Karel Reisz

[…]r spoke to the school and asked whether they would take me on. I was 12 Â½ then as a refugee. Because the British government was admitting children on condition there was a guarantor. And they did that[…]

Hugh Stewart

[…] said to me, "There's a film being made by a German director called Wilhelm Tiele who directed some films in Germany...this was the time when Gaumont British and UFA were getting together. And we were, at this time, of course at Gainsborough studios in Poole Street. And Wilhelm Teile had made a film[…]

billywilliamsbectu-tape2

[…] rental side. And during the late 60s and early 70s, British film production largely through American investment was flourishing. And […]

Sue (Susan) Crockford

Name of interviewee Susan Crockford DRAFT Tape 1 Side AThis transcription was provided in 2015 by the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, Leeds University) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co- Investigator, De Montfort U[…]

Bill Mason

[…]l Film Center was formed when he remained in charge and then he was Film Centre and then Arthur became involved as well, I suppose really when he was British Transport Films, the end of the war, Arthur came back and they must have formed Film Centre then because this Approach to Science film I was m[…]

Lord Lew Grade

[…] one of the most influential figures in the history of British television. Leaving school at 14, he entered the entertainment […]
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