1982 Liberation Memorial Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
1982 Liberation Memorial Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Liberation Day 2019
37 years since the 1982 conflict, and the people of the falklands came out to pay their respects and to give thanks to those who liberated them.
Regiments of the FIDF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines and the Royal Navy took part in the annual parade through Stanley. The Govenor of the Falkland Islands and invited guests then laid wreaths to commemorate the lives lost in the conflict.
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20th anniversary of liberation of Falklands
Port Stanley - May 30, 2002
1. Various of memorial being prepared for remembrance day
FILE - 1982
2. Various of bombing during war
3. Soldiers climbing hillside
4. Building being bombed
5. Soldiers marching through street
6. Little girl waving from window
Port Stanley - 14 June 1982
7. Port Stanley being liberated as Union Jack (British flag) is erected on top of building
8. People cheering in the streets
Mount Harriet - May 26, 2002
9. Remains of Argentine mortar positions
10. Various of munitions
11. Shoes piled up on rock
12. Various of mine fields
Port Stanley - June 1, 2002
13. Car driving along street
14. Union Jack in window
15. Street sign reading Thatcher Drive
16. House with sign in window
17. Close up of sign in house which reads: To the Argentine nation and people - you will be welcome in our country when you drop your sovereignty claim and recognise our rights to self determination.
Port Stanley - May 25, 2002
18. Various of darts competition in local bar
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kevin Clapp, Falkland Islander
If Argentina would be willing to drop their sovereignty claim then we would have welcomed them with open arms but we really want to stay British. We're keen on the queen and country and we just want to stay British.
Goose Green - May 29, 2002
20. Local people gathering for memorial service to commemorate British soldiers who died in war
21. Various of service
22. Last post being sounded, soldiers salute
23. Wreaths being laid
24. Bagpiper playing
25. More of wreaths being laid
26. Mid shot of bagpipers and soldiers at memorial
27. Various of Argentine cemetery
Port Stanley - May 30, 2002
28. Sunset
STORYLINE:
Falkland Islanders on Friday will commemorate the day the tiny south Atlantic island was freed from a short period of occupation from neighbouring Argentina two decades earlier.
The United Kingdom has sovereignty over the islands, and its current population of 24-hundred remains almost entirely of British heritage. It's something its residents are proud of, and keen to hang on to.
But Argentina has long laid claim to the islands, known to them as the Malvinas, based on the fact they inherited a small Spanish settlement there after independence in 1816. The British expelled the Argentines from the islands 17 years later.
On April 2, 1982, Argentinian dictator Leopoldo Galtieri ordered the invasion of the Falklands after tiring of ongoing negotiations with Britain and in an effort to boost the popularity of his flagging regime.
In response, Britain's then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, sent troops on the 12-thousand kilometre journey to the Falklands to reclaim the islands as British.
The ensuring war lasted just 74 days, but hundreds of British and Argentine troops were killed in battle.
On Goose Green, the scene of the fiercest fighting, the Islanders lay wreaths to commemorate the British soldiers who lost their lives defending the small nations' self-determination.
Nearby, the Argentine cemetery is a quiet remembrance to those who were killed carrying out Galtieri's orders.
Britain has since kept a sizeable military presence on the islands to deter any future invasion from Argentina, however unlikely that may seem.
Meantime, the Islanders proudly display their Union Jacks (the British flag) and say they bear the Argentines no ill will - but just want to be left alone to carry on being British.
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The Annual Fitzroy Memorial Service 2019 - The Falklands Conflict 1982
The Annual Memorial Service at Fitzroy in the Falkland Islands was held on Thursday 8th of June 2019 to remember those killed on the Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, and the crew of Foxtrot 4.
2019 marks 37 years since the end of the 1982 Falklands conflict and the Fixtroy Memorial started at 11am at the Welsh Guards Memorial, moving the RAMC, R E, RFA and ending at the 5 Brigade Memorial on green.
