NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: WAR IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC

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Event Date(s): 05/01/1982 | Event Location(s): New York City, New York State; Washington D C; London, England; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Miami, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Description: NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: WAR IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC (22:00:00) - SCENES OF VULCAN BOMBER & HARRIER JET VIEWED OVER MUDD V.O. ON 3:30AM BOMBING BY BRITS OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. BRITISH DEFENSE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN IAN MACDONALD CONFIRMS THAT ENEMY AIRCRAFT WERE HIT & THE RUNWAY AT PORT STANLEY SEVERELY DAMAGED. SHOW TITLE SEEN. BROKAW IN NY SAYS PM THATCHER ORDERED THE BOMBING TO PUT THE SCREWS TO THE ARGENTINIANS. MAP SHOWS ASCENSION ISLANDS & LOCATION OF PORT STANLEY. COMPTON REPORTS FROM LONDON THAT MAJOR SOURCE OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN BBC CORRESPONDENT BRIAN HANRAHAN, AUDIO RECORDING OF HIM HEARD. VALERIANI REPORTS FROM BUENOS AIRES THAT MEMBERS OF ARGENTINE JUNTA MET. SHOT OF C-130 ON PORT STANLEY AIRSTRIP VIEWED PRIOR TO DAMAGE. MUDD IN DC REPORTS U.S. KEEPING ITS DISTANCE. PRESIDENT REAGAN SHOWN IN CLIP CALLING THE ATTACK A COMPLETE SURPRISE. DURING WASH PRESS CONF BRITISH FM PYM STATES THEIR STRATEGY IS TO APPLY PRESSURE TO SHOW THAT AGGRESSION DOESN'T PAY. BROKAW REPORTS END TO HONDURAN HIJACKING. BRIAN ROSS IN MIAMI SAYS ITS GREAT TO BE BACK. (22:10:00) COMMERCIAL BREAK. MUDD SAYS BRITAIN SEEMS TO WELCOME WAR AND IS DISPLAYING MORAL SUPERIORITY. JAMIESON IN LONDON SAYS BRITS INTEND TO TURN UP THE MILITARY PRESSURE. GROUP CAPT DAVID BOLTON OF UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE SAYS STRATEGY IS TO DENY USE OF AIRSTRIP TO THE ARGENTINES. WEATHER SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW POSSIBLE STORM APPROACHING THE FALKLANDS. ARGENTINE COMBAT JETS, SHIP AT SEA AND PLANE TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER SEEN OVER LLOYD NARRATION. ARGENTINE SOLDIERS SHOWN ON THE FALKLANDS MARCHING & UNLOADING TRANSPORT PLANE. TANKS, HELICOPTERS AND AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE SEEN. MUDD IN DC SAYS THE U.S. WILL OFFER BRITAIN NECESSARY MATERIAL WHILE THE RUSSIANS HAVE OFFERED AID TO ARGENTINA. LEWIS REPORTS FROM PENTAGON. MAP SEEN WITH SUPERS RE: SOVIET AID & SHIPMENTS FROM CUBA TO ARGENTINA. CASPAR WEINBERGER SAYS THE U.S. WILL ASSIST ENGLAND WITH LOGISTICS AND MILITARY SUPPLIES. BRITISH PLANE SEEN IN FLIGHT & SHIPS SHOWN AT SEA. MUDD SAYS PYM DID NOT HAVE A SHOPPING LIST FOR HIS TALKS WITH HAIG. (22:20:19) COMMERCIAL BREAK. BROKAW SAYS ARGENTINA IS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE BUT NOT ABOUT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE ISLANDS. VALERIANI GIVES LIVE REPORT FROM BUENOS AIRES. CLIP OF COSTA MENDEZ BEING