1982 Liberation Memorial Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Battle Day 2018 - Stanley, Falkland Islands (parade highlights and full memorial service)
Every year, on 8 December, a parade takes place at the 1914 Battle Memorial on Ross Road West in Stanley to mark the Battle of the Falkland Islands, one of the first major naval engagements in World War 1.
This video shows highlights of the 2018 parade, including a full recording of the memorial service.
1982 Liberation Memorial Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
1914 Great War Memorial Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
1914 Great War Memorial Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
1914 Great War Memorial Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
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 :)
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:
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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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The battle for the islands' capital 13.06.12
Present day soldiers based at the Mount Pleasant Complex take part in the regular Battlefield tours that are run from the base. It is important for today's servicemen to understand both what happened here 30 years ago and the strategy which led to the liberation of the islands.
The battle on Mount Harriet is regarded as a textbook example of good planning and use of deception and surprise- undertaken by 42 Commando Royal Marines.
The Falklands terrain is not the easiest to negotiate even in daylight -- the Marines were doing it in the dark and under fire.
In a fierce night attack, 42 Commando set about winkling out the entrenched positions of the 4th Argentine Infantry Brigade.
Argentine Forces had been dug in on the mountain for weeks, that is until the 11th June, 1982 and even after 30 years the remnants of war still remain.
On the other side of the Mountains in Stanley, islanders were bracing themselves for the final British push. Hundreds of shells whistled and screamed over the town for hours on end.
One Stanley resident described these few days 30 years ago as like being at the very centre of hell itself -- the deafening noise of Argentine Guns and the crump of British Shells landing all around.
The memorial on the top of Mount Harriet is one of a number which testifies to the bravery and fortitude of the liberating British Troops. Today's troops like to maintain it when they come giving the plaque a rigorous polish.
There has been a Museum here in Stanley since the Falklands War and they have just opened a new exhibition on the Conflict.
It is so big they have had to set up in the Town Hall.
British Forces News has been speaking to one of the trustees, Richard Cockwell.
Falklands/Malvinas war memorial
To the Fallen Both Argentine,Briton's and any other units such as the Ghurka's.
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All in the Same Boat - The MV Norland and the Falklands War
Mount Longdon in the Falkland Islands (2012 video)
Some time spent on the peak of Mount Longdon scene of one of the most bloodiest land battles seen during the 1982 conflict. This is a video and not a collection of stills.
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World War I- Battle Of The Falkland Islands 2-4.flv
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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Battle of the Falkland Islands
The second full length film by Cocky Boa in Association with White Panther Productions
1950s FALKLAND ISLANDS TRAVELOGUE FILM BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICE PORT STANLEY PEAT GATHERING 44274
The Falkland Islands is a color film produced by Film Workshop LTD. with sound by United Motion Pictures. It was written and commentated on by Maxwell Munden, a London born writer and director. The film was produced for the Central Office of Information for the Colonial Office (COI). The COI was formed in 1946 and worked to produce information campaigns on issues that affected the lives of British citizens. This film about the Falkland Islands was probably produced in the early 1950’s.
It opens with a map of the Falkland Islands (0:18-0:39). Views of the rough seas South Atlantic Ocean (0:40-1:03). Penguins running to the sea (1:08-1:14). Albatross flying through the sky (1:19-1:20). A view of the Falkland Island shoreline (1:28-1:34). Tussock grass blowing in the wind (1:35-1:37). Treeless, bleak island (1:38-1:46). Ariel view of the Falkland Islands (1:47-2:07). Stanley is the Islands capital (2:08-2:10). Flower garden with tulips (2:11-2:23). Sea Lions roam the beach (2:24-2:39). Scenes of the town, Stanley (2:44-3:18). Port Stanley, established in 1942 (3:22-3:29). A man digging peat for fuel in the peat bog (3:30-3:53). The peat is then stacked for drying (3:54-4:08). Sheep farm settlement (4:12-5:23). Wool bales headed for market (5:24-5:30). Falkland Island steamer SS Fitzroy built in Scotland in 1912 and wrecked at sea in 1921 (5:31-5:33). Wool bales headed for United Kingdom (5:34-5:52). Women working spinning wheels making wool yarns and cloth (5:53-6:26). Wool articles made by the women (6:27-6:43). Air service to isolated parts of the island via a Cessna 170 (6:44-7:18). Sports Association Annual Meeting (7:25-7:59). They have an annual Horse race (8:00-8:28), and ladies trotting race (8:29-8:47). Mail is brought in by the SS Fitzroy (8:48-8:55). Mail in mail bags (8:56-9:18). Sorting the mail (9:19-9:21). Mail carrier for isolated areas (9:35-10:24). Sunset over the sea (10:30-10:56).
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Vigil at Falklands War Memorial on 25th Anniversary of war
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of Falkland Islands war monument
2. Close up of map of Falkland Islands on monument
3. Veterans and relatives walking past victims' names
4. Close-up of victims' names on plaques
5. Veterans past plaques and touching victims' names
6. Cutaway of Falklands Islands map on monument
7. Various of people passing by plaques with victims' names
8. Wide of monument
STORYLINE:
Veterans, relatives and members of the public gathered at the Falkland Islands war memorial in the centre of Buenos Aires on Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the war between Argentina and Britain.
