1973 RAF recruitment film illustrating roles available in the Royal Air Force
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Royal Air Force recruitment film film from 1973 covering various roles available and a brief overview of each.
Watch as an Avro Vulcan bomber lands at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, and is towed into a hangar for maintenance. Meanwhile, a second Vulcan is prepared and fueled up for its next mission. Follow the meticulous process as a WAAF officer drives a bus and a leaking oil tube is detected on the Vulcan. The WAAF requisitions a replacement part, and the quartermaster swiftly processes the paperwork to provide a new tube.
Experience the daily life at the base with scenes in the officers' mess and a WAAF officer processing leave applications. Get a glimpse into the map room, operations room, and air traffic control, where typists and computers are hard at work.
The action shifts to Akrotiri, where Vulcan crews prepare for flight, pack dinghies and parachutes, and pilots board their aircraft, ready to embark on their mission. The video culminates in a final montage, showcasing all the various personnel who played a crucial role in keeping the Vulcans operational.
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Was in Ground Radio @ Waddo , 1990-93. There were basic computer systems in places by then ( obviously state of the art then), I recognised a lot of the of the offices and buildings, strange to see the place as it was nearly 20 years before my time ( all pen and paper then) - especially Air traffic, where I spent a lot of time
👍 Excellent
Love these old military films. 👍
The Lancaster is PA474 that moved and Joined the BBMF at RAF Coltishall in Novemeber 1973
5:04 she's a doll!
I really enjoy these programs, seeing how things used to be. The Officer's Mess was pretty amazing to me; was it really like that, being served? Is it still like that?
It does show how much work and coordination is necessary for all Air Force's flights; it's not just jump in and go.
Yes the officer's mess was like that throughout the world can't speak for today they use deliveroo today or KFC probably.
@@bertiewooster3326 I’ve left seven years and the traditional idea of the Mess, both Officer’s and the WO/Sergeant’s Mess died at least 15 years before that.
Various reasons but quality for what you paid for was one reason.
Family life first was probably the greatest reason in the majority of cases.
I can't imagine too many people being inspired to join so they could sit by a hatch and carry a flight plan across the room.
Amazing how we were doing Before the Labour government and the middle East. We should never have been there our country would have been more powerful.
Another great video, blast from the past👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it
@@Hants_Prints 😊 Thanks
I was there...the cut glass accents could very quickly descend into building site exchanges..in the hangars the air was permanently blue, with the common yell," for F...'. sake!!" echoing round and round. The RAF then was a great place to be and the world was your oyster......now?
Thanks.
You're welcome
How many of the people in this film have been replaced by a computer? Half of them? More than that?
Yes but I've got a lovely fat pension!!
Much of the work is now done on computers, but we still used the analogue systems alongside for redundancy. An EMP could disable a computer network, but the plastic brain on the wall with all the chinagraph writing will still be able to provide you with the information required.
Too many berets being worn airfield.
rag spanner it!