Training bomb disposal experts

Title

Training bomb disposal experts

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

29 Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:18

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 at Oxford Street, London on 26 Oct 1981. We are talked through an exercise. Trainees and the wife of a disposal expert serving in Ulster comment on the dangers of the job. Their commander, Brigadier Charles Smith, remembers Kenneth Howorth whom he trained. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Charles Smith

Keywords

Deaths; Occupational health and safety; Military personnel; Military training; Policemen; Married women; Bombs; Kenneth Howorth; Royal Army Ordinance Corps

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