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[…]ith football, I don't know, but there we are! So, that was the beginning of a real change and, of course, Sky developed momentum. It merged with BSB [British Satellite Broadcasting] and became BSkyB [British Sky Broadcasting], I think, for a while and so, yes, that was different. And so you can see […]

BRITISH ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY PROJECT INTERVIEW with DAVID ELSTEIN Conducted on Friday 24th March 2017 at David’s home in Putney Camera Operator: Nick GilbeyInterviewer: Martin Spence  INTERVIEW SUMMARY   00.00 –        […]

[…]ure break up at: 27.45, 35.00, 41.05, 46.40-50, 47.25-48.12 00.00-02.24Norman’s Film Services - First job at 16 as projectionist. ‘Salute to the British Worker’. Problems with projecting film. Given the sack.02.25Fan of films as boy.02.50Carlton Hill Studios. Clapper Boy and Focus Puller. Sacke[…]

[…]sbury, there were three cinemas there in those days, the ABC, the Regal and the Gaumont. And it was during a period, when you had some really amazing British films being made. There's Powell and Pressburger - there's another interesting thing you've just reminded me actually, and I would go, you kno[…]

[…]illed or anything like that. And I was we were the areas south Croydon was bombed quite heavily. And I really also got my mind first insight into the British working man who I decided was wrongly called a working man because the last thing he would do was to work. And it was incredible than the sort[…]

[…]om there; we did the International show from White City, we really made show jumping.  There was a fellow called Mike Ansell who was boss of the British Horse Society and he realised straightaway that it was a sprat to catch a mackerel, he was no fool.  Because “Lobby” who had been boss of[…]