Title:14 INDEPENDENT TOPOGRAPHIC SQUADRON, ROYAL ENGINEERS (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 44
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY IN THE GULF WAR, 1991 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: 14 Independent Topographic Squadron, RE, at work in Saudi Arabia during Operation Granby.
Description: Maps are handed out to tank crew at supply point, topographers plot desert landscape using theodolite (sound of earth movers in background). Lance Corporal Andrew Hosking at work by satellite tracking dish. Sergeant Nigel Furness with terrain analysis screen: the words "Greetings from Saudi" are drawn by electronic plotter. Pen overprints detail on map; satellite receiver linked to computer. Sergeant Steve Crowfoot is featured. Views of the map depot; in Shed 13, the map store, Corporals Andrew Turley and Ian Rainbow are interviewed at work. Cartographic draughtsman Sergeant Nick Nettleingham operates TACI-PRINT box body light table (which can overprint existing maps with tactical symbols). Printing machine in action; prints and negatives are checked for quality. TACI-PRINT and TACI-CAM wagons in 14 Topo compound at Al Jubayl. Corporal Marc Lewis operates TACI-CAM (red light filter).
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY IN THE GULF WAR, 1991 [Allocated Series Title]
