Title:STRATEGIC COMMAND AIR DROP, SUMMER 1968 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:COI 740
Other titles:ARMY CAREERS INFORMATION OFFICE TRAILERS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Army recruiting advertisement.
Description: Strategic command forces exercise - Hercules of RAF Air Supply Command lands in Germany and disembarks Land Rovers and Ferret Mk II and Saladin armoured cars of the 27th Brigade with attached troops from the Royal Corps of Signals. The small column (including a Ferret Mk II of the Parachute Regiment) travels along forest roads and cross-country to an arranged dropping zone. Markers are laid out, and a soldier of the Wessex Brigade measures ground wind speed. Signals men establish contact with an approaching Argosy, and the supply drop is successfully completed. The narrator emphasises the high degree of training involved in such an operation. "These men rely on each other's professional skill to complete the job successfully."
Alternative Title:ARMY CAREERS INFORMATION OFFICE TRAILERS [Allocated Series Title]
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Bde 27 (regiment/service)
British Army, Parachute Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Corps of Signals (regiment/service)
British Army, Wessex Brigade (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - transport: Armstrong Whitworth Argosy (object name)
aircraft, United States - transport: Lockheed Hercules & [British] (object name)
armour, British - armoured car: Ferret Mk II (object name)
armour, British - armoured car: Saladin (object name)
propaganda, British - practical: recruitment, Army (object name)
supplies, British, movement - misc: para-drop (object name)
training, British military (object name)
Germany (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 94 ft; Running time: 1 min
