Title:THE RAF REGIMENT AT A MEDICAL CENTRE IN BASRA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 178
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the RAF Regiment on duty outside a clinic in Basra.
Description: START 00:00:00
00:00:47 View from top cover of Land Rover of convoy heading into Basra and pulling up outside medical centre.
00:03:09 Soldier talks with group of children.
00:03:42 Adults and children queue up at the medical centre Two Iraqi women give the thumbs up sign and smile; they pose for still photographs. Another woman poses with children.
00:04:48 Main gate of clinic (from inside compound). Soldiers keep watch outside. Wide shot of clinic building and of activities inside and outside the compound.
00:06:21 Gurkha soldier keeps watch.
00:06:32 Women and children shelter beside a building.
00:06:43 Clinic sign (in Arabic).
00:06:30 RAF Regiment Wing Commander talks to doctors and other clinic personnel, shaking hands with one of them (posed).
00:09:00 Women and children approach the clinic. Soldiers stand by; close-up of RAF Regiment shoulder flash. Wing Commander talks with doctor.
00:09:47 Views of streets from top cover during journey back to camp, passing through the arches and onwards.
END 00:14:04
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 178
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-04-28
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Rose (POA [Phot]) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, Gurkha Rifles (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography)
Royal Air Force 1945-2000 (theme)
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: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 13 mins
