MISCELLANEOUS FOOTAGE FROM OPERATION TELIC 9 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MISCELLANEOUS FOOTAGE FROM OPERATION TELIC 9 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFV 941
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Compilation labelled "footage from archives for Brigade video (end of Telic 9) and handover ceremonies". Most of the clips are very brief, and each clip has an introductory caption.
  • Description: I. "IA Training at the Shatt". Members of the Iraqi Army undergo training at the Shatt Al-Arab Hotel, March 2007. II. "IA & UK Troop VCPs". British soldiers oversee the Iraqi army at a permanent vehicle checkpoint. III. "Op Cypher". Operation Cypher, a search arrest operation on suspect houses in southern Iraq by the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) and 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 20 November 2006. IV. "Op Pisa". Another search arrest operation on suspect houses in Basra by the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) and 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 8 December 2006. V. "Op Thyme". A major operation in Basrah by 19 Light Brigade to curtail the activities of an Iraqi police unit, the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU), based at the Al Jameat Police Station and known to have been heavily infiltrated by anti-Coalition elements; Christmas Day 2006. Includes the demolition of the police station. VI. "Op Capri". Night search and arrest operation. VII. "Op Python 2". A further night search and arrest operation. VIII. "Weapons Find". Display of a large weapons cache discovered near near the Shatt Al-Arab Hotel. IX. "Op Hammer". A daylight strike operation on suspected terrorists by the Iraqi Army supported by Danish and British troops in marsh Arab villages near Al-Qurnah. X. "Patrol - (Rifles) From BP to COB". Members of the Rifles patrolling between Basra Palace and the Contingency Operating Base at Basra International Airport. XI. "Op Cardiff". A search and arrest operation with the Iraqi Army and British troops in Bulldog armoured vehicles. XII. "Op Oxo". A search and arrest/strike operation in Basra City. XIII. "Op Sinbad". Liaison with local people and vehicle checkpoints during Operation Sinbad, Pulse 17. XIV. (No caption) Excerpts from several handover ceremonies in which key installations (such as the Shatt Al-Arab Hotel) are handed from British to Iraqi control.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFV 941
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
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  • Production Date: 2007-05-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor) Tilly, Ross (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual) Platfoot, Loz (Corporal, RAF) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) Iraqi Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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: 32 mins
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