Title:FIRST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT FROM BAGHDAD TO BASRA, 31 MAY 2005 (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 195
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The first internal commercial flight by Iraqi Airways from Baghdad to Basra, a Boeing 727, arrives at Basra Air Station.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:43 Static shot of the airbridges at Basra Air Station (Basra International Airport).
00:01:02 Hercules taxies on runway.
00:02:30 Far distant shot of the Baghdad-Basra flight arriving and taxiing; activities on the apron as the aircraft moves along the taxiways.
00:07:00 Now at a halt, the steps are brought alongside the aircraft. Pilot waves from cockpit window.
00:07:46 Press huddle around bottom of steps.
00:08:13 Flight crew and passengers descend the steps and pose for the cameras.
00:08:53 Static shots of tailplane in Iraqi livery.
00:09:13 Press huddle on apron. Member of the airport police stands guard.
00:09:57 TIMECODE RESET.
00:00:00 Video camera crews gather on the apron to wait for the next flight.
00:00:18 Second flight descends and lands in the far distance and taxies around to the apron. Steps are brought up to the door. Huddle as aircrew and passengers descend.
00:05:02 Airport bus on the tarmac prepares to take the passengers to the terminal. Pilot waves from cockpit.
00:05:58 Interview with Group Captain Ian Woods, Station Commander at Basra International Airport, about the significance of this event (the airport is reopened for commercial operations).
END 00:07:47
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 195
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-05-31
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Woods, Ian (person)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Iraqi Airways (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: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 16 mins
