2 SQUADRON THE RAF REGIMENT MAKE PRELIMINARY VISITS TO VILLAGE PROJECTS AROUND BASRA, 5 FEBRUARY 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 2 SQUADRON THE RAF REGIMENT MAKE PRELIMINARY VISITS TO VILLAGE PROJECTS AROUND BASRA, 5 FEBRUARY 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 418
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of the Regiment and officers (from various regiments) travel to an Iraqi village to discuss possible restoration projects.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:59 Members of the regiment in full kit and hard helmets walk into small Iraqi village. Local men and boys give the "thumbs up" sign. Cattle graze at the roadside. (No sound in this sequence) 00:01:45 RAF officers (including Warrant Officer Chris Blackman) sit in a house meeting local elders to discuss issues including water supply. (No sound until 00:02:27) Officer takes notes. Tea is served. 00:09:15 Officers walk through the village with elders to discuss water problems on site. Children watch. 00:11:58 British Land Rovers on the edge of the village. Children throng around and shake hands with officer identified on his combat suit as "Padre Turner". 00:12:51 Further discussions with elders. 00:17:08 Further shots of soldiers and local people in the street. Close-ups of local people (who are happy to be filmed). 00:18:57 Shots from top cover of moving Land Rover on the road as the section moves (other Land Rovers can be seen) END 00:21:16
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 418
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2004-02-05
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (RAF Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Blackman, Chris (person) Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) Royal Air Force 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; Running time: 20 mins
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    BFV 418

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 419 (2 SQUADRON THE RAF REGIMENT MAKE PRELIMINARY VISITS TO VILLAGE PROJECTS AROUND BASRA, 5 FEBRUARY 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 484 (RAF COMBAT CAMERA TEAM MASTERS TAPE 1 [Allocated Title])
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