Title:OPERATION HAVEN, TURKEY AND NORTHERN IRAQ, 1991: SCENES AT KURDISH REFUGEE CAMP [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 6464
Other titles:THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE GULF, 1990-1991 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Rough compilation of shots of large Kurdish refugee camp, possibly Cukurca in Turkey (on the Iraqi border).
Description: Aerial shots of the huge refugee camp, showing myriads of makeshift tents, are followed by ground shots of soldiers on patrol outside the camp escorting civilian observers. Casualty is received in tented field hospital. Mother washes a baby with a feeding tube in its nose; the baby is then weighed. More injured arrive at the hospital. In the camp, refugees queue for water; general views of the camp form the ground. In the hospital, more injured are treated. Doctor is interviewed, and discusses dehydration (the major problem) and the desires of many of the refugees to return to their villages after the Iraqi troops have been repelled. Aid worker is also interviewed about the effort to supply water. Kurdish refugee is interviewed (through interpreter) about the situation in his village. Further views of the camp and brief interviews with refugees.
Alternative Title:THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE GULF, 1990-1991 [Allocated Series Title]