Title:BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE LOCAL PRODUCTION UNIT (GERMANY) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFT 37
Other titles:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Five items of news recorded February and March 1989.
Description: I. Members of 1st Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, move into Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Minden, Germany, on 16 February 1989. The former residents, 3rd Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, in formal march as they leave. (1 min 50 secs)
II. Rob Oliver reports from the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten in Marl, Germany, where a new art exhibition - Das Fernsehen" - displays artworks based on old television sets. Interview with the Museum's educationalist Karl-Heinz Brosthaus. 23 February 1989. (2 mins 18 secs)
III. The shooting of the "Combat 89" television series in association with Central TV, a competition to test soldiers on soldiering. Ian Keown of Central is interviewed, and a squad from 2nd Battalion the Royal Irish Rangers are seen in training under Captain Matt Kelly. 23 February 1989. (1 min 55 secs)
IV. The launch of a healthy eating campaign for the British Army of the Rhine, 2 March 1989: slogan "Eat Well Be Well". Interview with Chief-of-Staff Major General Thomas Boyd Carpenter. (2 mins 8 secs)
V. A group of young Germnan girls are treated to a day out with the Queen's Own Hussars; the girls had discovered some lost sheet music belonging to the Regiment. 16 March 1989. (1 min 30 secs)
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
