PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 2) [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 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 579
  • Other titles: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: 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 03:31:42 Bars and tone. 03:32:24 Interview with Assistant Under-Secretary for Defence, Iraqi Ministry of the Interior. 03:35:20 Major General Stewart is interviewed for Iraqi Radio and poses for photographs. 03:41:16 Interview with Muslim cleric. 12:09:37 TIMECODE RESET. Interview with Major General Stewart for British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS). END 12:14:42
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 579
  • 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) British Army (regiment/service) Iraqi National Guard, 70th Brigade (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: 30 mins (ca)
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    BFV 579

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 578 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (ORIGINAL FOOTAGE TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 594 (PARADE TO MARK THE 70TH NATIONAL GUARD TAKING CONTROL OF BASRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 30 JUNE 2004 (MASTER) [Allocated Title]) 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])
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