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Welcome to Goose Bay

Film & Sound, In Storage, X004-3842

Information video on the airbase at Goose Bay in Canada, including detail on the location, operations, facilities and other useful guidance for RAF personnel before arriving for a new posting.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-8183

Film documenting a flight made by RAF Hercules transport aircraft from Christchurch, New Zealand, to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Various views show Antarctic landscape and Hercules on the ground.

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Khana Cascade

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3691

Film on the RAF’s involvement in famine relief operations in Nepal in 1973. Hercules transport aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground and logistics support is illustrated.

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Viking Mk.Ib

Library, NOV 1950, In Storage, X004-7332

Aircraft recognition poster of a Vickers Viking. Air Diagram number AD4672, issue 1, sheet 1, November 1950.

Printed poster, Royal Air Force Museum

C-47 Dakota

Library, JAN 1951, In Storage, X004-7331

Aircraft recognition poster of a Douglas C-47 Dakota. Air Diagram number AD4670, issue 1, sheet 1, January 1951.

Printed poster, Royal Air Force Museum

Speed with Accuracy

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/550

Film illustrating the operation of the RAF’s networked computer supply system, centred on RAF Hendon. The system supports a famine relief operation and the maintenance of a Hercules transport aircraft.

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Automation for Supply

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC95/548

Film illustrating the process through which a new part is ordered for a Belfast transport aircraft. The operation of the RAF’s computer supply system, centred on RAF Hendon, is illustrated.

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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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Red Cross Amman RAF

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/204

Film in which RAF Argosy and Hercules transport aircraft are seen delivering Red Cross supplies and vehicles to Amman in Jordan. Supplies are manually transferred to trucks and driven away.

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Dakota - Control locks

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC92/25

Film in which an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft crashes on takeoff due to the aircraft’s elevator control locks remaining in place. The importance of following correct procedures is emphasised.

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