Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 40 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 169
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British soldiers visit a marsh Arab village to inspect and assist two badly-burned children.
Description: START 00:00:00 Black screen followed by bars.
00:00:49 British soldiers meet a group of adults and children at the outskirts of an Iraqi village. Two of the children (both boys) have been badly burned, and show their scars to the British soldiers; one of them has no hair and gnarled hands. Soldiers talk with the children and adults. Radio calls are made back to headquarters.
00:08:45 Soldiers and the injured children walk down into the village to see the living conditions of the boys; officer talks to elder and other villagers (one is a woman with cataracts on both eyes).
00:13:41 Officer poses with the two burned children.
00:14:06 Scenes in the village, including the interior of a basic dwelling which has religious pictures on the wall.
00:16:21 Chicken sits on a nest in the village. Large group of children poses for a photograph.
00:17:03 Panoramic shots of the village.
00:17:25 Interview with officer.
00:19:40 Interview with village elder.
00:22:32 Village scenes (shaky camerawork). Group of children perform for the camera.
00:24:36 Further views of the village, this time from moving vehicle; marshes can also be seen. Camera passes a mosque with a turquoise dome.
00:26:44 Scenes beside a bridge (Basra ?); soldiers talk to local men.
END 00:27:25
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 169
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-01-15
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: 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: 27 mins
