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BRITAIN FROM ABOVETHE AEROFILMS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION 1919-1953
Local Study Group South
FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), Wembley Park, London, 27 April 1935
Great Western Railway Works, Swindon, May 1920
St Paul's Cathedral, London, March 1921
The Corporation flats, Collyhurst, Manchester, 4 June 1939
Flooding at Jaywick Sands, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, 2 February 1953
Hitchin Gasometer, North Herefordshire, 2 February 1949
The Pier and White Rock Pavilion, Hastings, East Sussex, 25 May 1931
Sandford Park Lido, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 31 May 1947
Construction of the main runway at Bristol Filton Airport, Gloucestershire, 10 April 1947
Derby Day traffic jam, Fir Tree Road, Banstead, Surrey, 23 June 1923
£246,750
in 2007
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
Britain from Above : CONSERVATION
• A preservation programme to conserve, digitise and catalogue 95,000 negatives
Britain from Above : DIGITISATION
BEFORE AFTER
• A preservation programme to conserve, digitise and catalogue 95,000 negatives
Britain from Above : CATALOGUING
• A preservation programme to conserve, digitise and catalogue 95,000 negatives
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.
Britain from Above : COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Britain from Above : COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Britain from Above : COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock, 1935
Britain from Above : EXHIBITIONS
Britain from Above : EXHIBITIONS
St James's Park and Whitehall, Westminster, from the south-west, 1921
St James's Park and Whitehall, Westminster, from the south-west, 1921
Farming land, unidentified location, 11 August 1947
For general enquiries about the project, or to join our mailing list:
Beata BradfordBritain from Above Activity Team Leader
BRITAIN FROM ABOVETHE AEROFILMS PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION 1919-1953