Title:OPERATION MAR CHICHEL, MUSA QALA, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 1211
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes from Operation Mar Chichel (Snakebite), which aimed to provide a secure route into Musa Qala to allow a supply transport to reach forces embedded within the town. Soldiers (including Canadians) in Musa Qualeh; Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Tootal of 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment conducts operations. Resupply convoy enters Musa Qala and heads for Platoon House, then drives back out of the town. Soldiers return to landing zone after operation.
Description: SHOTSHEET (copied, without amendment, from accompanying Defence Media Operations Centre computer disc):
START 00:20:00 Soldiers moving through crop field.
00:45:00 Canadian Light Armoured vehicles arrive and cross Wadi
02:03:00 Lt Col Stuart Tootal (white gloves) O/C 3rd Parachute Regiment discusses progress of operation and future intent.
04:27:00 Convoy of WMIKs leaving the Platoon house cross the Wadi.
05:52:00 Re-supply convoy crosses the Wadi to the Platoon House.
07:10:00 Re-supply convoy returns from platoon house. Shots fired PTE Andrew Barrie Cutts was KIA during this OP.
08:09:00 Soldiers moving back to Landing Zone through Fields and Houses as Apache gives protective fire from above.
11:32:00 Miss fire with Camera nice mud and boots! (Had heat illness).
02:34:14 Tape Ends
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE (DMOC) VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 1211
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:2001-2025
Production Date:2006-08-06
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production company)
Punter, Paul (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Tootal, Stuart (person)
British Army, Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Irish Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Canadian Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Musa Qala, Helmand, Afghanistan (geography)
British Operations in Afghanistan from 2002 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Afghanistan post-2001 (theme)
