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The film uses extensive archive film and stills to tell the story of radar and its use during the Second World War. We see events around the declaration of war in 1939, preparations for the Battle of Britain, a history of aviation in stills, aircraft spotters used as advanced warning, radar towers, Battle of Britain aerial dog fights, night bombing and the aftermath of the London blitz, and radar used in navigation by Allied bombers. There is also extensive use of graphics to explain the technology. Intercut with the archive film are short interview sections in which personalities involved in the development of radar talk to camera in the studio. They are: Air Chief Marshall Sir Philip Joubert; Air Commodore A.V.R 'Sandy' Johnstone; and Air Vice Marshall Donald Bennett. Finally we see post war use of radar including in air traffic control, developments in the technology at the Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern including views of the radio telescopes, a police radar speed trap in Birmingham and aerial views of the Fylingdales early warning station under construction in Yorkshire.
Narrator: David Rees
Film Editor: Brian Hollins
Written by Dan Douglas
Executive Producer: Philip Dorte
Produced by Raymond Joss