CHEERED BY CROWD AT A PORT AND SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS. BROKAW SAYS ARGENTINA'S SUPPORT FROM THE REST OF LATIN AMERICA HAS ONLY BEEN RHETORICAL. COMPTON REPORTS LIVE FROM LONDON, HE SAYS THE BRITS ARE DEEPLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION. FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER IN DC SAYS THE REAGAN ADMIN. IS HANDLING SITUATION WELL. WOODRUFF REPORTS FROM KNOXVILLE. CLIP SHOWS REAGAN LEAVING WHITE HOUSE FOR KNOXVILLE AND COMMENTING THAT U.S. WANTS TO BE OF HELP. AT THE WORLD'S FAIR REAGAN TURNS TO JOHN POINDEXTER BEFORE ANSWERING QUESTION. EXT. OF SENATOR BAKERS HOME WHERE REAGAN VISITED. KALB AT STATE DEPT OUTLINES PYM'S DIPLOMATIC SCHEDULE. (22:20:30) COMMERCIAL BREAK. BROKAW SAYS BRITS AND ARGENTINA HAVE BEEN ARGUING OVER THE FALKLANDS (OR MALVINAS) FOR 150 YEARS. KENLEY JONES NARRATES TAPE OF ARGENTINA JUNTA. SCENES INCLUDE LABOR UNION PROTEST IN LATE MARCH, PATRIOTIC RALLY AFTER SEIZURE OF THE ISLANDS, GALTIERI ASSUMING POWER, AND STANDING WITH MEMBERS OF MILITARY. COMPTON IN LONDON SAYS THATCHER HAS BEEN LUCKY SO FAR IN HER HANDLING OF CRISIS. DR. HAROLD BLAKEMORE OF INSTITUTE FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CONTENDS THE LENGTH OF THE CONFLICT WILL DETERMINE THE POLITICAL FUTURES OF THATCHER & GALTIERI. MUDD WITH JOHN BROWN, CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT & MEMBER OF FALKLAND ISLANDS SOCIETY. HE SAYS THATCHER HAD NO OPTION BUT TO BE AGGRESSIVE & THE FLEXIBILITY RE: SOVEREIGNTY LIES WITH GALTIERI. BROWN ASSERTS A LONG & BLOODY BATTLE COULD SET BACK DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS DECADES. (22:20:40) COMMERCIAL BREAK. HAGER REPORTS FROM HONDURAS ON CONCLUSION OF HOSTAGE CRISIS. NBC REPORTER BRIAN ROSS RECOUNTS DANGEROUS SITUATION & DRAMATIC ESCAPE (HIS FACE SHOWS RESULT OF JUMPING OUT OF PLANE UNTO RUNWAY). HOSTAGES JOHN VAN OST & GREGORY BASCOMB ALSO COMMENT. ROSS REPORTS LIVE FROM MIAMI, SAYS HIS FACIAL INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOUS. HE CLAIMS HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DIE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES. (20:50) COMMERCIAL BREAK. LLOYD TAPE REPORT FROM BUENOS AIRES ON THE MOOD THERE. PEOPLE SEEN PRAYING IN SUBURBAN CHURCH, JAPANESE-ARGENTINES WAVE FLAGS, AND JUAN KESERBOHN FAMILY AT HOME LISTENING TO NEWS. BITTERMAN TAPE REPORT FROM LONDON INCLUDES AUDIO OF WWII CHURCHILL SPEECH IN WHICH HE PLEDGES UNITED WE STAND. BRITISH FLEET SETS SAIL FOR FALKLANDS. AUTHOR PHILIP KNIGHTLEY CLAIMS AMAZEMENT THAT SOME SEASONED REPORTERS BELIEVED STORY THAT ARGENTINE ARMY WAS UNDERFED AND ILL-CLOTHED. BRITISH DEFENSE MINISTRY FILM SHOWS A WELL-EQUIPPED BRITISH FIGHTING MAN. STICK IT UP YOUR JUNTA T-SHIRTS SHOWN ON COVER OF BRITISH NEWSPAPER. MUDD CLOSES BY QUOTING KIPLING AND BROKAW SAYS IT'S ANYONE'S GUESS HOW FAR THIS WAR WILL GO BUT IT SEEMS CLEAR SOME WILL DIE BEFORE A POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION. FORMERLY EJ # 82E0042 Producers: NBC