Title:SPLICING THE MAINBRACE CEREMONY, 12 JULY 2005 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 508
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Ceremony for British service personnel in Iraq who have been ordered to "splice the mainbrace" at the queen's request in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:20 Troops assemble in the Terminal Building at Basra Air Station. Brass pot of "rum" (inscribed "The Queen Got Bless Her") sits on a table draped with the White Ensign.
00:02:09 Major General Dutton, Commander MND(SE), poses for photographs with his tot of "rum" (actually Coca Cola).
00:03:15 Soldiers line up and receive their "tots" (mainly cans of lager). Their names are noted on a list. Afterwards, they stand around and talk informally.
END 00:07:19
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 508
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-07-12
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Dutton, James Benjamin (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: 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: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 7 mins
