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Horsham St. Faith (1949)

Prime Minister Attlee inspects an RAF station in Sussex.

Britain Steps Up Airlift (1948)

Britain increases air supply of Berlin.

Royal Air Force Recruits Wanted (1938)

Sir Kingsley Wood appeals for 31,000 new recruits to the RAF.

Gatwick Air Display (1938)

Air display by the RAF and fliers from six different countries at Gatwick...

Airborne Men Get 'stand By' (1951)

Paratroops of 16th Independent Airborne Brigade refresh their...

Baseball - RAF V Usaf (1951)

Baseball match between the Royal Air Force and the US Air Force from White...

Cranwell (1951)

Princess Elizabeth at RAF Passing Out Parade in Lincolnshire.

Vulcans In Service (1957)

The first four-jet bomber in the world, goes into service with the RAF.

RAF Regiment - Trailer (1950)

Trailer calling for people to join the RAF regiment.

People In The News - Record B Princess Elizabeth Flies To Malta (1950)

Footage of Princess...

Missile Prepared (1958)

A 'Thor' intermediate range ballistic missile is shown at it's launch base in...

R.A.F. Cadets Making Models Issue Title - Youth Will Out (1940)

R.A.F. cadets make models of...

Youth Issue Title - Fighting Fit (1942)

Men of the Royal Air Force training scheme exercise on a...

Propellers Issue Title Is Account Rendered (1942)

Hurricane aeroplanes having their propellers...

R.A.F. Remembrance (1955)

Ceremony in the Channel commemorates the wartime dead of Air-Sea rescue.

Duke Of Edinburgh Unveils RAF Memorial (1955)

In York, Duke of Edinburgh unveils RAF Memorial.

Germans Train With R.A.F. AKA German Pilots Train With The R.A.F. (1956)

Three Luftwaffe...

Britain's Guided Missile (1956)

First pictures of Britain's new air-to-air guided missile - the "Fairey...

RAF Gets Another New Fighter (1956)

The Gloster Javelin Mark I goes into squadron service.

Scramble In 2 Minutes (1960)

Vulcans in latest defensive exercise.

RAF Rehearse Tournament (1961)

Footage of RAF men in training for the Royal Tournament.

Comet 4's For RAF (1962)

Footage of Comet aircraft at RAF base in Lyneham, Wiltshire.

Gliders Do A Farnborough (1961)

Windrusher gliders do aerobatic display at RAF Bicester.

Aerobatics Jet Style (1964)

THE RAF Red Pelicans team perform aerial acrobatics with their Jet Provost...

New Style Air-Sea Rescue (1964)

RAF Helicopters show off their rescue skills in demonstration in Kent.

R.A.F. Dogs' New Home (1963)

R.A.F. police dogs move to their new home in Debden, Essex.

This Concord Flies Now (1966)

Tests on scale model of Concord at RAF base in Bedford.

Bird Calls Save Jets (1966)

Keeping the birds off runways with loud speakers.

Air-Sea Rescue (1967)

Air-sea rescue demonstration by RAF off Plymouth, Devon.

Hercules For RAF (1967)

RAF Lyneham receives Hercules transport planes. Wiltshire.

Parascending (1968)

RAF men demonstrate parascending at Barkstone Aerodrome, Leicestershire.

Nimrod Aircraft (1968)

A look at the Nimrod jet aircraft which will be used by RAF coastal command....

Biafra Supplies (1970)

RAF supplies bound for Biafra remain at RAF Lyneham as Nigeria refuse military...

Sir Humphrey Gibbs Arrives Back (1969)

The former Queen's representative in Rhodesia Sir Humphrey...

Farnborough - Air Cooled Suits (1969)

Air cooling suits in trial at RAF base in Farnborough in...

RAF Immersion Suit (1948)

Demonstration of RAF immersion suit in a tank at the Experimental Centre in...

Parachute Nurses (1949)

Good footage of nurse in parachute training at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire.

Jet Conversion Unit (1949)

Footage pilots being trained to use jet aircraft at Suffolk airbase.

Glider Snatching (1949)

Footage gliders being launched at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Rocket Firing (1949)

Students of RAF's Central Gunnery School practice rocket firing on Spitfires.

R.A.F. Dogs (1950)

Royal Air Force police dogs are trained at Staverton in Gloucestershire.

R.A.F. Tests (1951)

Pilots of the R.A.F. carry out tests in air compressor chamber. Farnborough,...

Remote Controlled Launch (1950-1951)

Remote controlled launch is tested off coast of Portsmouth, Hampshire.

RAF Donkey (1952)

Footage of Rebecca the donkey mascot for the RAF, Norfolk.

RAF Gymnasts (1951)

Gymnast demonstrate their skills at RAF Cosford in Shropshire.

RAF Dogs (1952)

RAF police dogs in training Salisbury, Wiltshire.

RAF Aptitude Tests (1949)

Young men hoping to become pilots take psychology tests at RAF Hornchurch.