A HEAD START : the Junior Army [Main Title]

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  • Title: A HEAD START : the Junior Army [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 1124
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  • Summary: Recruiting documentary for the "junior army".
  • Description: Don Gerard (seen on manoeuvres), a quartermaster's sergeant in Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, started as a junior soldier, which gave him a "head start". Youths can join straight from school; plenty of specialist opportunity but all are soldiers first and foremost. Three 17 year old junior soldiers are interviewed - Gerald Mullins (infantry) from Manchester, Jim Arnold from Clackmannanshire (radio operator, Royal Corps of Signals) and Nigel Wright (vehicle mechanic) from Lincolnshire. They discuss their work and what they have gained from the junior army.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 1124
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 1124)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1970
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor) World Wide Pictures (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Footage: 645 ft; Running time: 17 mins
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    COI 1124

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