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Intercept

Film & Sound, In Storage, X002-6100

Film in which a Soviet Tu-16 aircraft is tracked by the RAF as it flies over the North Sea. An F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft is scrambled and intercepts the intruder.

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Defensive Radio Warfare (Radar Aspects) / Anti-Jamming Procedures at Control Stations - Recognition of jamming signals

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3684

Film in which several different methods of radar jamming are described and illustrated for the benefit of RAF radar operators. This includes ‘Window’ and simple, amplitude-modulated, frequency-modulated and pulse-modulated methods.

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Radar Type 85 - film of original installation

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/281

Film illustrating progress of construction work on radar sites at Neatishead, Staxton Wold and Boulmer in 1962. Various aspects of building work and the installation of radar equipment are shown.

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Recorded interview with Sergeant Roger Taylor 6 July 2017

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3373

Recorded interview with Roger Taylor, who was an electrical technician specialising in radar from 1963 to 2001. He worked in various parts of the UK, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.

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Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ray, 31 July 2013

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6754

Ron Ray flew as a navigator in Beaufighter aircraft of 252 Squadron, which was engaged in day, night and bad weather anti-shipping operations in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea.

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Recorded interview with Junior Technician Michael John Davies, 11 February 2015

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6794/001

Mike Davies remembers his RAF national service as a radar fitter. He describes his work on CPN-4 Ground-Controlled Approach radar at RAF Wattisham and gives his views on national service.

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