Title:HMS ARK ROYAL WELFARE TAPE: ROUGH FOOTAGE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFM 24
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Rough edit of scenes for a welfare video, shot on board HMS Ark Royal en route to the Persian Gulf, aimed at families of service personnel back in the UK.
Description: Opening montage shows scenes of working life on board. Air Force Chaplain Andy Phillips gives a greeting to camera and then shows some of Ark Royal's welfare facilities: flight deck (used for exercising), welfare telephones (only two for 1,000 personnel!), library with internet, Chapel (dedicated to Saint Christopher), SRE Suite (sound reproduction equipment, where radio, television and video for closed circuit TV/radio are coordinated), CV suite (cardio vascular gym), "smoking bay", laundry and NAAFI. Welfare messages to families from Bill O'Donnell, Commanding Officer 847 Naval Air Squadron, and Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Dukes, Air Engineer Officer of 847 Squadron.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL MARINE VIDEOTAPES OF AFGHANISTAN PATROLS AND IRAQ INVASION [Allocated Series Title]
