Legion Scotland Beating Retreat Falklands War Rememberance - Live Event Video - Edinburgh Castle

Short video filmed at Edinburgh Castle firstly of an event paying rememberance to the men and woman whose lives were affected by the conflict of the Falklands War followed by a recording of a British Legion Beating Retreat, a regular event that usually takes place annually.

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Every year on Edinburgh Castle's esplanade, a Scottish themed Beating Retreat takes place involving many civilian pipes and brass bands. Also taking place in early Spring 2007 was a special remembrance memorial event to pay respect to those people whose lives were affected by the events that took place during the Falklands War. Although I was too young to remember this event not being born until 1989, I still wanted to document the two events while trying out my Hi8 camera I had been gifted by a member of the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society.

Here is some background information on the some of the events that took place during of the war Falklands. By Late March, 1981, Argentina had been in the middle of a devastating economic crisis where there was large scale rioting against the military Junta that had been governing the country since 1976.

The ongoing tension between the two countries over the islands grew larger on the 19th March when a group of hired Argentine merchants raised their Argentine Flag at South Georgia which in hindsight was the first offensive action in the war. The Junta of the Argentine Military thought that the UK would reinforce it's South Atlantic Forces but instead they ordered the invasion of the Falklands Islands.

Britain was initially caught by surprise by the Argentine attack on the South Atlantic islands despite continuous warnings from Royal Navy captain, Nicholas Barker and others. He revealed his intentions to Defence Secretary, John Nott's 1981 review to withdraw navy warship HMS Endurance from the South Atlantic as he felt it sent a message to the Argentines that Britain was unwilling and unable to defend it's territories in the Falklands.

The Falklands War started on Friday, 2nd April, 1982. Britain launched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Airforce to retake the islands by sea assault. The conflict came to an end on 14th June, 1982 where the islands remained under British control. In total, it lasted seventy four days and sadly resulted in the deaths of many British and Argentine soldiers, sailors as well as airmen not forgetting several civilians.

This event I managed to capture on video held near and around Edinburgh Castle on the 19th May, 2007 features the Edinburgh Postal Pipe Band, Dancers and the British Legion UK Bagpipe Band.

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