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Destroyer (1982 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 44 min., 1996 sale: £9.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Two official films of the Royal Navy, featuring two type 42 destroyers lost in the Falklands in May 1982. ‘HMS SHEFFIELD’ (1975) contrasts life aboard D80 ‘HMS Sheffield’ with Gibraltar shore...

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In the Wake of Hms Sheffield (1986 Video)

Producer

Grenville Williams

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Examines the Exocet missile attack on HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War in which 21 men died. Interviews with both British officers and Argentian pilots directly involved in the air-sea conflict.

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Falklands War, The: An Historic Conflict (4 Parts) (1985 Multimedia)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Tape 1 discusses the historical and economic background to the war and analyses the respective merits of Britain’s and Argentina’s claim to sovereignty. Tape 2 discusses the sinking of the General...

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Coi Collection: Vol 3 They Stand Ready (2011)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 291 minutes), £19.99

This third compilation of COI films helps paint a positive picture of life in the Services. The films include morale-boosting documentaries, propaganda items and numerous recruitment films, which placed...

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Task Force South: The Battle for the Falklands (8 Parts) (1984 Video)

Producer

Gordon Carr

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 x 30 min.

On 18th March 1982, a group of Argentine scrap-metal merchants raised their country’s flag on the island of South Georgia. It was an act that started a chain of events ending with Britain’s biggest and...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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