British Army recruit Gurkha soldiers in Nepal

British Army recruit Gurkha soldiers in Nepal - Michael Palin for BBC

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Video Description: Strange and unexplained events interrupt the first day of recruitment for the British Army in Nepal. Classic footage of Michael Palin's epic adventure from the BBC.

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baluks you ain't ... ( 2 months ago by fireblaze200)

baluks you ain't warriors my ass

You have no idea of ... ( 2 months ago by Cheesewright)

You have no idea of what you are talking about. Twat...

so why dont those ... ( 2 months ago by MyCatEatsGuns)

so why dont those gurka's have instant gb nationality? they fight their asses of for our country yet they are denied nationality status and cant live in the uk! They have fought for us since ww2 and fought along side us in all combat since ww2. Give them uk nationality ffs!!!!

These guys train ... ( 2 months ago by MyCatEatsGuns)

These guys train very hard and they all want to be a part of the british army. We accept them into our army because we know how dedicated they are, they have fought alongsiede us since ww2 yet the british governmont refuses to accept that they are british citizens. Plz join the campain to get the gurkhas acccepted as uk citizens.

actually theve been ... ( 2 months ago by scottishlad1987)

actually theve been fighting along side us for 200 years.

you are truly ... ( 2 months ago by GRR8531)

you are truly speaking dude..thanks alot for positive thoughts, indeed you are absolutely right, why should the Gurkha fight on side British who do not have any feelings on them,we know how British army is famous having Gurkhas

do some reasearch ... ( 2 months ago by Jattmafia313)

do some reasearch fucktard
Sikhs saved Punjab from Islam rule for over 400 years, something the UK has failed to do

I do hope that this ... ( 1 month ago by lamnaa)

I do hope that this can continue now the communists have taken Nepal.

true true, ... ( 1 month ago by prohunter51)

true true, absolutely true

they get paid, ... ( 1 month ago by panchexmiron)

they get paid, thats why they fight, they're mercenaries

ITS better 2 die ... ( 1 month ago by nirvrik)

ITS better 2 die than 2 be a coward

LEASE DONT READ ... ( 1 month ago by yaik7a)

LEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKs

No No Nepal is a ... ( 1 month ago by thebritish25)

No No Nepal is a Federal Republic

I wouldn't say it " ... ( 1 month ago by roshanna)

I wouldn't say it "fucking well", oh yeah obviously very well though if you convert it into Nepalese currency.

Run by Maoists. ( 1 month ago by lamnaa)

Run by Maoists.

british citizens ? ... ( 1 month ago by kronlc)

british citizens ? fuck off , we have enougth foreigners in our country asshole.

Kronic or whatever ... ( 1 month ago by danvana182)

Kronic or whatever your fucking name is...what you mean british citizens? yea you all better take all these gorkhalis as your god...trashtalkers like you are those funny bigdumbs who shit around online...this shows you are not for real...pusscake!

why u guys fighting ... ( 3 weeks ago by kev18136)

why u guys fighting,,,,,,,,,,,,,fighting for nothing ......actually i neva give comment in this youtube but u guys force me to do so..............we are all proud to be wat we are so lets live in peace.............stop writing such stupid message for eachother in youtube.....
peace.....cheerssss

true that danvana ( 2 weeks ago by kuzco189)

true that danvana

does anyone one ... ( 2 weeks ago by 2518w)

does anyone one know what happend to the recruiters?

23000 hopefulls, ... ( 1 week ago by tombiddles)

23000 hopefulls, 230 places

i can honestly say ... ( 1 week ago by marcoinengland)

i can honestly say that the gurcas are the best the british army have.
they r so hard yet respectfull and organised

plus they live in ... ( 6 days ago by 209cgrant)

plus they live in the mountains mainly so they are good for recon n combat in Afghan mountains

ive trained with ... ( 4 days ago by skant87)

ive trained with the gurkhas a few times now they are good soldiers very loyal and down to earth the y work extremely hard even before they get to catterick royal marine commandos are the best then the gurkhas and paras are even the royal marines have the longest and toughest basic training programe in the world thats why the marines fly straight on operations when they pass out basic training everyone else goes on deployment training

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