Title:INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN ALAN WEST, HMS ARDENT, SLATE 2 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:13K 2
Other titles:PRODUCTION MATERIAL FOR THE FALKLANDS WAR: THE UNTOLD STORY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: As Commander Alan West, he was captain of HMS Ardent which was in Falkland Sound on the day of the British landings at San Carlos. He notes how he believed from the beginning that the country was going to war to defend the islands and told his wife so, and explains how he had to tell his children he was leaving to go to the South Atlantic. He describes in vivid detail HMS Ardent coming under attack, being bombed, and how he had to give the order: "abandon ship".
Description:
Alternative Title:PRODUCTION MATERIAL FOR THE FALKLANDS WAR: THE UNTOLD STORY [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:13K 2
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1976-1989
Production Date:1986
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Yorkshire Television (Production company)
Bilton, Michael (Production individual)
Cannon, Peter (Production individual)
Farrar, Paul (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1