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Unseen Duxford (16th December)

Useen Duxford“A new tour gives visitors to Imperial War Museum Duxford the opportunity to step back in time to between the First World War and the commencement of the Second World War in Britain. Laura Jean Morris explores the history of the new attraction at the popular Cambridgeshire museum.

WITH everything from a dance hall, gymnasium and cinema to boast of, the airfield at Duxford was one of Britain’s most important bases during the Second World War.

And a new 90-minute tour of the airfield’s North Side, just unveiled by the Imperial War Museum, aims to show visitors just what life was like in the ‘mini-village’ of the base that was first built as a ‘temporary air station’.”

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The Art of Propaganda

Duxford, IWM, 5th June, 1999

An interesting day through which four presentations were given on the subjects of propaganda as shown through film, posters , Nazi radio, and black propaganda.