Fighter Command (1968)

No title. Fighter Command merges with Bomber Command to become Strike Command - reorganisation of the RAF. Closing ceremony of Fighter Command at RAF 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. Note: there is a similar story to this one which is also in 68/36. It is titled “Bomber Command“ and has film id . FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV.