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- Welcome
Cyclops is a production company based in Guildford, Surrey in the UK and produces programmes for television, radio and video.
- Productions
Cyclops produces programmes for a wide range of end users including training for companies, broadcasters, and pod/vodcasts.
- 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.
- 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....
- 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.
- 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....
- How to find ROC Posts
By utilising GPS and information from the excellent Subterranea Britannica ROC database.....
- Billingshurst Post
Pictures of the ROC Post in Billingshurst, Sussex. Sadly this post is not in a pretty state...
- Weybridge Post
The small fenced off compound of Weybridge Post in Surrey was completely overgrown on our photographic visits...
- 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.....
- Pear Tree House
Pear Tree House - South East Group Emergency Centre
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ROC Links
There are many very interesting websites about the ROC and their work, some personal and some historical....
- Tocsin Bang Credits
Cyclops is very grateful for all the assistance we have received from a great many people and organisations.
- 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....
- Video Clips
Short clips from Sentinels of Britain interviewees
- Bill Harford clip
Bill Harford describes being recruited for the ROC.
- Ted Rawston clip
Ted Rawston describes one of the difficulties in aircraft recognition next to the sea.
- Charles Parker clip
Charles Parker describes the uniform Observers wore before the war.
- 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.
- Joyce Shrubbs
Joyce joined the Royal Observer Corps on her 17th Birthday at the Bedford Group HQ.
- 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.
- Leslie Leney
Leslie volunteered to serve on board an American ship during the D-Day operation to help prevent accidents from "friendly fire".
- Bill Harford
Bill was recruited as a schoolboy who was "very keen on aircraft spotting".
- Arthur Lyne
Arthur remembers plotting a German bomber flying straight over the Truro Operations room whilst he was on duty there.
- Eileen Brush
Eileen recalls the busy atmosphere in the Ops Room in Truro.
- 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.
- Ross Luke
Ross talks about the challenges of working fulltime, and then having to fit in ROC shifts too.
- Norman Leigh
Norman recalls chatting with "the chaps on the posts" when things were otherwise quite.
- Molly Metz
Molly remembers how well the members of the crew in the Truro Ops Room "gelled", regardless of their outside occupations and backgrounds.
- Denise Chapman
Denise describes the challenges of being a woman who wanted to join an ROC Post.
- Philip Chapman
Philip describes the different locations of posts that he served on in the Watford group.
- Ted Rawston
Ted recalls how RADAR provided the post Observers with some brief warning of approaching aircraft from the sea.
- Cranbrook Today
The site of the operations room for the first Observer Corps exercises in 1925, situated in Cranbrook in Kent.
- Sentinels of Britain Credits
Cyclops is very grateful for all the assistance we have received from a great many people and organisations.
- 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......
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