Historical Videos

[Inverted81]

was browsing the national archive website today, and they've just launched a free complete database of public info films starting from 1947 i believe.. there are some astounding aviation related vids...
Oh to have been in the industry in those days... :rolleyes:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to51/filmindex2.htm


81

[virgo]

Thanks very much '81, some very nostalgic memories stirred up !

(I couldn't see the point of the "language" warning until I watched the London Bus - designed to be shown around the Empire - where the commentary describes how in England, "cripples can always expect help while boarding the bus.........)

[Brooklands]

I'm surprised that nobody has posted a link to these excellent videos (http://www.flyingmachines.tv/page1/page1.html) of some of the Shuttleworth collection in action. Turn up the volume and enjoy.

Brooklands

[ormus55]

http://www.jeversteamlaundry.org/stationsocial.htm

scroll two thirds down the page. lots of vids of hunters/swifts/comet/c130/beverley etc...

[Gordon Fraser]

An amazing website. A very professional use of the media in recording the history of an air base. The old pics and videos are brilliant. What a time capsule for former squadron members and their families. Truly a labour of love!!:ok: :ok:

[ormus55]

thats just what i thought to.
im staggered that this hasnt been jumped on yet, by the oldies on here.

very nice site for us ancients.

[Cornish Jack]

Oh!, the nostalgia, the Bev in action, too! Extraordinary compilation and remarkable quality.
:ok:

[PNGAir]

Hi,

Here is a collection of old videos taken in Papua New Guinea. Features catelena's and junkers. etc.

Excellent footage seen by few.

http://www.pngair.com/photopost/index.php/cat/538

Hope you enjoy.

Thanks

Shane Thomas
[email protected]
http://www.pngair.com

[nosefirsteverytime]

Whoever he (or she!) is, That's a fine collection!

Bomberguy's Video Page (http://www.youtube.com/user/Bomberguy)

Enjoy.

[Al R]

The twin rotor must have seemed so fantastic. And you have to smile at the pilot's dress sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsXgmOurwts

Cheers, I'll look at that page in detail later. :ok:

[Mike7777777]

That will keep me busy for a while,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cb6SmK_c2g

3.42, footage of low flying Mossies, camera pans down, and there's very low flying Mossie

[Akubra]

Hi Gents!
Came across these high quality clips and just had to drop in and share. (Good to see the "What cockpit thread is powering along nicely!)

The clips are in High definition, so if it plays choppy hit the "HD is on" button and that will turn HD off and make it run better.

First up is the Vickers Vimy replicas first flight since 2005.
http://www.vimeo.com/806366

And here is the last major aircraft movement at Brooklands - The Vickers Vanguard.
http://www.vimeo.com/822315

Enjoy!

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Many thanks for that.

Ahhh... the Guardsvan... flight deck so big you could play tennis in it. I flew to Malta in one, around 1967. When we reached TOC the captain appeared.. looked along the cabin and saw a young boy of about 10 or 11 who was travelling alone and beckoned him. Some while later I was invited to the flight deck (having previously made arrangements) and when I entered I was amazed to see the youngster in the captain's seat! The look on his face will be something I'll remember for always.

I checked some of the other videos, particularly Andy's 60th birthday. I thought it was a rush for Hammer Films but, no, just my old mate Mike Crutch getting his ugly face in the shot!!!

[m5dnd]

And in the Vimy video that Me doing the steering at the back (on the ground) in the snazy white overalls !!!

Cheer's
M5DND

[Double Zero]

I still reckon you should have dropped flour bags - at least - on the Mercedes hut !

I'm sure the famous German sense of humour would appreciate it, after all they're operating on a British WW2 Fighter & Bomber base...

My boat has a chemical loo which is available 'at your disposal' - may need some separation trials - ( I can think of a target or two close by worth risking, NOT on the 'field ) though I have to agree with Jeremy Clarkson, the Merc/Mclaren makes a wonderful sound and did remind me of a Merlin, albeit at higher rev's.

Regards to all at Brooklands.

[dillardrg]

The link below is to a web site of a commercial appraisor. He has compiled 4 unique videos of Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing, well worth the time.

