Title:EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) AT AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IN BASRA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 183
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The clearance of large amounts of old ordnance from an industrial site.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:48 Several mines and other (including grenades) on display with "Mines" warning signs in English and Arabic. (No sound in this sequence.)
00:02:31 Panning shot of scrapyard in industrial area, containing a large amount of scrapped weapons. Members of an Iraqi EOD team begin to clear the area, a not inconsiderable task. Scrapped munitions are loaded into lorries as soldiers watch. Heavy lifter clears scrap out of the way.
00:11:57 Interview with Mohammed, one of the Iraqi soldiers helping out (in Arabic). (Face is poorly lit.)
00:13:10 Retake of interview from different position. (Lighting in still poor.)
00:14:39 Cutaway shot of munitions.
END 00:14:47
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 183
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-05-04
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: British Army (regiment/service)
Iraqi Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 14 mins
