falklands war

Matthew Gravelle narrates this documentary following three Welsh veterans of the Falklands conflict as they return to the islands to make peace with their pasts. With contributions from Dilwyn Rogers, David Jones and Stephen Dawkins.

Former medics at Ajax Bay reveal their life-saving work during the war in the Falklands. Despite amputating limbs with penknifes and operating by torch light, no one died on their watch.

Return to the Falklands
This year marks thirty years since the Falklands War. In ITV1's Return to the Falklands documentary, three men travel back to the islands together. For veteran Simon Weston, it is an opportunity to see parts of the Islands he has never been to before and experience some of the stunning wildlife on the beautiful Sea Lion Island. For war correspondent Mike Nicholson, it is a chance to learn more about how the Islands themselves have changed and developed and reinvented themselves. And for former marine Nick Taylor, there is a unique motivation for his return. In 1982, he found a camera left behind by an Argentine soldier; he took the film home and has always wondered who the man in the photos was. Thirty years later, he found that the soldier now work’s as a lawyer in Buenos Aires. The two men meet again at the top of the Mount of Two Sisters near Port Stanley – where last they were fighting against each other - and Nick returns the photos to their rightful owner Marcello Llambias.

This year marks thirty years since the Falklands War. In ITV1's Return to the Falklands documentary, three men travel back to the islands together. For veteran Simon Weston, it is an opportunity to see parts of the Islands he has never been to before and experience some of the stunning wildlife on the beautiful Sea Lion Island. For war correspondent Mike Nicholson, it is a chance to learn more about how the Islands themselves have changed and developed and reinvented themselves. And for former marine Nick Taylor, there is a unique motivation for his return. In 1982, he found a camera left behind by an Argentine soldier; he took the film home and has always wondered who the man in the photos was. Thirty years later, he found that the soldier now work’s as a lawyer in Buenos Aires. The two men meet again at the top of the Mount of Two Sisters near Port Stanley – where last they were fighting against each other - and Nick returns the photos to their rightful owner Marcello Llambias.

Written by well-known aviation authors, the Warbirds Illustrated series comprised over fifty all-picture paperback books. Each volume offers a selection of photographs on a particular topic or theme, including technical details, operational and 'in action' views, equipment and personnel etc. Initially these titles were almost entirely illustrated with b+w photographs, but as the series progressed an increasing number of colour photos where included. A number of all-colour specials were also produced. All the photographs have extensive captions. ...

This gripping film tells the humorous yet heroic story of how a crumbling, Cold War-era Vulcan flew the then-longest-range bombing mission in history and how a Second World War vintage bomb changed the outcome of the Falklands War. Yet astonishingly, this story of one of the RAF's greatest modern feats has been downplayed into near obscurity by history. On 30 April 1982, the RAF launched a secret mission: to bomb Port Stanley's runway, putting it out of action for Argentine fighter jets. The safety of the British Task Force depended on its success. However, the RAF could only get a single Vulcan 8000 miles south to the Falklands, because just one bomber needed an aerial fleet of 13 Victor tanker planes to refuel it throughout the 16-hour round-trip. From start to finish, the seemingly impossible mission was a comedy of errors, held together by pluck and ingenuity.

This gripping film tells the humorous yet heroic story of how a crumbling, Cold War-era Vulcan flew the then-longest-range bombing mission in history and how a Second World War vintage bomb changed the outcome of the Falklands War. Yet astonishingly, this story of one of the RAF's greatest modern feats has been downplayed into near obscurity by history. On 30 April 1982, the RAF launched a secret mission: to bomb Port Stanley's runway, putting it out of action for Argentine fighter jets. The safety of the British Task Force depended on its success. However, the RAF could only get a single Vulcan 8000 miles south to the Falklands, because just one bomber needed an aerial fleet of 13 Victor tanker planes to refuel it throughout the 16-hour round-trip. From start to finish, the seemingly impossible mission was a comedy of errors, held together by pluck and ingenuity

Witness extraordinary personal bravery and intense jeopardy on military missions involving helicopter crews. Helicopter Wars explores the extraordinary personal bravery and intense jeopardy of four military missions where helicopter crews risk their own lives to come to the aid of others. Crew members provide gripping firsthand testimony revealing their fear and anxiety as their skills are tested to the limit. Computer generated images illustrate how helicopters operated in intense environmental conditions and executed complex flight patterns while helicopter demonstrations detail the complications pilots faced in the skies.

This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister - the formation of her goals in the early 1980s, the Falklands, the General Election victories of 1983 and 1987 and, eventually, the circumstances of her fall from political power. She also gives frank accounts of her dealings with foreign statesmen and her own ministers....