by Pathe News
Newsreel clip of a major UK air defence exercise in 1951. US aircraft
also took part. At the time it was the biggest post WWII air exercise.
The clip also shows the Royal Observer Corps at work, this is just prior
to their change to the nuclear monitoring and warning role.
Join the Royal Observer Corps
1977
Recruitment film
The Bomb Power Indicator and
Ground Zero Indicator
Originally made in 1991 as a recruiting film for the Royal
Observer Corps. The Corps was stood down the same year and
the film was not released in its intended form.
Royal Observer Corps Royal
Review 1991
The Royal Review of the Royal Observer Corps 25th July 1991 at RAF
Bentley Priory. The ROC was stood down in 1991 following a long history
of service to the nation. Two thousand members of the Corps attended the
Review, when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presented the Corps' new
colours.
