Title:RAF WADDINGTON - HOME OF THE SENTRY [Main Title]
Film Number:BFE 453
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Profile of the E3D Sentry airborne early warning aircraft and its base at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.
Description: I. Sequence set to music showing general views of several Sentry aircraft on the tarmac at RAF Waddington, interior of maintenance hangar, and also take-offs and landings.
II. "Video Rushes". This section consists of unedited/roughly edited footage (with live sound) showing aspects of Sentry operations. Sentry on apron: close ups of eagle crest (23 Squadron) on tailplane and of rotodome. Maintenance on Sentry aircraft (engine nacelles covered). Taxiing and take-off. Shots of landing from flight deck. Air-to-ground shot of English countryside (distinctive shadow of Sentry can be seen on the landscape). Aircrew at work.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
