A classic Movietone cinema short from 1978. The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is a one-third scale mainline in miniature operating regular services over 13.5 miles of track across the Romney Marsh in Kent.
A butterfly flutters its fragile wings in Texas and the seemingly imperceptible turbulence sets in motion a cascade of effects that culminates in a typhoon in Indonesia. It seems unreal. But the realisation of the butterfly effect as it has been called, is one of the astonishing results of the new science of Chaos.
Take to the skies with the Royal Air Force to learn how fighter pilots heroically defended the UK against the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.
Remarkable archival footage illuminates 75 years of British aviation history, tracing the evolving path from war planes to supersonic commercial jets.
The determined designer of the Spitfire shepherds it from initial rejection by the RAF to becoming the symbol of Britain's pride and power in WW2.
