EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) TRAINING FOR THE IRAQI CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (ICDC) NEAR SHAIBAH, IRAQ, 7 APRIL 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) TRAINING FOR THE IRAQI CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (ICDC) NEAR SHAIBAH, IRAQ, 7 APRIL 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 448
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: British explosives experts mentor members of 70th Brigade of the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps in the disposal of unexploded ordnance.
  • Description: START 01:59:25 Bars. 02:00:00 Interview with one of the British Army mentors. 02:05:40 Group of ICDC members undergo training on the range, piling up and priming with PE4 a stack of disused ordnance (including shells and land mines). 02:09:13 Interview with second British Army mentor. 02:13:53 Interview with Iraqi soldier. Close-up of 70th Brigade shoulder flash at end of interview. 02:18:32 Detonation of ordnance: explosion can be seen in the distance. 02:19:03 Further ordnance (rusted shells) is primed with PE4. Detonator cable is prepared. 02:24:18 Explosion. Shot of range as British soldier goes out to check the site of the detonation. 02:29:05 Further explosion. 02:30:24 Third, much larger, explosion. END 02:31:03
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 448
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2004-04-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (RAF Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service) Iraqi Civil Defence Corps, 70th Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Shaibah, 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: 31 mins
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    BFV 448

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 447 (EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) TRAINING FOR THE IRAQI CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (ICDC) NEAR SHAIBAH, IRAQ, 7 APRIL 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 432 (EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) TRAINING FOR THE IRAQI CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (ICDC) AND GRADUATION CEREMONY AT 70 BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS NEAR SHAIBAH, 7 APRIL 2004 [Allocated Title])
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