Title:FLEET COMBAT CAMERA TEAM (FCCT) TAPE 29 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 158
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Further informal coverage of the opening day of the new Regional Police Training Academy in Basra at Camp Chindit, Az Zubayr.
Description: START 00:00:00 Arrival of visitors for the opening ceremony, including officers from various Coalition countries. Reception. Officers take their place in the VIP viewing area.
00:03:40 Police recruits march on and stand to attention with Coalition police officers. Senior Metropolitan Police Officer (presiding) greets the multi-national contingent, who march off, leaving the recruits to stand to attention.
00:07:03 Prayers and several speeches.
00:23:47 Cutting of the red tape by Met officer; head of Police Academy is saluted. Recruits march off.
00:26:53 Informal scenes with Coalition officers after the ceremony, and interviews with senior Met officer presiding.
00:32:23 Iraqi Police officers relax.
00:32:48 Interview with British police officer.
00:37:01 Scenes inside the Academy, where Iraqi Police service personnel sit behind desks in one of the training rooms.
00:39:08 Recruits enter the academy building.
END 00:39:44
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2003 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 158
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2003-12-27
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Fleet Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
Metropolitan Police (regiment/service)
Italian Army, Carabinieri, Multinational Specialised Unit (regiment/service)
Royal Danish Army, Danish Military Police (regiment/service)
Iraqi Police Service (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Regional Police Training Academy in Basra, Camp Chindit, Az Zubayr, 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: Mini-DV
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 63; Running time: 39 mins
