(14 Jun 2002)
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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