Title:EXERCISE URGENT QUEST 05, SALISBURY PLAIN TRAINING AREA, OCTOBER 2005: PRESS DAY (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3044
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: General background shots of Exercise Urgent Quest on Salisbury Plain.
Description: START 02:59:40 Bars and tone.
02:00:02 German soldier shows an American soldier the features of a machine gun with state-of-the-art sighting equipment which, in association with sensors worn by troops, would flag up whether a soldier was friendly when seen through the sight.
02:06:10 Demonstration stand for the Battlefield Target Identification Device (BTID) system. Interview with William John Mitchell, a US Raytheon representative: he discusses BTID for identifying friendly participants on the battlefield.
02:14:15 Extreme long shots of jet aircraft flying overhead.
02:15:24 Minor maintenance on Challenger 2 main battle tank "Apolyon".
02:17:04 Warrior armoured vehicle drives past at walking pace, led by soldier on foot. Soldiers on turret of Warrior (one wears a red hackle on his beret). Various vehicles assemble on the plain. Front hatch is opened on armoured vehicle; maintenance is carried out on the engine.
END 02:23:35
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Production Details: Headquarters Land Command (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team (Production company)
Allison, Gordon (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
German Army (Federal Republic of Germany) [NEW TERM] (regiment/service)
NATO (regiment/service)
Keywords: Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography)
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: 23 mins