Click on the link, click on "contact", click on the 1st video. After each video, click on "contact" and select the next video.

Airport & Aviation Appraisals, Inc. :: "When the Job Requires a Special Purpose Product" (http://www.airportappraisals.com/contact/)

Ron
advancedtailwheeltraining.com

[evansb]

Priceless video ! It makes my recollections of reading his book "We" much more vivid. Thankyou very much for the link.

[Fantome]

'WE' was largely ghosted, a hurried effort straight after the 1927 flight on the part of his publicists, with whom he severed all ties, to cash in with the huge sales that this book, hurriedly churned out on newsprint paper, enjoyed.

CAL in fact wrote that he found 'WE' an embarrassment and when the Pulitzer Prize winning 'SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS' appeared in 1953 only then did he tell his story in the simple, graphic, thoughtful prose at which he excelled. 'AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF VALUES' fits into the same camp.

[Bicster]

Just browsing tonight and by chance have stumbled across a few videos that some may appreciate.

Jump Jet (1981) - YouTube

Aerial Journeys - The Red Arrows - YouTube

[500N]

First video brings back some memories.

I see at the beginning of the first video the words "Jump Jet".

Any idea of who came up with that name ?

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[Background Noise]

Watch it - Pop'll get you!

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/381782-red-arrows-bbc.html

[Dutchie1984]

Some movies from my late fathers' archive!

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[nvubu]

I don't think this has been posted before, but there are some interesting aviation videos here: Aden - In Days of Empire (http://www.adenairways.com/page12/page12.html)

[JW411]

Thanks for that; brings back a lot of memories. Sad to see the footage of Britannia XL638 at the end of one film.

[Rosevidney1]

Little Aden: was there ever a location with such a frightful stink of oil for miles around?

[brakedwell]

Little Aden: was there ever a location with such a frightful stink of oil for miles around?

Kuwait, July 1961: after they closed down the well heads in preparation for an Iraqi invasion.

[nvubu]

Having watched the Catapult Ships Royal Navy Instructional Film posted by India Four Two here (https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/617631-catapult-ships-royal-navy-instructional-film-1940-a.html) I've come across some more interesting films that I thought were worth sharing, and a I couldn't find an appropriate thread, so I thought I'd start one for any interesting videos.

Wing to Wing (1951)
https://youtu.be/ne9rAlOTTlg

In on the Beam (1951) - did think of posting this in the airways thread.
https://youtu.be/ScitKMIreaI

[dook]

Great nostalgia. :ok:

The first reminds me of when we had an air force !

[ex82watcher]

The first reminded me of a girlfriend,whose father flew Washingtons & had a photo' on his wall of the one he was flying in the coronation revue at Odiham.

[Wander00]

I have a friend whose late father flew Washingtons in the bomber role then on 192 Sqn from Watton. He is one of 3 pilots on 192 in its Washington phase mentioned in "Listening In". From linking his RAF record with information in the book it looks like his AFC was awarded for sorties to do with ELINT connected to Suez

[eckhard]

Great idea nvubu!
Please keep posting these interesting videos.

[nvubu]

Not only airforce :ok:
https://youtu.be/olD4iMIAovk

https://youtu.be/qxtXDDShjGs

https://youtu.be/tsE9oCdSEEI

[treadigraph]

Great idea, perhaps this could be made sticky?

[nvubu]

oooooooooooooooooo!!!! yes please :)

[nvubu]

https://youtu.be/Iklskql58yM

[nvubu]

https://youtu.be/n-vkicKiZg4

https://youtu.be/67L0jckhGFo

[bsmasher]

Another carrier landing film I don't think I've seen in the list above. https://youtu.be/CfzQwAbz9F4

[ricardian]

Outposts of Empire - RAF Luqa

[nvubu]

https://youtu.be/8aWI41Ak99w

[RedhillPhil]

How it was in Aden.

https://youtu.be/zuXeo3CELeg?t=3

[zetec2]

Wot no Argosy ?.

[Four Wings]

Locally Argosies could only go into Riyan.
Not to decry the RAF, but Aden Airways DC3s could show them a thing or two.
I was a commercial civilian there 64-67 and travelled widely. I've got 35 ninutes of silent film now on dvd with several aerial shots from DC3s. Must learn how to put it on Youtube.
The shots of Thumeir brought a wry smile to me - I used to drive by the wire in an Arab Land Rover on the way up to Dhala.