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Reaction from Argentina and the Falklands after former PM Margaret Thatcher dies
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
1. Wide of Government House, Union flag flying at half mast
2. Close-up of flag flying at half mast
3. Low shot of flowers placed next to street sign reading: (English) Thatcher Drive
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Summers, Member of Legislative Assembly, Government of Falkland Islands:
It's a very sad day for the people of the Falkland Islands. Mrs Thatcher is obviously very well remembered and well loved for being the person who led the liberation of the Falklands in 1982. There were probably few people around in political life who could have done what she put together. And she will ever be remembered for that.
5. Pan across Liberation monument
6. Close-up of inscription on monument reading: (English) In memory of those who liberated us, 14 June 1982
7. Wide of monument, flag flying at half mast in background
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Smith, Local Historian:
++TILT UP FROM PICTURES ON TABLE++
Despite one's political feelings, you just had to give the woman here due because she was like a dose of salts going round the Falklands for four days, wherever she stopped or saw people, she got in among them and she was unstoppable and after four days, she left as secretly as she'd arrived.
9. Various of flags flying at half mast
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sybie Summers, Shopkeeper:
I heard it on the news this morning and think it's very sad to think that she's passed away because she is, always will be the 'Iron Lady' to us and if wasn't for her, we probably, I probably wouldn't be here today.
11. Mid of flag flying at half mast
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Phil Middleton, Shopkeeper:
I never had any doubt of the outcome, simply because there was an extremely strong, very high principled leader in charge of the whole operation.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
13. Wide of Plaza de Mayo, main square
14. Various of man looking at reconstruction of Argentine cemetery on the Falkland islands, in Plaza de Mayo
15. Mid of reconstructed cemetery
16. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Miguel Lopez, Buenos Aires resident:
Much injustice, much anger and also a little hate, for the loss of so many Argentine lads and for that, I feel this anger still today. Here just behind me you can see the sort of tombs of the young guys that died in Malvinas, because of the war that this woman caused.
17. Wide of reconstructed Argentine cemetery
18. Wide of people in square
STORYLINE:
Falkland Islanders reacted on Monday to the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Government official Mike Summers said it was a very sad day for residents.
As Prime Minister, Thatcher ordered British troops to regain the South Atlantic Islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, following an invasion by Argentina on 2 April 1982.
The 74-day war left 649 Argentine soldiers dead, along with 255 British military personnel and three Falkland Islanders.
Mrs Thatcher is obviously very well remembered and well loved for being the person who led the liberation of the Falklands in 1982, said Summers.
There were probably few people around in political life who could have done what she put together. And she will ever be remembered for that.
The cluster of islands 8-thousand miles (12,800 kilometres) from Britain was home to 1,800 people in 1982 when Argentina attempted to take back the Islands which had been under British rule for 150 years.
Thatcher dispatched a British task force of 28-thousand troops and more than 100 vessels which fought against 12-thousand soldiers and 40 ships from Argentina on land and sea.
Business owner Sybie Summers added that Thatcher will always be remembered as the Iron Lady.
If wasn't for her, we probably, I probably wouldn't be here today, she said.
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EXPLORING BUENOS AIRES: The FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) WAR MEMORIAL ????️
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Fortress Falklands | Falklands War | Falkland Islands | TV Eye | 1983
“Fortress Falklands” is the first in-depth look by television at the Falklands since the conflict with Argentina.
Reporter Peter Gill and producer Norman Fenton look at the impact on the islanders of thousands of British .troops; of the Services’ wary precautions against the defeated invader; and of the absentee landlords and the problems they create.
First shown: 03/02/1983
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The Falkland Islands Celebrate National Chile Independence Day 2019
The 18th of September marks the dieciocho or Chile Independence Day and is a crucial date for Chileans around the world. The day recognises when Chile declared its independence from Spanish rule in 1810.
With Chileans accounting for over 6% of the total population in the Falkland Islands, a celebration to mark National Chile Independence Day is held annually at Government House that includes some traditional Chilean festivities.
