Boy Paratroopers (1961)

Farnborough, Hampshire. L, S of an army camp, male and female soldiers are stood behind a long table giving out uniforms to young boys who are lining up. M, S of a young boy being given a pair of boots. The narrator explains this is the headquarters of the Junior Parachute Company and the boys are all aged between 15 and 17 and a half, they want to become paratroopers when they reach their 18th birthdays. The boy moves along and is given more kit. C, U of the jackets in a pile. M, S as a paratrooper puts a helmet on the head of a young boy, C, U of two boys waiting in line. C, U of two officers. L, S of the boys walking across the camp carrying their kit, they walk past a sign saying Junior Parachute Company Depot The Parachute Regiment. C, U of one boy in khaki uniform wearing a red beret, he starts smearing his face with mud for camouflage. M, S of various boys putting camouflage on. C, U of a boy with a knife, he places it in his jacket. M, S of two officers talking, one of them shouts advance L, S a