Title:CEREMONY TO MARK THE HANDOVER OF DHI QAR PROVINCE TO IRAQI CONTROL, CAMP MITTICA, IRAQ, 21 SEPTEMBER 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 826
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Parade at Camp Mittica near An Nasiriyah, plus the signing of an agreement handing over provisional control of Dhi Qar Province from Coalition control to local government control.
Description: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki watches parade by Iraqi soldiers, including soldiers with riot shields and helmets. Speeches follow by Italian Defence Secretary Arturo Parisi and Major General Richard Shirreff, General Officer Commanding 3rd (United Kingdom) Mechanised Division. Signing of agreement between Iziz Alogaily, Governor of Dhi Qar Province, and Major General Shirreff, . Marchpast (and drivepast) of Iraqi Security and emergency services. Press gather at the end. (Final scenes are shots of the Great Ziggurat of Ur and surrounding area, possibly left over from an earlier use of the tape.)
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 826
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-09-21
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Al-Maliki, Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hasan (person)
Shirreff, Alexander Richard David (person)
Parisi, Arturo Mario Luigi (person)
Alogaily, Iziz (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
Iraqi Army (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Mittica, An Nasiriyah, 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: 25 mins (ca)
