OPERATION PLATO, AL-QURNAH, IRAQ, 16 JANUARY 2006 (ROUGH EDIT) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION PLATO, AL-QURNAH, IRAQ, 16 JANUARY 2006 (ROUGH EDIT) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 722
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Edit of scenes from Operation Plato, a search and arrest operation involving Multi-National and Iraqi forces.
  • Description: START 00:00:00 Bars. 00:01:01 Night move, shot with image intensifier, shows vehicles of the Danish Army preparing to set out from Shaibah Logistics Base to Al-Qurnah; these include MOWAG Piranha armoured vehicles and MOWAG Eagles with gun mountings. Members of the Iraqi Police Tactical Support Unit (TSU) are also involved. 00:02:26 Search of properties begins at the edge of Al-Qurnah. 00:05:54 Danish soldiers and TSU members on the move. 00:07:19 Merlin helicopter comes in to land outside the village and Brigadier Patrick Marriott, Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade, disembarks with his entourage. He speaks with Lieutenant Colonel Flemming Toft, CO of the Danish Army Battalion taking part in the operation, and Major General Al Hassan Al Sad, The Chief of Police in Basra. 00:09:03 Interview with Major Thomas Fogh, Chief of Operations for the Danish Army in Iraq. 00:11:09 Interview with Major General Al Hassan Al Sad. 00:12:40 Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Flemming Toft. 00:15:39 Interview with Brigadier Patrick Marriott. END 00:17:46
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFV 722
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 2001-2025
  • Production Date: 2006-01-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor) Dawson, Rick (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Marriott, Patrick (person) Toft, Flemming (person) Sad, Al Hussein Al (person) British Army, 7th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service) Danish Army (regiment/service) Iraqi Police Service, Tactical Support Unit (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Al-Qurnah, 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 Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCam Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 40; Running time: 17 mins
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    BFV 722

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BFV 719 (OPERATION PLATO, AL-QURNAH, IRAQ, 16 JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]) BFV 720 (OPERATION PLATO, AL-QURNAH, IRAQ, 16 JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]) BFV 721 (OPERATION PLATO, AL-QURNAH, IRAQ, 16 JANUARY 2006 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title])
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