This 23 minute long documentary film is one of several outputs produced for the year long Heritage Lottery funded Silloth Airfield Project.
Many of the photos that tell the story of the Airfield were supplied by local people and families of those who served at the airfield during WW2. Overhead video shots of the Airfield were supplied by James Smith Photography. Voiceover is by Tim Barker (a Silloth born actor who has returned to the town and now runs the Soldiers in Silloth Museum). Tim’s voiceover was recorded by Geoff Bettsworth, who lives locally, teaches guitar and hosts Geoff’s Collection on Country Radio UK. The video was beautifully edited by John Hamlett, Lunar Creative Video Productions and project managed by Anna Malina
Other outputs included:-
- The website traces the history of the airfield and highlights memories of the men and women who were based there during WW2.
- A drama, scripted and performed by Solway Community Technology College students.
- A leaflet about the Airfield. Content by Anna Malina. Layout by Mike Hughes Creative.
- A diorama of the airfield, complete with buildings, hangars, runways and planes replicating the aerodrome as it was during WW2 (designed and built by Brian Irwin)
- A Simulator for landing a WW2 Beaufighter on Runway 21 Silloth Airfield (by Open Source Programmer Stuart Buchanan)
- A Computer Simulator loaned by the Solway Aviation Museum
- A stall with artefacts borrowed from the Solway Aviation Museum
- An Exhibition of information and WW2 artefacts (Pop-up displays designed by Mike Hughes Creative and printed by John Cook Signs; artefacts relating to the airfield loaned by a number of local people, the Solway Aviation Museum and Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum.
- A WW2 table display was made by the pupils at Silloth Primary School
Anna Malina Ph.D 