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Mount Pleasant Airport opened in Falklands

Title
Mount Pleasant Airport opened in Falklands
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
1 May 1985
Year of production
1985
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Duration
00:03:23
Description
Report on the building of Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, the engineering feats, and its opening by Prince Andrew. Speaking are: Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Chief of Staff, Air Commodore Clive Evans; general manager of the islands development corporation, Simon Armstrong. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Prince Andrew; Clive Evans; Simon Armstrong
Keywords
Armed forces; Airports; Economics; Engineering; Royal family; Tourism; Royalty; Air force; Falklands War (1982); Falkland Islands; Civil aircraft; Airfields; International airports

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