Title:HANDOVER OF MAJNOUN FORT, 10 DECEMBER 2005 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 296
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Majnoun Fort is formally handed over to the Iraqi Army and Department of Border Enforcement (DBE), the last fort in the Southern Province to be handed back.
Description: START 13:46:29 Black screen followed by colour bars.
13:47:30 Wide shots of the fort and of Iraqi soldiers gathered informally outside. Iraqi flag flies over the fort. Sign "Ministry of Intria Head Quarter of Iraq Police Border Forth Devision North Magnon Denial".
13:88:35 British soldiers, accompanied by General J B Dutton, Commander of the Multinational Division (South East), arrive by helicopter and meet their Iraqi counterparts. General Dutton meets Iraqi Army officers, including Brigadier Abdal-Sittar Abdal-Jabber al-Faddagh of the Department of Border Enforcement's Bureau of Border Inspections.
13:49:17 General Dutton and his Iraqi counterpart cut the ribbon to formally hand over the fort and the delegation (which includes an American officer) enters the fort, inside which a buffet has been laid out on tables.
13:50:00 Formal papers are signed and speeches are made.
13:53:24 Interview with Brigadier Abdal-Sittar Abdal-Jabber al-Faddagh.
13:55:19 British contingent departs by helicopter.
END 13:55:30
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 296
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-12-10
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Dutton, James Benjamin (person)
Faddagh, Abdal-Sittar Abdal-Jabber al- (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement, Bureau of Border Inspections (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: 9 mins
