John B (Sc) Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hi. A couple of days ago I came across a short piece of film showing air activity on a Royal Navy carrier during the Suez campaign of 1956. It showed Seahawks & Wyverns being armed and launched, plus some shots of both types landing and a Venom all weather fighter landing wheels up. The Seahawks in particular had obvious gun blast staining . I found it when opening up Facebook to check on comments from my kids - about all I use Facebook for apart from browsing occasional aviation magazine information. I don't know where it came from, nor how to get back to it - it seemed to have been loaded up by a Russian or Eastern European site, possibly a kit manufacturer. Looked to be an official record or Min istry of Information film. Has anyone else seen it and does anyone know how I could find that film clip again. I'm not all expert with Facebook! Any help or guidance would be appreciated. John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wow! Sounds great. I don't use FB, but would certainly like to see that footage, if someone can provide the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 John, there is an Aircraft Carriers of the Royal Navy FB group, a closed group, of which I am a member. You might check there, as a bunch of videos have been posted in the last week or so (that I haven't kept up with...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 12 hours ago, Paul Bradley said: John, there is an Aircraft Carriers of the Royal Navy FB group, a closed group, of which I am a member. You might check there, as a bunch of videos have been posted in the last week or so (that I haven't kept up with...) Thanks Paul. I shall check that one out - very useful to know about since naval aviation is a strong interest, way back to the happy days of RN Fulmar & Navy Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 There are some stills in the Imperial War Museum online collection. Video is not available on line however.. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193077 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Found it! It appears to be an OWM film clip,though OI haven't yet found that on the IWM site. I'd quite like to have a download of this, so if anyone knows where that can be found, super. I shall try asking the Russian Model Shop which uploaded it, but I don't speak or write any Russian! John B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 And for anyone else interested, I have now found this longer film at the IWM website - https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/1742 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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