RAF 50th Anniversary And Variety Club Luncheon Aka Tribute To The Raf (1968)

No title. Tribute to RAF (Royal Air Force) on 50th anniversary and Variety Club Luncheon. Part library compilation story. Aerial shots Red Arrows in flight. L/S group of pilots standing in front of squadron of Lighting fighter planes. L/S Lightning. C/U pilot adjusting helmet. Panning shot group of Lightnings fly past. Angle shot entrance to Savoy Hotel, London. L/S of reception. M/S Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) talking to Fred Pontin (holiday camp owner) and Nat Cohen (film producer). C/U Duke. M/S Lord Louis Mountbatten talking with Sir Billy Butlin (holiday camp owner). C/U Dr. Barnes Wallis - inventor of Dam Buster’s bouncing bomb. M/S comedian Jimmy Edwards. M/S war hero Group Captain Leonard Cheshire. C/U ditto. M/S war hero / test pilot for De Havilland, Neville Duke . C/U Neville Duke. L/S lunch in progress. Panning shot VC10 of the RAF Transport Command taking off. Sequence of library footage: Wright Brother’s aeroplane takes off, Royal Flying Corps pilots, ground c
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