Bomb disposal training

Title

Bomb disposal training

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

Report on the training process for bomb disposal experts at the Royal Army Ordinance Corps, after the death of Kenneth Howorth while trying to defuse a bomb on Oxford Street in London on 26 Oct 1981. We are talked through an exercise; a male trainee talks about protective clothing; and Brigadier Charles Smith remembers Kenneth Howorth whom he trained. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Charles Smith

Keywords

Deaths; London; Armed forces; Terrorism; Military personnel; Military training; Policemen; Bombs; Protective clothing; Kenneth Howorth; Royal Army Ordinance Corps

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