Sandhurst - Panorama

Sandhurst - Panorama - Monday 15 September 1975.
First transmitted in 1975, this edition of Panorama is set at Sandhurst, the officer training academy. It follows a group of young men preparing for a life of leadership in the Army. These 'managers of violence' will be expected to perform to the very highest of traditions of the British Army and be prepared to apply their professionalism on British soil should the need arise.
From the collection; Army: A Very British Institution - www.bbc.co.uk/b...

[@paulmoore4223]

Id love to see this lot milling

[@PUCCINIMUSICK]

AT 5.24 A young officer cadet is introduced by the future most famous Garrison Sergeant Major ever, Perry Mason (so young, almost unrecognisable)

[@ojsimpson4040]

I’m a bit late to the party sorry. Why is he the most famous SM ever?

[@tr9809]

It seems that Northern Ireland was a hard task master for the British Army, and it's interesting to see how the tactics of 'internal security' and 'managing dissidents' have changed. For the better, I may add! During the 1970s, the army did not acknowledge the huge mistake they made on Bloody Sunday. It was a mentality of imposing law and order. These days, elements of maintain law and order exist, but the aim is to the win the public to your side through winning the battle on hearts and minds. That's a good thing.

[@williamwallace2278]

Thomas Ruston Nothing to do with Law and Order. State sponsored murder, collusion between state, armed forces, ruc. To help produce the tissue of lies the Whitewash Report

[@MrCardinal1965]

Time interval 41.26 notable soldier, the future Captain Gavin John Hamilton MC, SAS (on attachment from the Green Howards) of the Falklands Campaign 1982: Fortuna Glacier and the capture of Grytviken, Pebble Island raid, diversionary raid near Goose Green, the loss of half of 19 Mountain Troop to the Sea King helicopter crash, the occupation of Mount Kent and the skirmish at Many Branch Point West Falkland. A national hero.

[@UncleBoratagain]

MrCardinal1965 Well the RM did try to dissuade the SAS from attempting such an infiltration point...

[@MrCardinal1965]

Max Plankton As did Members of the British Antarctic Survey team. The hierarchy of the SAS wanted spectaculars for the Regiment, Maj Delves (D Sqn Commander) through privately held American satellite communications sought confirmation of the plan where he could find it rather than go with local knowledge (The SAS of that time was quite an insular and secretive organisation). Due to the spectacular success of the Iranian embassy siege in 1980 and the national adulation that followed, many were unsure as to what the SAS’s capabilities were. Maj Guy Sheridan RM (Ground Commander Op Paraquat) said that he could not see at which point the SAS might be overreaching their capabilities. Defence secretary Sir John Nott said (of The Fortuna Glacier disaster) that the SAS could not see beyond their own planning. Captain Hamilton was a new troop commander with 6 months under his belt and so was in a position whereby he needed to make a good impression. Many SAS commanders at various levels were sacked during the conflict (notably B Sqn’s Captain Andy Legg, recce Patrol Commander of the aborted Operation Plum Duff) for not showing sufficient daring. Legg was later told by a colleague that it would have been better for the Regiment that he got off of the helicopter and died gloriously in a hail of bullets rather than come back. Your point is correct, but their was some serious issues around the hierarchy of the SAS at that time that were hell bent on maintaining the myth of the SAS, irrespective of the cost. The Regiment came in for some serious criticism after the conflict which led to the formation of United Kingdom Special Forces Command under the Director Special Forces, so they could no longer operate as independently as they had done during Operation Corporate.

[@gwasgray9309]

This is on iplayer now, just watch it there (in better quality too)

[@valereirenfro9040]

I like this video. Six months? To become a 2nd lieutenant here in the States it's 4 years! The British seem to pack a lot into those six months at Sandhurst

[@jaysea4705]

CC now takes 12 months. That is to complete what is essentially P1. Once commissioned 2Lts conduct P2 which varies in length dependant on the job role.

[@Fugvdfbh67]

Erm, no it doesn’t take 4 years to become an officer in the U.S. You need to have a college degree which normally takes 4 years. You can do this at a military college if you wish, or you can attend a normal college and then go to West Point etc. After that point, you can attend west point, which is only 12 weeks long.

[@737Adventures]

5:25 legend of the Guards - GSM Perry Mason sadly no longer with us.

[@SteveM-ly7oy]

Scotland has already seceded... not far off. And this was 1975, so nearly 40 years before the Indy Ref.

[@Itsjustmyselfsoitis]

35:58 lol what are their initials? IRA? What a coincidence. And the left / right paradigm lines up perfectly too, with the "loyalist front" on the right and the 'revolutionary association (the English Ra lol)

[@robertlock5501]

I saw you took down your videos... any chance you have them up elsewhere?

[@Fergus-Collington]

0:28 What brigade?

[@oliverlee-os6tr]

angry brigade, they where an an anarchic group of terrorists who used to bomb anything they didn't like!. they where around for much of 1970s but after their members where arrested I think the enthusiasm waned, at the time they where a very real threat (hence why they are mentioned)!.

[@mikemanners1069]

11:12 - Looks like the Brigadier from Dr. Who.....

[@UncleBoratagain]

19:00 Well this is an astonishing development, my own brother who is a chaplain also happens to be a chronically lying toad. Soon to be trashed legally. Not the norm for Sandhurst to be fair.

[@benhodges379]

Patrick Mercer, now a disgraced former Tory MP

[@Brecconable]

The greatest moment 14:18

[@neil5568]

The Dustbins of Glasgow?

[@MS-qt3xp]

neil5568 I think they later refer to army doing refuse collection presumably during a strike, but I did raise an eyebrow when I first heard that!

[@gmanderson2009]

Yes it is a reference to the British Military being used during various strikes. It applied to the Navy and Royal Air Force also.

[@pamtufnell6751]

interesting

[@williamwallace2278]

Jeez! Get a haircut

[@goodgirlkay]

The British upper-class accent always makes me laugh.

[@Moostaukind]

+kay jay Has the narrator an upper-class accent, as well?

[@goodgirlkay]

Moostaukind I think that he has what used to be called a BBC accent. This is how you had to speak if you wanted to be on British t.v.

[@Moostaukind]

wow, I never expected such a fast replay on a year old post. Thank you! So his accent is not as posh as the Accent the students have? Sorry if I am annoying, but I am not British and I just find languages/dialects/accents so interesting.

[@goodgirlkay]

Moostaukind No. His accent is not the same as the students.

[@lesliedodds4011]

kay jay its coming out now that these wars are started by governments who are controlled by the illumanti mi5 have been operating in ireland same as syria the muslim agenda is in full swing in britain as a christian jesus said wars and troubles coming into the last of the last days ww3 will be upon the world but were will you be if you died today thats the most important question in everybodys life no matter what your RACE is

[@tonymorph3672]

Sadly a bygone era. What would these gentlemen think of the woke liberal times we now live through.

[@tomcolley9008]

Patrick Mercer, the 19 year old at the start, became an MP and was forced to resign because he accepted payment for lobbying. He also was accused of anti Semitic remarks to a Jewish soldier. The good old days, eh?