SECURITY SECTOR REFORM (SSR): HANDOVER OF EQUIPMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BORDER ENFORCEMENT, UMM QASR, 4 SEPTEMBER 2005 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM (SSR): HANDOVER OF EQUIPMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BORDER ENFORCEMENT, UMM QASR, 4 SEPTEMBER 2005 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 248
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Iraq's Department of Border Enforcement receives new equipment and arms, freshly imported into Umm Qasr.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:41 General views of equipment of all kinds in warehouse at Umm Qasr, including mattresses and clothing (boxes marked "Iraq Reconstruction Program: Shipment in Transit to Humanitarian Purpose". 00:02:30 Weapons (rifle and handguns) and ammunition boxes for the Department of Border Enforcement. 00:05:54 General views around the port at Umm Qasr, including warehouses and a cargo ship ("Barra") being unloaded. 00:09:39 Weapons are inspected and their serial numbers checked with British officer. 00:11:25 Workers (British and Iraqi) take a break and kick around a football. 00:12:29 Trucks belonging to the DBE arrive outside the warehouse; one of them reverses through the door. 00:14:10 Inside the warehouse, equipment is loaded onto the truck. Member of the Iraqi Border Police (IBP) watches. Weapons are inspected by DBE Personnel before being loaded. 00:19:42 The fully-loaded truck drives out, and a second truck moves into position and is loaded with furniture (some shots on board the truck's bed). Forklift is used to transport larger items. 00:25:53 Interview with Ali Laya Palal (?) who is working with the accountant's office. 00:34:27 Further scenes of loading of equipment, this time including mattresses. END 00:38:43
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 248
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2005-09-04
  • 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: British Army (regiment/service) Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement (regiment/service) Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement, Iraqi Border Police (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Umm Qasr, 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: 34 mins
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