[jindabyne]

Thanks for that Phil. Very nostalgic and hitherto unseen.

Don't know what you infer about the Aden Airways DC3s versus the Argosy, Wings? Other than their hosties were very tasty - one of my squadron mates married one.

[nvubu]

https://youtu.be/8DdUwIhI-ZA

[treadigraph]

Found this lengthy and rather delightful compilation of Tiger Club cine films from the 50s/60s/70s which has recently been uploaded to YouTube - well worth a gentle peruse when you have some time to spare. Several well known faces lurking within!

https://youtu.be/fmm7r4kqcLk

[sycamore]

Great find,Treadders...even Michael J in suit and tie; must`ve been for the DoE`s visit to fly the Turbulent...few names,faces,`old flames`...just how `lightweight` airshows were/should be.....any idea of what the background music is...? can`t find a credit for it...

[nvubu]

Been on YouTube for a while, but is new to me.
https://youtu.be/UTs3KtFX-jw

[India Four Two]

I have just found this great video on the Beaver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2hZe9ToaEI

As a follow-up, without wishing to appear too immodest, here's my attempt at a Beaver video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txeze3dnioE

[nvubu]

Nice way of spending a couple of hours while under lock down.

https://youtu.be/ppv3NUDqdNI

https://youtu.be/3N5a2WGHu5Y

[treadigraph]

Here's another little gem to take the edge of Lockdown...

Destined To Fly - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Movie

[nvubu]

I can see this thread might get rather lengthy over the next few weeks
https://youtu.be/RW1dmmJhIjA

[India Four Two]

Excellent find, nvubu. I'm watching it now.

At about 11:00, I noticed that as the Sunderland skipper increased power, the mixture controls moved automatically.

The Wikipedia page is worth reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Command_(film)

The participants in the film were active RAF officers, NCOs and aircrew, and RN officers. The film featured pilot Roger Hunter and Flight Sergeant Charles Norman Lewis. On 25 August 1942, Lewis was killed on a flight that Prince George, Duke of Kent was undertaking as a morale-boosting mission to Iceland.

[nvubu]

I did wonder about the control movement - thanks for the explanation.

[nvubu]

Huge apology in advance. I'be just been furloughed due the the Wuhan virus, so I have the same amount of time on my hands now as dook has :)

There maybe quite a few videos posted here during this period. :ok:

https://youtu.be/84PsPV8s0Xg

[India Four Two]

I've just watched in its entirety (1h38) this wonderful 1991 video on Jack Northrop's flying wings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkhziQF0AiI

At 27:45 there are some shots of the N-9MB being restored for Planes of Fame. I was lucky enough to see this amazing aircraft at Chino in 2015, in the same hangar as the Bell YP-59A Airacomet, which was being restored for flight.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/n_9mb_flying_wing_img_2857_northrop_xb_34_185f2260e6ac6c0315 51c9103bfe7c6a39c5f48e.jpg

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/n_9mb_flying_wing_img_2859_eef9562365cf207c6ff3634320e9ec874 123b329.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/n_9mb_flying_wing_img_2860_6f9a9d3e49421dd5b181ed819f26d4c32 9e391af.jpg

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/img_2863_yp_59a_airacomet_cb755007b3eb2dfccd515d0d93a2cd3dfe 0634ca.jpg


Here is a nice video of the N-9MB flying at Chino:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSf5TX_FcBw

Unfortunately it crashed in 2019:
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/620780-northrop-flying-wing-n-9m-down-22-04-2019-a.html

[treadigraph]

B-36s at Lakenheath...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3AG-JsjoyA

[ICT_SLB]

The Forces network just came out with "A Tour of the RAF's Top 10 Planes". Each one has an embedded video on the subject aircraft as well as an illustrated potted history.
https://www.forces.net/toptenplanes

[treadigraph]

More aerobatics - Lockheed Trophy, I think '65. Ladi Bezak's Zlin, Bob Winter's Stampe and John Blake's moustache defying gravity!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpIs0Si1R7M

[treadigraph]

And even more aerobatics - John Edwards' superb documentary about David Perrin: "Man in the Sky"...

https://www.bridgemanimages.co.uk/en/asset/693985/summary

[nvubu]

Not a historical video as such, as it has been created today.
https://youtu.be/2j-SCVwzrGE

[treadigraph]

Not a video but a fascinating personal collection of (mostly) historic aircraft and wrecks in the '60/70/80s - one or two well known personalities from the past make occasional appearances!

