Title:BRITISH SATELLITE NEWS ITEM: HMS ARK ROYAL IN THE ADRIATIC [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFT 17
Other titles:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Coverage of the Royal Navy Task Group assembling off the Croatian coast in anticipation of possible NATO action if situation in the former Yugoslavia deteriorates. Focus is on the aircraft carrier «HMS Ark Royal». Interviewees include Admiral Sir Hugo White (Fleet Commander); Captain Jeremy Blackham of the «Ark Royal»; Hawker Sea Harrier pilots Lieutenant Kev Seymour (801 Naval Air Squadron) and Lieutenant-Commander Martin Roper (849 Naval Air Squadron, B Flight). Also interviewed are Commander Wayne Keble (in the operations room of «HMS Brazen»); personnel of 94 Locating Regiment - Gunners Richard Wilkinson and Michael Cantler, and Executive Officer Major Geoffrey Wadsworth; Surgeon Lieutenant Deborah Kerr RN; Chief Petty Officer Andy Macdougall (Cook); and, on board «RFA Fort Grange», Stores Officer Derek Nash.
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Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
