Title

1980s news clips - HMS Sheffield hit

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

4 May 1982

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:17

Description

Statement by a male Ministry of Defence spokesman (not identified) announcing the sinking of HMS Sheffield, by an Argentine Exocet missile during the Falklands War. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Great Britain; Military affairs; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Ships; Wars (events); HMS Sheffield

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