Army Cooks (1960)
The Army Catering Corps' Training Centre in Aldershot, Hampshire. M/S in a kitchen with lots of pots and pans in the background. Two students in white uniforms and hats are preparing food while the chef checks the progress. Panning shot to show two more students that he moves on to, then C/Us as he adjusts their work, and we see the food being prepared: one looks like some kind of salmon dish with salad arrangement, the next is a veal, ham and egg pie. C/U of the student placing an egg in the centre, folding the meat into the pie and putting a lid of pastry over it.
M/Ss of another chef demonstrating pastry techniques to two students; we then see them rolling pastry and squeezing jam into the middle of some buns. C/U of several savoury and sweet dishes spread out on a table then tilt up to show a student, an instructor and an army officer who inspects the food, samples a piece of fruit cake then nods his approval.
C/U of the canteen menu in chalk on a blackboard. M/S of men in army uniforms coming into a canteen. There is a vast array of food set out on a chrome work surface and the men start to help themselves. C/U of the food set out in serving trays (the main dish looks like a curry or chilli con carne) as the men pass by and serve themselves. Good C/U of a tray with a bowl of tomato soup and a plate of meat and lots of vegetables (sprouts, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower? and a few unidentifiable things!).
M/S of an army officer and catering corps' sergeant (?) looking on, then C/U of a rather large soldier; M/S of the same man as he moves from the savoury to the sweet section. M/Ss of the desserts and someone helping themselves to what looks like bread and butter pudding, then the men move on.
M/S in the kitchen of senior NCOs (they are all wearing their army berets with their white overalls) being instructed as they prepare food. C/Us of the dishes including a plate of petit fours, unidentifiable glazed exotic looking stuff, and a huge ham being decorated with a flower design. C/Us of sergeant's stripes on his arm (on a band worn over his overalls), and some fruit being arranged on a cake with other cakes around it on a table, then tilt up to show the men preparing food on another table in the kitchen. M/S of an officer surrounded by men who are discussing the exotic dishes; he is inspecting a large dish of trout.
C/U of a highly decorated lobster on a plate, then M/S of a range of dishes set out on a table before a display of silver trophies and diplomas. The commentator says that "Those who endured the wartime days of soggy spam, sawdust sausages and unspeakable fritters smothered in ketchup, would be the first to agree that Army cooking has gone full cycle - from the ridiculous to the sublime".
Note: The whole feel of this film is that Army catering is now of a high standard and very modern and up-to-date. This is nice footage of food and food preparation - most of it is haute cuisine 1960-style! Also good shots of a self-service canteen. There is some interesting documentation on file including a list of the names of all men shown in the film (too numerous to mention here).
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I enlisted in the US Army in 1966, weigh 156 Lbs, or, 11.14 stone, in 6 months I was 185 lbs, or, 13.21 stone. The food was great. Thanks for posting. P.S. however the rations given when we were in the field, sucked.
@awilli182
2 жыл бұрын
What did you guys get? Creamed beef on toast with beans?
@ronaldfitzsimmons9902
Жыл бұрын
Same in the British Army Mate ps i know the feeling about Field rations 😂😂 fair point Mate.
@liamkatt6434
Жыл бұрын
Show you all this lovely food in basic training. Send you into the field and tell you to eat worms.
My grandfather was a chef in the Royal Air Force during his national service and time after.
@user-mu1tq8kt1x
Жыл бұрын
انا احب بريطانيا وشعبها واتمنا ازورها انا اعشق لندن
I got to my Regiment Jan 7 1966. The food was terrible, I mean disgusting. The posting was crap anyway, so the moral in the Regt was suspect. We had some inspectors come round. I complained bitterly about the food as did others. Q 'G' came up to my table and had a word with me, I replied that the food was not up to standard. anyway within a very short time, a few days he was gone. Then after maybe approx three weeks Q 'L' arrived and things changed completely, thus raising the general moral a lot, making the posting bearable. We all knew that if the balloon went up we would all be frazzled in minutes, but we carried on. This was in Germany not far from the East German border, no names.When I left the Army some 6 years later, we were back in Blighty. I went up to Q 'L' and thanked him for his efforts and great improvements, he smiled and we parted. I will never forget him, he was fantastic :)
@TheGroundedAviator
Жыл бұрын
I'm not exactly sure what Q "L" stands for ("Q" may mean Quartermaster) but he is exactly the sort of person who earns my respect.
@TheGroundedAviator
Жыл бұрын
@Stanly Stud Fair enough. I know of ones who were amazing, morons and crooks. Then you find the last anywhere, the shift leader at the shipping depot I work at stole $10,000 worth of stuff once. That's a good story though.
It seems they fed you like they valued that you were risking your life back in the day.
@romainvicta3076
2 жыл бұрын
All handmade too ; no frozen crap
I was in the Army from 1993 to 1997, luckily I always ate well
Bring back the Aldershot concrete company
शानदार प्रदर्शन
Some 40 years ago I enlisted onto the ACC, I’d love to go back and do it all again ❤ Sadly they knock the tower block down 😢
@ian-dalenottingham-bowes7558
Жыл бұрын
I was Intake 2/90 on the App side aged 16 (N.I.G) at St Omer Bks, Scarisbrick and Owens Platoons (Sgt Brunton,Dave and Sgt Baxter Tom).
@garygoldsmith3887
4 ай бұрын
Am not service, however old colleagues were. Once visited the ACC and the tower block, WoW, what an amazzing place, great enviroment for training...😊
Hotelympia competition work and trophies at the end with The Arthur Hope Trohie in the middle for best exibit.....
Toughest course in the British Army nobody in the Army Catering Corp has pass it yet ;-)
@bugler75
Жыл бұрын
😁👍🏼 ACC, Aldershot Cement Company!
Army Life i look back and will say this well feed , good pay , good medical and dental facilities, plus gym ( like the recruitment Sargent said to me the Army is not a job but a way if Life ) ps and a good pension.
@ronaldfitzsimmons9902
Жыл бұрын
@Stanly Stud they had there moments, 😂
Just wandering if army food still looks that fancy nowadays? Very decorative in presentation there...more like patisserie food preparing there..😇
Chefs in 1960
In the US Army they used servers in the chow line and often some courses would run out and you were out of luck !!.
One fcuking sausage!!!!😂😂😂
💂
Today military food is horrendous
@billhosko7723
7 ай бұрын
trolll
Back in the day when meat and cigarettes made a man
@Jake-qc3mj
Жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine smoking as much as people did back in the day.
I don't like the thought of their talking about the food right next to it uncovered
@TimStamper89
Жыл бұрын
Why
British food 😋
Зачем в армии столько сладкого? Там ведь мужчины солдаты,а не девушки сладкоежки.
@stevea8717
7 ай бұрын
Почти уверен, что это просто практика, чтобы продемонстрировать свои кулинарные способности.
No gloves 🤢
@VPCh.
2 ай бұрын
Most modern culinary professionals consider gloves to be uneeded or even counterproductive. It leads to people not washing their hands as much or changing gloves as much from the false sense of security. And you can't have as much dexterity.