Title:OPERATION SAW TOOTH, 18 JUNE 2005 (MASTER EDIT) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 612
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes of Operation Saw Tooth, a joint Coalition-Iraqi Army operation against rebel tribes near the Glory Canal in Maysaan Province. British unit is B Company 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment.
Description: Briefing. Guns are prepared at loading bay. Warriors move off. Group of soldiers pose for photographs on bunker before final open air brief prior to setting off. British officers talk with local elders. Soldiers walk through Marsh Arab village beside the canal and marshes; masked Iraqi Army personnel accompany them. Local people gather around. Views over the marshes and in the village. Interview with officer on patrol. Merlin helicopter flies in to pick up troops.
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 612
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-06-18
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 8 mins