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Falkland Island Memorial Service 2019
Falkland Island Memorial Service 2019
100 years of delivering healthcare on the Falklands Islands
May 2015 marks the centenary anniversary of the King Edward Memorial Hospital. And to mark the occasion, a whole host of events took place across the community to celebrate the 100th year of healthcare services on the Islands.
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Memorial for the late Baroness Thatcher in the Falklands
SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Liberation Monument for Falklands War in Port Stanley, flag flying at half-mast in background
2. Close up of inscription on Liberation Monument
3. Street sign for Thatcher Drive with flowers laid below
4. Close up of flowers laid below sign
5. Pull focus of Falklands flag flying at half mast
6. Wide of Port Stanley Cathedral
7. Anglican Rector of the Falkland Islands, the Reverend Dr Richard Hines arriving at the cathedral
8. Cathedral viewd through railings, people arriving
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Terry Spruce, local resident:
Every time we've met her she has been so interested in what is happening in the Falklands and I'm sure she'll be up above looking down on us seeing what's happening, how the oil is going to go and so on.
10. Wide interior of the cathedral, band practicing ahead of memorial service for the late Baroness Margaret Thatcher
11. Conductor leading band, portrait of Thatcher in background
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reverend Dr Richard Hines, Anglican Rector of the Falkland Islands:
I'm confident that when people catch sight of this service, memorial and thanksgiving service for the life of Baroness Thatcher, they're going to have a strong sense I expect of just how much the memory of Margaret Thatcher means to Falkland Islanders.
13. Various of stained glass windows in cathedral
STORYLINE
The Falkland Islands prepared on Wednesday to say goodbye to Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister who ordered British troops to regain the South Atlantic Islands following an invasion by Argentina on April 2, 1982.
Flags were flown at half-mast in the capital, Port Stanley, and flowers could be seen laid below a sign bearing the 'Iron Lady's' name.
Thatcher died on April 8 at age 87 and her funeral was held in London earlier on Wednesday.
At the cathedral in Port Stanley preparations were underway for a service of thanksgiving for Thatcher's life.
One local resident who met Thatcher on her visits to the islands said she always took an interest in what was going on there.
I'm sure she'll be up above looking down on us seeing what's happening, said Terry Spruce.
Inside the cathedral the band practiced for the service, an important event for Falkland Islanders, according to Anglican Rector Reverend Dr Richard Hines.
I'm confident that when people catch sight of this service, memorial and thanksgiving service for the life of Baroness Thatcher, they're going to have a strong sense I expect of just how much the memory of Margaret Thatcher means to Falkland Islanders, he said.
The cluster of islands 8,000 miles (12,000 kilometres) from Britain was home to 1,800 people in 1982, when Argentina attempted to take back the islands which had been under British rule for 150 years.
Thatcher dispatched a British task force of 28,000 troops and more than 100 vessels fought against 12,000 soldiers and 40 ships from Argentina on land and sea.
The 74-day war left 649 Argentine soldiers dead, along with 255 British military personnel and three Falkland Islanders.
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Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands
Liberation Day is celebrated on June 14 every year in the Falklands and this year it was very special because June 14, 2017 was the 35th Anniversary of the Argentinian surrender in the Falklands War!!!
Going Home (Leaving Stanley in the Falkland Islands)
A song written just before leaving Stanley in the Falklands Island after the conflict in 1982. Written and performed by Trevor L Courtman. There is a short gap about 30 seconds into the video, apologies for this, not sure what happened :/. Comments welcome :)
314 certified lunatics: the South West Atlantic Midwinter Swim 2019 (Falkland Islands)
Every year, the South West Atlantic Midwinter Swim takes place at Surf Bay, just outside Stanley in the Falkland Islands. In 2019, the sea temperature was a comparatively mild 6 degrees Celsius (43 degrees Fahrenheit).
Everyone who takes part is entitled to a Certificate of Lunacy, signed by His Excellency the Governor!
The event, which attracts both local residents and visiting military personnel, raises money for two local charities (the Lighthouse Seafarers’ Mission and the Stephen Jaffray Memorial Fund) and the BFBS Big Salute.
