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I've been after seeing that again for nigh on 50 years - having first watched it on an a B&W telly c.1967. I enjoyed seeing some of the cars almost as much as the aircraft - thanks a million for the link.
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For those interested in some more historic Swift footage ... unfortunately the full 1952 film entitled "The Sound Barrier" isn't readily available on the Web but there are a few clips. Apparently there are still a few DVD's available 
The fictitious Prometheus jet aircraft that appears in the film was one of the prototypes of the Supermarine Swift VV119.
I remember first seeing the film as a young lad ... surprisingly the Call Sign "Glass Jar One Zero" has stuck in my memory all this time
Clip 1 - Asian Sub-Titles
Clip 2 - Film Extract
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The fictitious Prometheus jet aircraft that appears in the film was one of the prototypes of the Supermarine Swift VV119.
I remember first seeing the film as a young lad ... surprisingly the Call Sign "Glass Jar One Zero" has stuck in my memory all this time
Clip 1 - Asian Sub-Titles
Clip 2 - Film Extract
Best ...
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There are certain 'large amount of fast moving water' like files that can be downloaded from a particular 'bay of pirates', or similar websites, that might enable the viewing of the entire Breaking the Sound Barrier film, after a short waiting period.
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I enjoyed seeing some of the cars almost as much as the aircraft - thanks a million for the link.
The film itself is total tosh, of course, but I'm with everyone else in that the flying sequences make it a must to see
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I see that the music selection for the 1957 graduation at Cranditz was pretty much the same as it was in 1985.
Oddly enough, the parade was filmed in front of the new college, which is where we passed out too, as old was being re-furbished at the time
Oddly enough, the parade was filmed in front of the new college, which is where we passed out too, as old was being re-furbished at the time
....and a Ford 100E Popular, like my old man's (a bit downmarket from Beags' dad's Ford). As for the music, I think I saw a credit for Eric Coates of Dambusters theme fame.
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Tankertrashnav, (your #26)
Fairly certain you're right. It was a Singer 9 "Le Mans" - the "poor man's MG "T" type" - (it was £20-30 cheaper, pre-war, and so no match for the MG as a bird-puller).
Cowering away in the far corner is what looks suspiciously one like my old '31 Standard "Big Nine", a wreck which cost me £160 in 1946, which is pretty well what it cost new fifteen years before.
Happy days !
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Fairly certain you're right. It was a Singer 9 "Le Mans" - the "poor man's MG "T" type" - (it was £20-30 cheaper, pre-war, and so no match for the MG as a bird-puller).
Cowering away in the far corner is what looks suspiciously one like my old '31 Standard "Big Nine", a wreck which cost me £160 in 1946, which is pretty well what it cost new fifteen years before.
Happy days !
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Just think what the 1960s contents of the hangar that was the cadets' garage would be worth in the historic car trade now. The Mercedes Cabrio (Istr B H's car) would be worth a shed load of money just as a film prop
...and a Ford 100E Popular, like my old man's (a bit downmarket from Beags' dad's Ford).
In 1959, we had a family holiday in Brittany (and yes, the sun always shone in those days). We drove there in our 100E Anglia and had a nice time, except that some of the other families were a bit snooty. One night my father told one of them that he was fed up with the ferry people overcharging (they based their fees on car length), so he'd decided to leave the Zephyr in the garage and take the Anglia instead. That changed everything - as a 'two car family', suddenly we were royalty to the materialistic small minds of those who'd been so unpleasant.... But the little Anglebox did OK; 10 years later I had it at Cranwell when I was a Flt Cdt, but it was getting very tired - and eventually went for the princely sum of £15 in 1972.
The first time I saw 'High Flight' was during my flying scholarship at Cranfield in 1968. Four of us were accommodated at a B&B in De Parys Avenue, Bedford; the food was terrible and the landlady was so mean that the little B&W TV had a coin-in-the-slot gizmo attached, so that we had to keep feeding it with sixpences in order to see the whole film!
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East Anglian Film Archive
For anyone who does not know about the East Anglian Film Archive have a look at this link - one of several films about Coltishall on the site. They don’t make films like this any more!
East Anglian Film Archive: Battle Formation: The Story of the Royal Air Force Coltishall, 1959
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East Anglian Film Archive: Battle Formation: The Story of the Royal Air Force Coltishall, 1959
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ISTR the singleton Vampire flying sequences in High Flight were flown by one Flt Lt Nigel P***e. He was the unit display pilot and used to turn downwind at the end of a display, roll inverted and put the undercariage down' or up' whichever way you looked at it. Completed another half roll as he turned finals'. The Vampire FB6/9 had a propensity to flick' so he was either very brave or very skilled. Some of the sequences were done at the RLG at Fulbeck.
Aah, Fulbeck, scene of my "first solo" in a JP. Metters RIP - you were a bl@@dy good instructor, and a "creamie" too.
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I saw "High Flight" with Haraka snr. as a kid when it came out. If you think that was awful - try sitting through "Tiger in the Sky", which came out around the same time.
As a child for me there were two types of film; those involving aeroplanes and those I wasn't allowed to see.
So roll on "No Sleep Till Dawn", "The Man in the Sky", "Reach for the Sky", "Wings of Eagles", "One Man Mutiny", "The Spirit of St Louis"," Conflict of Wings", "Blitz on Britain", " Sink the Bismark", " The One That Got Away", "The Dam Busters" etc. as markers of those simple days of yore.
As a child for me there were two types of film; those involving aeroplanes and those I wasn't allowed to see.
So roll on "No Sleep Till Dawn", "The Man in the Sky", "Reach for the Sky", "Wings of Eagles", "One Man Mutiny", "The Spirit of St Louis"," Conflict of Wings", "Blitz on Britain", " Sink the Bismark", " The One That Got Away", "The Dam Busters" etc. as markers of those simple days of yore.
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Haraka ... You've surely got to include "first of the Few" in that list
aka "Spitfire" in the US ...
aka "Spitfire" in the US ...
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