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Unedited rushes of cadets and musicians from the Royal Marines School of Music (RMSM) at HMS Nelson, Portsmouth. Footage includes recruits during their initial assessments and basic training, in addition to musicians training, drilling and being interviewed. Also includes clips from the 2002 Graspan Parade in London, which remembers the Royal Naval Brigades engagement as an infantry unit at Graspan during the South African (Boer) Wars.
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Film contents on tapes 2 to 8 are taken directly from shot list provided with tapes:
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Tape 1. RMBS cadets going through their basic recruit training. Cadets paint their faces with camouflage sticks before going on a training exercise at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) at Lympstone in Devon. Cadets during physical training, in the gym and outside on the training ground. General views of a foggy training area, presumably early in the morning, cadets during swimming pool training and marching on the parade ground (Parade Training). The cadets perform a final band practice in full dress uniform, in the gym where their passing out ceremony will follow. General views of the cadets being presented with their certificates during the passing out ceremony, followed by a muted band performance from the ceremony. Cadets undergoing PT in the empty gym, followed by cadets relaxing after the ceremony.
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Tape 2. Filmed 30 April 2002. "Candidates enter room: Panel: Questions from panel: Bugle audition: RA: Clarinet audition: Panel discussions x 2: Final exam."
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Tape 3. Filmed 30 April 2002. "Final exam: Interview Musn Scott Wolfenden: Interview Major Phil Watson (D of T): Parade training: Musical recital: Professor tuition - Viola."
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Tape 4. Filmed 30 April 2002. "Audition Theory exam: Interview Heather Ford: Interview Stuart Fothergill: Elements lesson: Interview Sam Hairsine - Euphonium: Interview Mark Walker - French Horn: Resource centre."
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Tape 5. Filmed 1 May 2002. "Drill with instruments: Shoulder held: Drum pads: Drum: Herald trumpets: Bugle: Over shoulder: 'Spy Shot'."
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Tape 6. Filmed 1 May 2002. "Tuba with Prof.: 'On top' shot: 'Dolly shot' past practice rooms: Interview Bugler Stuart Vyse: Interview Sandra Jones: Circuits: Audition gym test: Volleyball / 5 a side."
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Tape 7. Filmed 2 May 2002. "Military training: Patrolling / section withdrawal: First Aid: Graspan Annual Parade: Admiralty Arch: Last Post: Reveille."
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Tape 8. "5 a side football: Kit cleaning: Block atmos: Clarinet practice: Viola practice: Big Band practice with Don Lusher: Brass quartet practice."
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