A shot taken from a super 8 home movie of the red arrows in a display from the 1970s

An exciting Red Arrows display over water from the 1970s

The red arrows have been thrilling audiences since their formation in the mid 1960s, and this post features a display they performed sometime in the 1970s

The 1961 British Pershing Rifles team's trip to the USA

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The film included in this post is a documentary film made by a member of the British Pershing Rifles team during a trip to a championship meeting in the USA in 1961.

A still image from a 1970s film of an Air Display

An exciting Air Display from the 1970s

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An exciting Super 8 film of an Air Display or Airshow which took place sometime in the 1970s in the UK.

A Still image from a vintage home movie showing the London to Brighton car run in 1961

Riveting film of London to Brighton car run 1961

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The embedded film in this post is a riveting 4 minute vintage home movie which captured the events of the London to Brighton car run in October 1961

A still image from a standard 8 vintage home movie which shows an opening ceremony somewhere.

Mysterious opening ceremony from the 1960s

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A mysterious opening ceremony which took place in the 1960s which was captured on Ilford 8mm film.

A poorly exposed Airshow film from the 1970s

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This home movie is a film which has taken a quite exciting subject of an airshow and unfortunately rather spoilt it because is has been badly underexposed.