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The Aerofilms Collection embodies all that is exciting about aerial photography - including historic shots of well known British landmarks taken at exceptionally low altitudesProvides an unparalleled perspective on rapid changes to the social architectural and industrial fabric of Britain in the first half of the 20th centuryAerofilms was acquired for the nation in 2007 - many rare and fragile glass negatives and prints have been saved digitised and preserved after a painstaking process of conservation and cataloguingAerofilms Ltd was born on 9 May 1919. An unprecedented business venture it hoped to marry the still fledgling technology of powered flight to the discipline of photography. Its founders were Claude Grahame-White an internationally-famous English aviation pioneer and Francis Lewis Wills a trained architect who had flown as an observer for the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. Together they embarked on a distinctively British tale of derring-do. From developing photographic glass plates in a hotel bathroom at the London Flying Club in Hendon to producing many thousands of aerial images every year they took a tool which had first been used for military intelligence and repackaged it for the mass market.As a result Aerofims lived through and recorded one of the most tumultuous periods in British history. After surviving the worldwide economic crash of the Great Depression in the 1930s and serving their country at the direct request of Winston Churchill during the Second World War they were still on hand to help shape the Britain of the future capturing the major reconstruction projects of the 1940s and 50s.Aerofilms: A History of Britain From Above draws on thousands of images including many that are rare or previously unseen to present a vivid picture of the nation in the first half of the twentieth century. Following the company's enigmatic founders daredevil pilots skilled photographers and innovative advertisers it explores how they manufactured and sold a potent sense of place and identity to the British people. The story of Aerofilms - the men and women behind the company and the photographs that they produced - is a story of innovation entrepreneurial spirit war marketing and the making of 'Brand Britain;.Publish Date: February 2014 Extent: 224pp 200 illustrations ContentsIntroductionMagnificent Men in their Flying Machines 1919-1929Wot No Depression? 1930-1936Eyes in the Sky 1937-1945Brand Britain 1946-1953EpilogueAbout the AuthorsJames Crawford is RCAHMS Communications Managerand has previously worked as a literary agent journalistand editor.Katy Whitaker is cataloguing team leader at English Heritageand an expert on the history of the Aerofilms Collection.Allan Williams is curator of the National Collection of AerialPhotography held at RCAHMS Edinburg

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