FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 38 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 38 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 167
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The aftermath of heavy rains on the British lines at Basra Air Station.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:43 Soldiers shovel sand to create drainage ditches beside the walkways between tents. Water flows into these ditches. 00:03:25 TIMECODE RESET. 00:00:00 Close-ups of shovel being used in ditch. 00:00:17 TIMECODE RESET. 00:00:00 Views of tents (possible a hospital tent) with ditches being dug alongside. 00:00:12 Brief shot of flooded tented corridor. 00:00:22 Further shots of drainage channels between tents. 00:00:44 Large vacuum cleaner is used to remove water from underneath grilles in a tented corridor. 00:01:10 Soldier digging in row between tents. 00:01:39 Wellington boots are removed from boxes. 00:01:55 Soldiers preparing motorised drainage pumps to remove the water. Behind rolls of barbed wire, a soldier digs at the sand. 00:04:09 Interview with soldier involved in the operation. 00:05:34 Large channel of water; soldier places a paper boat into it. 00:06:24 Interview with civil engineer (?). 00:10:01 Views of flooded pool behind rolls of barbed wire; flooded vehicle park also seen. Reflection of soldier in pool; camera moves up to show the soldier himself. END 00:11:48
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 167
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-01-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (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: 14 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 167

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 108 (DIGGING OF DITCHES FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE BRITISH TENTED CAMP AT BASRA AIR STATION [Allocated Title]) BFV 123 (DIGGING OF DITCHES FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE BRITISH TENTED CAMP AT BASRA AIR STATION [Allocated Title])
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