IRAQ COLLECTION From March 1917 to August 1983

Record ID: 882393

  • Title: IRAQ COLLECTION From March 1917 to August 1983
  • Date: 28th March 2003
  • Summary: IRAQ COLLECTION From March 1917 to August 1983
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  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: 03MAR28R01
  • Story Text:IRAQ COLLECTION TAPE 1: From March 1917 to August 1983
    Tape 1 (B0198808):
    00.00.00 Reuters 620(4): 1.3.17: Recapture of Kut: troops with field artillery; British soldiers in trench

    00.00.28 Reuters GR150: 12.3.17: The Kut Relief Force troops unloading armoured car; ship in canal

    00.01.02 Reuters ENB106(2): 5.5.27: King Feisal I of Iraq inaugurates new air desert service

    00.01.50 Reuters ENB165(6): 28.11.27: King Feisal visiting cotton mills in Lancashire

    00.02.15 Reuters P1955: 22.6.33: King Feisal state visit to UK: greeted at station by King George V and Ramsay MacDonald; guard of honour and carriage procession

    00.03.48 Reuters GB13606: 6.4.39: King Ghazi of Iraq dies in car crash: flashback to King opening Kut Barrage Dam

    00.04.28 Reuters GB14438: 13.7.39: The Boy King of Iraq - 3 year-old Feisal II playing and in uniform

    00.04.49 Reuters GB17554: 9.6.41: Iraqi Revolt: British capyure Fort Rutbah: RAF bombing fort; British troops entering fort; Lt. Gen John Glubb with captured rebels; white flag taken down

    00.06.59 Reuters GB17590: 19.6.41: British troops in positions round Habbaniya; RAF driving off Luftwaffer planes; bombing in distance; small boat going on operation on the Euphrates; wrecked cars and artillery; bridge repairs by prisoners watched by Captain James Roosevelt (son of President Roosevelt) and Major-General Clark; Regent of Iraq, Prince Abdul Illah, walking

    00.09.20 Reuters GB18149: 10.11.41: King Feisal visits British army camp; boy king playing with guns; small guard of honour

    00.10.07 Reuters GB18216: 27.11.41: Emir Abdulla bin Hussein of Jordan meets Regent of Iraq, Prince Abdul Illah: motorcade and both chatting

    00.10.47 Reuters GB28066: 19.1.48: Britain signs treaty with Iraq: Prime Minister of Iraq Sayed Saleh Jabr signing treaty of alliance with UK Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin; speech; Jabr visits HMS Victory at Portsmouth - and lunches on board

    00.12.53 Reuters GB39764: 24.11.52: King Feisal opens oil pipeline at Kirkut: building work on pipeline to Mediterranean; King arrival with Prince Regent; turning wheel to start oil flow; control room and refinery (see GB53548 below for better quality shots of some of this)

    00.14.08 Reuters GB40898: 7.5.53: Feisal crowned: Duke of Gloucester arrival at airport; Feisal arrival in carriage; oath ceremony and departure

    00.15.48 Reuters GB49283: 19.7.56: King Feisal II state visit to UK: HMS Defender, carrying the King, at Dover; greeted at Victoria platform by Queen Elizabeth II - he kisses her hand; guard of honour and procession

    00.17.28 Reuters 4637/58: 20.3.58: King Feisal opens Iraq's first pharaceutical company: arrival; guest in garden; Feisal cuts ribbon and views factory

    00.18.43 Reuters GB53548: 17.7.58: Feisal killed in coup: flashbacks to Feisal with King Hussein of Jordan; Arab federation meeting; Feisal opening oil pipeline in Kirkut; airview oil tanks; Feisal with King Saud of Saudi Arabia

    00.19.57 Tx 27.7.58: Aftermath of Iraqi revolt: occupied radio station; wereckage inside Palace

    00.21.05 Tx 31.7.58: George Ffitch into camera on the Iraqi revolt and new leader Abdul Kassem (sometimes spelt Kassim); signs off 'This is George Ffitch in Baghdad, hoping this film will get past the censors.'

    00.22.32 Tx 5.8.58: Ffitch introduces Kassem, who speaks to camera on reasons for revolution and being friendly to all peace-loving nations.

    00.23.45 Tx 24.7.58: British refugees arriving at RAF Hendon after leaving Baghdad: intvw wife of British Major, Carol Magee on what happened - she describes the shooting of the King and the mob tearing the Prince Regent to pieces. Also describes how she was woken by gunfire, but went back to sleep again because she thought 'they were shooting dogs...which they do periodically'

    00.26.21 Tx 29.11.59: General Kassem in hospital recovering from assassination attempt

    00.27.00 Tx 5.12.59: Kassem leaves hospital: motorcade past cheering crowds; Kassem waving

    00.27.36 Tx 31.12.59: Trial of first group of eight out of 78 accused of cospiring to assassinate Kassem; court in session; exhibits; accused

    00.28.20 Reuters 4616/60: 16.7.60: Kassem views military parade in Baghdad

    00.29.21 Tx 13.2.63: Kassem overthrown: wrecked Defence Ministry, where Kassem was killed; soldiers in street; wrecked cars

