[…] interesting than Hadrian's Wall. So, one thing led to another and I got a job in London and beginning in 1952. And as you say, I worked in the short British short film industry and making documentary films are largely of a sponsored nature until 1992. And the great majority of that time was as Writ[…]
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[…]I was interested in films all my life, I mean when ever any new Russian film came over or a new French film, I went to see it, and all the well known British and American films.Charles Drazin: Now at that time it was quite difficult to see Russian films, they were very much frowned upon.Manny Yospa:[…]
[…]ional scientific.Peter de Normanville 19:55 I'll fill that in later. I can't remember. Anyway, I won it quite a few times. It was for the British Association for the Advancement of Science. I won it quite a few times, I had a rather soft habit. And on one occasion, the presentation was m[…]
[…] I'll go back now to the States. Well, after a while, and mother got herself a job. It was some secret work. I don't know what it was. It was for the British purchasing commission in New York. And that afforded her enough to get a small flat, which we did, which was on Lexington Avenue, overlooking […]
[…]you once the films out’. We were all absolutely correct. All the technicians were paid. How was it funded? Erm, well there was American and British Animal Welfare Charities; RSPCA; British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection; Millennium Guild in New York. There’s a much more developed a[…]
BRITISH ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY PROJECT INTERVIEW No 0735.Gerry Morrissey [GM] interviewed by Roy Lockett [RL] NB This is a transcript of the full 3-part interview, numbered as 1A, 1B, 2 and 3. The time codes in this section refer to Part 1 A. and cover pages 1 – 16inc. Roy Lockett:0:0[…]
[…]ovice crew to tear the set down. Taking big chunks out of the set. And always remember the the Americans the difference between the Americans and the British directors, British directors will never give up. They will always envisage the shot and shoot it as they envisage it. The Americans soon say a[…]
[…] people thatI knew, people got bombed out came and stayed, in the end I was cooking for sixteen people .[30:48]Mm, oh.Because of course, not having a British father and mother in those, during the war youwouldn’t perhaps remember all this, you’re not old enough to but you had to have aBritish father[…]
