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RAFM Sunderland 5 ML824 - move from Pembroke Dock to RAF Museum and subsequent re-assembly

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/409

Film in which a Sunderland flying boat is moved in sections by road across London to the RAF Museum at Hendon, and reassembled by RAF personnel of 71 Maintenance Unit.

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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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RAF Museum Short Sunderland flying boat

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/68

Film in which RAF personnel, assisted by a crane, complete the assembly of a Short Sunderland flying boat and tow it to a new position at the RAF Museum, Hendon.

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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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Catalina fly-in, Colerne, 30 May 1974

Film & Sound, FC79/131

Film in which a Royal Danish Air Force Catalina flying boat lands at RAF Colerne. The Catalina is seen on the ground and is handed over to the RAF Museum.

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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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Stranraer take off

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC76/42

Film taken at Abbotsford Airport, British Columbia, showing a test flight of a Supermarine Stranraer flying boat following maintenance. The Stranraer is seen on the ground and in the air.

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Far East Flying Boat Wing Sunderland footage, 1947 to 1958

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5631

Short Sunderland flying boats are seen in the air, on shore and on the water while operating as part of the RAF’s Far East Flying Boat Wing during the 1950s.

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Pilot Officer Potier - a dangerous landing

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1863

Recording in which Pilot Officer Potier describes a difficult landing on rough seas following a convoy escort sortie in a Catalina flying boat.

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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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