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[…] material is vested in the BECTU History Project (formerly the ACTT History Project) and the right to publish some excerpts may not be allowed.Esther Harris. Tape 1 Side A1Esther Harris. Tape 1 Side ANB: The time codes given here are estimates based on readings from the original cassette recording.T[…]
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[…]lf, introduce yourself.Howard Lanning 1:14 My name is Howard Lanning. I was born in 1932, in the East End of London, and I've been in the film industry as a Film and Sound Editor for more than 50 years.Derek Threadgall 1:35 Then we get into the meat of it.Unknown Speaker &nbs[…]
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[…]ying. But it went down all right, and that was fine Rodney Giesler 24:57Tell me how you actually went around. This is your first film as a director. How did you go about making it? I mean, did Ram Gopal put on a performance for you? And then you worked out in film terms, how you were goin[…]