Well done to everyone who took part and to those who made it happen and a big thank you to organiser Katrina Stephenson for giving me an interview on the day.
Falklands Landing Day remembered 22.05.12
It is 30 years since British ground troops landed on the Falkland Islands.
Royal Marines and Paratroopers were transported to shore by landing craft, in what was the start of the Land Battle and the turning point of the war.
Falkland Islanders marked the day with a memorial service in San Carlos, where many of them landed.
Under the gaze of HMS Clyde in San Carlos Water, they gathered to pay their respects.
In the peace and the silence, it is hard to imagine it now. But in 1982, British Royal Marines and Paratroopers arrived here en masse, coming ashore from the ships, in landing craft and pontoons.
The troops dug in, readying themselves for the long march into battle ahead. Relieved to see them after seven weeks of occupation, the Islanders did whatever they could to help.
The troops and ships at sea were soon under attack. Harrier aircraft managed to keep many of the Argentine Skyhawk fighter planes at bay but two got past them, and swooped in on British positions in San Carlos water.
The service of remembrance was held in the Blue Beach Ceremony in San Carlos, where 14 men killed in action are still buried.
The Islanders remain grateful for what was done in their name.
Falkland Islands - Referendum
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Argentinean president calls on UK to relinquish control of Falklands, war veterans, UK PM
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Buenos Aires - 3 Jan 2013
1. Wide of police officers keeping guard at monument to soldiers fallen during the Falkland's war
2. Close of monument showing Falkland islands map
3. Another newspaper headline with picture of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and British Prime Minister David Cameron
Rally in Port Stanley as Falkland Islanders vote on political status; reax in Argentina
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Port Stanley - 10 Mar 2013
4. Man dressed in Union Jack suit standing beside man in penguin suit
5. Vehicles flying British and Falkland Island flags
6. Horses with riders carrying British and Falkland Island flags leading the parade passing Liberation Monument (Monument to British soldiers killed in Falklands War)
7. Various of 'Yes vote' supporters gathered in centre of Port Stanley holding large UK flag with inscription The Sun (UK newspaper) Hands off our Falklands
Falkland Islanders vote overwhelmingly in favour of remaining UK overseas territory
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Port Stanley - 11 March 2013
8. Various of election workers counting votes, being monitored by observers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Keith Padgett, Chief Referendum Officer:
The percentage of turnout at the referendum was 92 percent. The number of Yes votes cast was 1,513, which represents 98.8 percent, (AUDIO: cheers) ++Please note that Padgett meant to say 99.8 per cent++
10. Mid of residents celebrating after hearing result
STORYLINE:
On January 3rd 2013 veterans from the Falkland War gathered outside the British Embassy in Buenos Aires to mark the 180th anniversary of the British occupation of the Falkland Islands.
The demonstration took place as Argentina's president called on Britain to relinquish control of the Falkland Islands, accusing London of taking part in an act of blatant colonialism in claiming the wind-swept archipelago.
The veterans delivered a letter addressed to the British Ambassador in Argentina, John Freeman, criticising the British government for refusing to discuss the sovereignty of the islands with the Argentine government.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner published an open letter in the Guardian newspaper urging Prime Minister David Cameron to honour UN resolutions which she says back her case for the return of the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas.
She has made several similar demands in the past.
One-hundred-and-eighty years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century colonialism, Argentina was forcibly stripped of the Malvinas Islands, which are situated 14,000 kilometres (8,700 miles) away from London, she says in the letter, copied to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Britain asserted control of the south Atlantic islands by placing a naval garrison there in 1833.
Britain and Argentina fought a brief war in 1982 after Argentina invaded the islands.
More than 900 people died, most of them Argentines.
Cameron rebuffed the Argentine president's demand that the islands be handed over.
The future of the Falkland Islands should be determined by the Falkland Islanders themselves, the people who live there, the British Prime Minister said.
He said Kirchner should pay heed to the result of a referendum to be held on the islands this year, noting that whenever the islanders have been asked their opinion, they say they want to maintain their current status with the United Kingdom.
