First in a series of four Army films giving an account of the battle for the Falkland Islands from the personal viewpoints of people involved, including officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in addition to Army ...
First in a series of four Army films giving an account of the battle for the Falkland Islands from the personal viewpoints of people involved, including officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in addition to Army ...
Cutting copy, final assembly of the documentary "The Falklands War: The Untold Story" made by Yorkshire Television, transmitted on the fifth anniversary of the conflict, 1 April 1987.
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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 ...
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1 Coy on patrol at Goose Bay, bay in background
Patrolling L ...
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Parade formed up opposite the Falkland Islands War Memorial
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10-00-00-00 Coy signpost - No 1 Coy Irish Guards
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The years 1955-1966.
In April 1955 Mountbatten becomes First Sea Lord, and starts trimming the Navy down to a suitable peace-time force. In this episode, Mountbatten expresses ...
The years 1943-1945.
Mountbatten takes up command in SE Asia in August 1943 (the film gives a brief resume of the events in the far east up to that point) and sets about raising ...
The years 1945-1946.
With the end of the Far East war and the resulting chaos, Mountbatten's priority is the liberation of POWs, in which he is greatly helped by Lady Mountbatten ...
The Youth Recreation Centre at the Hong Kong Life Guard Club is opened by the Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose. The two reels show the same events (the banquet, presentations, speeches etc) from two different cameras.
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A documentary film looking back at Britain's military conflicts from the Peninsula Wars to the Falklands, and the men that fell during those wars.
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 ...
Pre-Falklands Press Day, 4th/5th Battalion the Royal Irish Rangers (Territorial Regiment).
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Technical: labelled "Original".
Newsfilm of the British Army on security operations in Aden.
Briefing film to give armed forced personnel and their families an insight into the conditions of service in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. Showing the work of 51 Infantry Brigade, 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade and the Army Air Corps; "HMS ...
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 ...