HRH PRINCE ANDREW, THE DUKE OF YORK, VISITS BASRA AND SURROUNDING AREA, 20 AUGUST 2005 (ROUGH EDIT) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HRH PRINCE ANDREW, THE DUKE OF YORK, VISITS BASRA AND SURROUNDING AREA, 20 AUGUST 2005 (ROUGH EDIT) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 239
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Duke at Camp Abu Naji and other locations.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:39 Aircraft transporting the Duke (RAF British Aerospace Bae 146 CC2 ZE701) arrives at Basra Air Station; the Duke and his entourage alight and are greeted before being driven to the headquarters. 00:01:18 Ground views of the Duke's helicopter arriving at Camp Abu Naji near Al-Amarah; the party gets off the aircraft and head into the camp. 00:02:12 The Duke pauses to salute the Memorial Garden and then walks towards the Task Force Maysan headquarters. 00:02:31 The Duke meets members of 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment in a Warrior park at Abu Naji. 00:04:03 The helicopter lands at Shaibah Logistics Base, where the Duke is piped off by a lone piper. He meets personnel. 00:04:32 At the battalion headquarters, the Duke meets members of the Royal Irish Regiment. 00:04:59 Helicopter departs. 00:05:20 The Duke arrives at Umm Qasr where he meets Iraqi officers. 00:06:34 The Duke visits an Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service patrol boat and meets members of the Iraqi Navy and Royal Marine Commandos. 00:07:18 Shot of Royal Marine Commando keeping watch on a dockside crane. 00:07:24 Silhouette of Marine. 00:07:29 Union and Royal Irish Regiment flags fly in the breeze. END 00:07:43
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 239
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2005-08-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company) McIvor, Mac (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Andrew, Prince (Duke of York) (person) British Army, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Irish Regiment (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Corps of Royal Marines (regiment/service) Iraqi Army (regiment/service) Iraqi Riverine Patrol Directorate (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography) Shaibah Logistics Base, Shaibah, Iraq (geography) Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah, Iraq (geography) Umm Qasr, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) British Army post-2000 (theme) Royal Air Force post-2000 (theme) Royal Navy 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: 7 mins
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    BFV 239

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    BFV 237 (HRH PRINCE ANDREW, THE DUKE OF YORK, VISITS BASRA AND SURROUNDING AREA, 20 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 238 (HRH PRINCE ANDREW, THE DUKE OF YORK, VISITS BASRA AND SURROUNDING AREA, 20 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title])
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