Bomber Command 1968

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No title. Bomber and Fighter Commands merge to become strike command under reorganisation of the Royal Air Force. Closing ceremony of Bomber Command at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire.

L/S Defence Minister Denis Healey talking to bomber crews with Air Chief Marshall Sir Wallace Kyle. C/U ditto....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56666
Sort Number:
68/036
Time in/Out:
01:17:27:00 / 01:18:35:00
Canister:
68/36
Film ID:
2057.15
Issue Date:
02/05/1968

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