PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 578
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Rehearsals for ceremony at Basra International Airport during which Major General Andrew Stewart OBE (Commander of British Forces in Iraq) hands over control from the Multinational Force to 70th Brigade of the Iraqi National Guard.
  • Description: START 01:58:20 Bars and tone. TIMECODE RESETS 02:42:53 Line of soldiers stand with Iraqi Army guidons on display outside the terminal building. Colours are paraded (this is staged for the camera and is not the actual ceremony). Interview (in Arabic) with two of the officers. 02:49:32 Iraqi soldiers dance and wave their weapons before the parade. They assemble inside the terminal building. Local media interview officer. 02:52:21 Pipes and drums of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders prepare. 02:55:28 Members of the Iraqi National Guard reheares their marchpast ready for the parade itself.Close-ups of marching feet. 02:58:59 Flags flying: Union flag, guidons of Iraqi Army battalions and the MND(SE) banner. Views of terminal at Basra International Airport END 03:00:37
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 578
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2004-06-30
  • 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: Stewart, Andrew (person) Iraqi National Guard, 70th Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) (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: DVCPRO Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 33; Running time: 18 mins (ca)
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    BFV 578

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFA 2683 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2684 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2685 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (ROUGH EDIT) [Allocated Title]) BFA 2686 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (EXTRACTS) [Allocated Title]) BFV 579 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 594 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (MASTER) [Allocated Title])
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