[…]hirty years!" because there was no natural progression from there. They had a Staff Photographer, Harry Wilson, and I was there simply to process his films and, at that time, we used to send out lots of stills to newspapers so that was my job to deal with that and because of Union demarcation and al[…]
[…]he next thing i i took pictures in those days, the first job I had to do, I'll always remember I worked. We worked out in one four King Water Street, film house Water Street, just up the road. And I had to go to Marble Arch, where the Duchess of Kent no the Duchess of Gloucester. I was going to open[…]
[…]chool. Of which the most famous old boy was William Friese Green. So I was off to a good start. Then inference is correct.BG Where did you first love filmsCY My dad he used to take us through the pictures and when he got home he'd have mini quizzes I think know little puzzles and quiz questions base[…]
[…]e did better work. But if you've got the example that went quicker to the, to the IRB, and so therefore, I started going to cinema as I used to go to films twice a week, twice a day, every week. So if Sunday's were three times a day, and that was ready, I got so that was the beginning. That was how […]
[…] a bit of shorthand typing. Away. Can you remember when you started in the film industry. Well yes I can because some it was an accident really in that.&nb[…]
[…]ild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT) and was awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire) in the Queen's New Year’s Honour's List in 1996. Film titles are in bold textUnknown words have been highlighted in yellow Side 1So can you tell us where and when you were born?Yes, I was born i[…]
[…]at school and Keeble College were you a greatmovie goer? You had an interest in films then or did that come later? Norman Swallow: No, I had an interest in films&nbs[…]
This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History Project Interview […]
[…]e in and that attitude of having a Union level of manning was kind of core to how ITV was at the time and, later on in my career when I started doing film work, film news, for instance, was done with a three-man crew - lighting, sound and camera operator - unless it exceeded two minutes and the two […]
