Title:GURKHA EXTREME TRAINING, WALES, JANUARY 2004 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 2576
Other titles:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of the Gurkha Regiment training in Anglesey, North Wales.
Description: START 01:58:44 Exterior views of accommodation at the Nuffield Centre at Llanfair PG. Members of the Gurkha Regiment leave to commence their training; also exterior shots of the Joint Service Mountain Training Centre (Indefatigable). Gurkhas leave in minibus.
01:02:00:50 In car park, Gurkhas unload polks (small sleds) from the back of the vehicle and prepare them, strapping them around their waists.
01:06:20 Gurkhas walk onto Newborough Beach pulling their polks behind them across the sand, and using ski poles. Once on the beach, they fill sandbags and place them into their polks to simulate equipment loads. They then drag the polks along the beach. (Various angles.) Polks are also dragged up the dunes.
01:18:46 Interview with Captain Mark Workman describing the training (practice for an expedition across the Greenland ice cap). (Abrupt end)
END 01:20:31
Alternative Title:HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2004 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
