New military airport for Falklands

Title

New military airport for Falklands

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Paul Maurice reports on the building of the costly Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, which will provide a new base there for the RAF and allow troops to be withdrawn to save costs. With comment from MP George Foulkes and Chairman of the project, Oliver Whitehead.

Contributors

George Foulkes; Oliver Whitehead

Keywords

Armed forces; Airports; Air force; Falklands War (1982); Falkland Islands; Civil aircraft; Airfields

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