Soviet Encounter (1983)- British Army training video

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Bernard Woolley
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YT has a lot of old training films made in the '80s. All worth watching.
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https://youtu.be/8Pub8im_6ws?si=9TDIcCOYkj7y50pp

A 20 minute short recruitment picture from the 1970s TA.
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Cross posting these two gems from another post:

The Hole In The Ground (1962)
Sound an Alarm (1971)
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Bernard Woolley wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:37 pm Cross posting these two gems from another post:

The Hole In The Ground (1962)
Sound an Alarm (1971)
I’m well into Fighting In Woods And Forests, and Patrolling In Urban Areas right now.
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This account has several dozen short films on HM Armed Forces from the 1950s through to the 1990s:
https://youtube.com/@hants_prints?si=QZx7gOKxaJgnwTBE
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https://youtu.be/I5G3Q_sj-vA?si=f3j4_yC699snFPE4

And here is a nice one from our West German chums from back in the 1980s regarding feeding soldiers.
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