Title:CLEARANCE OF RUBBISH FROM THE STREETS OF BASRA, 15 FEBRUARY 2004 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 526
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes at a waste dumping site outside Basra.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars
00:01:00 Tipper trucks bring rubbish to a large waste site outside Basra. (British and Iraqi soldiers stand nearby.) The rubbish is shovelled into piles by large Kawasaki earth movers. More trucks arrive; driver of one shows his identification.
00:10:10 Interview with Staff Sergeant Wayne Alcot from 37 Engineer Squadron, 35 Engineer Group, a member of the Solid Waste Support Team. He discusses the setting up of a contract with local firms to remove waste from Basra City and the setting up of a proper landfill site.
00:19:23 Interview with Khalid Jabar; he discusses the waste clearance scheme in Arabic.
END 00:24:28
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2004 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 526
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2004-02-15
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (RAF Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Alcot, Wayne (person)
Jabar, Khalid (person)
British Army, Royal Engineers, 35 Engineer Group, 37 Engineer Squadron [NEW TERM] (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, 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: 24 mins
