Title:PRESS AND MEDIA STAFF AT WORK IN BASRA, 4 MAY 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 459
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes showing the work of the Press Information Centre (PIC) at Basra Air Station and in the local vegetable market.
Description: START 00:00:00 Staff at work in their offices of the PIC at the Terminal Building at Basra. General views of the office area and of the main terminal. Press officers at their desks. Photographic displays.
00:02:38 Vehicle park at Basra Air Station.
00:03:07 Unit Press Officer (UPO) at Basra Market meeting members of the press interviewing soldier (an American couterpart interviews Iraqis. A small crowd gathers.
00:05:42 General views of the market: traders move and prepare vegetables and fruits. Children talk with local soldier. Press officer walks through the market area, still talking to soldier. Local men shovel mud and sand as part of the sewage clearance of the area..
00:08:55 Vegetables in piles: garlic, potatoes. Soldier patrols through market area; more general market views (including the UPO and entourage). Local traders share watermelon. Gotas wander freely around. Photographer "Tony" takes pictures of children.
00:16:39 Sign "Vegetables Markets" [sic].
END 00:17:05
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 459
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-05-04
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Army Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Allison, Gordon (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography)
Basra International Airport, 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: Arabic
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 17 mins
