BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY JACK STRAW VISITS BASRA, 11 NOVEMBER 2005 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY JACK STRAW VISITS BASRA, 11 NOVEMBER 2005 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 282
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Jack Straw visits troops, lays a wreath at a Remembrance Day service and visits the British Embassy.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:15 Hercules aircraft arrives at Basra Air Station; Jack Straw, clad in a flak jacket, alights and is greeted by British staff. 00:02:27 The British base at Basra Palace: Merlin helicopter lands, and Jack Straw and party alight. 00:03:20 Inside the Palace, Mr Straw takes a telephone call as a working lunch is prepared. The Foreign Secretary's red dispatch box is very much in evidence. 00:03:40 Interior of part of the palace used as a church; large assembly gathers for a Remembrance Day service. Shots of the service and addresses (poor sound). Both Mr Straw and the British Ambassador lay wreaths. 00:08:56 On the banks of the Shatt al-Arab, Jack Straw meets soldiers and looks out across the water. 00:10:04 Close-ups of the exterior of the British Embassy in Basra. On the steps, Mr Straw meets Iraqi officials and has an impromptu press call about his visitwith the local media. END 00:12:50
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 282
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2005-11-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company) Dawson, Rick (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Straw, Jack (person) British Army (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography) Basra Palace, Basra, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) British Army post-2000 (theme) Royal Air Force 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: 11 mins
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    BFV 380 (BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY JACK STRAW VISITS BASRA, 11 NOVEMBER 2005 [Allocated Title]) BFV 381 (BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY JACK STRAW VISITS BASRA, 11 NOVEMBER 2005 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title])
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