ARMY TV COMMERCIAL - TEA BAR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARMY TV COMMERCIAL - TEA BAR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: COI 995
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  • Summary: Army recruitment television commercial.
  • Description: A group of young motorcyclists meet at a mobile canteen. One of them talks to the others about his visit to an army selection visit. A friend asks "what do you have to do" to apply; he is thrown booklet "Your Life in the Army". Booklet is available "from any Army Careers Information Office".
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 995)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1972
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Central Office of Information (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: propaganda, British - practical: recruitment, Army (object name) recruitment, British (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 86 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Notes: Summary: starting pay in the army (in 1972) is given as £19.52 per week. Summary: the recipient of the thrown brochure is actor (and ex-Doctor Who) Peter Davison.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 995

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