergeant Tony Pennington (RAF), Senior NCO in charge of the Aviation Fuel and Supply Sections. 00:40:06 Interview with SAC Michelle Ayling; discussion of Christmas. 00:42:45 Flying Officer Mark Norris interview. 00:45:17 Group of RAF technicians talk by gate inside Basra Air Station. 00:46:36 Interview with Corporal Nicki Parker. Close-up of her Tactical Communications Wing shoulder flash. 00:48:31 Night scenes at Basra Air Station: Globemaster aircraft on tarmac with troops disembarking. Globemaster being unloaded from the aircraft's huge hold onto mobile platforms. Interior views: large pallets of matériel are slid into position and secured in place. Loadmaster sits at his desk. 00:58:48 Interview with Wing Commander Cameron "Spiv" Gair, CO of 99 Squadron RAF, in cockpit of C17. Close-ups of instrumentation and of the 99 Squadron shoulder badge. END 01:05:08
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFV 143
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2003-12-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company) Central Television (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (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: 65 mins
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