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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

551 10

Description Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

Collection Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

Catalogue Number 551 10

Category All Other

Archive History In June 2007, the Aerofilm Ltd.'s library of historic oblique photos were sold to English Heritage in partnership with The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) and The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW).

Administrative History Aerofilms Ltd. was the UK's first commercial air survey company set up in 1919 by First World War veterans Francis Lewis Wills and Claude Grahame-White. Although their earliest work focused on oblique photography, from 1921 the company focused primarily on vertical photography for survey and mapping purposes, and they were instrumental in pioneering photogrammetry in the 1930s. In 1925 the company was taken over by the Aircraft Operating Company, allowing it to significantly expand its operations. During the second world war, the staff and equipment of Aerofilms Ltd. were co-opted by the Allied Photographic Interpretation Unit at Medmenham. Within this period, the company caught the interest of Sir Percy Hunting and became members of the Hunting Group of Companies in 1942. Following the end of the war, Aerofilms Ltd. once again became focused on oblique photography whilst Hunting Aerosurveys undertook vertical photography for mapping and survey purposes. In 1997, Aerofilms Ltd. was aquired by Simmons Mapping (UK), which was then taken over by the Norwegian technology firm, Blom.

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Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 10) Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297587 Marine Hotel, Main Street, Gullane. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative. 21/8/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297589 Carnoustie, general view, showing Station Hotel, Station Road and Tayside Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative. 21/8/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297588 Carnoustie, general view, showing Station Hotel, Station Road and Ireland Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative. 21/8/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297590 Blantyre Engineering Co. Ltd. Works, John Street and Craighead Viaduct, Blantyre. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. 29/9/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297591 Blantyre Engineering Co. Ltd. Works, John Street and Craighead Viaduct, Blantyre. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative. 29/9/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297592 Blantyre, general view, showing Blantyre Engineering Co. Ltd. Works, John Street and Bothwellbank Sewage Works. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative. 29/9/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297593 Blantyre Engineering Co. Ltd. Works, John Street, Blantyre. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative. 29/9/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1297594 Blantyre, general view, showing Blantyre Engineering Co. Ltd. Works, John Street and Logan Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-west. This image has been produced from a crop marked negative. 29/9/1950 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1114210 Forth Road Bridge under construction, oblique aerial view. 3/4/1963 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1114211 Forth Road Bridge under construction, oblique aerial view. 22/6/1963 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1114212 Bathgate, West Lothian Hosierywork, oblique aerial view. 28/5/1929 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1114213 Bathgate, North British Steel Foundry Company Ltd, oblique aerial view. 28/5/1929 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1114214 Bathgate, industrial landscape, oblique aerial view. Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1114178 Whitburn, oblique aerial photograph of mine. 25/3/1972 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1114179 Oblique aerial view of Forth Road Bridge under construction. 3/4/1963 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048125 Lewis, Dun Carloway, remains of the broch with adjacent blackhouse and township, oblique aerial view. 16/7/1965 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048126 Balloch, oblique aerial view. 31/7/1947 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048135 Oblique aerial view centred on, Granton Gas Works, Edinburgh, in 1949. 23/6/1949 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048136 Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium, oblique aerial view. This stadium has since been demolished. 30/5/1929 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048137 Oblique aerial view of Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh, in 1937. 14/11/1937 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048143 Glasgow, Hampden Park Stadium, oblique aerial view. 6/10/1927 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048144 Oblique aerial view of Ibrox Football Stadium, Glasgow, in 1927, taken from the W. 6/10/1927 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048145 Glasgow, MacFarlane Lang & Co Victoria biscuit works, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW. 29/5/1929 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 048138 Edinburgh, Princes Street, West End, oblique aerial view taken from the SW. 26/4/1927 Item Level

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