INTERVIEW WITH MR JOE BOOTH [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INTERVIEW WITH MR JOE BOOTH [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: 13K 637
  • Other titles: PRODUCTION MATERIAL FOR THE FALKLANDS WAR: THE UNTOLD STORY [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Joe Booth lived in Port Stanley and purchased an 8mm cine camera around the early 1980s. When the islands were invaded, he filmed a few minutes' worth of footage of the Argentine occupation, covertly from his lounge, having spotted Argentine troop movements near his home. He describes in vivid detail the occupation of Port Stanley, and remembers using the short wave radio system, where he heard the news of the loss of RFA Sir Galahad and listened to emergency British military communications appealing for assistance to pick up the wounded from Fox Bay. (Slate 638 outdoor interview with general view of his house and around Port Stanley, Slate 639 interview continues inside his house with his short wave radio beside him.)
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1976-1989
  • Production Date: 1986
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Yorkshire Television (Production company) Nick Grey (Production individual) Wilton, Alan (Production individual) Bilton, Michael (Production individual) Bilton, Michael (Production cast)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1500 ft (ca); Running time: 31 mins (ca)
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  • Notes: Technical: he speaks at length firstly on sound only, then records interview on film outside his house, with the sea in the background.
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