Here's a link to a quite wonderful two part series - "Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies".

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b01m85vv

The first part deals with the emergence of the new jet fighters and bombers, whilst the second details our attempt to rule the passenger carrying skies.

Absolutely fascinating stuff, full of superb archive and new interviews, I learnt so much from watching this!