The Media Archive for Central England is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. An independent charity and company based at the University of Lincoln, MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border.
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ATC Tattoo & Review
On a sunny Saturday in June 1943 the Nottingham wing of the ATC demonstrate their physical prowess and precision drill in front of an appreciative audience at Wollaton Park.
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Overview
Film-maker Squadron Leader A.C. Ball founded the Nottingham wing of the Air Defence Cadet Corps in 1938. He subsequently took command of the Air Training Corps in Nottingham when it was created in 1941. Arthur Cyril Ball had been long associated with the air force, a former Royal Flying Corps pilot he spent several months as a prisoner of war in Germany after being shot down by ground artillery in February 1918.
Arthur Cyril Ball was the younger brother of Albert Ball whom, at the time of his death in May 1917, was the leading British air ace. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross and is remembered with a statue in the grounds of Nottingham Castle.
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