Title:OPERATION SAW TOOTH, 18 JUNE 2005 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 611
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 units are B Company 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets.
Description: Warrior on open roadside; it has been earlier come under (not seen) and is leaking liquid (water ?). Views of hole in the side and other damage to the protective grills. Threat abated, the operation continues; various vehicles (and their occupants) are stopped and searched. Masked Iraqi soldiers assist. Interview with CSM Youngs B Coy RGJ, discussing the newly-deployed Bulldog armoured vehicle (shot inside the Bulldog itself). Group of army vehicles (including Bulldogs and several Snatch Land Rovers) parked up in a yard; Bulldog drives off. Soldiers hand out copies of a Coalition newspaper and asks locals if they have heard of (the ongoing) Operation Sinbad. Papers are handed to drivers passing by (ruined vehicles and a large pool of water are in the background beside the road. Patrol in town (possibly Al Amarah); talking to locals. Interview with Captain Ed Smith OC Reconnaissance Platoon RGJ carrying out psyops (talking). Shot at by 3-4 rounds (aftermath above). Foot patrol through Marsh Arab village near the Glory Canal; Sea King helicopter flies overhead. Major Harvey targeting hostage takers and hijackers. Patrol continues along canal. Iraqi Army pick-up trucks accompanies the British patrol. (Technically, this is an Iraqi-led operation.) Helicopter flies overhead again. Radio checks and brief interview with Major Harvey. Troops wait by roadside; presently a Merlin helicopter lands and picks them up.
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 611
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: 35 mins
