THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH VISITS THE QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS, IRAQ, 22 OCTOBER 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH VISITS THE QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS, IRAQ, 22 OCTOBER 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 834
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, arrives at Basra Air Station and visits the Queen's Royal Hussars, of whom he is commander-in-chief.
  • Description: Aerospace Bae 146 CC2 number ZE700 of RAF 32 (The Royal) Squadron arrives at Basra Airport and the Prince (in desert uniform) alights. Later, at Shaibah Logistics Base, he meets members of the Queen's Royal Hussars in Basra, accompanied by their CO Major General Arthur Denaro. He inspects a Warrior armoured vehicle and poses for a group photograph; he is then shown displays of personal equipment such as elements of the Bowman battlefield communications system, and meets a WMIK Land Rover crew. In addition, he meets the crew of a Challenger 2 tank, inspects a military route map of the area under camouflage, sees a display of improvised explosive devices and meets a handler with Sinbad, an explosives search dog. He also inspects a Snatch Land Rover and various personal weapons.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFV 834
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 2006-10-22
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor) Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Philip, Prince (Duke of Edinburgh) (person) Denaro, Arthur George (person) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) British Army, Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen s Own and Royal Irish) [NEW TERM] (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Basra International Airport, Basra, Iraq (geography) Shaibah Logistics Base, Shaibah, Iraq (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) British Army post-2000 (theme) Royal Air Force 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: 30 mins (ca)
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 834

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 835 (THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH VISITS THE QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS, IRAQ, 22 OCTOBER 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 836 (THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH VISITS THE QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS, IRAQ, 22 OCTOBER 2006 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title])
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