Title:RUMAILA BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND AFTER COMPLETION, 19 DECEMBER 2005 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 297
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The new bridge over the river at Rumaila which has been built alongside the damaged old bridge.
Description: START 18:54:58 Black screen followed by colour bars.
18:55:32 Shots from riverside of the new bridge under construction. Local man sits on the river bank. Wreckage from the old bridge can be seen (concrete and rebar).
18:55:51 Mesh formed with metal rebar on the new section of bridge, under construction. Local men bend rebar into position. Heavy digger drives past.
18:57:00 Distant shots of GOSPs (gas/oil separation plants) at the Rumaila oilfield, followed by river bank scenes: local boatmen and rubble from the old bridge.
00:57:41 Bus crosses new bridge. On the carriageway of the vnew bridge, workmen clear away dirt with hoses. Lorry passes - driver speaks. Further trucks drive past as local man paints rails - driver gives thumbs up.
18:59:26 Shots from river bank showing boatmen and new bridge. (Note half-submerged debris in the river.)
END 18:59:53
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 297
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-11-19
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
