Title:BRITISH SATELLITE NEWS ITEMS, 19 MAY 1993 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFT 20
Other titles:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Three British Satellite News items, edited with sound but lacking commentary.
Description: I. "3D Television." Explanation of the autostereo process, which can produce three dimensional images on a television screen using sophisticated scanning techniques. (3 mins 30 secs)
II. "Commonwealth Institute: Royal Presents." HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visit the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington; inside is an exhibition of "Royal Presents", gifts received by the Royal Family from Commonwealth countries. (3 mins 20 secs)
III. "Tank Destruction." Colonel Sergei Slepnev of the Russian Army is a guest as fifty British Army Chieftain tanks are blown up at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, under the provisions of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty between NATO and the former Warsaw Pact countries which aims to reduce and stabilise the balance of conventional forces in the area between the Atlantic Ocean and the Urals. Colonel Bryan Gordon-Smith and Major Peter Francis (5 Field Squadron Royal Engineers) are interviewed. (2 mins 45 secs)
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
