THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ (RUSHES TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ (RUSHES TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 552
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Two of the five newly-delivered patrol boats for the Iraqi Coastal Defence Force (ICDF) are displayed and put through their paces.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Two of the ICDF's new coastal patrol boats (Chinese-built Predator class vessels, numbers P101 and P104, flying Iraqi flags) are seen alongside each other at the dockside in Umm Qasr. 00:01:10 Scenes on the bridge, as charts are studied and navigation systems are studied (Australian officer assists Iraqi officer). 00:02:20 Iraqi flag flying; on deck, Scottish soldiers undergo training with lifejackets. Large vessel sails past. Officers of various nationalities talk on the dockside. 00:05:27 Interview with Captain Saadilaellei (?) from Amman (Jordan). (Very poor sound.) 00:06:14 Various cutaway shots of dockside activity and of people at work on the patrol boats (including raising the Iraqi flag). Captain John Murphie Royal Navy, the Director of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (and in charge of training the ICDF) meets officials; they pose for a group photograph. VIPs climb on board for a tour of the vessel. 00:11:54 Tour of the vessel: bridge. On the dockside, Captain Murphie is interviewed by Iraqi woman journalist. 00:14:16 The VIP visitors climb off the boat after their tour. 00:15:03 Close-up of badge and shoulder flash "Naval Party Iraq". 00:15:21 The two boats cast off and set sail; scenes on board P104 during the trip into more open waters. British, US and New Zealand personnel, as well as some civilians, are on board. Small ICDF gunboat follows in the wake. Various views on board the boat. Horn is blasted as gunboat speeds past. Views of the coastline. Gunboat P101 sails past. 00:23:01 Bridge and deck views. 00:24:23 Wake; cutaway shots of the vessel and of the people on board (some of the shots are shaky as the camera is moved around). 00:27:40 Below decks: engine room. 00:29:01 The two boats return to dock and are moored alonside each other. General deck activity. 00:35:01 P104 (camera vessel) sets sail again and leaves the dock. P101 also sets sail once more. Various on-board views, including bridge. END 00:41:15
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 552
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2004-05
  • 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: Murphie, John (person) Royal Navy (regiment/service) United States Navy (regiment/service) Royal Australian Navy (regiment/service) Iraqi Coastal Defence Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Umm Qasr, Iraq (geography) Royal Navy 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: 41 mins
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    BFV 552

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 553 (THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ (RUSHES TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2688 (THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ 26.05.04 [Main Title])
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