A Yesterday's Witness series of six programmes.
4: Wings over Waziristan
In 1937, on the North West Frontier, there was an uprising of Wazir tribesmen led by the Fakir of Ipi. The British army sent in columns of troops and the RAF went in as support. A young Air Force officer, Group Captain Robert Lister , who had just acquired a cine camera, filmed these punitive operations both from the air and on the ground. This programme consists of Lister's stories and his unique film.
Editor DAVID THOMAS
Written and produced by STEPHEN PEET