FIGHTER COMMAND Fighter Command merges with Bomber Command; war heroes & fighters at closing ceremony.
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	Catalog #:	364711
	Clip Number:	364711-1
	Orginal Film:	68/36
	Timecode:
	Location:	Stanmore, Greater London
	Year Shot:	1968 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CEREMONIES: Military
	Description:	FIGHTER COMMAND Fighter Command merges with Bomber Command; war heroes & fighters at closing ceremony. Fighter Command merges with Bomber Command to become Strike Command - reorganisation of the RAF. Closing ceremony of Fighter Command at RAF Stanmore, Greater London. Stanmore, Greater London M/S RAF (Royal Air Force) airmen marching past camera. M/S WRAF (Women's Royal Air Force) marching past. L/S group of wartime pilots talking: Group Captain Douglas Bader, Stanford Tuck and Peter Townsend. C/U Bader, Townsend and another. L/S commander-in-chief Air Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier inspecting troops. C/U airman. C/U Air Marshal speaks to airman. Panning shot fly past of fighters. M/S Hurricane fighter plane. M/S Spitfire fighter plane. Panning shot the two wartime planes flying overhead. C/U Townsend, Tuck and another. M/S group of wartime pilots. M/S press photographers. M/S the group.

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