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Apprentice Technicians - RAF Style

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-4059

Film illustrating the range of technical specialisations open through the RAF’s apprenticeships. Various RAF aircraft are shown and the opportunity to participate in a range of recreational activities is highlighted.

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Operations Room sequence

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3375

Film showing a post-war reconstruction of a Battle of Britain fighter operations room, in which plotters and controllers follow the events of 15 September 1940. Archive footage illustrates aerial combat.

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SBAC 1952

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3307

Film in which a number of airliners, helicopters, prototype aircraft and experimental aircraft are seen during low-level displays over Farnborough airfield during the 1952 Society of British Aircraft Constructors display.

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The Gazelle general purpose helicopter

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3202

Film taken from the cockpit of an Army Air Corps Gazelle helicopter during a low-level flight over a rural area. The Gazelle is also seen low overhead from the ground.

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First of the few - Supermarine Swift

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3310/001

Supermarine Swift fighter aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground. A number of RAF personnel and civilians greet each other next to a line of parked Swifts.

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Low level flying at RAF Benson

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-4005

Film taken from the nose of an aeroplane, possibly a Canberra bomber aircraft, shows various take-offs and landings, low flight over countryside and an airfield and taxiing on an airfield.

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NATO visit to RAF Coltishall

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3304

Film taken at RAF Coltishall shows Bloodhound surface-to-air missiles and formation air displays by Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft of 92 Squadron and English Electric Lightning fighter aircraft of 74 Squadron.

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Defensive Radio Warfare (Radar Aspects) / Anti-Jamming Procedures at Control Stations - Recognition of jamming signals

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3684

Film in which several different methods of radar jamming are described and illustrated for the benefit of RAF radar operators. This includes ‘Window’ and simple, amplitude-modulated, frequency-modulated and pulse-modulated methods.

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Accelerator trials - HMS Illustrious

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3229

Trials film in which dummy and real Fleet Air Arm aircraft are catapult-launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during catapult trials. These include Shark, Swordfish, Fulmar and Albacore aircraft.

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Fifty Five Miles to Baghdad - RAF Habbaniya

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-4027

Film shot at RAF Habbaniya during the 1930s illustrates various aspects of life on and around the station, including a parade, road surfacing work and a range of recreational activities.

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