Title:SALAMANCA DAY, 22 JULY 2005 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 217
Other titles:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW) on Salamanca Day formally change their name to the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (Light Infantry).
Description: START 00:00:00
00:00:30 Regimental Sergeant Major gives orders and address to members of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment about regimental changes taking place that day. Close-ups of the cap badge on berets.
00:04:35 Commanding officer (Jones) reads an announcement from the Duke of Kent of the change of name of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (also becoming Light Infantry) and a similar announcement (from the Duke of Edinburgh) about the RGBW's name change. The history of Salamanca Day is also recited (incomplete).
00:09:29 Soldiers stand to as Chaplain Peter Eagles arrives to give an address and to say prayers for the two regiments in transition.
00:12:55 The old RGBW black berets are formally removed and replaced with the green RGBW(LI) berets. Soldiers then fall out.
00:13:55 Cut-in shots of Regimental Sergeant Major issuing orders.
END 00:14:06
Alternative Title:BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, 2005 [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFV 217
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2005-07-22
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre, RAF Uxbridge (Royal Navy Combat Camera Team) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Eagles, Peter Andrew (person)
British Army, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (regiment/service)
Keywords: Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40
