Summary: BBC documentary film, on the role of the Army, introduced by Huw Weldon. Includes interview with Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; interviews by Franklin Engleman with servicemen and women boarding a troopship at Harwich taking them to serve with the British Army of the Rhine; report by Raymond Baxter on amphibious landing exercise in Dorset; report by Max Robertson on airborne assault exercise on Salisbury Plain; scenes of preparation and launch of Corporal and Thunderbird nuclear missiles, and report by Geoffrey Wheeler on Civil Defence exercise at Millom, Cumberland.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:TV 203
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
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Production Date:1957
Production Country: GB
Production Details: BBC (Production sponsor)
BBC (Production company)
Weldon, Huw (Production cast)
Englemann, Frank (Production cast)
Baxter, Raymond Frederic1922-01-252006-09-15Family origin: England, GB (Production cast)
Robertson, Max (Production cast)
Wheeler, Geoffrey (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 4
Footage: 5200 ft (ca); Running time: 58 mins
