Title:FIREPOWER DEMONSTRATION, WARMINSTER, 12 OCTOBER 2005 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 3052
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND 2005 COLLECTION [Allocated Title]
Summary: Demonstration of army equipment on the ranges at Warminster, Wiltshire, showing how all the elements come together under a combined arms scenario.
Description: START 01:59:40 Bars and tone.
02:00:10 Flag of the Combined Arms Training Centre and spectator stands. Troops in combat gear wait to take part. Soldiers (spectators) sitting in stands. Pipe band plays (offscreen).
02:02:37 Introduction to Black Watch Battle Group (who are the participants in the display.
02:03:33 Reconnaissance vehicle waits in bushes (long shot). Rounds are fired. FV432 carrier is visible in mid-screen, along with camouflaged machine gun post. Explosions on the range; burning hulks of tanks.
02:09:14 Full scale assault begins: armour (including Challengers Warriors) is moved up in the background. Ground troops disempbark from Warrior and assault the machine gun post (guns have yellow blank-firing attachments on their guns. Casualty is sustained. Piper walks across battlefield. The enemy is defeated and the attacking soldiers prepare to redeploy. Smoke grenades are set off.
02:20:44 At the end of the exercise, armoured vehicles (Challenger, Warrior, Scorpion) and members of the Black Watch (with red hackles in their caps) line up; they then move off the range area.
02:23:37 Spectators (mainly military personnel of various nationalities) make their way from the stands. Second army camera crew can be seen.
02:27:43 Members of the Black Watch stand by their vehicles in tank park and display their equipment to visitors.
END 02:31:35
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, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Warminster, 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: 31 mins
