Hundimiento del Belgrano  1982- 2025 - Sinking of BELGRANO  1982- 2025
Rosamel Enrique Gomez
[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '7.150', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '8.160', 'end': '13.440', 'text': 'The General Belgrano was a powerful'}, {'start': '10.519', 'end': '15.360', 'text': 'symbol of Argentine naval power.  She had'}, {'start': '13.440', 'end': '17.640', 'text': 'been a proud cruiser of the'}, {'start': '15.360', 'end': '20.199', 'text': 'United States Navy, surviving the'}, {'start': '17.640', 'end': '21.920', 'text': 'attack on Pearl Harbor.  Transferred to'}, {'start': '20.199', 'end': '25.000', 'text': 'Argentina in'}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '27.000', 'text': '1951, he was a veteran of decades of'}, {'start': '25.000', 'end': '29.439', 'text': 'service.  By'}, {'start': '27.000', 'end': '31.320', 'text': '1982, General del Grano had become'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '34.280', 'text': 'involved in the growing conflict between'}, {'start': '31.320', 'end': '36.480', 'text': 'Argentina and Great Britain over the'}, {'start': '34.280', 'end': '38.960', 'text': 'Falkland Islands.  Tensions were high in the'}, {'start': '36.480', 'end': '41.079', 'text': 'South Atlantic.  Argentina had'}, {'start': '38.960', 'end': '43.879', 'text': 'landed troops in the Falklands,'}, {'start': '41.079', 'end': '45.520', 'text': 'claiming sovereignty over the islands.'}, {'start': '43.879', 'end': '47.480', 'text': 'The British responded with a'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '50.199', 'text': 'naval force sent to recapture the'}, {'start': '47.480', 'end': '52.440', 'text': 'islands.  The General Belgrano, along with'}, {'start': '50.199', 'end': '54.039', 'text': 'two destroyers, was sailing toward the'}, {'start': '52.440', 'end': '56.039', 'text': 'exclusion zone declared by the'}, {'start': '54.039', 'end': '58.760', 'text': 'British around the'}, {'start': '56.039', 'end': '60.519', 'text': 'Marvinas.  The cruiser, although formidable'}, {'start': '58.760', 'end': '62.800', 'text': 'in size, was'}, {'start': '60.519', 'end': '64.760', 'text': 'vulnerable.  It lacked the'}, {'start': '62.800', 'end': '66.240', 'text': 'modern anti-submarine warfare capabilities of its'}, {'start': '66.240', 'end': '71.280', 'text': 'British counterparts.  Without his crew'}, {'start': '68.520', 'end': '73.360', 'text': 'bringing him up, a silent hunter lurked'}, {'start': '71.280', 'end': '75.840', 'text': 'beneath the waves.'}, {'start': '73.360', 'end': '78.159', 'text': 'The British nuclear submarine HNS'}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '81.200', 'text': 'Conqueror had been tracking'}, {'start': '78.159', 'end': '82.439', 'text': 'General Belgrano for hours.  On May 2,'}, {'start': '82.439', 'end': '88.479', 'text': '1982, the Conqueror moved into'}, {'start': '85.600', 'end': '90.960', 'text': "position.  The submarine's captain,"}, {'start': '88.479', 'end': '93.439', 'text': 'Commander Christopher Wford Brown,'}, {'start': '90.960', 'end': '95.880', 'text': 'was ordered to attack.'}, {'start': '93.439', 'end': '98.200', 'text': 'The fate of the grain general and the'}, {'start': '95.880', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'lives of more than 1,000 men hung in the'}, {'start': '101.040', 'end': '106.159', 'text': 'balance.  The South Atlantic, often'}, {'start': '104.040', 'end': '108.640', 'text': 'shrouded in fog, became the'}, {'start': '106.159', 'end': '111.880', 'text': 'scene of'}, {'start': '108.640', 'end': '114.320', 'text': 'sudden violence.  HNS Conqueror, at the limits'}, {'start': '111.880', 'end': '116.039', 'text': 'of its operational range, fired three'}, {'start': '114.320', 'end': '118.119', 'text': 'torpedoes.'