General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:4/2

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-2 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Sierra Leone

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #4 / No. 2

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009776

Date of production

2000-09-10

Date

2000

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

3 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

This video is about "Operation Barras," the British military operation that was employed by the British Special Air Service, Special Boat Service, and Parachute Regiment in Sierra Leone on September 10, 2000, to rescue six British soldiers and one Sierra Leone liaison officer who had been held hostage by the West Side Boys militia since August 25, 2000. It includes footage of British troops in jeeps in and around Lungi Airport driving through checkpoints; footage of armed members of the West Side Boys stopping a car on the road; scenes from a press conference in London with Chief of Defense Staff General Sir Charles Guthrie, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon, and British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Peter Hain; and footage of British forces performing military exercises and patrolling the streets of Freetown. It features interviews with Alan Jones (High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Sierra Leone), Major John Douglas of the Royal Irish Rangers, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair offering a tribute to the courage of the armed forces involved in the rescue operation.

Context

Associated Names

APTN (Creator/Author)