INTERVIEW WITH LIEUTENANT GUILLERMO OWEN CRIPPA, ARGENTINE NAVAL PILOT, SLATES 269-273 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INTERVIEW WITH LIEUTENANT GUILLERMO OWEN CRIPPA, ARGENTINE NAVAL PILOT, SLATES 269-273 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: 13K 269
  • Other titles: PRODUCTION MATERIAL FOR THE FALKLANDS WAR: THE UNTOLD STORY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Lieutenant Crippa piloted an Aeromacchi with the Argentine Fleet Air Arm First Attack Squadron based at Puerto Argentino (Port Stanley): he was the first pilot to engage the British Task Force on May 21 1982 and the first to announce to his headquarters the enemy invasion of the Malvinas.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: PRODUCTION MATERIAL FOR THE FALKLANDS WAR: THE UNTOLD STORY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: 13K 269
  • 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) Kosminsky, Peter (Production individual) Wilson, Alan2012-01-16 (Production individual) Buckley, Patrick (Production cast)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: Spanish Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1000 ft (ca); Running time: 21 mins (ca)
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