[…]s at every subject except arithmetic. I was in my own words a genius at arithmetic and I won five scholarships and eventually ... because I was not a British subject I couldn't get the scholarships. But I went in for one when I was fourteen and a half called the Trade Scholarship because my school l[…]
[…]oming back to this country, because of family illness I eventually got married at a time when I just managed to get a job with BIP, you know, the old British International Picturesat Elstree.R. F. Tell us how you set about that? Had you become a film buff, a film fan. Did you go to films a great dea[…]
[…]cript has been produced automatically using Speechmatics.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for any misinterpretation of the content of this interview.However, the BEHP wants t[…]
[…]ested in the ACTT History Project. The Subject is Angela Allen interviewed by Linda Wood, November 27th 1990, File 168Honorary Member of the Guild 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 ti[…]
[…]he sound department won a Hollywood Oscar in 1939 for the sound recording on Goodbye Mr Chips which starred Robert Donat and I think it was the first British film to achieve this award.Peter Musgrave: Western Electric came from America. Where did Visatone come from?John Aldred: Visatone was manufact[…]
[…]omplain too much to me! I'm sure he disapproved most emphatically about it, but anyway they tolerated it. And so I was just sixteen when I started at British & Dominions at Elstree.Alan Lawson : How did you get the job?Gordon McCallum : By writing...that's all. My father did know somebody in the[…]
[…]sp;going into the marines, they were so smart, I didn't in fact. RF: In Which we Serve was a landmark film in the British film industry because suddenly this film came along whic h by &[…]
BECTU History Project - Interview No. 17 [Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: Unknown - draft analytical transcription by Sarah Easen, British Universities Film and Video CouncilInterview Date: 1987-09-16Interviewer: Roy FowlerInterviewee: Reg SuttonSound recordist: Taffy HainesTape 1, Side 1&n[…]
