Aviation Archive Registration Acknowledgements
BAC 100: 2010. Join in the Celebrations of 100 Years of Aviation in the West of England. Aviation image sequence: Photograph of the Bristol Flying School at Larkhill by T L Fuller © J T Fuller. Mercury engine installation diagram, courtesy of BAC/Rolls-Royce. Selection of old postcards from the collection of Jackie Sims. Photograph of A380 over Clifton Suspension Bridge courtesy of Airbus SAS 2006. Computer generated image of A350 XWB courtesy of Airbus. Artist's impressions of main exhibition by Simon Gurr. Sir George White (Airbus).
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Film Clips

This section provides links to a variety of film clips, some rarely seen by the general public and some newly digitised.

Our thanks to the Video Archive Team at Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Patchway for their help in compiling some of this material. None of this film material may be copied and re-used without the permission of the copyright holders.

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Extract from ‘Civil Aircraft Jet Propulsion’
Added: 19 February 2010

This extract explains the changes in passenger travel in the jet age and refers to the rivalry between Concorde (the fastest airliner) and the Boeing 747 (the biggest). The film is © Image Resources, 2000 and was produced by the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. [04:42 mins, 19.7MB]

Extract from 'Executive Report'
Extract from 'Executive Report'
03:13 mins, 18.9MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010		   Extract from 'Brave Class: fast boats'
Extract from 'Brave Class: fast boats'
02:32 mins, 15MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010

   Frank Whittle visit
Frank Whittle visit
01:59 mins, 11.8MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010
         
Assembly of a cylinder
Assembly of a cylinder
01:37 mins, 8.1MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010		   Removal and renewal of push rod lower ends
Removal and renewal of push rod lower ends
02:11 mins, 10.5MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010

   Removal of piston rings
Removal of piston rings
01:01 mins, 6.1MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010
         
Extract 5 from 'Take Care of Them'
Extract 5 from 'Take Care of Them'
01:25 mins, 6.9MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010		   Extract 4 from 'Take Care of Them'
Extract 4 from 'Take Care of Them'
01:56 mins, 11.6MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010

   Extract 3 from 'Take Care of Them'
Extract 3 from 'Take Care of Them'
01:58 mins, 11.6MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010
         
Extract 4 from 'History of Bristol Aircraft'
Extract 4 from 'History of Bristol Aircraft'
01:05 mins, 6.3MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010		   Extract 3 from 'History of Bristol Aircraft'
Extract 3 from 'History of Bristol Aircraft'
01:50 mins, 10.8MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010

   Extract from 'Concorde Comes Home'
Extract from 'Concorde Comes Home'
03:53 mins, 22.5MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010
         
Bristol Siddeley BS75 on test bed
Bristol Siddeley BS75 on test bed
01:53 mins, 11.2MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010

   Pegasus and V/STOL
Pegasus and V/STOL
02:31 mins, 14.8MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010		   Blenheims and Beaufighters
Blenheims and Beaufighters
02:21 mins, 13.9MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010
         
Brabazon's Maiden Flight, 1949
Brabazon's Maiden Flight, 1949
03:14 mins, 19.1MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010		   Aerial Footage of Filton, 1918
Aerial Footage of Filton, 1918
02:01 mins, 12MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010

   Bristol Siddeley BS75 on test bed
TSR2 on the runway
00:49 mins, 4.9MB
Added: 29 Sept 2010
         
Concorde 216 comes home
Concorde 216 comes home
01:36 mins, 9MB
Added: 17 June 2010
   Maiden flight of A400M
Maiden flight of A400M
01:42 mins, 7.5MB
Added: 17 June 2010		   Extract from the adventure serial Lieutenant Daring and the Plans of the Mine Fields (1912)
Extract from the adventure serial Lieutenant Daring and the Plans of the Mine Fields (1912)
03:23 mins, 19MB
Added: 17 June 2010
         
Bristol Siddeley workers
Extract from footage of Type 188 tests
00:50 mins, 5.0MB
Added: 23 April 2010

   Bristol Siddeley workers
Bristol Siddeley workers
00:58 mins, 5.7MB
Added: 23 April 2010		   Extract from film about Bristol Freighter
Extract from film about Bristol Freighter
01:18 mins, 7.8MB
Added: 23 April 2010
         
Clips of Bristol Fighter (c 1917) and Bristol Brownie (c 1924)
Clips of Bristol Fighter (c 1917)
and Bristol Brownie (c 1924)
00:56 mins, 5.5MB
Added: 23 April 2010

   Extract from footage of Braemar tests
Extract from footage of Braemar tests
02:26 mins, 14.4MB
Added: 23 April 2010		   Extract from ‘Boxkite to Concorde’
Extract from ‘Boxkite to Concorde’
01:36 mins, 8.1MB
Added: 19 Feb 2010
         
Extract 2 from ‘History of Bristol Aircraft’
Extract 2 from ‘History of Bristol Aircraft’
03:53 mins, 21.7MB
Added: 19 Feb 2010

   Extract 1 from ‘History of Bristol Aircraft’
Extract 1 from ‘History of Bristol Aircraft’
01:34 mins, 9MB
Added: 19 Feb 2010		   Extract 2 from ‘Take Care of Them’
Extract 2 from ‘Take Care of Them’
01:22 mins, 6.5MB
Added: 19 Feb 2010
         
Extract 1 from ‘Take Care of Them’
Extract 1 from ‘Take Care of Them’
03:15 mins, 17.7MB
Added: 19 Feb 2010

   Assembly of Piston and Gudgeon Pin
Assembly of Piston and Gudgeon Pin
01:54 mins, 10.7MB
Added: 19 Feb 2010		   Extract from ‘Civil Aircraft Jet Propulsion’
Extract from ‘Civil Aircraft Jet Propulsion’
04:42 mins, 19.7MB
Added: 19 Feb 2010
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BAC 100 has received funding through South West Screen from the UK Film Council's Digital Film Archive Fund to make film of West of England aviation accessible for viewing via the website and at the exhibition at Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery.
1st Take
1st Take, based in Yate, has produced a series of historical and special interest aviation DVDs including Britannia Tragedy, Brabazon: The Beautiful Dream and Bristol Aircraft – A Century of Flight. Visit their website for details.

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