Scenes around South Georgia after its recapture; shipping in Falklands Sound and casualties arriving on board Canberra.

Opening shots show the small settlement at South Georgia after its recapture ...

Shots around the South Georgia landscape, with a few troops in evidence.

A soldier watches some seals on the shoreline, Canberra anchored in the background. More troops are seen on the shore and on ...

Aerial shots over the Falklands coastal region; badly damaged buildings.

(Reel 1) Shots show Falklands Sound and other areas from the air. Signs of the recent battle are just about evident (the ...

A football match between the crew of HMS Leeds Castle fishery protection vessel, wearing shirts emblazoned with "HMS Leeds Castle 1st Commission", and an unidentified team. The match appears to be played near the seafront on ...

Footage of a gathering at "The Residency" (presumably an official residence) on Ascension Island to celebrate the Queen's Birthday. The film shows a large group of invitees standing about in the garden, and focuses on a group of Boy ...

Cindy Buxton and Annie Price were on South Georgia making a film about the king penguin colony there when the Argentines invaded. This film is not only a unique wildlife document but also a record of their adventures and survival.

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(Reel 1) CU of landing ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Sir Galahad (L3005) leaving Plymouth (April). Helicopters on deck are seen with troops at attention lining ship's rail, as the ship passes the camera. RFA Sir Percival (L3036) at sea, two days ...

Amateur colour film shot by Royal Marine Sergeant Graham Ransom of teh 6th Assault Squadron on board the assault ship HMS Intrepid during Operation Corporate, between 26 April and 5 May 1982, shows training on voyage south past Ascension Island, ...

Include a studio debate on the situation in the Falklands, seven weeks after the crisis began.

Film giving an overview of the Falklands War, from the departure of the taskforce from the UK to arrival in the South Atlantic, the landings at San Carlos and the Argentine surrender. Logistics, the use of 'ships taken up from trade', the importance ...

General film on Hong Kong and its people, covering the contrast of city and rura l life, customs, beliefs, cuisine, festivals and tourist attractions

Shows how Hong Kong has developed from a trading port in the 19th century to an international centre of world trade. Argues that this has been achieved by a freedom of economic action, producing jobs, rising living standards and the lowest ...

Outlines the growing diplomatic row between Britain and Argentina over sovereignty of the Falklands.

Dramatised film in which the Leander Class frigate HMS Achilles (F.12), deployed to the Caribbean, provides disaster relief following a hurricane. While the ship's Wasp helicopter assesses the extent of the damage, teams from the ship land on Antigua ...

Production footage from LWT of the Rhodesian elections of 1980.

TV dramatisation of the novel by Paul Scott about an elderly English couple who stay on in India after the fall of the Briitsh Raj. Transmitted in 1980

Shows the ecological system based on the Amate fig tree, found in the tropical forests of Belize. The tree in turn is dependent upon the instinctive behaviour of microscopic black wasps, which lay eggs within the fig, which ...

A report and analysis of the Rhodesian elections to be held on 4/3/1980 - the first universal suffrage elections.

1980 elections in Rhodesia.

Wild life documentary filmed on the Falkland Islands about a colony of five million penguins that live there.

Examines two countries, Uganda and Zimbabwe Rhodesia [sic] which are African troublespots. Looks at how the decisions of Africa's rulers effect their people. Looks at how wars and crises create refugee problems.

The story of Alec Smith, son of the Rhodesia Prime Minister, as drop-out, former drug smuggler and addict and his role as as army padre and peacemaker in Zimbabwe

Impressionistic account, without commentary, of day-to-day life onboard HMS Coventry as she sails from Portsmouth to Hong Kong via Singapore.

"Monday 19th May PORTSMOUTH" The destroyer HMS Coventry sets off from ...

Men of the Yorkshire Regiment being interviewed on various locations in Gibraltar.

The men discuss how they came to be in the army and how they like Gibraltar. Scenes of a band parading for the Changing of the Guard, ...