British Army Intelligence Corps recruitment video following basic and trade training 1960

[@richardm7004]

You know that you're well and truly in the sh!t when you see that the Brigade Intelligence cell are fixing bayonets.

[@mole389]

Excellent !

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

Sarge, why are those blokes fixing bayonets.. They are the intelligence corps, maybe they know something we dont, or they are about to learn very quickly.

[@davehughes8212]

Enjoyed this. I lived in Singapore, aged 4 - 7, while my Dad worked at GHQ. We came back in '62. Must be about the same times as this film. I actually remember Singapore Swimming Club with its arched diving boards! Jumped off it 😊.

[@stuartbuxton2546]

I did Intelligence Corps basic training in 1987. I then did the 'special' course at Loughborough that they mention. I did 15 years before I became an officer in another Corps.

[@Iolis]

1960. Probably the best time of all to be in the Army. The entire Army was being re-equipped with New equipment, weapons, soft-skin vehicles, Armoured Personnel Carriers and uniform scales, added to which we were still in possession of many of our overseas colonies. We still had small wars to fight in Kenya, Malaya and Cyprus. Nearly all of those young men in the film will now be in their ninetees or will have shuffled off this mortal coil.

[@danthomas793]

Many thanks for this-pre cypress green beret

[@tommurphy3190]

@NullbYte-gk5jq. In the 1970s. 1974 if I recall correctly. Before my time though, I joined the Corps in 1986.

[@gazza2933]

No WRAC members at this time? Fascinating video, narrated by the late Richard Baker. Thank you for posting this. 👍

[@Hants_Prints]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@liammalarky3483]

@gazza2933 Richard Baker, didn't he also do the voice-over for Mary, Mungo, and Midge?

[@andrewtolkien9482]

Maresfield camp and Pippingford park in East Sussex .Some of it's still there !

[@sufianansari4923]

2:54; the Figure Eleven target! Still in use today.

[@liamoneill1042]

@@sufianansari4923 it's our most persistent and prolific enemy

[@tonycavanagh1929]

I remember somone telling me what the cap badge was, a pansy resting on its laurels, As an aside I was a regular in the Royal Artillery, but joined Army Intelligence as a resevist.

[@tommurphy3190]

It was the other way round for me. I was a TA Gunner for a couple of years then joined the regular Int Corps.

[@northwalesmod]

Even though the officer can't do drill movement him self !!

[@michael5265]

Must be late 50's early 60's, with the Mau Mau reference. All I remember is translating českým rozhlasovým operátorům and the българска армия then transferring there conversations to Fortran 77 on floppy discs 😆😆.

[@madade27]

Floppy discs! how about punch card?....

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Must be, looking at the uniforms.

[@peterstubbs5934]

The officers that went on the saluting Dias, is that the drill youre allowed when youve got piles?

[@dulls8475]

The main thing i learnt was to count to 3.

[@yonmusak]

They should have better advertised the ease of access to VD treatments

[@exsubmariner]

That's two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence. Army and intelligence. 😂😂

[@Danny-zi6xw]

1:28 "And I *FROZE* in this position."

[@AirplaneDoctor_]

He neglected to mention the best part of a Singapore posting, being a member of the SDWS.

[@Dazsvintagestuff]

What was it that Dawn was doing that she needed watching so intently?

[@mickg8306]

All together now........3.2.1........WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP......

[@declanmurphy6427]

No such thing as British army intelligence. (Looking at Northern Ireland or Afghanistan)😂😂😂

[@johnallen7807]

Blame the politicians not the Army!

[@snowflakemelter1172]

@@declanmurphy6427 don't be yourself

[@captaintyrrell6428]

Don't believe everything your told Deckie, try thinking critically (a sign of true intelligence). Who ran agent 'Steak Knife' aka Freddie Scappaticci? What were the conclusions of 'Operation Kenova'? Who first sowed the idea of the 'armalite and the ballot box' amongst the higher echelons of the 'movement'? British military intelligence is not to be underestimated having been honed by 500 years of experience. Once I was blind and now I can see.

[@declanmurphy6427]

​It is not a question of blame. One is either intelligent or stupid!😂😂😂​@@johnallen7807