Documentary describing the history of the Royal Navy from the Falklands War in 1982 to the 1991 Gulf War (with particular emphasis in the Falklands campaign), covering the development of the Navy's ships and weaponry, ...
The Rhodesian Army in operation against Nationalist guerillas.
LIVE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME. The first of the series.
Main title over rock band Humble Pie playing to studio audience (02.08). Joe Melia (JM) introduces the new series, explaining the format, and the current ...
Production materials for an ITV 'Weekend World' on the Falkland Islands.
Report on the way in which the future of the Falklands is to be negotiated with Argentina in the light of the recent war, assessing what each country has at stake in the talks. Interviewed are Chairman of the South Atlantic ...
Report on what may happen after the Falkland dispute is over and the Islands have once again to be administered. Included in the programme is an interview with Cecil Parkinson, Conservative Party Chairman and member of the ...
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.
Brian Hanrahan describes life aboard HMS Hermes and talks to the man in charge of the Task Force, Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward.
A look a the British base at Aden, now GHQ Middle East under one commanding officer. A visit by the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur coincides with 'Aden Forces Week', also present was Harold Watkinson, Defence Minister.
GOVERNMENT FILM. A record of the Queen's visit to the Gambia in 1962.
Biopic of famed Indian lawyer and activist Mahatma Gandhi, whose methods of non-violent protest against the British Empire led to him becoming a popular leader until his assassination in 1948.
Joan Bakewell visits Andersonstown, Gibraltar where two IRA members were killed. On the day of the funeral service violence broke out in the parish of Fr Tom Toner.
