STRIKE FORCE SERIES NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD
The strike force series features war planes from all around the world.
Fighters and bombers from past and present are analysed and explored, giving a fascinating insight into the formidable power of strike aircraft that will appeal to enthusiasts of all ages.
THE STORY OF SUKHOI
1 x 82 mins 
The Sukhoi story tells the complete history of one of the world’s most famous designers and manufacturers of strike aircraft.
A maverick and genius, Sukhoi founded his Design Bureau in 1938.
Through the war years, Sukhoi produced the BB-I short-range bomber, four SU fighters and the ER-2- long-range passenger plane ordered by Stalin specifically for his own use.
1944 began an era of Sukhoi jet fighters – the SU-5, the SU-7 with its completely Soviet designed jet engine, the SU-9 and the SU-10. But to fall from favour in Soviet Russia was not difficult. Sukhoi was
no exception and the Bureau was closed down in 1949. In 1953 Stalin ordered its reinstatement, specifically to design a plane that would counter the American F-86 ‘Sabre’. Of the resulting fighters, the SU-15 remained in
service for more than 30 years and was the aircraft responsible for shooting down the KAL 747 in 1983.
With vintage footage that has never been seen in the West, the programme examines closely the
development and capabilities of the later Sukhoi aircraft including the SU-24 Fencer, the SU-25 Frogfoot and the SU-27 Flanker.
It concludes with an extraordinary aerial ballet performed by two SU-27’s filmed by a third.
Cobras, turns and twists make this one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring filmed sequences ever seen.
Special DVD feature:
SU-37 from the Russian Air Defence Force demonstrates the Super Cobra plus the Ukrainian Air Force demonstrates the SU-27
VULCAN: THE SPIRIT OF WOODFORD
1 x 55 mins
Experience the grace and beauty of this majestic aircraft from its
early years to the current 603’s re-built at its birthplace – AVRO, Woodford. With interviews with ex-crew members, we explore the
Vulcan’s pedigree and illustrious career.
The Spirit of Woodford is very much alive.
MiG-29
1 x 61 mins 
Arguably the most advanced strike aircraft in the world today, the MiG 29’s manoeuvrability and
stability at high angles of attack makes it a formidable weapon. Developed in the sinister days of the cold war, the concept behind the MiG was to design and aircraft specifically for both offensive and
defensive roles – a major departure from usual Soviet thinking.
The capabilities of the MiG 29 exceeded the Soviet’s wildest expectations, and even without the electronic sophistication of
some of its western counterparts NATO breathed a sigh of relief when détente became a reality.
The film tells the story of the MiG’s evolution, from initial brief to the
Mikoyan Design Bureau, through design, development, testing, flight trials and deployment.
This programme includes superb archive footage that has never been seen in the west, original
interviews with designers and pilots, plus an exclusive interview with the man responsible for testing the plane to its limits – Leonid Lobos, current chief test pilot of the Confederation of Independent States.
With its attention to technical detail, unique interviews and amazing footage, this programme presents the definitive story of one of the Soviet’s greatest fighters, the MiG 29.
Special DVD extra: Features Mig-29 air displays from the Hungarian, Polish and Ukrainian Air Forces.
HARRIER: THE VERTICAL REALITY
1 x 68 mins
The Harrier – the World’s best selling combat ‘jump jet’. The reality
– almost forty years on after the first development aircraft flew, the harrier is still one jump ahead of its rivals.
This DVD salutes the achievements of the Harrier, in peace and
war, over land and sea, through test and research, taking this unique British aircraft design towards the 21st century. We bring you the test pilots who lifted the first RAF Harrier into the air in 1966
and the squadron pilots who flew her in the fiercest of firefights - in the Falklands campaign and, most recently, in Bosnia.
This fast paced, action packed DVD features original and dramatic
footage provided by British Aerospace and the Ministry of Defence to link with exclusive videotape taken of No1 (Fighter) Squadron’s spectacular mass display of
Harriers at Fairford’s International Air Tattoo ’96, as well as eavesdropping on briefing, kitting out and cockpit checks before a ‘Four Ship’ ground attach sortie from the home of the Harrier at RAF
Wittering. Also, recorded for the first time at Boscombe Down Flight Test Centre, we show you the cockpit of the special ‘fly-by’ wire’ Harrier created by the Defence Evaluations & Research
Agency to test the new flight control system for the combat ‘jump jets’ of the future – the US/British Joint Strike Fighter.
Special DVD feature: Actor and aviation enthusiast, David Jason, arrives at RIAT in a two-seater
Harrier, meets Test Pilot, Bill Bedford, while the Harrier squadron performs a simulated bombing raid.
Producer: The Onyx Archive Collection
Availability: Worldwide, all media ex UK
BUCCANEER
1 x 60 mins
In the Gulf War the Buccaneer proved that it could play a significant offensive role both as a target marker for Tornados and as a bomber in its own right. This was no surprise to the Royal Navy and the
RAF who considered that the Buccaneer had been one of the world’s best low-level strike aircraft of the last 30 years.
Features rare archive footage and exclusive interviews with the
people who designed and flew the plane giving a personal insight into the innovations, the testing and service life of this magnificent aircraft.
Special DVD feature: Development of steam catapults with early
sea trials of various aircraft including steam catapult trials with the NA39 Buccaneer prototype.
Producer: Amity Film & Video Productions
Availability: Worldwide, all media
Wellington
1 x 70’
Produced in co-operation with the Bomber Command Association, this unique programme features rare footage from Vickers, the COI and other archives, including glimpses of the Wellington in combat. We
also feature personal recollections from the design team and the brave men who took the aircraft into action.
Producer: Amity Film & Video Productions
Availability: Worldwide, all media
Test Flying
1 x 60’ All media rights WW
From the earliest attempts at flight, man has put his flying inventions to
the test...with varying degrees of success! Some of the early pioneers of flight had to be aircraft designer, engineer and chief test pilot all rolled into one. But the dangers of test flying are all too
real as man continues to fly higher and faster pushing each new development aircraft to the limit. Featuring archive footage of a wide range of aircraft including Buccaneer, Harrier, Concorde,
Eurofighter and Apache and interviews with some of the greatest test pilots or our time.
Producer: Amity Film & Video Productions
Availability: Worldwide, all media
The Red Arrows 1995/96 World Tour
1 x 58’ All media rights WW ex UK
Fly with the Red Arrows as they perform their spectacular aerial displays above some of the world’s most breathtaking scenery from the Middle East to Table Mountain in South Africa,
Victoria Falls, the Malaysian Island of Langkawi, Canberra and Sydney’s Harbour in Australia and Singapore.
Producer: The Onyx Archive Collection
Availability: Worldwide, all media
Brooklands - The Birthplace of British Aviation
80th Anniversary 2007
1 x 60’ All media rights WW ex UK
Brooklands is the birthplace of British motor sport and aviation and ‘Spirit of Brooklands’ is very much alive today, thanks to the Brooklands Museum Trust and its many sponsors and
supporters. Since it first opened in 1991, hundreds of thousands of people have visited the Museum to see its collection of over 30 historic aircraft, including the Wellington bomber from
Loch Ness, a Hawker Harrier and to attend motoring and aviation events.
Producer: The Onyx Archive Collection
Availability: Worldwide, all media