Interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the critical period through which the government has been passing for the last few weeks. Live from Downing Street.
Interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the critical period through which the government has been passing for the last few weeks. Live from Downing Street.
Includes a studio debate on the situation in the Falklands, transmitted during the seventh week of the crisis.
Recruitment film for the Royal Navy, following the experiences of a new cadet.
A 16 year old boy on a council estate, wondering what to do with his life, sees a Royal Navy commercial and decides to enlist; 30 months ...
Amateur footage of the dismantling of Gibraltar's 9.2-inch gun prior to being shipped to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in 1982.
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Technical: Originally filmed in Super 8mm.
Amateur film shot by Chief Technician Tom Kinsella of RAF 18 Squadron records voyage on Norland south from Ascension Island, with HMS Fearless and Atlantic Conveyor (carrying 18 Squadron's Chinooks) in distance, Argentine fighter attacks on San ...
The sinking of the General Belgrano and HMS Sheffield.
As the task force steamed south the politicians and diplomats tried to head off a military clash. General Mendez established themselves on the islands. Ascension Island was turned into a huge military base ...
Describes the British involvement in the construction of the new double track railway from Kowloon, on Hong Kong's harbour to the Chinese border.
The Argentinian surrender.
The Argentinian attack on the Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram.
The Battle of Goose Green and the march on Port Stanley.
Brian Hanrahan describes life aboard HMS Hermes and talks to the man in charge of the Task Force, Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward.