"Cacha" Arca Ejects Over Puerto Argentino
Extensive material on the ejection and rescue at sea of José "Cacha" Arca, provided by VGM Jorge Sanders.
Jorge Sanders was part of the team behind the historic Argentine documentary series "The Adventure of Man" and had a unique role during the Malvinas War.
He worked as a video operator and technician on the team led by Carlos Ríes Centeno.
The group had traveled to the islands to film documentaries and unexpectedly became involved in one of the war's most famous episodes: the improvised land launch of an Exocet MM-38 missile against the British destroyer HMS Glamorgan.
Sanders even helped troubleshoot electronic problems with the "ITB" ("Improvised Firing Installation") launch system, which had been hastily assembled by Argentine technicians and sailors. One of the reports mentions that he helped detect a burnt-out diode in the system.
Furthermore, along with Ángel Libonatti and Osvaldo Marino, he filmed the launch of the Exocet missile from a nearby hill in Port Stanley. This footage remains a unique historical document: it was the first time an Exocet missile was filmed from the ground in combat.
Sanders is also credited as the editor of the documentary "Malvinas, the War We Didn't Live Through" (1990), which aired as part of the series "La aventura del hombre" (The Adventure of Man).
Interestingly, the "La aventura del hombre" team ended up functioning as technical and documentary war correspondents, blending television, military logistics, and survival during the conflict. Many veterans remember this group with considerable respect for having remained on the islands during the bombings, a story that many still don't know.
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