Flickr album (https://flic.kr/s/aHsiVna2Sp)

[nvubu]

Slightly different subject than the usual
https://youtu.be/hagQ3CP6mOs

[nvubu]

https://youtu.be/MiJCd25FyHE

[nvubu]

Really interesting video about the RAF in the 1930s.

Had fun trying to work out the orientation of the aerial shots of RAF Henlow - the athletics track threw me - and I struggled to identify the aircraft at 29 minutes - Vickers Type 264 Valentia

https://youtu.be/Etv0h22lCXI

[treadigraph]

Steve Hinton has recently been test flying a Bearcat after 12 year rebuild and talks about the process.

The aircraft is N3025 which was flown by Elmer Ward in Al Williams' Gulfhawk 4 colours until badly damaged at Oshkosh in 1993 during a forced landing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtewKHbYTNU

[treadigraph]

Lockheed Constitution - rather interesting landing at around 2:45!

https://youtu.be/-Ss9ZyidjlI

[nvubu]

https://youtu.be/i86U0_7ZocU

[nvubu]

I enjoyed this
https://youtu.be/zVhHCMewvgI

[nvubu]

https://youtu.be/roQOcqAlY5M

[India Four Two]

nvubu,

Very interesting video with what must be the world's worst commentary! It took me back to my youth, watching the Superfreighters of Silver City Airways at Lydd. I was also reminded of the last time I saw a Bristol Freighter in the air. One appeared head-on to me, on a day when even Special VFR would have been a joke, on a LH (wrong side) downwind for 34 at Calgary. I presume it was a HawkAir aircraft. At the time, I didn't know there were any in Canada.

Back to the commentary, I couldn't imagine how the narrator could read it, without laughing. Then when the credits rolled, I discovered he wrote it! :E

[Watson1963]

Great film about design, development and flying the Tucano. English subtitles .. 1h 44m long!
https://youtu.be/5cuPfRQdB7M

[treadigraph]

Short video about recovering the B-29 now at March AFB from NAS China Lake in 1976 - and at least two more have been recovered subsequently!

(Shame about the dubbed Twin Beech take off noise!)

https://youtu.be/G3_IkHkhYWw

[nvubu]

Another interesting, slightly different, video.

https://youtu.be/NSTURX1MW_Y

[treadigraph]

Saw this on WIX - moving a Starliner through NYC - it's now complete and acting as a cocktail bar atop the TWA hotel at JFK (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@40.6457721,-73.7752568,87a,35y,270.23h,58.18t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)...

https://youtu.be/SNDmGVmuodM

[treadigraph]

Those Magnificent Men behind the scenes stills - don't think we had this before...

https://youtu.be/RxUUSrXM6Gk

[Watson1963]

YouTube channel "Warbirds and weather vintage cine films" has period cine films of Strathallan aircraft, including the Comet after it's bumpy landing, one of the airshows, as well as the Vulcan arriving at East Fortune in 1984.

This one shows the Lanc at Glasgow, waiting for favourable winds down the runway at Strathallan, and then shows Dick R with the ac after arriving.

I'm transported back to a museum I visited only a few times, but made a huge impression on me.
​​​Big thanks to the uploader!

https://youtu.be/0W4fBDD5qMU

[treadigraph]

Interview with Pete Kynsey - how did I know what his favourite warbird would be? :) Oh and some other bits which are fun...

https://youtu.be/FdsT19VBvsc

[India Four Two]

I've just stumbled on this very interesting video about the CF-104:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxDVehIAK6Y

There are a lot of excellent shots of its predecessors. I've never seen so many Clunks!

I was a bit disappointed about the politically correct use of SI for the performance figures!

