Report on present day Hong Kong which examines the implications for the Colony's future once the lease on the New Territories runs out in 1997, when five-sixths of the area revert to China

Studio debate on the Falklands Crisis, taking place as the British Taskforce makes its way to the islands. Present on the panel are Jim Clement, Executive Secretary of the Sheep Owners' Association on the islands; Capt. ...

Production materials for an ITV 'Weekend World' on the Falkland Islands.

Special report on the Falklands Crisis with opinions from Argentinian and British citizens linked by sattelite and ground links from London and Montevideo to the studio.

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.

Notes

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.