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

Army Recruiting film following a group of recruits to the Intelligence Corps through their basic and trade training.
They are shown learning drill and weapons handling and undertaking various kinds of fitness training before going on to be taught skills specific to their chosen Corps. Office administration, the collation and recording of intelligence, photographic interpretation, cordon and search operations and counter-intelligence are all on the syllabus before the training class is split up for postings to operational units. The film then shows situations and tasks likely to be encountered by British forces in Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong. A cordon and search operation in a village in Kenya, where the Mau Mau insurgency was then coming to an end, is also shown. British soldiers surround a house, search the occupants and, having found an illegal weapon, they then take them away for questioning.
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[@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 !

[@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 😊.

[@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.

[@danthomas793]

Many thanks for this-pre cypress green beret

[@NullbYte-gk5jq]

@@danthomas793 When was the cypress/ green slime beret introduced?

[@northwalesmod]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@dulls8475]

The main thing i learnt was to count to 3.

[@peterstubbs5934]

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

[@yonmusak]

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

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

Fantastic. Where do I join up ..... 😂

[@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?

[@Stanly-Stud]

They definitely vetted you for this cap badge. A school friend of mine joined the Tankies , 4 RTR & his older brother tried to join the Intelligence Corps. They rejected him as in his University time ( not sure how long or what he studied) they found out he was a member of some student communist group. So he was refused & he joined the Royal Engineers Was in the late 80s so might not be like that now.

[@Stanly-Stud]

Some were actually sneeky-beeky with beards, long hair ..etc

[@exsubmariner]

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

[@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