Title:PUBLIC ORDER TRAINING, LYDD RANGES, 13 MAY 1997 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFJ 33
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY NORTHERN IRELAND TRAINING CENTRE VIDEOCASSETTES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Compilation of shots of riot training at the large urban training range (a simulated town) at Lydd, Kent. Various sequences show large groups of rioters throwing stones and petrol bombs at soldiers (in riot gear) and Saxon armoured personnel carriers. Army tactics used include snatch squads, use of baton rounds and a long scene where the army split the rioters into two groups and drive them down different roads, and a scene showing a large mechanical digger removing a barricade made of wrecked cars (which are lifted up and put into a large dumper truck).
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Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY NORTHERN IRELAND TRAINING CENTRE VIDEOCASSETTES [Allocated Series Title]
