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
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])