50th Anniversary Of The Royal Air Force:… 1968

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Uxbridge - Middlesex, Colerne - Wiltshire and Catterick -Yorkshire.

R.A.F. (Royal Air Force, RAF) regiment on parade - the Queen's Colours Squadron. Various shots of the men marching. Spitfires fly past then shots of a staged "dog fight". Plane is blown up on the ground - scene from the feature...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4527
Sort Number:
CP 725
Time in/Out:
01:00:31:00 / 01:07:07:00
Canister:
CP 725
Film ID:
469.01
Issue Date:
14/11/1968

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