Description
Object description
Jack Straw in Basra, November 26, and highway patrol training for members of the Iraqi Police Service (IPS), November 27.
Full description
START 00:00:00 Bars.
Full description
00:00:50 Soldiers with machine guns on guard at Basra Air Station.
Full description
00:02:01 C17 Globemaster taxies.
Full description
00:02:33 BAe 125 ZD704 belonging to 32 (The Royal) Squadron taxies along the runway towards the camera.
Full description
00:03:34 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw disembarks and greets senior military personnel before walking across the apron (shaky camerawork).
Full description
00:04:10 Jack Straw and party enter the terminal building; various shots inside the building.
Full description
00:06:03 Exterior shots: Jack Straw on the tarmac once more; he walks to a waiting Sea King helicopter and embarks.
Full description
00:07:45 Various shots of the helicopter taxiing.
Full description
00:08:05 Cleaning and maintenance to the outside of ZD704; in the distance the Sea King helicopter flies past.
Full description
00:08:22 Bars.
Full description
00:08:49 Line of IPS highway patrol pick-up trucks ("Police" is written in both Arabic and English).
Full description
00:09:18 Interview with Corporal Darren Coventry from 110 Provost Company Royal Military Police about the training of the Iraqi Police for the patrolling of Route Tampa. He also gives a Christmas message to camera for his family.
Full description
00:12:04 Interview with Corporal Neil Williams (253 Provost Company attached to 110 Company). Christmas message.
Full description
00:17:05 Members of the highway patrol assemble in car park for training. Various shots of instructional session (poor sound). Corporal Williams greets the recruits individually. The recruits then march off.
Full description
00:23:29 Exterior shots of the gate at the IPS compound as vehicles set off on patrol.
Full description
00:24:00 Practice road traffic accident scenario: traffic cones are put around a parked WMIK Land Rover an Warrior armoured vehicle. "Injured" British soldier is carried out and attended to by Iraqi policeman. Close-up as Iraqi patrolman directs traffic.
Full description
00:27:17 Interview with Sergeant Major Richard Estorga of 607 MP Battalion US Army, also involved with highway patrol training. he sents Christmas greetings to family and friends in Oklahoma City.
Full description
00:31:09 Interview with Sergeant First Class Rodney Downey, 351st Infantry Company US Army: Christmas message to North Carolina.
Full description
00:34:18 General views of highway patrol training.
Full description
00:36:29 Interview with member of the Italian Carabinieri (no sound).
Full description
00:40:23 Highway Patrol pickups in action.
Full description
00:41:05 Interview with Captain Leon Hornsby, training officer with 110 Provost Company.
Full description
00:46:22 Pete Bayliss Christmas message to his family.
Full description
00:47:04 Christmas message (unidentified).
Full description
00:47:39 Christmas message from Gareth Evans.
Full description
00:48:40 Christmas message from Corporal Baz Griffiths.
Full description
00:49:10 IPS members gather for training.
Full description
00:49:35 Christmas message from Dennis Stewart.
Full description
00:49:58 110 Provost Company sing "Merry Christmas".
Full description
00:50:48 Interview (through interpreter) with Iraqi recruits about the course.
Full description
00:58:01 Posed shot with highway patrol recruits and Royal Military Police.
Full description
END 00:58:17
Physical description
Mini-DV