Title:OPERATION TELIC 5, IRAQ: OPERATION CHRISTMAS SLEIGH, BASRA, DECEMBER 2004 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 183
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: RAF personnel at Basra International Airport, Iraq.
Description: I. General views of the terminal building from the apron on the air side; Mobile News Team interviewer Heidi Mines comes out of portaloo. Iraqi trainee firemen gather on the tarmac and walk out to waiting C130 Hercules aircraft; they climb on board where they are given earplugs and sit down on the bench seats along the fuselage (image out of focus here).
II. Personnel in the medical centre at Basra Airport give interviews and record Christmas messages for family back in the UK: Sergeant Tracy Sidlow (Practice Nurse on the Immediate Response Team), medic Corporal Laura Milne, MT driver Senior Aircraftman Mills, Sergeant Paul Wade, Sergeant Linda Stuart, Sergeant Nige Payne, Corporal Jason Bolton and Squadron leader Simon Chappell.
III. Puma helicopter on tarmac: medical equipment (including defibrillator) is prepared.
IV. Narration only for edited piece on RAF 3 Squadron in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
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: 24 mins (ca)
