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Canberras at RAF Cottesmore

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/15

Film in which a number of Canberra aircraft, of various different versions, are seen at RAF Cottesmore in May 1974 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Canberra’s first flight.

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Recording of an interview with Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter, part two, 17 November 1980

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/34

Sir Kenneth Porter continues to discuss working with communications in the Battle of Britain and Operation Overlord, including tours with 11 Group Fighter Command, 83 Group and 2 Tactical Air Force.

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RAF Hendon sequences, 1957

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/58/11

RAF officers and several aircraft are seen at RAF Hendon as flying operations ended, including a de Havilland Devon, a Sopwith Camel, an Avro Anson and a de Havilland Chipmunk.

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Mr Grahame-White's 1st annual sports, Hendon 24 August 1918

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/71/8

Film in which injured soldiers are seen watching, and participating in, sports at Hendon aerodrome. Events include tug-of-war, a three-legged race and a cycling race. Claude Grahame White also appears.

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Lightning scramble

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC79/151/1

Film in which RAF Lightning fighter pilots of 111 Squadron are seen while on quick reaction alert at RAF Wattisham. A pilot runs to his aircraft, taxis and takes off.

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Man pick-up trials

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC80/117

Film in which an Avro Anson aircraft picks up test loads and people from the ground while in flight, using a winch, cable and hook fitted in the aircraft’s fuselage.

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Aircraft recognition: Dornier Do 17Z

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC90/20

British aircraft recognition training film on the German Dornier Do17Z bomber aircraft. Animated diagrams show the Do17z from various angles and are used to highlight recognition features of the aeroplane.

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Phantom aircraft 1969

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/74

Film in which RAF F4 Phantom aircraft appear on the ground and while flying in formation. A Phantom pilot and navigator board their aircraft, prepare for flight and take off.

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Aircraft recognition - Hampden I

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/150

Aircraft recognition training film in which the key recognition features of the Handley Page Hampden are illustrated and described using an animated image of the aeroplane. Key points are reiterated.

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Bomber Command operational films

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/153

Three films taken from RAF Lancaster bomber aircraft during daylight bombing raids on Flushing in the Netherlands, against the German battleship Tirpitz in Tromsø Fjord, Norway, and Düren in Germany.

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