GUERRA DE LAS MALVINAS: Caido de Puerto Argentino (title on box) [Allocated Title]
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- Title: GUERRA DE LAS MALVINAS: Caido de Puerto Argentino (title on box) [Allocated Title]
- Film Number: 13K 1039-3
- Other titles: FALKLANDS WAR; FALL OF PORT STANLEY/PUERTO ARGENTINO [Translation] ARGENTINE FOOTAGE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS DURING OCCUPATION [Alternative Title] PRODUCTION MATERIAL FOR THE FALKLANDS WAR: THE UNTOLD STORY [Allocated Series Title]
- Summary: Argentine footage of the fall of Puerto Argentino/Port Stanley.
- Description: Shots of attacks on runway at Port Stanley. Argentine troops stroll along streets (large amount of camera movement). General footage of columns of Argentine soldiers and vehicles on coastal road. Shots of bombing raids by RAF and Royal Navy - buildings hit in distance, with billowing smoke and fires; includes shots of the hospital in flames. First British Marines entering Port Stanley filmed by Argentine film crew. Shots of Argentine army doctors outside the hospital - Argentine flag still flying. Marines at Government House. Gazelle helicopter and Sea King (medical ?) helicopter. General Moore arrives at Government House with journalists, followed by Special Forces. Troops greet each other after the surrender. Officials (one in Red Cross armband) talk in Spanish.
- Access Conditions: NON-IWM
- Featured Period: 1976-2000
- Production Date: 1982-06
- Production Country: Argentina
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- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: Spanish Title language: None Subtitle language: None
- Technical Details: Format: U-matic Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 50 mins (ca)
- Notes: Technical: poor quality U-matic tape. This is unique footage which was never broadcast. There is some French off-air footage at the end - left over from previous use of tape.
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