The crowd formed at around midnight in front of the monument and started walking along the plaques with the names of the 649 Argentine war casualties who died in the battle over what Argentina refers to as the Malvinas.
The Falklands Islands war started on 2 April 1982, when Argentine forces invaded the Islands.
Before then diplomats from both countries had been talking about an eventual Hong Kong-like handover of the colony Britain had occupied since 1833, despite the idea's unpopularity in London and among the 3,000 or so British-descended residents of the island, known as kelpers.
Britain reacted quickly to the invasion, summoning the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship to carry 3,000 troops and mobilising an armada to sail some 8,000 miles (12,900 kilometres) south.
British artillery pounded the Argentine draftees who had dug foxholes in the rocky soil.
After just over two months of fighting, the South American nation eventually surrendered on 14 June, after 649 Argentine and 272 British troops had been killed.
The Falklands dispute remains an open wound in Argentina; many Argentines initially supported the war, but came to blame the ruling military junta for losing the fight.
The war lasted just 74 days, but Argentina's veterans say they suffer lasting post-traumatic stress disorder a quarter of a century later, and complain of government neglect.
With no oil or minerals found and only sheep herding, fishing and a port for cruise ships to maintain their tiny economy, the islands hold little strategic interest for either country.
The British plan a military parade outside Buckingham Palace in June, but huge crowds are not expected for the event.
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Sgt Ian Mckay VC Falkland Islands War -Sabaton back in control
Sergeant Ian Mckay was a member of 3 Para The Parachute Regiment. 3 Para was tasked with the attack on Mount Longdon on June 11th. Sergeant Mckay was in 4 Platoon B Company 3 Para.
Mckay was born on May 7th 1953 in Wortley, Yorkshire.
Argentine machine gun emplacements on Mount Longdon were well placed. 3 Paras advance up the slopes of Longdon was hard and on numerous occasions the accurate fire of the Argentineans was such that the advance was halted.
It was during one of these lulls in the advance that a group of 3 Para led by Mckay charged a machine gun post that seemed to be doing most of the damage to men advancing up the slopes of Longdon.
The charge to this machine gun was successful but the body of Mckay was found by men following up from 3 Para whose advance up Mount Longdon had been given new impetus.
Ian Mckay died on June 12th, 1982. He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his bravery. His citations states:
During the night of 11/12 June 1982, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment mounted a silent night attack on an enemy battalion position on Mount Longdon, an important objective in the battle for Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. Sergeant McKay was platoon sergeant of 4 Platoon, B Company, which after the initial objective had been secured, was ordered to clear the northern side of the long east/west ridge feature, held by the enemy in depth, with strong mutually supporting positions.
By now the enemy were fully alert, and resisting fiercely. As 4 Platoon's advance continued it came under increasingly heavy fire from a number of well-sited enemy machine gun positions on the ridge, and received casualties. Realizing that no further advance was possible, the platoon commander ordered the platoon to move from its exposed position to seek shelter among the rocks of the ridge itself. Here it met up with part of 5 Platoon.
The enemy fire was still both heavy and accurate, and the position of the platoons was becoming increasingly hazardous. Taking Sergeant McKay, a corporal and a few others, and covered by supporting machine gun fire, the platoon commander moved forward to reconnoitre the enemy positions but was hit by a bullet in the leg, and command devolved upon Sergeant McKay.
It was clear that instant action was needed if the advance was not to falter and increasing casualties to ensue. Sergeant McKay decided to convert this reconnaissance into an attack in order to eliminate the enemy positions. He was in no doubt of the strength and deployment of the enemy as he undertook this attack. He issued orders, and taking three men with him, broke cover and charged the enemy position.
The assault was met by a hail of fire. The corporal was seriously wounded, a private killed and another wounded. Despite these losses, Sergeant McKay, with complete disregard for his own safety, continued to charge the enemy position alone. On reaching it he dispatched the enemy with grenades, thereby relieving the position of beleaguered 4 and 5 Platoons, who were now able to re-deploy with relative safety. Sergeant McKay, however, was killed at the moment of victory, his body falling on the bunker.
Without doubt Sergeant McKay's action retrieved a most dangerous situation and was instrumental in ensuring the success of the attack. His was a coolly calculated act, the dangers of which must have been only too apparent to him beforehand. Undeterred he performed with outstanding selflessness, perseverance and courage. With a complete disregard for his own safety, he displayed courage and leadership of the highest order, and was an inspiration to all those around him.
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Globe Tavern Port Stanley Falkland Islands
recorded on March 6, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Darwin Cemetery desecrated in Falkland/Malvinas Islands
The Darwin Cemetery, where the bodies of the Argentine soldiers who died in 1982 during the war against the United Kingdom over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands are burried, was desecrated by a group of people who have not been identified so far. teleSUR