}, {'start': '116.039', 'end': '119.000', 'text': 'Two hit the unsuspecting'}, {'start': '118.119', 'end': '121.960', 'text': 'General'}, {'start': '119.000', 'end': '123.479', 'text': "Belgrano's target.  A torpedo hit the bow,"}, {'start': '121.960', 'end': '125.960', 'text': 'opening a huge hole in the'}, {'start': '123.479', 'end': '127.680', 'text': 'forward compartments of the cruiser.'}, {'start': '125.960', 'end': '129.679', 'text': 'The second torpedo struck the'}, {'start': '127.680', 'end': '132.239', 'text': "engine room, crippling the ship's ability"}, {'start': '129.679', 'end': '134.000', 'text': 'to maneuver or escape.  The'}, {'start': '132.239', 'end': '135.920', 'text': 'explosions tore through the hull of the'}, {'start': '134.000', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'General Belgrano, sending'}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '141.840', 'text': 'shock waves throughout the ship.  The steel'}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '143.879', 'text': 'bent, fires broke out.  The'}, {'start': '141.840', 'end': '146.760', 'text': 'once proud cruise ship began to'}, {'start': '143.879', 'end': '148.440', 'text': 'list rapidly to port.  The order'}, {'start': '146.760', 'end': '149.680', 'text': 'to abandon ship echoed through the'}, {'start': '149.680', 'end': '154.239', 'text': 'shattered corridors.  Hundreds of sailors,'}, {'start': '152.160', 'end': '156.400', 'text': 'many injured and in shock,'}, {'start': '154.239', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'rushed to find life rafts and'}, {'start': '156.400', 'end': '160.159', 'text': 'life jackets.'}, {'start': '158.400', 'end': '162.400', 'text': 'The cold, unforgiving waters of the'}, {'start': '160.159', 'end': '165.159', 'text': 'South Atlantic rushed in to'}, {'start': '162.400', 'end': '168.000', 'text': 'claim the stricken ship.  General'}, {'start': '165.159', 'end': '169.840', 'text': 'Belgrano, his back broken, began'}, {'start': '168.000', 'end': '172.519', 'text': 'his final descent into the'}, {'start': '169.840', 'end': '174.400', 'text': 'depths.  Trapped below deck,'}, {'start': '172.519', 'end': '177.080', 'text': 'hundreds of men faced certain'}, {'start': '174.400', 'end': '178.680', 'text': 'death.  Those'}, {'start': '177.080', 'end': '181.440', 'text': 'lucky enough to escape the sinking ship'}, {'start': '178.680', 'end': '185.760', 'text': 'found themselves adrift on a'}, {'start': '181.440', 'end': '185.760', 'text': 'vast and unforgiving ocean.'}, {'start': '186.799', 'end': '191.560', 'text': 'General Belgrano, once a symbol of'}, {'start': '189.319', 'end': '193.040', 'text': 'Argentine power, was now the scene'}, {'start': '191.560', 'end': '195.000', 'text': 'of'}, {'start': '193.040', 'end': '197.200', 'text': 'unimaginable chaos.  The'}, {'start': '195.000', 'end': '199.879', 'text': 'torpedo hits had cut off the power,'}, {'start': '197.200', 'end': '202.000', 'text': 'plunging the ship into darkness.  The'}, {'start': '199.879', 'end': '204.120', 'text': 'emergency lighting flickered'}, {'start': '202.000', 'end': '206.080', 'text': 'erratically, casting long'}, {'start': '204.120', 'end': '208.319', 'text': 'shadows over the terrified faces'}, {'start': '206.080', 'end': '210.200', 'text': 'of the crew.  The screams of the'}, {'start': '208.319', 'end': '212.239', 'text': 'wounded mingled with the hiss of'}, {'start': '210.200', 'end': '215.239', 'text': 'escaping steam and the roar of the'}, {'start': '212.239', 'end': '218.360', 'text': 'fire.  The ship, mortally wounded,'}, {'start': '215.239', 'end': '220.480', 'text': 'began to break up.  The'}, {'start': '218.360', 'end': '222.920', 'text': 'twisted and shattered bow section began to'}, {'start': '220.480', 'end': '224.760', 'text': 'separate from the rest of the hull.  