Briefing [24/05/1982]

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Briefing [24/05/1982] (Briefing)

North East Film Archive
Newcastle upon Tyne
1982-05-24
Sound

Contemporary views of a rapidly unfolding crisis with implications for the North East and beyond.

The Falklands Crisis was an undeclared war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, which lasted 74 days. The crisis began in April 1982, when Argentinian forces invaded the British Falkland Islands, and then South Georgia. The British government were swift to dispatch a naval task force, which caused particular anxiety in the North East for the many families who had connections with the Royal Navy. Along with coalmines and shipyards, the military had been a major employer in the North East for generations, and an armed conflict would put local lives at risk.

The '80s in the North East

For a phoenix to rise there must first be ashes: these films capture the hungry years when hope was hard to find.

The once-thriving powerhouse of Northern industry was stripped back during the 1980s as the region lost coal mines, shipyards, steelworks and many more employers besides. The decline of the North East economy was particularly hard on school-leavers, who had fewer skills and no work experience to fall back on in an increasingly bleak jobs market.

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