Charles Cooper

[…]evastopol, for which he was given seven years off of his twenty-five year army period.Sidney Cole: Because Sevastopol was the siege wasn't it, by the British and French armies?Charles Cooper: The siege of Sevastopol, the British and French, yes. There were three battles - Inkerman, Scoram and Sevast[…]

Denis Forman

[…]which was to revise and reform Infantry tactics, it was set up at Barnard Castle.That was the sort of Mecca of the revivalist movement to try and get British Infantry tactics intosome shape and there were about eight of us and I was appointed Commandant of the Battle Schoolin Orkney in Shetland defe[…]

Interview

BRITISH UNIVERSITIES FILM & VIDEO COUNCIL Interview with EDGAR ANSTEY I think it's interesting as background to consider the extent to which the original dress and philosophy er - was developed in the first instance by him and then er - was moved out, partly by his efforts, partly by the efforts[…]

Lusia Krakowska (Mrs Arendt)

The copyright of this interview lies with the \british Entertainment History Project Interview with Lusia KrakowskaLusia Krakowska, Film Editor Interviewer Roy FowlerRecorded on the 23rdJanuary 1998Side One:RF: The date is 23rdJanuary 1998 and we're recording Lusia Krakowska, that is L-U-S-I-A […]

Daphne Anstey (nee Lily)

[…]both down. So somehow, how we did it I don't know, I wasn't quite the size I am now. So we got down, that was one of those things.We also went out to British Columbia to a small holding, there which was on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, and he had an orchard and a small field with some cows and he h[…]

Charles Crichton

[…]and, near Stranra, a place called Portpatrick.SC: Your family is Scottish, do you feel Scottish yourself.CC: Yes I do, I'm against being English, I’m British. I feel at home in Scotland.SC: You’re very keen on fishing and you often goCC: That's another thing, no I like Scotland. I feel at home with […]

Derek Williams

[…] 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[…]

John Cotter

[…]knowledge, in about 1927-28 to Pathé and was a camera man for Pathé Gazette and then, whensound started, he joined Fox Movie Tele-news. Now, or then, British Movietone is. He went tothe States to learn the technique of sound coverage and came back, continued to be their ChiefCamera man until about 1[…]
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