Title:OPERATION TELIC 5, IRAQ: OPERATION CHRISTMAS SLEIGH, BASRA, DECEMBER 2004 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 184
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Life for RAF personnel at Basra International Airport, Iraq.
Description: I. General views of kitchens, where chefs from KBR Catering cook food. Soldiers (RAF Regiment ?) help to sort out supplies in storage tent. Chefs smile for the camera. Further food preparation. Exterior shots (taken with shaky hand held camera) of walkway between tents; camera goes into catering tent. Soldiers wash hands before selecting their meals (served on plastic plates). Personnel eat their meals on long trestle tables. Used plates are put into dustbins before troops depart.
II. Video library: personnel choose videos and DVDs to watch "Flashdance" and "The Office" are chosen).
III. Football match on sandy pitch surrounded by ISO containers.
IV. Brief shot of tented accommodation (beds covered with netting).
V. Gymnasium with cross-trainers, rowing machines, cycling machines and treadmills. Exercise session.
VI. Christmas messages from two armourers, Guardsman Carney Sergeant Martin Capon; group message with some profanity) from group of armourers.
VII. Interview with Group Captain Paul Atherton, CO of Basra Air Station; he also records a Christmas message for his family.
VIII. Narration only for edited piece on RAF 3 Squadron in Kandahar, Afghanistan (see also previous tape).
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: 33 mins (ca)
