OPERATION BRACKEN, IRAQ, 16 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2004 (EDIT 5) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION BRACKEN, IRAQ, 16 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2004 (EDIT 5) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 1152
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of 1st Battalion the Black Watch at Camp Dogwood after Operation Tobruk, a counter-insurgency operation targeting an Iraqi village known to be a hiding place for insurgents and people loyal to Saddam. Captain Alex Paterson gives a guided tour, Captain Stuart Macaulay sums up Operation Tobruk, and journalists discuss embedding.
  • Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc): START 00:30:00 Capt Alex Paterson gives a guided tour of Dogwood Press Information Centre. 06:17:00 David Loyne and other journalists talking to Capt Stu MacAulay recapping on events and final numbers of detainees post Op Tobruk and then David goes into a live Radio piece. 14:37:00 Various shots of David Loyne and Col Cowan waiting to do a Live piece to the BBC. 19:12:00 David Loyne's feelings on embedding. 24:13:00 Peter Sharpe's feelings on embedding. 30:26:00 Harry Smith's feelings on embedding. 33:55:00 Tape ends.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BFV 1152
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2006-11-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company) Punter, Paul (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Paterson, Alex (person) Macaulay, Stuart (person) Cowan, James (person) Loyn, David (person) Sharpe, Peter (person) Smith, Harry (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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 33 mins
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    BFV 1152

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 1148 (OPERATION BRACKEN, IRAQ, 16 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2004 (EDIT 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1149 (OPERATION BRACKEN, IRAQ, 16 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2004 (EDIT 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1150 (OPERATION BRACKEN, IRAQ, 16 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2004 (EDIT 3) [Allocated Title]) BFV 1151 (OPERATION BRACKEN, IRAQ, 16 TO 26 NOVEMBER 2004 (EDIT 4 - BBC POOL MATERIAL) [Allocated Title])
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