ROYAL DANISH ARMY REPATRIATION CEREMONY, 29 MARCH 2006 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ROYAL DANISH ARMY REPATRIATION CEREMONY, 29 MARCH 2006 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 742
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Repatriation ceremony in Basra for Private Jesper Nielsen of the Royal Life Guards Regiment, Royal Danish Army, killed by a roadside bomb near Basra three days earlier.
  • Description: Soldiers line up on either side of road outside camp where a ceremony takes place prior to the repatriation. The coffin is then carried at waist height to awaiting Merlin helicopter and taken on board. Bagpiper plays "The Flowers of the Forest". At Basra Air Station, the coffin is disembarked and carried on board a Hercules aircraft.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFV 742
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2006-03-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Nielsen, Jesper (person) Royal Danish Army, Royal Life Guards Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) Iraq post-2003 (theme) Remembrance (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: Danish Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 28 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 742

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 743 (ROYAL DANISH ARMY REPATRIATION CEREMONY, 29 MARCH 2006 (EDIT) [Allocated Title])
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