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3 overlapping black and white vertical aerial photos of a volcanic crater. A mile scale runs along the bottom of the image.

The Story of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys

Digitising the Directorate of Overseas Surveys Collection has been the National Collection of Aerial Photography’s largest print preservation and digitisation project to date, but how did the Collection come to exist in the first place?

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A black and white vertical aerial photo of a river delta. The main channel undulates along the bottom edge of the image, with smaller channels running above it.

Reinterpreting the Directorate of Overseas Surveys Collection

The Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) commissioned aerial photography to create mapping of Commonwealth countries. A new exhibition illustrates the great potential of the DOS Collection (cared for by the National Collection of Aerial Photography) for interdisciplinary research and study.

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3 overlapping black and white vertical aerial photos of a volcanic crater. A mile scale runs along the bottom of the image.

The Story of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys

Digitising the Directorate of Overseas Surveys Collection has been the National Collection of Aerial Photography’s largest print preservation and digitisation project to date, but how did the Collection come to...

Read more
A black and white vertical aerial photo of a river delta. The main channel undulates along the bottom edge of the image, with smaller channels running above it.

Reinterpreting the Directorate of Overseas Surveys Collection

The Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) commissioned aerial photography to create mapping of Commonwealth countries. A new exhibition illustrates the great potential of the DOS Collection (cared for by the...

Read more
A sepia historic photo of a woman in glasses next to a window. She is looking down at 2 photographic prints in her hands.

The Women of Medmenham: Sarah Spencer-Churchill

Sarah Spencer-Churchill served as a Photographic Interpreter at RAF Medmenham between October 1941 and November 1945, going on to become a prominent actress and frequently discussing her military service in...

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A black and white historic photo of a woman smiling at the viewer over her left shoulder.

The Women of Medmenham: Ursula Powys-Lybbe

This women’s history month, read about Ursula Powys-Lybbe, who began her career as a society photographer, before joining the WAAF in 1941 and working as a Photographic Interpreter at RAF...

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