The last time I saw a 104 flying, in the mid-70s, we were "almost formating". The 104 was doing circuits at Cold Lake, approaching at ~170 kts. I was being checked out in a Motorfalke, approaching the parallel taxiway at 50 kts!

[A681001]

Quite a interesting video , I have never heard of it before
https://youtu.be/modz_TTRefI

[treadigraph]

Wow! Of personal interest to me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfoSYwK4MY

[treadigraph]

Like this... Ostend looks like a Soviet outpost as well! Ah watch on Youtoob - ok...

https://youtu.be/x61O3rhrzf4

[sycamore]

Must be an ex-Ryanair captain...but neat ...

[treadigraph]

https://youtu.be/fNARldix-mg

Interesting video of the World Gliding Championships at Camphill in 1954 - wondered if I might spot one person that I knew who was involved, but quite surprised to see somebody who looks rather like my dad assisting with Lorne and Ann Welch's T-42. Could it be...? I know he knew Ann Welch and I know he was flying with the Cornwall GC at Perranporth in the '60s but no idea when he started gliding; he may have been in the Air Cadets in the late '40s...

[eckhard]

A veritable frenzy of flat caps, Sutton harnesses and cigarettes!

[TerryCob]

galileo


tesla


newton


some serious badass scientists.


Caesar and Marius from rome.


and my all time favorite, historical event has to be the Battle of Thermopylae

[treadigraph]

I have to say, this video of the Connie departing Camarillo for a long term future at Chino includes the best sound of a multi-engined radial aircraft passing overhead that I've found so far; so evocative of hearing such aeroplanes occasionally when they still earned a living in these 50, 40 or even only 20 years ago.

https://youtu.be/Sx-t8SFLifQ?si=E-SFz04uL78nfbp7&t=479

[Bergerie1]

Tready, Wouldk you just type out the link because I find PROONE no longer shows me videos. Thanks!!

[treadigraph]

Does this work for you?

https://shorturl.at/ovBD9

[brakedwell]

While standing underneath a Shackleton, I took these two photos at Lajes Field in 1957!





https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1752x1133/c118_59b59772abb37db5d2922ac43fa497d0767bb340.jpeg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1712x1035/mats_c121_7bbeb3ce29e624e021e528ca58fcfeb317ac88d4.jpeg

[A681001]

nice little DC3 documentary old and modern
https://youtu.be/lZoLn3cO93c?si=b9Q8KTtGgCUqc-Nq

[treadigraph]

Interesting... this Thunderbirds film just popped up, was rather taken by the Tiger Moth sequence starting at around 13 minutes - combination of model and real life use of G-ANFM, a picture of which appeared in Alan Bramson's Tiger Moth Story "painted in a garish scheme for a film" or some such caption! Now I know!

https://youtu.be/q7krq0s3fwo?si=xau1fl9aWts_OeCv&t=775

Blimey - Tiger was flown by Joan Hughes and wound up with an unsuccessful prosecution:
The fictional M104 motorway was represented by the then-unfinished M40.The Tiger Moth's near-miss with the bridge was filmed between Junctions 4 and 5 at Lane End on the High Wycombe Bypass. Before this sequence was filmed, the Ministry of Transport and local police had told the crew that for the stunt to be performed legally the plane's wheels had to remain in contact with the ground while it passed under the bridge. During one of the takes, a crosswind sprang up and the drag from the dummies caused Hughes to fear that she would lose control if the plane connected with the motorway. She therefore stayed airborne, clearing the bridge by nine feet (2.7 m) as originally intended. During another take, the continuing crosswind necessitated another glide, angering the Ministry of Transport official who was supervising the shoot and leading to the arrests of Hughes and Foster.

Hughes was charged with seven counts of dangerous flying and Foster with three of aiding and abetting. However, their trial at Aylesbury Crown Court did not take place until March 1968, by which time production had ended. After a two-day hearing, during which the jury viewed the finished film, the defendants were found not guilty. Commenting on his acquittal, which was reported in the Daily Express with the headline "Under The Bridge Goes Lady Penelope", Foster said that the incident had "opened the way for much greater realism in filmmaking." Hughes remarked that the stunt marked the first time in her career that she had been afraid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_6