Title:DATE PALM PROJECT NEAR BASRA, IRAQ, 12 MAY 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 760
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Iraqi civilian is interviewed (in English) about the cultivation of date palms in Basra, and the devastation to the numbers of date palms in the area (7 million date palms lost since the start of the Iran-Iraq war and subsequent conflicts), and the importance of date palms to the economy.
Description:
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 760
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-05-12
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: 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: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 17 mins
