Title:OPERATION CROUCH, BASRA, 14 JUNE 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 796
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Scenes from Operation Crouch, a small scale search and arrest operation in Basra City. Shot with an image intensifier.
Description: Vehicles including Snatch Land Rovers are prepared prior to the operation. Soldiers run towards target house and gain entry. Inside, the occupants are placed under guard prior to search. Outside, soldiers use a ladder to scale the garden wall; street shots as soldiers enter the house. Vehicle movements, including Warrior. Soldiers gain entry to a second target dwelling, kicking down doors. House and outbuildings are searched. Brief street scenes followed by interior of house where men and women are kept under watch during the search. Outbuildings are searched. [Abrupt end]
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 796
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-06-14
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, 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: 13 mins
