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

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  • Title: ROYAL DANISH ARMY REPATRIATION CEREMONY, 29 MARCH 2006 (EDIT) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 743
  • 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 taken by Merlin helicopter to Basra Air Station, where it 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 743
  • 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: 15 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 743

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 742 (ROYAL DANISH ARMY REPATRIATION CEREMONY, 29 MARCH 2006 [Allocated Title])
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