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The unquiet world - A ministerial broadcast by the Rt Hon Duncan Sandys MP, Minister of Defence

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/431

Film in which Duncan Sandys, defence minister, explains the aim of British defence policy in light of the communist threat, and outlines the UK’s world-wide defensive alliances and military deployments.

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United Kingdom Joint Airborne Task Force

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/300

Film on the role, composition and capabilities of the UK Joint Airborne Task Force (UKJATFOR). Senior RAF and British Army officers give further information and an airborne exercise is shown.

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Operation Grapple 1956-1957

Library, In Storage, R014606

Government publication that provides details about the work of Operation Grapple, 1956-1957.

Front page of Operation Grapple booklet, RAF Museum

Programme for an inter-service representative football match between the RAF and the Royal Navy on 11 April 1928.

Archives, In Storage, X003-6145/003

Programme for an inter-service representative football match between the RAF and the Royal Navy, held on 11 April 1928 at Fratton Park, Portsmouth.

Front page of inter-services football match programme, RAF Museum

Operation Druid's Castle

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC76/79

Film documenting a large airborne exercise. Paratroopers and equipment drop from C130 Hercules transport aircraft and are seen on the ground as F4 Phantom aircraft and Wessex helicopters provide support.

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Recorded interview with Group Captain David Jones, 26 April 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7380

David Jones was an RAF pilot in Lightning and Jaguar aircraft in the UK and Germany. He flew Phantom and F16 aircraft during a United States Air Force exchange tour.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Chris Long, 20 March 2023

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7376

Interview with Chris Long, who was a Victor reconnaissance and tanker pilot with 543 and 57 Squadrons. He describes his experience of the Victor and later as a flying instructor.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Adam Robinson, 1 November 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3397

Recorded interview with Adam Robinson, who served as a navigator in Tornado GR1 aircraft, including operations during the 1991 Gulf War, and in Chinook helicopters during the 1990s and 2000s.

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Air Commodore W.H. Primrose - The RAF in Iceland

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1852

Recording in which Air Commodore Primrose gives a brief account of RAF operations from Iceland during the Second World War, including bases, interservice and international cooperation and the weather.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Alan Swan, 17 May 2019

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4846

Interview with Alan Swan, who served as an RAF armourer and bomb disposal specialist, including service during the 1982 Falklands War. He describes his bomb disposal work during the conflict.

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