Title:OPERATION BRACKEN, IRAQ, 16 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2004 (EDIT 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1149
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Black Watch at Camp Dogwood prepare for Operation Tobruk, a counter-insurgency operation targeting an Iraqi village known to be a hiding place for insurgents and people loyal to Saddam Hussein. Pre-deployment rehearsals and interviews, including CO Lieutenant Colonel James Cowan. Sunset scenes.
Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc):
START 00:52:00 Various shots of "A" company planning room
01:58:00 A brief by one of the officers on the events of Op Tobruk
06:29:00 I.V with 1 BW medical officer.
08:00:00 I.V. with 1BW Major on why they carry out a rehearsal.
08:43:00 Various shots of soldiers rehearsing the convoy layout and their action on arriving at their assigned areas.
18:14:00 I.V. with 1BW Major on why they carry out a rehearsal.
10:25:00 Soldiers receiving an Arabic lesson.
10:51:00 I.V. with Commanding Officer of 1 Black Watch Lt Col James Cowan.
18:05:00 Various shots of the Battle group assembly area as sunsets.
19:44:00 Various shots of Pipe Sergeant Major playing the pipes as the sunsets.
20:45:00 Tape ends.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1149
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2004-11-23
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre ()
Punter, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Cowan, James (person)
British Army, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Camp Dogwood, Fallujah, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
