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BRITAIN FROM ABOVE THE AEROFILMS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION 1919-1953 Local Study Group South

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BRITAIN FROM ABOVETHE AEROFILMS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION 1919-1953

Local Study Group South

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FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), Wembley Park, London, 27 April 1935

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Great Western Railway Works, Swindon, May 1920

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St Paul's Cathedral, London, March 1921

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The Corporation flats, Collyhurst, Manchester, 4 June 1939

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Flooding at Jaywick Sands, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, 2 February 1953

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Hitchin Gasometer, North Herefordshire, 2 February 1949

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The Pier and White Rock Pavilion, Hastings, East Sussex, 25 May 1931

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Sandford Park Lido, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 31 May 1947

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Construction of the main runway at Bristol Filton Airport, Gloucestershire, 10 April 1947

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Derby Day traffic jam, Fir Tree Road, Banstead, Surrey, 23 June 1923

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£246,750

in 2007

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Key aims of the project are:

• A preservation programme to conserve, digitise and catalogue 95,000 negatives

• Free online access to digital images via a dedicated website

• Virtual volunteering and outreach activities focused around the historic images

• A programme of exhibitions to celebrate the project and promote the Collection

• A publication telling the Aerofilms story to tie in with the exhibitions programme.

Britain from Above: The Aerofilms Photographic Collection 1919 to 1953

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Britain from Above : CONSERVATION

• A preservation programme to conserve, digitise and catalogue 95,000 negatives

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Britain from Above : DIGITISATION

BEFORE AFTER

• A preservation programme to conserve, digitise and catalogue 95,000 negatives

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Britain from Above : CATALOGUING

• A preservation programme to conserve, digitise and catalogue 95,000 negatives

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Britain from Above : ACTIVITIES

• Virtual volunteering and outreach activities focussed around the historic images

• A programme of exhibitions to celebrate the project and promote the Collection

• A publication telling the Aerofilms story to tie in with the exhibitions programme.

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Britain from Above : COMMUNITY PROJECTS

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Britain from Above : COMMUNITY PROJECTS

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Britain from Above : COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock, 1935

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Britain from Above : EXHIBITIONS

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Britain from Above : EXHIBITIONS

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St James's Park and Whitehall, Westminster, from the south-west, 1921

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St James's Park and Whitehall, Westminster, from the south-west, 1921

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Farming land, unidentified location, 11 August 1947

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For general enquiries about the project, or to join our mailing list:

[email protected]

Beata BradfordBritain from Above Activity Team Leader

[email protected]

BRITAIN FROM ABOVETHE AEROFILMS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION 1919-1953