PRE-OPERATIONAL TRAINING BY 205 (SCOTTISH) FIELD HOSPITAL (VOLUNTEERS), STRENSALL, APRIL 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PRE-OPERATIONAL TRAINING BY 205 (SCOTTISH) FIELD HOSPITAL (VOLUNTEERS), STRENSALL, APRIL 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 2909
  • Other titles: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Summary: Members of 205 (Scottish) Field Hospital (Volunteers), a Territorial Army unit, undergo training at a 25-bed surgical training ward in Strensall, Yorkshire, prior to deployment in Iraq.
  • Description: START 01:00:00 Bars and tone. 01:00:30 Interview with Australian-born Captain Narelle Gregor; she discusses her forthcoming deployment. 01:06:58 General views of the ward: patient care and administration. 01:09:27 Captain Gregor takes a patient's blood pressure. 01:12:47 Views of the accident and emergency (A and E) section of the facility: casualty is brought in on a trolley. 01:15:24 Major Stephen McGhee assists in the A and E. 01:18:44 Major McGhee and Captain Gregor drink coffee and discuss medical matters. 01:20:09 Interview with Major McGee, followed by further scenes of him at work. 01:28:37 Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, visits the facility in his role as Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets). END 01:32:41
  • Alternative Title: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFA 2909
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 2909)
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  • Production Date: 2005-04-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor) Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company) Capon, Kevin (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Grosvenor, George Gerald Cavendish (6th Duke of Westminster) (person) Gregor, Narelle (person) McGhee, Stephen (person) British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps, 205 (Scottish) Field Hospital (Volunteers) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Strensall, North Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK (geography) Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event) British Army post-2000 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 33; Running time: 32 mins
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