Title:OPERATION TELIC 5, IRAQ: OPERATION CHRISTMAS SLEIGH, BASRA, DECEMBER 2004 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 181
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: RAF personnel at Basra International Airport, Iraq.
Description: I. Brief Christmas message by group of air traffic controllers outside the control tower. (At one point a cat walks in front of the camera.)
II. Interior of air traffic control tower. interviews with air traffic controllers: Sergeant Dave Knights, Senior Aircraftman Jamie Booth, Senior Aircraftman Dan Chick and Sergeant Terry Neald. They all record Christmas messages to family.
III. Panning shots of Basra International Airport from roof of air traffic control building.
IV. Training of members of the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) in the terminal building: men are taught self defence skills and the use of handcuffs. Training is through an interpreter. (These men are being trained to become, in turn, trainers who will instruct future members of the DBE.) Interview with Warrant Officer Roger Johnson, one of the trainers; colonel from the DBE is also interviewed (in English). Further training, this time in the use of telescopic steel batons. Second Iraqi officer is interviewed using an interpreter; in the background, the (noisy) baton training continues.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
RAF Strike Command Media Services (Video) Mobile News Team (Production company)
Burns, Emily (Production individual)
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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
