FALKLANDS FACTOR 1983
Play by Don Shaw, based on historical records of the Falklands Crisis in 1770, when an Argentinian Fleet threatened the Falkland Islands.
Play by Don Shaw, based on historical records of the Falklands Crisis in 1770, when an Argentinian Fleet threatened the Falkland Islands.
TV play telling the inside story of how the Thatcher government went to war to regain the Falkland Islands.
In 1987, the BBC commissioned a play to mark the fifth anniversary of the Falklands War. The play was never shown. This documentary examines the political furore surrounding the decision not to show it.
Instructive video regarding road safety for military personnel serving in the Falkland Islands.
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Tape 4
(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 ...
Documentary in which people involved in the Falklands War, which began five years ago, discuss their views of it, from both the Argentinian and British sides.
Rushes to be inserted into series. Pipers playing lament as a container with war dead is taken off ship.
A report on how the growing conflict in the Falklands is affecting people in Britain. Peter Gill reports from the UN with an interview with Sir Anthony Parsons.
Report on the developments in the crisis involving the Falkland Islands with rep orts from Buenos Aires on the effects of the military costs on the country and o n the options left open to the British government.
The Falklands crisis: report from Argentina on the hardening ofattitudes, and on the latest moves at the United Nations