Title:BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICES LOCAL PRODUCTION UNIT (GERMANY) ITEMS, APRIL AND MAY 1989 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFT 84
Other titles:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Four edited items for British Forces Broadcasting, made for the "Entertainment BFG" television magazine programme.
Description: I. Members of 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment demonstrate their new Warrior armoured vehicles (the next generation replacement for the FV 432) to colleagues in other regiments. Interviews with Captain Will Stamper (1 Staffs), Captain Chris Chayko (40th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery) and Captain Rupert Gather (the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards). 20 April 1989. (2 mins 39 secs)
II. Medicina Day. Members of 14th/18th King's Hussars commemorate the Batlle of Medicina (near Bologna, Italy, 16 April 1945), in which the Gurkhas played a key combat rôle. Band of theQueen's Own Gurkha Rifles performs. Other activities include games. Captain Ian Thomas of 6th Gurkha Rifles discusses the future of the Gurkhas in the British Army. 20 April 1989. (2 mins 11 secs)
III. Profile of the Battleflight, RAF officers defending NATO who are ready to fly at a moments notice to intercept unidentified (possibly hostile ?) aircraft which stray into NATO airspace.. Interviews with Flight Lieutenant Dave Middleton and Flight Lieutenant Colin Fryer, both of 92 Squadron RAF. Scramble sequence is shown. (2 mins 59 secs)
IV. Announcing the results of a childrens' poster design competition, organised by the RSPCA for National Pet Week, at the National History Museum, London,4 May 1989. The winner is Andrew Cocksey, a pupil at Cheshire Mill School at RAF Brüggen in Germany, for his "Don't Neglect Your Pet" poster. Prize voucher (for a school computer) is presented by television presenter Michaela Strachan. (1 min 43 secs)
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF BRITISH FORCES BROADCASTING SERVICE (BFBS) TAPES OF GERMANY [Allocated Series Title]
