The Royal Air Force in the 1980s: The Definitive Short Films Collection (2013)
390 minutes
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- Synopsis:
Presented in chronological order, these training, information, recruitment and instructional films give an unprecedented and in-depth insight into the breadth of RAF operations and squadrons during the 1980s a decade of immense change - providing an insight into the final years of the tense cold war and its era defining scrambles and intercepts . The films feature the full array of contemporaneous RAF aircraft such as the Nimrod, Harrier, Phantom, Hawk, Hercules, VC-10, Jaguar and Tornado. Films Included are :- DISC ONE : 1980 to 1986 RAF Watchdogs (1980, 24 mins) / Flying Low In A Hawk (1980, 3 mins) / Nimrod Attack (1981, 2 mins) / RAF Police (1982, 6 mins) / Fighter Pit-Stop (1982, 2 mins) / RAF Intercept (1982, 25 mins) / RAF Engineering (1983, 25 mins) / Distractions (1984, 30 mins) / Operation Intercept (1984, 29 mins) / Talkdown (1985, 10 mins) / Aircraft Structural Integrity (1986, 27 mins) / Tornado (1986, 29 mins) DISC TWO : 1987 to 1989 AND BONUS FEATURE - RAF Recruitment TV Adverts Of The Early 80s (4 mins) - Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest