Title:MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR FALKLANDS; SCENES ASHORE IN BELIZE AND ON BOARD HMS ARIADNE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:WOY 1483
Other titles:UNITED KINGDOM LAND FORCES COLLECTION - BRITISH ARMY 1980s [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Compilation tape of two separate stories.
Description: I. Preparation at Defence Medical Equipment Depot at Ludgershall for dispatch to Falkland Islands of medical supplies for hospital to replace fire damage.
II. Belize around the time of independence. Views from helicopter flying over the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico; Mayan ruins are visible below. Street life in Belize, with Coca Cola sign proclaiming "Belize - A New Nation September 21st 1981". British Army soldiers and Royal Navy sailors on deck of Leander Class frigate Ariadne (F.72) off tropical coastline (presumably still Belize), while supplies are lifted off by helicopter.
Alternative Title:UNITED KINGDOM LAND FORCES COLLECTION - BRITISH ARMY 1980s [Allocated Series Title]
