zondag, november 09, 2003
This weekend on BBC World, the cameraman who has just received the Rory Peck Award for Hard News reflects on last April’s so-called “friendly fire” attack involving the BBC’s reporting team in northern Iraq.
Fred Scott was injured in the blast and his blood dripped on to his camera lens as he continued filming with BBC World correspondent John Simpson, who described it as “a scene from hell”. Simpson was among the 45 people who were wounded. A total of 17 others died, including the BBC’s translator, Kamaran Abdurazaq Muhamed.
In Iraq: The Cameraman’s Story, Scott talks about the horrific scene he witnessed when a missile from an American warplane landed on a convoy of US special forces and Kurdish civilians. Last Thursday (30th), the veteran cameraman was presented with an award especially for freelance coverage of a breaking news story.
“Blood was coming down my face. I thought I might have lost an eye. Men were screaming,” he remembers. “I believed the American air force pilots would circle back and attack again. I found my camera and managed to get it running. I kept it rolling for whatever would happen next, but fortunately a second attack did not come.”
The Rory Peck Award judges described his footage as “an exquisite example of professionalism – the piece to camera was done under great pressure and you could see they were shocked. It was a very ‘British’ piece of news – the definitive example of ‘things are a bit sticky’.”
Scott and his colleague Darren Conway, who was “embedded” with the Royal Marines during this year’s Iraqi conflict, look back at their experiences in the most hostile of environments.
The programme is broadcast on BBC World on Sunday 9th November at 10.10 and 19.10.
Fred Scott was injured in the blast and his blood dripped on to his camera lens as he continued filming with BBC World correspondent John Simpson, who described it as “a scene from hell”. Simpson was among the 45 people who were wounded. A total of 17 others died, including the BBC’s translator, Kamaran Abdurazaq Muhamed.
In Iraq: The Cameraman’s Story, Scott talks about the horrific scene he witnessed when a missile from an American warplane landed on a convoy of US special forces and Kurdish civilians. Last Thursday (30th), the veteran cameraman was presented with an award especially for freelance coverage of a breaking news story.
“Blood was coming down my face. I thought I might have lost an eye. Men were screaming,” he remembers. “I believed the American air force pilots would circle back and attack again. I found my camera and managed to get it running. I kept it rolling for whatever would happen next, but fortunately a second attack did not come.”
The Rory Peck Award judges described his footage as “an exquisite example of professionalism – the piece to camera was done under great pressure and you could see they were shocked. It was a very ‘British’ piece of news – the definitive example of ‘things are a bit sticky’.”
Scott and his colleague Darren Conway, who was “embedded” with the Royal Marines during this year’s Iraqi conflict, look back at their experiences in the most hostile of environments.
The programme is broadcast on BBC World on Sunday 9th November at 10.10 and 19.10.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 00:06
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