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Recording made at a ceremony granting RAF Bridgnorth Freedom of Entry to the borough of Bridgnorth, 12 April 1950

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/62

Recording in which a radio commentator describes the scene in the town of Bridgnorth on 12 April 1950, when RAF Bridgnorth was granted Freedom of Entry to the borough.

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Recording of an interview with Mrs Joke de Groot-Folmer

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC76/4

Interview with Mrs Joke de Groot-Folmer, who was actively involved in the Dutch underground organisation through which downed Allied airmen were returned to England during the Second World War.

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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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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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Recognition film - Sunderland V

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/138

Aircraft recognition training film in which live footage and animated diagrams showing RAF Short Sunderland flying boats in flight are used to highlight the key recognition features of the aircraft.

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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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Headley Court

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/447

Film on the work of Headley Court as a rehabilitation centre. Recovering patients are seen engaging in a range of treatments, including aerobics classes, weight-lifting, hydrotherapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.

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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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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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