In May 2007 the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, English Heritage and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) acquired from Blom ASA the Aerofilms Collection. This is a UK-wide archive of over one million oblique aerial photographs, dating from 1919 to 2006. Created by the pioneering firm Aerofilms Ltd. the full collection of over 800,000 images is the most important archive collection of its type and includes unique images showing the changing face of Britain throughout the twentieth century.
· conserving the fragile negatives from 1919 to 1953
· scanning them and
· putting them online for everyone to access and use.
In many cases, little information about the images exists so plans include building a website where people and groups can share information by:
· identifying locations
· naming buildings
· explaining images that show places which have now changed
· recording memories of living or working in a place.
Achieving this depends on successful fundraising so Britain from Above will not start until late 2010 but a programme of community consultation has begun. To find out how plans are progressing.
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