The Royal Air Force: Coastal Command 1936-1969 (2014)
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Films Include - Coastal Command (1942, 70 mins) Real wartime pilots re-enact dangerous wartime sorties in a classic drama documentary capturing the role of Coastal Command in protecting the nation s sea lanes. Fighting Tactics For Coastal Command (1942, 10 mins) Methods for pilots to employ to evade attack from enemy fighter planes. Aircraft Recognition : The Sunderland (1942, 6 mins) Wartime pilots training film. Survey Of Coastal Command Meteorological Squadron (1944, 4 mins) range meteorological survey flight. RAF Coastal Command (1944, 41 mins) Coastal Command s own retrospective on their War years and the tactics and strategies employed in countering the U-Boat threat and protecting supply convoys. Bomb Handling, Fuzing and Loading (1945, 19 mins) Detailed RAF training film for ground crews explaining the correct means of bombing up a Sunderland with U-Boat smashing 250lb depth-charges. Night And Day (1945, 16 mins) A profile of the wartime 311 Squadron of the Czechoslovak Air Force who, as part of RAF Coastal Command, hunted U-Boats in the Atlantic. Coastal Command (1961, 14 mins) -Explains Coastal Command s role within NATO with a special emphasis on their Shackleton operations out of Gibraltar and their contribution in the Christmas Island A-Bomb tests. Coastal Command 1936 1969 : A Service Overview (2008, 93 mins). - Studio:
- Essential Music
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- British TV, TV Documentaries