But many in Argentina believe their country holds historical sovereignty over the islands, and welcomed their presidents strong action.
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Pre-Midwinter Swim in the Falkland Islands 2019
As the community gathered their spirits ahead of the annual Midwinter Swim here in the Falklands islands, FITV's new recruit Kyle Knappett thought he had avoided the plunge due to a lack of reporters available on the day...
However, here at FITV we take tradition very seriously and Mr Knappett was ... encouraged ... to take a dip a week ahead of time.
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Rally in Port Stanley as Falkland Islanders vote on political status; reax in Argentina
SHOTLIST
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
1. Wide of vehicles taking part in 'yes vote' referendum-parade decorated with British flags parked on outskirts of Port Stanley
2. Man dressed in Union Jack suit standing beside man in penguin suit
3. Close up of little girl with 'yes' written on her forehead and wearing a Union Jack hat
4. Wide of people on horseback carrying British and Falkland Island flags riding over mountainside
5. Vehicles flying British and Falkland Island flags
6. Close up of vehicle painted as a Union Jack
7. Wide vehicles driving in convoy across the rough tundra
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Chater, Port Stanley resident:
Well it seems to be like a big party weekend which is great, it's all just going mad. There's flags everywhere and everybody is waving and happy, it's brilliant.
9. Wide of parade making way into Port Stanley
10. Horses with riders carrying British and Falkland Island flags leading the parade passing Liberation Monument (Monument to British soldiers killed in Falklands War)
11. Close up of memorial wooden crosses placed beside monument in commemoration to fallen soldiers
12. People watching parade
13. Wide of town hall, main voting centre in Port Stanley
14. Man watching parade
15. Wide of people queuing outside town hall, waiting to vote
16. Close up town hall sign
17. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Juan Henao, Deputy Head of Referendum Observer Mission, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands:
The process still has not finished, there are still 24 hours before we begin to count the votes and hopefully by the end of tomorrow we will have these results. But I can say today everything worked out peacefully, people came out to vote, it was a process that was completely normal.
18. Ground view of parade vehicles driving along Ross Road being directed by police
19. Wide of 'yes vote' supporters gathered in centre of Port Stanley
20. Various of 'Yes vote' supporters gathered in centre of Port Stanley holding large UK flag with inscription The Sun (UK newspaper) Hands off our Falklands
Buenos Aires, Argentina
21. Wide of Clarin daily newspaper headline
22. Close up on small section at top of page reading (Spanish) The Malvinas votes in the referendum
23. Tilt down of La Nacion front page to small section on referendum at bottom of page
24. Referendum story on cover of La Prensa
25. Front cover of Pagina 12 which doesn't feature story on referendum at all
26. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Susana Egea, Buenos Aires resident:
I hope it will change but realistically I don't think this referendum is going to change anything, the residents of the Malvinas are going to continue to be British citizens.
27. Soldiers on guard at Malvinas (Argentinian name for Falkland Islands) War Memorial
28. Close up of map of Falkland Islands on memorial
29. Wide of memorial
30. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Maria Julia Verdu, Buenos Aires resident:
For good or bad we have the support of some countries. Although most see the economic reasons (why Argentina should get back Falkland Islands) I see it as our country, our Islands.
31. Wide of memorial
32. Reverse of soldiers and Argentinian flag
STORYLINE
Hundreds of people took part in a parade in Port Stanley on Sunday to support a 'Yes' vote in the current referendum on whether the Falkland Islands will remain a territory of the United Kingdom.
The two-day vote began on Sunday and asked islanders to answer a simple yes-or-no question: Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?
Those supporting a 'yes' result were out in force with an convoy of around 400 vehicles all flying Union Jacks taking part in a parade through the capital.
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Falkland Islands Museum
Volunteer Point
Church of Sao Jose
Gypsy Cove
Bleaker Island
Bertha's Beach
Whalebone Arch
Christ Church Cathedral
1982 Liberation Memorial
Kelp Point