Title:SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE VISITS HMS KENT, 20 AUGUST 2006 (ROUGH EDIT) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 818
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Coverage of the visit by Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Defence, to the Type 23 frigate HMS Kent (F78) in the Persian Gulf.
Description: Mr Browne is taken by Sea King helicopter from Basra Air Station to HMS Kent; flypast of the vessel. Inside, Mr Browne meets informally with members of the crew in the junior ranks' mess. Mr Browne and his party are lowered into an inflatable boat and journey to visit the Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT). He tours the terminal, with a member of the US Army as a guide; he watches operations and discusses the facility. Mr Browne returns to HMS Kent where he visits the bridge and meets the captain.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 818
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-08-20 2006-08-30
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Browne, Desmond Henry (person)
Royal Navy, KENT (HMS), frigate (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography)
Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT), Persian Gulf (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
Royal Navy 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: 12; Running time: 7 mins
