FLOODS IN SAFWAN, IRAQ, 12 JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLOODS IN SAFWAN, IRAQ, 12 JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 717
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Members of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (SCOTS DG), part of the 9/12th Lancers battlegroup, render assistance moving aid in the flooded Safwan area near the Kuwaiti border.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:00:30 Night sequence (shot with image intensifier) showing British soldiers (SCOTS DG) loading Bedford lorries with supplies and containers of soup at Shaibah Logistics Base ready for shipment to flood-hit areas in Safwan. Drivers receive a briefing. Vehicle movements as the convoy sets off. 00:05:18 Views of the convoy from moving vehicle as it drives through the night. 00:07:46 Image intensifier: soldiers by roadside on foot patrol. 00:09:15 (Normal camera, but very dark.) Supplies (boxes of bottled water) are unpacked from lorry and carried into building by human chain for storage. Iraqi men assist. 00:14:24 Further views of the human chain taken outside using image intensifier. Soldiers talk with local men. Land Rovers are prepared for departure. 00:22:53 Daylight: convoy on the move along desert road (camels walk across the carriageway). 00:23:35 Arrival at Safwan: lorries park up as earth mover drives past. Soldiers enter Council Building and are greeted by officials. Meeting with members of the town council to discuss the situation. 00:31:09 Iraqi flag on wall with the words "Operation Iraqi Freedom" written faintly on it. 00:31:31 Meeting continues. 00:33:34 Major Jonathan Bartholomew, OC C Squadron the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, on radio; local people stand around. (Some shaky shots as the camera is continually repositioned, including poor shots inside vehicle as the camera is put down.) 00:40:49 View of Land Rover as it drives along partially flooded road; other views of the convoy as it enters the flooded areas (more shaky camerawork - cameraman mentions that he is changing lenses). 00:44:10 Local men, their trousers rolled up, wade through the flood water. Children gather by the waterside. Shaky views of flooded area and damaged buildings. 00:46:20 Soldiers and local men make their way through the flooded streets to assist a local man with a broken leg; he is carried to the back of a Land Rover and driven to hospital. 00:51:25 British military cameraman stands in the water and takes still photographs 00:51:44 Land Rovers on the move. The vehicles arrive at Safwan Hospital and the man with the broken leg is carried inside to be treated, accompanied by Major Bartholomew. 00:54:39 Street scenes outside the hospital: small boy talks for the camera translated by local man as "we thank the British for their supplies". 00:55:54 Further meeting with town council at the council building. 01:00:30 Outside, the SCOTS DG company view the flooded areas accompanied by councillors. END 01:02:08
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 717
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2006-01-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor) Dawson, Rick (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bartholomew, Jonathan (person) British Army, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Shaibah Logistics Base, Shaibah, Iraq (geography) Safwan, 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: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 62 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BFV 717

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 718 (FLOODS IN SAFWAN, IRAQ, 12 JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1094 (FLOODS IN SAFWAN, IRAQ, 12 JANUARY 2006 (COMPILATION) [Allocated Title])
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