    00.30.34 Reuters 1065/63: 14.2.63: After the revolution: tanks on Baghdad streets; wrecked Defence Ministry and other wreckage; soldiers on guard

    00.32.14 Tx 15.2.63: London march protesting against new Iraqi regine; new Iraqi leader Salam Mohamed Aref (sometimes spelt Arif) in Baghdad; tanks in Baghdad streets; wrecked vehicles; Aref seated; Kassem's uniform hanging up in Defence Ministry; bullet-holes in window

    00.34.52 Tx 17.2.63: Military vehicles in Baghdad streets; shopping in bazaar; Kassem poster defaced; ex-Governmental leaders gathered in garden - Hamed Kassem, Ahmad Saleb el Abdi, Hashim Jawad, Mohammad Salman, Ismail el Aref, Mohammed Yahin

    00.36.45 Reuters 7392/63: 24.9.63: President Aref at airforce display at Rashid Military Camp, Baghdad; Aref watches flypast and presents wings

    00.38.15 Reuters 9567/63: 25.11.63: Baghdad returning to normal: tanks in streets; Iraqi Minister of Orientation Abdel Karim Fahran talking to press

    00.40.00 Reuters 2543/64: 14.3.64: Kuwaiti ambassador to Iraq Sayid Mohammed Abdul Latif presents credential to Iraqi President Aref

    00.40.54 Reuters 4876/65: 1.7.65: Baghdad background material: River Tigris in Baghdad; modern buildings; arch of Unknown Soldier; Government building; Eastern Gate Square; Pres. Aref with ministers; embassies; technical institute students and teachers; mosques; Ancient Babylon ruins

    00.46.04 Reuters 9617/65: 7.10.65: President Aref attending opening of first Arab Agricultural and Industrial Fair in Baghdad

    00.46.52 Reuters 3705/66: 17.4.66: President Aref killed in helicopter crash: coffins unloaded from plane and carried to hearse

    00.48.51 Reuters 3745/66: 18.4.66: Aref succeeded by his brother Major General Abdul Rahman Arif: Arif greets Kuwaiti and Bahrain delegations (back-to-front transfer? he's shaking hands left-handed...)

    00.49.46 Reuters 3650/67: 21.4.67: Journey Through Iraq: Baghdad street scenes; Freedom Monument; Presidential Palace; Pres. Aref working; mosque; market; food being prepared; children playing; market; Kirkuk sheep farm; oil refinery in Kirkuk; soldiers in streets of Arbil

    00.59.42 Reuters 1071/69: 2.2.69: Baghdad: Massive demonstration in favour of executing 14 men convicted on spying for Israel

    01.01.13 Reuters 7355/72: 14.6.72: Iraqi vice-President Saddam Hussein arrival in Paris for meeting on oil strategy: off plane; guard of honour; with French Prime Minister Chaban-Delmas

    01.02.44 Reuters 2113/73: 4.3.73: Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan Bakr broadcasting to nation announcing oil nationalisation

    01.03.07 Reuters 5653/79: 22.6.79: Summit talks between Pres. Al-Bakr and Syrian Pres. Hafez al-Assad: both seated with Saddam Hussein: agreement signed; both amke speeches; Assad departure

    01.06.18 Reuters 5403/80: 3.7.80: President Saddam Hussein addresses new Parliament

    01.08.03 Reuters 5932/80: 22.7.80: Pres. Saddam Hussein at press conference in Parliament denying that Iraq has an atomic bomb programme

    01.09.40 Reuters 7905/80: 2.10.80: Iranian planes attack fuel storage tanks in Baghdad: tanks on fire; injured carried to ambulance; people in hospital

    01.10.51 T02100812: 2.10.80: Iran/Iraq Conflict: wreckage on road to Khorramshahr; Iraqis firing howitzers; burning car on road; ITN crew under attack on road; Jon Snow into camera; Iraqi tanks; smoke in distance

    01.13.52 T04108007: 4.10.80: Iran/Iraq War: 3rd Week: burning refinery at Kut; Damaged refinery at Faw; Faw under attack from Irani bombardment; injured treated; Snow i/c; empty streets and damaged buildings

    01.18.02 T06108010: 6.10.80: Iran/Iraq War: Khoramshahr: Iraqi artillery firing; Iraqi troops in Khoramshahr; Iraqi captain comments to press; Snow i/c

    01.20.30 T07108010: 7.10.80: Khorramshahr: Iraqi T62 tank dug-in; smoke from Iranian lines; Snow i/c; Iraqi troops in street; containers at dockside; ships in port; trapped ship crews; intvw Yugoslav captain; Snow i/c

    01.23.25 107013: Tx 14.11.80: Iran/Iraq War: 8th Week: stranded ships in Shatt-al-Arab waterway; master & crew aboard 'Timor Endeavour'; abandoned ship

    01.25.54 122000: Tx 11.8.83: Iraq/Iran War: Iranian prisoners in compound near Baghdad, including boys; Iraqi tanks at border area; Ken Rees into camera; Iraqi troops holding Iranian ID cards
    Beta SP (ITN/Reuters) 90mins 14secs
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