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Hounslow, Heston, Isleworth; Middlesex England. During the war. War damage. Groups regiments; army, navy, boy scouts etc in a parade 1940. DVR owned/submitted by Bev Davey, converted to wmp file

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Full title reads: “Heston Park. To fly round the world – alone! Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce sets off in her Blackburn ‘Blue Bird’ on greatest adventure yet undertaken by a woman.” Heston Park Airfield, Middlesex. Shot of famous female aviator Hon. Mrs Bruce standing next to her ‘Bluebird’ aircraft. Closer shot of her seated in cockpit talking. She appears to be using her radio. More shots of her in cockpit. She is wearing a flying helmet. Man, presumably her husband, hands in equipment and food and drink to her. She shuts the cockpit and gives him a kiss. Shots of the plane taking off. N.B. The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce was, before her marriage, Mary Petre. MD. FILM ID:743.3

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Cuts from story about Ford aeroplanes on show at Heston Aerodrome, Middlesex / Greater London. LS of plane flying high above airfield. Plane circles airfield. Various shots of Ford airliners on show at Heston. Plane taxis off across airfield. Plane comes in to land. Plane takes off. More shots of planes on cordon. Mechanics are checking over engines. FILM ID:747.17

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Subscribe to Iconic: http://bit.ly/zVEuIY Neville Chamberlain returns from Germany with the Munich Agreement.

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75,155 views 13 Apr 2014

Unused / unissued material – no paperwork – dates unclear or unknown. 1938? London and Heston airfield. Car carrying Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister) into Buckingham Palace. Chamberlain coming out of building. Car leaves No 10 Downing Street. Chamberlain standing giving interview by plane before setting off for meeting with Hitler. (Voiceover describes the idea of war of Bohemia as ‘a folly and a crime’.) Chamberlain speaks to cameras about his visit to meet the German Chancellor. He talks about trying to ensure peace. As Chamberlain raises his hat people give him three cheers. The plane takes off. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax looks on. Views of Hitler’s mountain hideaway, Berchtesgaden. CU Chamberlain (described as this ‘man of the moment’.) Spacing Germany – Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) into meeting. Adolf Hitler into meeting. French Premier Edouard Daladier into meeting. CU Chamberlain talking to cameras about solution of Czechoslovakian problem. He talks about the ‘piece of paper’ (screen goes blank) CU Chamberlain reading from the Munich Pact. Three cheers for Chamberlain as he drives away from Heston. Crowds outside Buckingham Palace. Presumably this is film from September 1938. FILM ID:466.02

120,167 views 13 Apr 2014

Item title reads – PEACE! THE FOUR POWER CONFERENCE. Munich, Germany. Heston, London. L/S of Benito Mussolini and his associates walking past German officers who do the Nazi salute. M/S as camera pans across people waving flags with swastikas on. M/S of Adolf Hitler and Mussolini stood up in a car as it rides along, L/S of entourage riding down street. M/S of swastika flags flying. M/S as the aeroplane carrying French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier arrives. Various shots as German officials meet him. M/S as their car rides down the street and they wave at the crowds who are doing the Nazi salute. M/S of swastikas and people saluting. Neville Chamberlain’s aeroplane arrives. M/S as he walks along with Lord Halifax, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and German officials. M/S as their car drives along and he waves at the crowds. M/S as Mussolini enters the conference building. M/S as Hitler does the same. Various shots of German troops standing to attention. M/S as Hitler stands on the steps and shakes hands with Lord Halifax and Neville Chamberlain, they walk up the steps together. Various shots of Mrs Chamberlain waving and shaking hands with crowds around Downing Street who are offering their support. M/S as Chamberlain’s aeroplane finishes its return journey after the conference, taxis and comes to a stop at Heston. M/S of newsreel cameras filming his return from a roof at the aerodrome. M/S as Chamberlain emerges smiling from the door of a British Airways aeroplane to the cheers of the crowd. He shakes hands with a man waiting for him. L/S of crowds watching. C/U as he makes a speech on the airfield – “The settlement of the Czech problem, which has now been achieved, is, in my view only the prelude to a larger settlement in which all Europe may find peace” ( people cheer at this). “This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor Herr Hitler and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine.” (he holds paper up and waves it about, people cheer again). “Some of you perhaps have already heard what it contains, but I would just like to read it to you.” (He Reads – ‘We, the German Fuhrer and Chancellor and the British Prime Minister, have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognising that the question of Anglo-German relations is of the first importance for the two countries, and for Europe. We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German naval agreement, as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again’ (everyone cheers) ‘We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted’ (lots of “hear hears”.) ‘to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe.'” Everyone cheers and someone shouts “three cheers for Chamberlain” which they all do as he walks away and gets into the car. Everyone waves as he drives away. Various shots as his car drives through the crowds to Buckingham Palace, people wave as he passes. M/S as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) come out onto the balcony of the palace with Neville Chamberlain and his wife. L/S as they wave and crowds wave back. L/S of cars and people blocking the street outside the palace. Cataloguer’s note: the sound on this item starts at 01:21:58, the first part is mute. FILM ID:983.14

