ARRIVAL OF COALITION-SUPPLIED GENERATORS AT AL FAW, AND ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES VERSUS BASRA POLICE FORCE FOOTBALL MATCH, BASRA STADIUM, 30 JANUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARRIVAL OF COALITION-SUPPLIED GENERATORS AT AL FAW, AND ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES VERSUS BASRA POLICE FORCE FOOTBALL MATCH, BASRA STADIUM, 30 JANUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 415
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: I. Five two-megawatt diesel generator units are installed in Al Faw. II. Friendly football match between members of the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Basra Police force, who they are mentoring.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:30 Heavy duty mobile crane is prepared ready to move an ISO container housing generators from its transporting lorries. 00:01:18 Local Iraqi men ritually kill a ram and place their bloody handprints on the side of the generator housings. 00:02:31 Cranes are prepared ready for further movement (the cranes have Norwegian flags on them). Australian and Norwegian troops help in the move. Chains are put into place and a generator are lifted from the flatbed lorry, which drives away. Generator is positioned and lowered to the ground. 00:08:04 The ram is skinned and dressed. 00:08:44 Interview with the Mayor of Al Faw (in English) discussing the generator project and the need for electricity. 00:13:28 Parts of generators are craned into position. 00:16:10 Interview with Colonel Chris Lowe, Chief Engineer MND(SE). 00:18:05 Interview with Lieutenant Commander Mark Crocker of the Royal Australian Navy. 00:21:43 Officers discuss. 00:22:06 Colour bars. 00:22:20 Substitutes sit down on the bench as the teams line up before match and are greeted. 00:23:10 VIPs sit down before the match; teams shake hands. Final preparations. 00:23:53 Preparations for kick-off. Captains meet. Players warm up on the pitch and pose for team photographs. 00:26:09 Kick-off and match action. Spectators watch from the side of the stadium. British officers watch from the touchline. 00:35:30 Teams leave pitch at half time. Manager gives a pep talk for the British team. 00:36:46 Interview, at the football stadium, with Major Simon Boyle of the Royal Regiment of Wales, helping to train the local police force. 00:38:20 Interview with Sergeant Stephen Place of 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Wales. 00:39:33 Interview with Chief of Police in Basra (partly drowned out by crowd noise). 00:42:26 Interview, on the touchline, with Second Lieutenant Williams (substitute), discussing the match and the relationship with the police. (The match carries on in the background.) 00:45:10 Views of the spectators and of the match. 00:49:49 Final whistle; teams walk across the pitch shaking hands. They line up on the touchline before receiving their medals from the Chief of Police. (The trophy goes to the victorious Police team.) 00:54:26 Police from the Police Support Unit line up for the camera in riot gear. END 00:54:55
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFV 415
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-01-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (RAF Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Lowe, Chris (Colonel) (person) Crocker, Mark (person) Place, Stephen (person) Norwegian Army (regiment/service) Royal Australian Navy (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) (regiment/service) Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Al-Faw, Iraq (geography) 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: Mini-DV Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 63
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 415

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 449 (ARRIVAL OF COALITION-SUPPLIED GENERATORS AT AL FAW, 30 JANUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]) BFV 96 (ARRIVAL OF COALITION-SUPPLIED GENERATORS AT AL FAW, 30 JANUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]) BFV 484 (RAF COMBAT CAMERA TEAM MASTERS TAPE 1 [Allocated Title])
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