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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Richard Weeks, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/010

Interview with Richard Weeks, who served as media and communications officer at RAF Fylingdales. He comments on various aspects of the history, role, technological development and wider context of Fylingdales.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Joshua Knight, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/005

Interview with Joshua Knight, who served as deputy squadron commander at RAF Fylingdales. He explains the roles of RAF Fylingdales in providing warning of ballistic missiles and tracking orbital contacts.

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Recorded interview with Flight Sergeant Christopher Read, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/001/001

Interview with Christopher Read, who served as a space track operator at RAF Fylingdales. He explains his own role and the role of Fylingdales in assessing and tracking orbital contacts.

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Recorded interview with Charlotte Newton, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/003/001

Interview with Charlotte Newton, who worked as a civilian systems analyst at RAF Fylingdales. She explains her own role and that of RAF Fylingdales in tracking and assessing orbital contacts.

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Recorded interview with Lesley Harrison, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/004

Lesley Harrison worked as a civilian space track analyst at RAF Fylingdales. She describes various aspects of her work, including the tracking of objects in space and several associated issues.

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Recorded interview with Neil Westhead, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/002/001

Interview with Neil Westhead, who was a radar engineer at RAF Fylingdales from 1962. He explains his own role and that of RAF Fylingdales in assessing and tracking orbital contacts.

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Skynet satellite military communications

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC78/46

Film illustrating the preparation of a Skynet 2 communications satellite and its launch from the Kennedy Space Centre. The film shows satellite communications in use on land and at sea.

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Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Mathew Stannard, 10 February 2022

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5696

Mathew Stannard served as an RAF pilot in Tornado and Typhoon aircraft, and on secondment to Virgin Orbit as a pilot in 747 aircraft used in a satellite launch role.

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Recorded interview with Corporal Lee Mallows, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/006

Interview with Lee Mallows, who served as a console supervisor at RAF Fylingdales. He explains aspects of training provided at Fylingdales and outlines his own role in the operations room.

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Recorded interview with Senior Aircraftsman Harry Roberts, 16 September 2021

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7336/007

Interview with Harry Roberts, who served in the Mission Tactics Flight at RAF Fylingdales. He explains his own role, aspects of training requirements at Fylingdales and the pressures of work.

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