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. M/S Marshall of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris (aka Bomber Harris) on the right talking to another officer. C/U ditto. L/S Hawker Hart built in 1930. C/U gun on Hart. L/S Lancaster Bomber. Angle shot gun turret. C/U Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb (Dam Busters). M/S Barnes Wallis talking to Flight Lieutenant Learoyd. • • C/U bomb insignia on plane. L/S parade lined up in front of Vulcan Bombers. C/U flag. L/S the parade being inspected by Sir Wallace Kyle. M/S ditto. M/S the parade, with the Bomber Command pennant flying. C/U the pennant. Panning shot Victor Bomber flies past. Panning shot Canberra bomber flying past. Panning shot Lancaster Bomber taking off. L/S Bomber Command pennant being lowered. Panning shot as the Strike Command pennant is about to be unfurled. Angle shot as two Vulcan jets fly over. L/S RAF officers saluting new pennant. C/U the new Strike Command pennant. M/S march past. C/U flag in march past. L/S ditto. • • Note: there is another similar story to this one in 68/36 - please see record for Fighter Command , film id 2057.14. • FILM ID:2057.15 • A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ • FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ • British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

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