Site Map (Alphabetical)

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• About Us
  Who are Cyclops?
  
  
• Arthur Lyne
  Arthur remembers plotting a German bomber flying straight over the Truro Operations room whilst he was on duty there.
  
  
• Bill Harford
  Bill was recruited as a schoolboy who was "very keen on aircraft spotting".
  
  
• Bill Harford clip
  Bill Harford describes being recruited for the ROC.
  
  
• Billingshurst Post
  Pictures of the ROC Post in Billingshurst, Sussex. Sadly this post is not in a pretty state...
  
  
• Charles Parker clip
  Charles Parker describes the uniform Observers wore before the war.
  
  
• Client Download Area
  
  
• Corporate Media
  Cyclops can provide your company with a variety of media solutions.
  
  
• Corporate Video
  Video is still an important tool for use when training, entertaining, pitching ideas......
  
  
• Cranbrook Today
  The site of the operations room for the first Observer Corps exercises in 1925, situated in Cranbrook in Kent.
  
  
• Cyclops Shop
  Purchase Cyclops programmes on DVD or VHS.
  
  
• Denise Chapman
  Denise describes the challenges of being a woman who wanted to join an ROC Post.
  
  
• Eileen Brush
  Eileen recalls the busy atmosphere in the Ops Room in Truro.
  
  
• Filming at Cuckfield Post
  12th September 2000 Cuckfield Post has been closed since 1991, and we took Steve Ashdown, the Post's Chief Observer at Standdown, back for the first time.....
  
  
• How to find ROC Posts
  By utilising GPS and information from the excellent Subterranea Britannica ROC database.....
  
  
• Joe James
  Joe's love of aircraft grew as the number of planes in the skies above Cornwall grew.
  
  
• Joy Cooper
  Joy recalls serving with the Royal Observer Corps despite food shortages and bombings in Lincoln.
  
  
• Joyce Shrubbs
  Joyce joined the Royal Observer Corps on her 17th Birthday at the Bedford Group HQ.
  
  
• Leslie Leney
  Leslie volunteered to serve on board an American ship during the D-Day operation to help prevent accidents from "friendly fire".
  
  
• Molly Metz
  Molly remembers how well the members of the crew in the Truro Ops Room "gelled", regardless of their outside occupations and backgrounds.
  
  
• Newhaven Fort ROC Day 2000
  Newhaven Fort houses an excellent collection of ROC equipment and memorabilia that is maintained by a dedicated team of ex-Observers....
  
  
• Nick Catford's Tour
  Nick Catford shows us round Cuckfield ROC Post.
  
  
• Norman Leigh
  Norman recalls chatting with "the chaps on the posts" when things were otherwise quite.
  
  
• Orlit Observation Post
  A 1950s aircraft observation post has been moved to the highest point within Newhaven Fort, with great views all around.
  
  
• Our Crew at Newhaven
  The team enjoy a sunny Sunday afternoon at Newhaven Fort.
  
  
• Our Hunt for ROC Posts
  Using OS Grid References taken from the Subterranea Britannica ROC Post Database, we were able to home in on the posts using a GPS receiver....
  
  
• Pear Tree House
  Pear Tree House - South East Group Emergency Centre
  
  
• Philip Chapman
  Philip describes the different locations of posts that he served on in the Watford group.
  
  
• Productions
  Cyclops produces programmes for a wide range of end users including training for companies, broadcasters, and pod/vodcasts.
  
  
• Reconstructed WWII Control Room
  The ex-Observers involved with Newhaven Fort have made a marvelous job of reconstructing a WWII contol room from artifacts and memories of their wartime experience.
  
  
• ROC Group HQ Oxford
  Now part of a student accommodation complex, Oxford Brookes University kindly let us browse round and film in what was the ROC Group HQ building for Oxford Group.
  
  
• ROC Links
  There are many very interesting websites about the ROC and their work, some personal and some historical....
  
  
• ROC Post Air Filtration
  Lewes Post in Sussex was one of the few to be fitted with an air filtration system. It is now on display as part of Newhaven Fort's collection.
  
  
• Ross Luke
  Ross talks about the challenges of working fulltime, and then having to fit in ROC shifts too.
  
  
• Sentinels of Britain
  "Sentinels of Britain" is the story from the formation of the Observer Corps in 1925, through the Battle of Britain when it gained its "Royal" title, and to the end of WWII with VE Day....
  
  
• Sentinels of Britain Credits
  Cyclops is very grateful for all the assistance we have received from a great many people and organisations.
  
  
• Shooting interviews in Lincolnshire
  Shooting "in the field": We have tried to take Observers back to the places they served to tell their stories, and in this case Terry Wiseman is back at his post, at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.
  
  
• Steve Ashdown's Tour
  Steve Ashdown, Cuckfield's Chief Observer at standdown in 1991, returns to his old post.
  
  
• Ted Rawston
  Ted recalls how RADAR provided the post Observers with some brief warning of approaching aircraft from the sea.
  
  
• Ted Rawston clip
  Ted Rawston describes one of the difficulties in aircraft recognition next to the sea.
  
  
• The Crew in Cuckfield
  An early start was certainly worthwhile for a full day in Cuckfield.
  
  
• The Interviews
  Meeting and recording the memories of many fascinating people is one of the highlights of making these programmes, and the interviews we have recorded have all proved to be every bit as fascinating as we had hoped. Amongst the many stories are personal wartime experiences that would otherwise have never been told.
  
  
• Tocsin Bang
  "TOCSIN BANG - The Cold War Story of the Royal Observer Corps" tells of the work of the Corps through the fascinating recollections of the people who were there, the Observers themselves.
  
  
• Tocsin Bang Credits
  Cyclops is very grateful for all the assistance we have received from a great many people and organisations.
  
  
• Tony Foster
  Tony was in the Oxford HQ and remembers being on duty when the announcement was made that the Observer Corps was becoming the Royal Observer Corps.
  
  
• Video Clips
  Short clips from Sentinels of Britain interviewees
  
  
• Welcome
  Cyclops is a production company based in Guildford, Surrey in the UK and produces programmes for television, radio and video.
  
  
• Weybridge Post
  The small fenced off compound of Weybridge Post in Surrey was completely overgrown on our photographic visits...
  
  
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