The weight'}, {'start': '222.920', 'end': '227.000', 'text': 'of the water rushing into the'}, {'start': '224.760', 'end': '229.200', 'text': 'engine room pushed the pole'}, {'start': '227.000', 'end': '231.760', 'text': 'down, forcing the bow upward at'}, {'start': '229.200', 'end': '233.680', 'text': 'a grotesque angle.  The men'}, {'start': '231.760', 'end': '235.920', 'text': 'clung desperately to any'}, {'start': '233.680', 'end': '238.760', 'text': 'handhold they could find as'}, {'start': '235.920', 'end': '241.079', 'text': 'the deck tilted beneath their feet.'}, {'start': '238.760', 'end': '243.439', 'text': 'For many there was no'}, {'start': '241.079', 'end': '245.360', 'text': 'escape.  Trapped below deck by'}, {'start': '243.439', 'end': '247.519', 'text': 'jammed hatches and'}, {'start': '245.360', 'end': '249.720', 'text': 'collapsing corridors, they could only wait for the'}, {'start': '247.519', 'end': '252.799', 'text': 'inevitable.  The icy water rushed in,'}, {'start': '249.720', 'end': '254.959', 'text': 'drowning out their cries for help.'}, {'start': '252.799', 'end': '259.600', 'text': 'Up on the sinking deck,'}, {'start': '254.959', 'end': '259.600', 'text': 'his comrades fought for their lives.'}, {'start': '260.320', 'end': '264.880', 'text': 'The Argentine destroyer Arra Guruchada,'}, {'start': '262.720', 'end': '266.880', 'text': 'alerted to the disaster, sailed at full'}, {'start': '264.880', 'end': '269.000', 'text': 'speed during the night.  Its'}, {'start': '266.880', 'end': '270.960', 'text': 'crew, many of whom had'}, {'start': '269.000', 'end': '273.240', 'text': 'friends aboard the Belgrano, raced'}, {'start': '270.960', 'end': '275.039', 'text': 'against time and the elements.  The'}, {'start': '273.240', 'end': '277.400', 'text': 'survivors, scattered across the'}, {'start': '275.039', 'end': '279.720', 'text': 'icy waters in life rafts and'}, {'start': '277.400', 'end': '281.440', 'text': 'clinging to wreckage, faced'}, {'start': '279.720', 'end': '283.320', 'text': 'hypothermia and'}, {'start': '281.440', 'end': '285.400', 'text': "intellipermia.  The borruchaga's searchlights"}, {'start': '283.320', 'end': '287.320', 'text': 'cut through the darkness,'}, {'start': '285.400', 'end': '288.560', 'text': 'desperately searching for signs of'}, {'start': '287.320', 'end': '290.479', 'text': 'life.'}, {'start': '288.560', 'end': '292.960', 'text': 'The faint, faint cries of the survivors'}, {'start': '290.479', 'end': '295.960', 'text': 'guided the'}, {'start': '292.960', 'end': '298.240', 'text': 'rescue ship.  One by one.  The'}, {'start': '295.960', 'end': '299.160', 'text': 'exhausted and traumatized sailors were dried'}, {'start': '298.240', 'end': '301.360', 'text': 'from the'}, {'start': '299.160', 'end': '303.560', 'text': 'icy water.  Many were near'}, {'start': '301.360', 'end': '306.360', 'text': 'death, their bodies ravaged by the'}, {'start': '303.560', 'end': '308.520', 'text': 'cold.  The murchanga, its decks'}, {'start': '306.360', 'end': '311.080', 'text': 'packed with survivors, became'}, {'start': '308.520', 'end': '313.680', 'text': 'a beacon of hope in the darkness.'}, {'start': '311.080', 'end': '316.639', 'text': 'But the victory was alrid sweet.  More than'}, {'start': '313.680', 'end': '318.440', 'text': '300 men perished in the attack.  The'}, {'start': '316.639', 'end': '320.240', 'text': 'sinking of the General Belgrano'}, {'start': '318.440', 'end': '322.160', 'text': 'remains a controversial chapter of the'}, {'start': '320.240', 'end': '323.840', 'text': 'Falklands War, a stark'}, {'start': '322.160', 'end': '326.840', 'text': 'reminder of the human cost of'}, {'start': '323.840', 'end': '326.840', 'text': 'conflict.'}]