Artists Rifles Recruitment 1960s

A new recruit arrives at Duke's Road. He is interviewed by the Recruiting Officer. The volunteer then undergoes a medical exam and swears Oath of Allegiance before his training starts with a map reading exercise, shooting practice at Bisley with Sterling sub-machine gun and 9mm Browning pistol, and fieldcraft exercise on Brecon Beacons.

He is then seen in the Regimental Bar at Duke’s Road with veterans most probably from the First World War and purchases the regimental tie. He then takes part in training at Joint Services Amphibious Warfare Centre (located near Poole, Dorset) continues with instruction in Klepper canoes and Gemini rubber boat fitted with Seagull outboard motor, ending with insertion skills training with frogmen. Training concludes at RAF Abingdon No 1 Parachute School, where after initiation inside Ground Training Hangar, men jump from barrage balloon gondola before entering a Beverley aircraft and jumping with full kit. RSM Bob Bennett DCM wearing "wings" on his chest, indicating WWII veteran watches as the men descend to the ground.