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
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Object_Number:BFV 553
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: 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)
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])