Title:OPENING OF SCHOOL AT AL KOARAH, BASRA, 31 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 246
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Official opening of a mixed primary school in Al Koarah in Basra which has been refurbished by members of the RAF Regiment.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:30 School sign in Arabic. Preliminary discussion about filming with school staff.
00:01:41 Official opening: Wing Commander Heyworth of the Royal Air Force cuts the tape. A sheep is sacrificed and handprints made on the wall with its blood.
00:03:18 Staff and guests walk around the school building. RAF Regiment gunners stand by as children play.
00:08:08 Scene inside classroom which is soon filled with children who sit at their desks and watch the camera.
00:11:26 Sign in English and Arabic outside the school: "CIMIC project funded by British for CES Iraq II Squadron and 34 Squadron RAF Regiment wish to thank the people of the Al Koarah region for their help, support in this project Through educatiot [sic] we will prosper."
00:11:46 Interview with Kadum Saleh Abdul Al Hasen, the headmaster.
00:15:38 Interview with Taleb Sarhan Shafek, an education representative from Basra.
00:19:04 Interview with Kais Mohammed Alwan, contractor.
00:21:19 Interview with two of the boys who will be attending the school.
00:24:14 Interview with Flight Lieutenant Sam Wiseman, Deputy Squadron Commander of 2 Squadron the RAF Regiment.
00:25:54 Exterior shots of the single-storey school building.
END 00:26:53
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 246
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-08-31
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: Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment, 2 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment, 34 Squadron (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
Royal Air Force 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: 26 mins
BFV 247 (OPENING OF SCHOOL AT AL KOARAH, BASRA, 31 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title])
BFV 343 (OPENING OF SCHOOL AT AL KOARAH, BASRA, 31 AUGUST 2005 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title])