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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
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SH 2474 PO Oblique aerial view from north-west. Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 93193 PO General aerial view of island Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images C 86238 PO Photocopy of aerial view of factory, no date Permission to reproduce Aerofilms, Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, Herts. Filed in Drawings Collection after DC 26474 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 19763 Aerial view. Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images MO 1055 PO General oblique aerial view from South-East. Insc: 'Innes House, Elgin'. 1975 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images F 5654 PO Aerial view c. 1930 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images B 96503 PO Aerial view of Culross Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 45066 PO Aerial view of town and harbour c. 1970 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 13112 PO Aerial view c. 1940 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images GW 2491 PO Dalmarnock Gasworks. General aerial view 8/1939 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images PB 304 Neidpath Castle Aerial view of South side Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images GW 2378 PO Aerial view. c. 1985 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images ST 1463 Aerial view from S. 1960 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 82945 PO Airds House Aerial photograph (postcard, Aerofilms) showing distant view Titled: 'AIRDS, APPIN, ARGYLL' 'A/39568' c. 1970 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1437605 HR Carter & Sons, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 1947. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing South. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. 1/9/1947 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1437606 HR Carter & Sons, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 1947. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West . This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. 1/9/1947 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images PT 4870 PC Gleneagles Hotel. Postcard oblique aerial view. c. 1970 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images AG 6713 PO Easdale Island. Oblique aerial view. Insc: 'A/134770 Easdale Island & Ellenabeich'. Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images AG 6749 PO Easdale Island. Oblique aerial view. Insc: 'A/134770 Easdale Island & Ellenabeich'. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 1071 Lochwood Castle. Manuscript contains: Copies of six (6) Aerofilms vertical air photographs of Lochwood Castle and Motte, frames 0499-0504, flown 28/07/99 and five (5), frames 0001-005, flown 11/09/99 One (1) Aero-Metric CD-ROM containing image files, word files, design files and drawing files. c. 10/3/2001 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 94313 CN/PO Enlarged Aerofilms vertical air photograph of Lochwood Castle and environs, used to create scale drawing. Aerofilms Lochwood Tower, frame no 0501, flown 28th July 1999 Held with drawings c. 10/3/2001 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 94314 CN/PO Enlarged Aerofilms vertical air photograph of Lochwood Castle and environs, used to create scale drawing. Aerofilms Lochwood Tower, frame no 0002, flown 11 September 1999 Held with drawings c. 10/3/2001 Item Level
All Other G 81472 NC Newscutting with large aerial photograph. Insc:'A MORAY FIRTH TOWN.- An aerial view of Banff, showing the mouth of the River Deveron and Macduff Harbour in the background'. 19/12/1932 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images E 95504 PO Aerial photograph from NW. 31/8/1964 Item Level

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