[…]alvage 16 million developing business improvement in find a place big enough to rentAlan Lawson 36:33 good I can remember when I was with Baird television, old man Newman was making us a 17.5 camera today split split 35 I remember going to going down to him and him demonstrating to us ho[…]
[…]laiming a relative – I went into the RAF. And eventually they formed a film production unit with Derek Twist who was the commanding officer and Teddy Baird the adjutant and they promulgated a notice throughout the RAF asking for anyone, regardless of what department they were in, if they had any exp[…]
[…]t, in 1936?PS. That's right, and in fact a friend of mine who used to live in the Suburb, only a stone' s throw from here, worked before the war with Baird and... I can' t think of his name... But he was in at the very beginning, and he used to light the sets at Alexandra Palace.MS. I thought you ha[…]
[…] was sent for by our commanding officer, which was Teddy Baird, and Pat Moyner[?], and they said, "The Rank Organisation […]
[…] all 3Smm. Pat Moyner was the production manager. And Gregory Baird Smith. John Taylor: Was it a Rank company Billy […]
[…] they were showing talkies. So when I got in, Teddy Baird, he was my boss. Sidney Cole : At Welwyn? […]
[…] Pennington-Richards: Was it? Alan Lawson: Yes! Not Vintens it was Baird. Cyril Pennington-Richards: Yes well Vinten had one. Alan Lawson: […]
[…] he was right, in as much as everyone thought the Baird system was going to work and of course it […]
[…] progress between the BBC, the Post Office, and John Logie Baird, over the feasibility of a public television service. After […]
[…] varied career (in 1934 he’d even been part of the Baird team at Alexandra Palace), Alan was ready for a […]
