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    FALKLANDS CONFLICTGB

    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 ...

     
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    FALKLANDS CONFLICTGB

    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 ...

     
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    FALKLANDS CONFLICTGB

    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 ...

     
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    FALKLANDS CONFLICTGB

    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 ...

     
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    FALKLANDS CONFLICTGB

    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 ...

     
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    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 ...

     
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    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, ...

     
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    WORLD IN ACTION

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

     
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    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 ...

     
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    Hong Kong

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

     
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    Great Britain

    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 ...

     
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    Great Britain

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

     
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    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 ...

     
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    WEEKEND WORLD PRODUCTION MATERIAL AND INSERTSGreat Britain

    Production footage from LWT of the Rhodesian elections of 1980.

     
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    STAYING ON 1980

    Great Britain

    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

     
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    WORLD ABOUT USGreat Britain

    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 ...

     
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    WEEKEND WORLDGreat Britain

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

     
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    OVERSEAS NEWS SERVICEGreat Britain

    1980 elections in Rhodesia.

     
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    SURVIVAL SPECIALGreat Britain

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

     
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    NEWSROUND AFRICAGreat Britain

    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.

     
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    LIGHT OF EXPERIENCEGreat Britain

    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

     
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    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 ...

     
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    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, ...

     
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    Rhodesia Collection

    Narrated documentary film depicting the 'Laying of Colours' ceremony of the 1st Battalion Rhodesian Light Infantry on 17/10/80. The occasion marked the disbanding of the Infantry after the establishment of the Republic of Zimbabwe. ...

     
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    A look at the Metro-Cammell factory in Birmingham which designs and builds a variety of metro trains, looking in particular at the planning and building of the 'Kowloon Connection', a metro system between Hong Kong and Kowloon. The designing and ...

     
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    I. Scenes onboard Royal Navy submarine.

    II.Seeking and destroying enemy aircraft by ship launched missile system.

    III. Royal Marine Commandos attack and successfully destroy an enemy radar system.

    IV.Urgent supplies are ferried by ...

     
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    Illustrates the range of base training and field activities of the RAF Tactical Communications Wing, established to provide mobile ground communications to helicopter/Harrier squadrons in forward deployment, and occasionally in locations outside NATO ...

     
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    ZULU DAWN 1979

    Netherlands, USA

    Despite orders to the contrary from the British government, the English forces in Natal in 1879 attack the Zulu King Cetschwayo, leading to the massacre of 1500 British soldiers by 25,000 Zulu warriors.

     
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    TONIGHTGreat Britain

    Items include: Boat people arriving in Hong Kong [7.32 dur] Botha talking about the new Muzorewa government in Rhodesia [5.05 dur], Botha talking about elections in Namibia [5.55 dur], and about the Wiehahn Commision in South Africa ...

     
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    Australia

    Based on real life events, the film takes place during the guerrilla phase of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Three officers from an Australian volunteer unit operating at the fringes of British controlled territory are accused of executing ...

     
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    TV EYEGreat Britain

    Report on black and white communities in Umtali region.

     
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    DAVID FROST'S GLOBAL VILLAGEGreat Britain

    Live inter-continental TV show hosted by David Frost which conducts `debates' by satellite, and involving a studio audience, on contentious issues.

     
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    PANORAMAGreat Britain

    Includes an item looking at the progress and deterioration of the conflict in Northern Ireland through the eyes of two men, Jerry Fitt and William Craig, enemies in the political arena of 1970, but now with very similar views.

     
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    Rhodesia Collection

    Film of Operation "Uric"(?), a Rhodesian Security Forces operation to destroy bridges in Mozambique in order to prevent terrorists entering into Rhodesia.

    Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the ...

     
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    GB

    Amateur compilation made to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of HMS Ajax in the Battle of the River Plate (Rio de Plata) combines film shot during the veterans' visit to Buenos Aires (Argentina), including laying of ...

     
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    TONIGHT

    This edition includes a report on the Vietnamese boat people and what Hong Kong is doing to help the refugees.

     
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    SOUTH BANK SHOW

    Looks at the Asian Arts Festival in Hong Kong which features the practice of traditional theatrical, musical and dance acts.

     
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    Hong Kong has a good housing programme with 200,000 people in public building estates. But 1 million still live in hillside shanty towns or in sub-standard housing. The aim is to build 200,000 houses a year for the next 5 years but lack of space is a ...

     
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    A record of Prince Charles' visit to Hong Kong.

     
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    DILEMMA 1979

    GB

    Made entirely on location in Belize, the film tells the parallel and overlapping stories of two men on the same squadron, one a Harrier pilot and the other a young technician. We are shown how both men are faced with the same dilemma - whether to ...

     
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    BRIAN CONNELL INTERVIEWGreat Britain

    An interview with Lord Carver who would be responsible on Britain's behalf for implementing the Anglo-American settlement in Rhodesia, if accepted.

     
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    WORLD IN ACTIONGreat Britain

    A follow-up to WORLD IN ACTION: LIABLE TO PROSECUTION about Shell and BP's involvement in illegal oil exports to Rhodesia. Looks more closely at the smokescreens used to try and cover up the sanctions breach. The history of ...

     
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    WEEKEND WORLD PRODUCTION MATERIAL AND INSERTSGreat Britain
     
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    Great Britain

    Film shot in Zimbabwe and in a transit camp in Botswana during 1977. Concentrates on the views of ordinary people.

     
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    Japan

    Shows the sights and sounds of Hong Kong

     
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    Mozambique

    An inside account of the struggle waged by FRELIMO against Portuguese colonialism. Also relates the support given to Portugal by the Smith regime in Rhodesia and its continued military attacks on civilian targets in Mozambique following that ...

     
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    EVERYMANGreat Britain

    Documentary about the Christian position in the Rhodesian war. There are Christians supporting both sides - is the Christian message political or above politics? The black leaders in the conflict, including Robert Mugabe, ...