Title:EXERCISE PURPLE STAR, NORTH CAROLINA, USA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFL 165
Other titles:ROYAL MILITARY POLICE VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Series of videos showing the Royal Military Police training with United States Marines in Eastern North Carolina, USA.
Description: I. Exercises include large numbers of troops boarding American aircraft which then take off.
II. Unedited footage of a military camp. Exercises include loading and movement of vehicles and aircraft.
III. Large numbers of troops on seaborne assaults from landing craft, debussing from American aircraft, practising with weapons and training in forest environment.
IV. Exercises with aircraft and vehicles. Unedited footage of vehicles and troops on board sea vessels practising disembarking onto the beach. Jets and helicopters practising landing and taking off within forest clearings.
V. Includes discussion on progress of the exercises by American and British personnel. Some sea exercises using boats and helicopters.
VI. Exercises include use of firearms within buildings.
VII. Includes helicopter and sea exercises and interviews with British personnel.
VIII. Exercises include mass movement of troops in naval manoeuvres with hovercraft and seabourn assaults of Land Rovers from landing craft through shallow water.
IX. Bridge crossing exercise.
X. Unedited 'British Military Police of the month'. Video of Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg and the security department of the Marine Corps Air Station.
Alternative Title:ROYAL MILITARY POLICE VIDEO PRODUCTION UNIT COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
