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616 Squadron Meteors

Film & Sound, FC73/15

Film in which RAF Gloster Meteor jet fighter aircraft of 616 Squadron are seen on the ground, during servicing, taking off and making a low formation flypast over the airfield.

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Bomber evasion tactics, Spitfire versus Stirling

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/34

Film in which animated diagrams and film taken from the perspectives of a fighter pilot and bomber’s gunner show how a bomber aircraft can manoeuvre to avoid a fighter attack.

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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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Compilation of Second World War German aircraft footage, 1930s-1940s, reel 2

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8110/002

Film consisting of several short clips showing a number of Second World War German jet aircraft, including Heinkel 178, Heinkel 280, Messerschmitt 262 fighter aircraft and Arado 234 bomber aircraft.

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RAAF Spitfire story (453 Squadron)

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/73

Film showing Supermarine Spitfires of 453 Squadron operating from an advanced airstrip in France following the start of Operation Overlord. Spitfires take off and land and groundcrew service the aircraft.

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A.I Mk.23

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-4219

Film on the A.I.23 airborne radar, including a description of its main components, modes of operation, development and operational use. The system appears in Dakota and Canberra aircraft during trials.

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Aircraft recognition training - Bear

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC74/25/30

Aircraft recognition training film on the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 bomber aircraft, using animated graphics to illustrate the aircraft’s recognition features. The Tu-114, the civilian version of the Tu-95, also appears.

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RAF Pageant, 1931

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/36/1

Various RAF aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground at the 1931 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon. Demonstrations include parachuting, bombing, formation flypasts and aerobatics.

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Air Defence Operator

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC76/25

Recruiting film on the role of RAF air defence operators. Aspects of the ground control system are illustrated as a Lightning fighter aircraft intercepts another aircraft over the North Sea.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Stu Roberts, 18 December 2024

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7415/009

Interview with Stu Roberts, who served as a pilot with the Red Arrows. He describes team training, the development of manoeuvres, use of smoke and the team’s 2024 Canada tour.

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