Title:BBC CHILDREN IN NEED "LONDON TO PARIS" CHARITY RUN, ALLENBY GYM, BASRA (EDIT) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 287
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the forces on cycling, rowing and cross-training in a virtual "charity run from" London to Paris in aid of the BBC Children in Need charity appeal.
Description: Location is the Allenby Gymnasium at Basra Air Station. Members of all three services are seen contributing on the various machines; Flight Sergeant Dave Hughes, one of the organisers and participants, is interviewed. The countdown to the completion of the run is also shown.
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 287
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-11-18
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: Hughes, Dave (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (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)
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
