Summary: Recruiting film showing the experiences of one intake of new recruits on the year-long Army Junior Leaders course.
Description: Five hundred new recruits arrive at Folkestone and are taken to camp for induction. After a night's sleep they are formally welcomed by the CO who explains the purpose of the Junior Leader's course. A year of training leads to the cadet choosing their battalion and entering at the rank of Lance Corporal. Aspects of the cadets' life are then shown: kitting out, parades, aspects of training, sports, recreation. Full-scale manoeuvres in Norfolk; assault training. Night exercise. Disciplinary hearing (Junior Leader Perrin who fell asleep on sentry duty). Overseas training in Germany, including visit to Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie, monument to Marietta Jirkowski (killed trying to climb the Wall in 1980). Back to Britain: trek across Cairngorms in full kit. End of term at Shorncliffe: Christmas celebrations. Passing out parade, with cadets (voiceover) explaining what they have got out of the course.
Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor)
Aspect Film Productions (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Infantry Junior Leaders Bn (regiment/service)
Keywords: propaganda, British - practical: recruitment, Royal Navy (object name)
recruitment, British naval (object name)
society, British military - domestic (object name)
training, British military: junior leaders (object name)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography)
Folkestone, Kent, England, UK (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: U-matic
Running time: 26 mins 15 secs
