REPATRIATION CEREMONY, BASRA AIR STATION, 21 JULY 2005 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: REPATRIATION CEREMONY, BASRA AIR STATION, 21 JULY 2005 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 216
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Repatriation of Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer, Private Leon Spicer and Private Phillip Hewett of 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment.
  • Description: Camera position is at the side the aircraft, with tail door on the right hand side of the screen. Soldiers stand to attention and wait. Soldier (bugler from 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment) stands beside camera, next to a flag at half mast. After 12 minutes, further soldiers join them and padre takes up position beside the rear door. After 23 minutes, more soldiers stand by, and the troops are called to attention. Padre changes position and begins reciting the form of service at 32 minutes. At 40 minutes the three coffins are borne onto the aircraft. Bugler plays the Last Post. Prayers at the end of the ceremony; rear door of the aircraft closes. Soldiers are dismissed and leave. Officer attends to the flag.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 216
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2005-07-21
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Shearer, Richard (person) Spicer, Leon Dominic (person) Hewett, Phillip Dale Rimes (person) British Army, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), 1st Battalion (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) Remembrance (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: 57 mins
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    BFV 216

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 218 (REPATRIATION CEREMONY, BASRA AIR STATION, 21 JULY 2005 [Allocated Title]) BFV 332 (REPATRIATION CEREMONY, BASRA AIR STATION, 21 JULY 2005 [Allocated Title])
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