RAF Training School At Halton 1938

Star Item

Description

Halton, Buckinghamshire.

At the Royal Air Force School of Technical Training we see young men learning about the mechanics and maintenance of aircraft in a hangar. The RAF aircraft apprentices sit on benches in a field and see others working on aeroplanes. Other cadets sit looking at explosive...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16437
Sort Number:
38/027
Time in/Out:
01:17:41:00 / 01:18:28:00
Canister:
38/27
Film ID:
959.12
Issue Date:
04/04/1938

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
News In A Nutshell

News In A Nutshell

News in a Nutshell - Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, inspects Officers Training Corps at Berkhamsted, and sheep are sheared in Hyde Park, London.

R.A.F. In U.S.A.

R.A.F. In U.S.A.

Royal Air Force recruits train at a school in Dallas, America.

Bombers And Gunners In The Making

Bombers And Gunners In The Making

Bomb aimers and plane gunners get training in the use of their equipment.

Raising Airmen's Fitness

Raising Airmen's Fitness

RAF Physical Training Instructors show off their skills at training school in Cosford.

Vulcans In Service

Vulcans In Service

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

Queen Elizabeth 11 Presents Colour To No.1. School Of Technical Training (Raf) At Halton

Queen Elizabeth 11 Presents Colour To No.1. School Of Technical Training (Raf) At Halton

First Queens colour ever given to an apprentice school at RAF Halton

( R.A.F.A. Reunion ) Record B

( R.A.F.A. Reunion ) Record B

Documentary about the RAF mostly featuring Second World War material.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
WW1
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions