[…] to talk to the government chemist.50 minsAF: And Kodak. About what you do about all of that. And as a result, we got advice that was perhaps not the best because the first copies of the Battle of the Somme were on diacetate. Not, not, very helpful but the original was kept or [rather] the only orig[…]
[…]it was simply plaster on the rear wall. There was a gap behind the plaster bit, and we keep it in good condition. And just occasionally we do show an academy ratio silent film on that screen with live music. The last time we used the screen in real earnest was for the film "The Artist". Oh, and we u[…]
[…]m my film going days,ES: If you would.LM: …living at that time in Bayswater it was very easy when I was a teenager to go along Bayswater Road, to the Academy Cinema in Oxford Street. I was mainly interested in French cinema at that time and, seeing Rene Clair, a late Rene Clair[Note by DS: LM misatt[…]
[…]e about making bread. And they found it "This Is Your life", amazingly. And I'm there as a kid. I remember it was silent of course, and therefore the director was shouting at me through a megaphone particularly "don't look at the camera", which in that particular time was a major disadvantage. And k[…]
[…]with the with the great and the good, the whole thing settled down. And we all got along very well. So I think I stayed in office there for the best part of six years. Meanwhile, of course, this meant that I'd got elected on to on to higher bodies, like I was elected as a representative on the[…]
