IBM computer room of staff sergeant. Royal Air Force sergeant at desk. Squadron leader instructing from the rear. Sergeant in discussion with an officer. IBM 729 tape drive in operation in background.
Lieutenant Colonel and civilian walking and talking. Officer entering door marked 'BMEWS OPERATION', past security guard. Interiors of BMEWS operation center where Lieutenant Colonel enters, talks with major at desk and personnel at controls.
IBM complex console at Fylingdales Moor BMEWS radar site. Technician leaving computer tape drives and going to printer, and lights flashing on console (MIPS room). Military personnel wearing parkas going past security guard and getting on train in tunnel.
Queen Elizabeth arrives at the Royal Ascot racecourse. Huge crowd watches the race. Race starts and horses race.
Second prototype of British Bristol turbo prop airliner lies in water after ditching when an engine exploded. Men attempt to pull the plane up the shore,to save it from tidal damage. Aircraft lies in a frozen mud bank. Finally a military tank is employed to pull the airplane out of the water..
Flight of Cierva C.8L autogiro (G-EBYY) from Croydon, United Kingdom to France, the first cross-channel flight by a rotating wing aircraft, on 18 Sep 1928. The pilot Juan de la Cierva and the editor of 'L Illustration' M Bouche stand near the 180 hp Lynx-powered autogiro. The men get into the autogiro. The pilot talks to spectators and photographers gathered around the autogiro. The autogiro takes off and is seen air-to-air over the channel. After the flight to St Inglevert, the autogiro later lands at Le Bourget airport, Paris (where it is now preserved at the Musee de l'Air). Men approach autogiro. The pilot sits on edge of cockpit of the autogiro.
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