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Members of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (SCOTS DG), part of the 9/12th Lancers battlegroup, render assistance in the flooded Safwan area near the Kuwaiti border.
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START 00:00:00 Bars.
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00:00:25 British soldiers (SCOTS DG) survey the flooded areas of the town from elevated viewpoint and talk with local councillors, continued from previous tape (no sound on this sequence).
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00:02:22 Panning shot of the flooded area, showing washed-out buildings; the water still remains. Further discussions with local men and unit members.
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00:03:18 Shots from moving vehicle (part of a Land Rover patrol) show emergency services in attendance and patches of flooding on the carriageway; children play in the water. Land Rovers drive through shallow flood waters.
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00:04:44 No sound: Soldiers near border crossing point survey damage to the road, including a giant crater (originally caused by subsidence, and now filled with bottles), and a large flooded culvert. Discussions through interpreter with local official (possibly a civil engineer). Crossing point can be seen in the background.
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00:07:30 (Sound starts.) Interview with senior council official for Basra Province (in Arabic) discussing the problems which Safwan is currently facing.
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00:10:52 Officers from the SCOTS DG talk with the councillor and other officials to arrange for aid to be delivered.
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00:12:28 Further views of flooding by the roadside, and of local people.
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00:13:10 Land Rover patrol drives through patch of flooded road outside Safwan. Emergency vehicles and personnel are gathered by the roadside. Angry-sounding local man talks with officials.
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00:14:37 SCOTS DG soldiers and members of the Iraqi Red Crescent form a chain and unload boxes containing supplies. Large containers of soup are taken into the Safwan Town Council Building along with the boxes (one man hold several ladles).
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00:20:10 Watchtower with serviceman (Department of Border Enforcement ?) on duty.
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00:20:24 Interview with Major Jonathan Bartholomew, OC C Squadron the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, talking about the emergency assistance given.
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00:23:17 Aerial shots of the Safwan area, showing the full extent of the flooding.
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00:25:24 TIMECODE RESET.
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00:00:00 Further aerial shots of the area.
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