21,065 views 13 Jul 2014

London Bus Route 120 Visual – Northolt to Hounslow Bus Station Operated by London United RATP Group using Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 buses London Tourism Northolt Station Moat Farm Road Kingston Close Sycamore Close Bengarth Road / Northolt Library Yeading / White Hart Church Road Wayfarer Road Broadmead Road Adrienne Avenue Kenilworth Gardens Lawson Road Windermere Road Somerset Road Denbigh Road Carlyle Avenue North Avenue High Street / Southall Town Hall Southall Broadway Park Avenue Southall Station The Green King Street Beverley Road Norwood Gardens Harewood Terrace Norwood Green Fern Lane St Leonard’s Church Hogarth Gardens Great West Road Lampton Avenue Lampton Road / Hounslow Civic Centre Hounslow Central Station Bell Corner The Bell Treaty Centre Hounslow High Street Hounslow Bus Station

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Heston, Middlesex. Various good shots show air stewardesses in training at the BOAC Air School. The instructors use the body of an aeroplane to teach the girls in the appropriate surroundings. Trainee air hostesses look inside the aeroplane kitchen to see a girls learning how to arrange food nicely on plates and cut tomatoes and fruit into flowers and baskets (rather different from today’s tv-dinner food on airlines). The women then go into the main part of the plane and are shown to their seats and looked after by other trainees. They put blankets on the laps of passengers and one girl is shown how to hold a tray high to avoid colliding with a passing passenger in the gangway. FILM ID:1277.07

Courtesy: British Government Public Information Films http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_H… http://www.heathrowairport.com/ The story of a great engineering feat – the building, at Heathrow, of one of the largest airports in the world.April 1944 Great Western Aerodrome started its transformation from a privately owned small grass airfield to Heathrow. One of the worlds busiest airports. Londons main civil airport replacing Croydon Airport. The airport opened fully for civilian use on 31 May 1946. London Heathrow International Airport’s one terminal was in fact an army surplus tent situated a short walk from the aircraft.

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Adapted from Ian Gilmour’s Diary in the 19 March 1998 issue of the London Review of Books: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n06/ian-gilm… ABOUT THE LRB Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page. A typical issue moves through political commentary to science or ancient history by way of literary criticism and social anthropology. So, for example, an issue can open with a piece on the rhetoric of war, move on to reassessing the reputation of Pythagoras, follow that with articles on the situation in Iraq, the 19th-century super-rich, Nabokov’s unpublished novel, how saints got to be saints, the life and work of William Empson, and an assessment of the poetry of Alice Oswald

