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Flight trials of the Fairey Rotodyne, circa 1960

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC97/38

Film in which a Fairey Rotodyne aircraft demonstrates its ability to take off and land vertically and to manoeuvre at low speed and altitude. Aircrew are seen boarding and disembarking.

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Amateur footage showing Avro Ansons in Canada, circa 1943

Film & Sound, X005-3073

Amateur footage shows Avro Anson training aircraft in the air and on the ground in Canada during the Second World War. Various views show people swimming and on a beach.

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Recording giving details of the restoration of a Beardmore engine and construction of a Southern Cross replica, circa 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/58

Account of the restoration of a Beardmore 120hp engine and an interview with a man connected with the construction of a replica Fokker F.VIIb-3m “Southern Cross” aeroplane in Australia.

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Airship “Spiess” leaving hangar, circa 1913

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC97/148

Film in which the French airship “Spiess” is walked out of a hangar by a number of people, possibly at Saint-Cyr-l'École, near Paris, and is then seen in flight overhead.

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Armourer preparing Wapiti bomb load

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-3833

Amateur film in which armourers fit fuses to bombs, which are then fitted under the wings of Westland Wapiti aircraft. An unidentified object is also fitted under a Wapiti’s wing.

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A short trip around bleak Baluchistan by six Wapitis from 5 (AC) Squadron - November 1934

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-3829

Amateur film in which Westland Wapiti aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground at several locations as their crews meet local people during a tour of Baluchistan.

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Gun camera material - Spitfire Vs

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/152

1942 gun camera footage recording attacks on Luftwaffe aircraft by RAF Spitfire Mk Vs and a Hawker Typhoon. German aircraft seen include Messerschmitt 109, Focke Wulf 190 and Dornier 217.

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First of the few - Supermarine Swift

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3310/002

Film in which de Havilland Vampire and Supermarine Attacker fighter aircraft appear on the ground, snow is cleared from a runway and Supermarine Swift aircraft pass overhead, land and park.

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Recorded interview with Warrant Officer William Leroy Adams, circa 2011

Film & Sound, X005-6767

Recorded interview with Bill Adams, who served as a wireless operator in Liberator aircraft in the Far East during the Second World War. He describes various aspects of Liberator operations.

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Interview with Wing Commander Sidney Whitehouse, 28 January 2010

Film & Sound, X004-9392

Video interview with Wing Commander Sidney 'Tony' Whitehouse, who flew Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain.

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