Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador G-AMAA at Heathrow May 1960 (JJ Halley/CS09612)
Note: Complete colour slide catalogue is now available for downloading. See below.
AIR-BRITAIN COLOUR IMAGE ARCHIVE DONATIONS & BEQUESTS
The Air-Britain colour image archive is an extensive archive of slides and
negatives used for producing images for journals and new monographs, and
other future services for members.
We welcome all donations of any unwanted colour negatives or slides, though
we cannot compete with individual or commercial buyers of photos. We aim to
archive all images irrespective of subject and condition, in the expectation
that future technologies will allow enhancements and better conservation of
photographic artefacts.
Significant collections can be archived separately, as we have already
done for several bequests such as that from the Stephen Piercey Collection.
We diligently research and record all details for negatives and slides, and
we respect individual photographers' copyrights. We routinely give donors a
comprehensive listing of donated negatives/slides as initially catalogued.
We can offer contributors reimbursement of postage plus the choice of two
copy slides from the current library catalogue or gbp0.30 value of other
services, for each suitable original sent to us.
AIR-BRITAIN COLOUR LIBRARY SERVICES December 2008
We have been supplying low cost unmounted slide copies to members since
1964, and always relied on loans and donations of slides from members and
other sources. Since the mid 1980s, the issue of new sets has been limited
by the low level of sales, but approximately 40 slide sets continue to be
available to purchase - see separate list or web page.
Civil Catalogue - Section C2008, summarising 3800 slides gbp2.50
Military Catalogue - Section M2008, summarising 3200 slides gbp2.50
Complete 2008 Catalogue (7000 slides) on computer disk. Includes a plain
text file, that can be used with members' own software, and a dBase data
file (.DBF) complete with Aero Data Manager software to enable viewing,
output, etc. Suitable for MSDOS and Windows PCs, hard disk recommended.
3.5" Computer Disk, as described above (Not presently available)
COLOUR PRINTS - A range of about 75 aircraft colour prints is available in
size 5"x3.5" in limited quantities, price gbp0.15 each - see separate list.
COLOUR SLIDE COPIES - Slides in sets or selected from the catalogue are
produced by bulk copying from inter-negative filmstrips, and are subject to
variation in quality and availability of stock. Note that no unauthorised
commercial reproduction of images is permitted. Current (2008) price of
slide copies is gbp0.15 each, including UK taxes and surface mail to all
destinations. Minimum total order gbp3.00. Airmail outside Europe is
available for an additional charge of gbp1.00.
WEB SITE
Text is available on-line providing updated versions of general notes,
donations policy, current slide sets, lists for available sets, a short
colour prints list, plus a downloadable catalogue of individual slides :-
www.abcsl.btinternet.co.uk
See below for details of the ordering procedure and notes about entries
in the catalogue.
ORDERING PROCEDURE
1. Combine slide numbers from all catalogues, and list clearly in numerical
order - not in the order of appearance in the catalogues.
2. If you wish us to check for errors, give a brief description of the
aircraft type, but note that we do not usually check against serials.
3. Delivery is typically up to 2 weeks within UK under normal conditions.
4. Payment may be by International Money Order, Visa/Mastercard, UK Postal
Order, Sterling cheque or bank draft on a UK based bank. We also accept
original slides and negatives for exchange - see Donations/Bequests texts.
Make all orders payable to :- Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.
5. For Visa/Mastercard, please separately supply card number, the extra 3
digit code, card expiry date, payment total, plus your signature and date.
6. Please send your order with name, address, membership number, payment to:-
P W Dance, 9A Connaught Road, Teddington, Middx TW11 0PS.
CATALOGUE NOTES
A shot is classified as military if the aircraft colour scheme is obviously
military or if a national military insignia is displayed or if the aircraft
is camouflaged, regardless of any civilian registration.
Descriptive remarks are abbreviated, to suit the compressed format of the
catalogues, and if untitled the markings are sometimes only mentioned where
there might be any ambiguity. Typical annotations are as follows:-
* Indoor shot cam Camouflage scheme
flg Flying shot nm Natural metal scheme
A-A Air-to-air shot fldd Folded wings or fuselage
A-G Air-to-ground shot form Formation
c/u Close-up shot vw View
3/4r 3/4 rear view 3/4fr 3/4 front view
DOWNLOADABLE CATALOGUE
In addition to detailed contents lists for slide sets, available on the slide
sets page, you can download the complete catalogue of individual slides,
comprising a comma separated values file (CSC.CSV) compressed into a zip
archive file (CSCCSV.ZIP), size 160 kb. Download now (October 2008 version).
The Aero Data Manager MS-DOS program mentioned above is now
available as a downloadable set of files (ADMFILES.ZIP), size 185 kb.
Download now (December 2006 version).
Slide sets Colour prints Online Photos Index page (200 images) Conservation of Films and Slides Plane Person's Guide to Scanning and Editing Photos Air-Britain web site ABPIC Photos web site Send Feedback:
This text updated 2008.12.01