Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 31 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 160
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Passing out parade for new members of the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (ICDC); also scenes of 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment in Basra Old Port.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars followed by black screen for lengthy period.
00:02:20 British soldiers on duty, guiding the press to the parade.
00:03:17 Members of the ICDC on parade ground in formation; they are inspected as piper plays.
00:08:02 Speech by Iraqi dignitary.
00:11:01 ICDC members stand to attention; they march past the saluting base.
00:15:18 Iraqi dignitary talks to ICDC members; Parachute Regiment commander stands next to him.
00:18:06 Members of the Parachute Regiment stand by
00:18:36 Interview with Para Commander on the (now deserted) parade ground.
00:22:16 Interview with member of the ICDC.
00:24:03 ICDC members relax after the ceremony; they go to the cookhouse for a meal.
00:27:11 Paras on patrol outside the New Iraqi Army Southern Region Recruitment Centre.
00:28:24 TIMECODE RESET
00:00:00 Views from inside Land Rover during patrol (camera pointed through dirty windscreen. WMIK Land Rover drives in front trough streets of Basra.
00:04:00 Rear facing shots showing Snatch Land Rover with two soldiers on top cover. Views of top cover gunman in camera vehicle.
END 00:06:42
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 160
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2003-12-31
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: 34 mins (ca)
