Mickey Hickey

[…] (AKS), Pinewood. 1940s-60s - Feature sound recordist, particularly at MGM British (Elstree). Also with David Lean, Kubrick and Hammer. BECTU […]

Michael (Mickey) Hickey

[…]rn." So the Western Electric... Bob Allen: Can I just interrupt there, just to clear up a little point for people listening - this was the Gaumont-British, or British Acoustics, rather... Mickey Hickey: The British Acoustics, yeah. Bob Allen: The British Acoustics system, which actually was[…]

Derek Threadgall

[…]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[…]

David Robson

[…] Robson: They were originally designed for the silent days, with British Acoustic pull-through sound heads on the bottom. Lovely. That […]

David Robson

[…]was - we had very ancient equipment, it was Gaumont Chronos.Alan Lawson: Blimey!David Robson: They were originally designed for the silent days, with British Acoustic pull-through sound heads on the bottom. Lovely. That part of it was lovely. And a 25 amp - so low-intensity - arcs and the front shut[…]

Sheila Collins

This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History Project Interview […]

HP0024 Sheila Collins – Transcript

[…] transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie […]

Barbara K Emary

[…]ery much a second feature, and it made quite a hit in really being a filler. I don't know if it would be interesting just to read what was said, 'The British short film Doss House is to my mind the best cinema - entertainment in London this week, I suggest if you're still distrustful of British film[…]

Dennis Main Wilson

[…]hat's a technical job is it?11:08  DMW: No. Thank you for the question.NS: Please explain, yes.DMW: This is the elitist snobbery thing about the British. The establishment. Had I been to the wrong interviewer, I would have become a Junior Programme Engineer doing the same job. But because appar[…]

Gordon Hales

[…]  41:07  No that when Cavalcanti left Ian Dalrymple was brought in who was a highly professional former supervising editor of Gaumont  British and then a writer for Korda and who actually directed a film with John Mills I can't remember its title  as a feature film but he was hig[…]
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