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Heston, Middlesex. “Eve’s gone mechanical today – watch her at any Motor or Aeroplane Rally and you’ll see how keenly she joins in – whether it’s the musical chairs…” High angle shot of group of cars driving around a field. Lots of spectators stand around and watch. M/S of woman driving an opened topped car past a chair. This must be a driving version of musical chairs. She stops the car, jumps out and sits on a chair. High angle shot of other drivers doing the same. Various shots of the game as it continues. Quick C/U of the band – in guardsman’s uniform. M/S of judge being passed by cars. Man jumps from his car and sits on a chair laughing. Another woman jumps out and sits on a chair. “…or the potato race – (though her aim isn’t always what it should be!)” Another funny game where women lean out of the car dropping potatoes into buckets. The women are rather glamorous – wearing fur trimmed coats. The cars are very cute. “She’ll try anything once – even the “chariot” race – ” Woman sits in a little wooden box on wheels. High angle L/S of the cars on the start line. The “chariots” are pulled along behind the cars – a bumpy ride! Various shots of the fun and games. “And when a giant ‘plane lands, she’s just as interested as Adam -” Low angle shot of a biplane coming in to land. “Incidentally, did you know that these big “Imperial” monsters have a small engine built into the hull to start the giant engines above? Watch…” C/U of man starting the engine with a lever. C/Us of the propellers as they begin to turn. It is an Imperial Airways plane. High angle L/S of the plane on the runway. This is presumably shot at Heston Aerodrome. Was an item in Eve’s Film Review issue number 576. FILM ID:962.18

539 views 13 Apr 2014

Greater London. Full titles read: “HESTON” L/S’s of a model of the all wing monoplane in-flight. The aeroplane is designed by Mr P Nesbitt Willoughby and the commentator says that is supposed to be the passenger aeroplane of the future. FILM ID:1011.25

589 views 23 Aug 2021

Heston Park is a happy place to be! It’s looking so beautiful as a result of the Council’s investment in the park and the fantastic work of the Heston Action Group!

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Please do support us and subscribe to our channel. Thank you! Last summer Heston West Big Local’s MADE in HESTON WEST Youth Film Production Club teamed up with London Borough of Hounslow’s Community Partnership Unit team to develop the “Hard to Reach” documentary. We engaged with young people across the borough to hear their views and to have their voice heard by the leaders and staff of Hounslow but also our residents. Our team of young volunteers asked these three questions: • What are your hopes? • What are your fears? • What would you like to tell the leader of the council? Read more at https://www.hestonwest.org/latest-new… Youth Interview team: Serena Lola, Layba Nisar and James Rose. Youth Support team: Haroon Lukka, Sharanjit Kaur, Brooke Jones, Amadeus, Rehan Sheraz, Ishmael Hameed and Mario Zapata. Produced by Taz Virdee Directed and Edited by Blaise Singh Camera by Arfhan Razak Sound by Rhys Jones This video is made in collaboration with Heston West Big Local, Make A Difference Entertainment (MADE) and funded by London Borough of Hounslow. We would like to thank all the incredible young people involved with this film, we appreciate and value your time and support. For more information visit about Heston West Big Local visit: https://www.hestonwest.org/ If you would like to get in touch please visit: https://www.hestonwest.org/contact

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London. Panoramic view (from the air, rather long take) of London Airport. Aeroplanes can be seen parked around a building complex. Cars, car parks, buildings, buses are seen from the air. High angle panning shot of a car park with lots of cars parked. While panning, camera shows a roundabout, several buses and few aeroplanes in the background. C/U shot of a radar spinning. M/S of a man in control of the tower. A large command board is seen in front of him as he operates the switches. C/U shot of the man’s face. M/S of the people working at different tables, all wearing earphones. C/U shot of a radar screen with a man looking at it. M/S of another man working on a board with switches and a little screen. Several other shots of the ground and air control people working while voiceover explains what they do and how. L/S of the line of flags on top of the entrance hall. C/U shot of the sign reading ‘Stockholm’ on a double decker bus. C/U shot of the sign reading ‘Paris’ on another bus. M/S of the people leaving a bus on which is written ‘British European Airlines’. Uniformed air hostess is standing next to the bus door. High angle long shot of the interior of the airport. Huge windows, spacious waiting areas, escalators – all empty! Several shots of the building’s interior. M/S of a conveyor belt – language is arriving. Several shots of the planes from the roof terraces. L/S of the passengers entering a corridor leading from the piste into the airport building. White screen – obviously some damage exists. Picture is back – a helicopter in the air with voiceover saying that the fastest from the airport to town is by flying to South Bank heliport. Panoramic shots of the countryside gradually become panoramic shots of London. Great view of central (imperial) London from the helicopter. Big Ben is not clearly seen due to works on it. The helicopter finally lands at South Bank. Note: Combined print used as track since track neg does not synchronise. FILM ID:31.1