Title:COMPLETION OF THE CULLINGWORTH BRIDGE OVER THE SHATT AL-ARAB, BASRA, MARCH 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 441
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Cullingworth Bridge, under repair near Basra, is completed and opens for traffic.
Description: START 01:58:15 Bars
02:01:32 Interview (bridge construction continues in background).
02:07:32 Second interview.
02:11:35 Third interview ("Coats").
02:14:46 Official opening of the bridge; vehicles and foot traffic cross. Local officials visit and give speeches for the media. VIPs and Engineers walk across the bridge and gather, surrounded by press and local people, at the other side.
02:30:41 General views of the bridge with soldiers standing on the span. VIPs depart.
02:31:58 Fourth interview; in the background, the bridge is now fully open for traffic.
END 02:34:21
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 441
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-03
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: 33 mins
BFV 440 (COMPLETION OF THE CULLINGWORTH BRIDGE OVER THE SHATT AL-ARAB, BASRA, MARCH 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title])
BFV 487 (RAF COMBAT CAMERA TEAM MASTERS TAPE 4 [Allocated Title])
