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Mr Grahame White's 1st annual sports, Hendon Aug 24th 1918

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/71/4

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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Flying bomb

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/68

German film on the preparation and launch procedures for the V-1 missile. A V-1 is prepared for launch and animated diagrams illustrate the flight path for an attack on London.

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Heinkel 178 taxiing, takeoff and landing footage, 1939

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/428

Film showing the Heinkel 178 jet aircraft, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly, on the ground and in the air at Marienehe, near Rostock. It was flown by Erich Warsitz.

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Royal Air Force Display, Hendon, 13 July 1929

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/12

Footage of the 1929 RAF Display, held at RAF Hendon, includes aerobatics, formation flying, ‘crazy flying’, parachuting, mock aerial combat, attacks on ground targets and the destruction of a balloon.

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TSR.2 - Air to air

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/532

Film in which a prototype TSR2 aircraft is seen in air-to-air film, on landing and on the ground during its flight test programme. An undercarriage retraction problem is also seen.

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TSR.2 - Flight tests

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/533

Film in which a prototype TSR2 aircraft is seen in air-to-air film, on landing and on the ground during its flight test programme. An undercarriage retraction sequence is also seen.

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Hendon Air Display, 1928

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/35

Various RAF aircraft are seen in the air and on the ground at the 1928 Royal Air Force Display at RAF Hendon. Demonstrations include aerobatics and attacks on ground targets.

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Royal Air Force Display, Hendon, 27 June 1931

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC90/5

Film in which Westland Wapiti aircraft of 600 Squadron are seen preparing for the 1931 RAF Display at Hendon. Crowds of people and various aircraft are seen during the display.

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First flight of the De Havilland Comet

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/386

Film on the first flight of the de Havilland Comet jet airliner. Test pilot John Cunningham is seen boarding the prototype Comet before conducting fast ground runs and taking off.

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MRCA Development to First Flight

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC93/500

Film on the development of the Panavia Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA), including the testing of various aircraft components and systems, aspects of the aircraft’s construction and the MRCA’s first flight.

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