PRIVATE WILLIAM BESSEY, AMATEUR BOXER, JUNE 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PRIVATE WILLIAM BESSEY, AMATEUR BOXER, JUNE 2005 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 497
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Private Bessey in the gymnasium at Basra Air Station.
  • Description: In the MND(SE) Gymnasium, Sergeant Devon Day, Senior NCO in charge of the Physical Education Branch, is interviewed about the assistance being given to Private Bessey (who can be seen in the background at work on the punchbag). Private Bessey talks about his training regime, before continuing his exercises (punchbag, running machine).
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 497
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2005-06-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bessey, William (person) British Army (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: 6 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 497

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 496 (PRIVATE WILLIAM BESSEY, AMATEUR BOXER, JUNE 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 327 (PRIVATE WILLIAM BESSEY, AMATEUR BOXER, JUNE 2005 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title])
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