Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Short narrated account of Operation Salamis, during which members of the British Army trained the boat operators of the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement.
Description: British soldier swims across the waterway: shots of Marsh Arabs. Soldiers from 35 Engineer Regiment RE discuss the training of members of the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) in anti-smuggling operations - Maysan Province contains a long (280 km) land border with Iran, across which smuggling was reportedly rife.. Interview with Bashir Hussein of the DBE, who operates one of the DBE's airboats which can skim across the waterways in the passages between the reeds. The operation, in addition to training the Iraqis, is also useful for the British Army in becoming familiar with these marshy areas.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 807
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-08-07
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Hennessey, Jim (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers, 35 Engineer Regiment [NEW TERM] (regiment/service)
Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement (regiment/service)
Keywords: Maysan, 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: Arabic
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 33; Running time: 3 mins
