Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 32 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 161
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits the Regional Police Academy in Basra (actually at Camp Chindit, Az Zubayr).
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:49 Hand-painted sign in Arabic and English "The Regional Police Training Academy in Basrah". Soldiers wait nearby with Warrior.
00:01:42 Soldiers at unloading bay.
00:01:49 Flags flying (British, Iraqi, Italian) over Camp Chindit.
00:02:24 Soldiers (Parachute Regiment) wait around informally with members of the Iraqi Police Service. Land Rovers on patrol.
00:03:56 A member of the Italian Carabinieri, his sleeve marked "MSU" (Multinational Specialised Unit), checks the interior of a car with British colleagues; the car will later be used in a arrest demonstration. Members of the Iraqi Police and Italian MSU wait nearby. Demonstration is rehearsed.
00:07:49 Para with Puma helicopter in the back. Arrival of Tony Blair and party in Chinook helicopter; He and his entourage (soldiers and Metropolitan Police) disembark and walk into the academy, where he greets a line of (British) police officers, Paras, MSU members and a Danish officer.
00:14:25 Inside the academy, Mr Blair watches the Police recruits staging an arrest (as in the rehearsal seen earlier) before meeting Iraqi police officers.
00:16:42 Inside the academy, the PM takes a drink from a plastic cup and jokes with British officers. Outside he meets other officers and Iraqi officials before walking back to the Chinook and climbing on board. The helicopter takes off.
END 00:22:59
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 161
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-01-04
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Blair, Tony Charles Lynton (person)
British Army, Parachute Regiment (regiment/service)
Metropolitan Police (regiment/service)
Italian Army, Carabinieri, Multinational Specialised Unit (regiment/service)
Royal Danish Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Regional Police Training Academy in Basra, Camp Chindit, Az Zubayr, 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: 22 mins
