Against the background of other major events in 1941, the fall of Hong Kong may well have held little significance to the Public in the UK, and yet the grim battles fought over the impassive hills of Hong Kong Island reflected the spirit of the ...
The film covers the following subjects: Shiphandling - Describes the steering and propulsion arrangements and emphasises the unique manoeuvring characteristics of the Ppeacock Class. Seamanship - Identifies the non-standard equipment fitted in the ...
William Savage, a collector for the British East India Company is drawn into the Thug cult (a group which strangles and rob travellers) when he attempts to infiltrate their ranks.
Documentary report about the killing of three IRA operatives (Mairead Farrell, Daniel McCann and Sean Savage) by the SAS in Gibraltar. The programme asks whether they were gunned down because lives were at risk, or as a result of a deliberate ...
Dramatised reconstruction of the Gibraltar hearing about the shooting of three members of the IRA by the SAS.
Documentary about the Triad gangs of Hong Kong who control nightclubs, shops, restaurants and gambling houses. They are involved in prostitution, loan sharking, extortion and drugs smuggling. But the prospect of Hong Kong being handed ...
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.
The man alleged to be behind Triad violence in Britain is confronted in this programme in the heart of Hong Kong's red light district. The report reveals how a war between Britain's two strongest Triad factions - the Wo Shing Wo and the ...
Documentary about the ordinary working people of Hong Kong, many of whom live in cramped accommodation and share nothing of the city's wealth. A look at their views on the return of Hong Kong to China, and the likelihood of a convergance of interests ...
I. (Tape 1) Aerial shots from an Army helicopter of Port Stanley, Mount Pleasant Airfield and the coast of East Falkland, including the hulk of the ironclad Lady Elizabeth and a red-hulled ...
Wildlife of the Falkland islands coastline.
19th century geographer/explorers Richard Burton and John Speke make two successive journeys together to find the source of the Nile.
