Summary: Film impression of the training of an RAF cadet as an electronics technician.
Description: Cadet 'Winston' is shown passing through recruit training and serving at RAF Akrotiri. His personal life is featured in some detail. At Akrotiri base, air control radar breaks down during an emergency landing by a Canberra. Winston rapidly repairs it. The approval of his superiors denotes his new maturity. He has come to realise the raison d'etre of the technician: "Keep the hardware in the skies."
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Central Office of Information (Production company)
Air Ministry (Production company)
Graham, Sean (Production individual)
Ashwood, Terry (Production individual)
Graham, Sean (Production individual)
Lutyens, Elisabeth1906-07-091983-04-14'LUTYENS, (Agnes) Elisabeth (Mrs Edward Clark)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U166564, accessed 23 June 2011]
(Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, cadets (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: English Electric Canberra B1 (object name)
operations, British air - routine (object name)
society, British air - domestic (object name)
training, British air - specialist: electronics technician (object name)
Greece & Akrotiri, Crete <RAF Station> (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1905 ft; Running time: 21 mins
