THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ (RUSHES TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ (RUSHES TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 553
  • 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 Interior views of the patrol boat: bunk beds for crew (one man is asleep), manufacturer's plaque (Wuhan Nanhua High Speed Ship Engineering Company), instrumentation. On deck, US crewman emerges from hatch. 00:01:35 Bridge scenes. 00:02:02 Freeze frame. TIMECODE RESET. 00:00:11 Patrol vessel P101 sails alongside at dusk on the open sea. 00:06:40 Image intensifier shots after dark: P101 sails alongside. Night views on board, including darkened bridge. Shoreside lights. 00:15:11 Daylight shots: windows of bridge. Sun rises over sea. Further shots inside the bridge. Passing large naval vessel, from which a helicopter is taking off. P101 alongside. 00:17:49 Pulling alongside large naval vessel. 00:19:13 General views on deck as the voyage continues. 00:19:37 Close-ups of Iraqi Coastal Defence Force hats. 00:20:14 Sea views: local fishing vessels. Small Royal Navy rigid inflatable boats come alongside and deliver supplies. 00:25:23 Interview with Lieutenant Scott James Rivett of the Royal Australian Navy, assisting in the commissioning of the new patrol boats; he discusses the training of the ICDC crews. 00:29:30 Interview with Chief Petty Officer Stuart Cuthbertson of the Royal Navy about the job. 00:32:24 Interview with (unnamed) Iraqi naval officer (in English), talking about the ICDF and the training. 00:38:38 Rigid inflatable boats in the water speeding past; one of them pulls alongside and jerricans are loaded on board. 00:43:08 P104 viewed from moving boat (taken from inflatable boat). Merchant vessel is also seen. END 00:44:20
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 553
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • 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: Cuthbertson, Stuart (person) Rivett, Scott James (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) 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: 46 mins
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    BFV 553

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 552 (THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ (RUSHES TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2688 (THE DELIVERY OF PATROL BOATS TO ICDF IRAQ 26.05.04 [Main Title])
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