Peter Dimmock

[…]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[…]

Norman Fisher

BECTU History Project - Interview No. 101[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: Unknown - draft analytical transcription by Sarah Easen, British Universities Film and Video CouncilInterview Date: 1989-09-25Interviewer: Roy FowlerInterviewee: Norman FisherTape 1, Side 1Roy Fowler: Copyright of the foll[…]

Peter Tanner

[…] and they've got to learn with me the right way.Roy Fowler: You make your beginnings sound very quixotic, would you say they were typical of the British film industry in the early, middle 30s.Peter Tanner: I really don't know. I can only speak for myself.Roy Fowler: Have you ever read[…]

Bryan Langley

[…]track. 3. Independent FrameBL: Independent Frame was a process devised at Pinewood. At the end of the war Mr. Rank, J. Arthur Rank, thought that British films needed mechanising - almost mechanising - more scientific. He got a gang of scientists from Watson Watt, the radar men, down to Pinewood[…]

Michael Houldey

[…]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[…]

Roy Lockett

[…]t that time we had our soldiers were out shooting people in Cyprus and, you know, and Tanganyika andROY LOCKETT 4Kenya, and it was a kind of like the British Army wasn’t distinguishing itself by its, its noble [Laughter] work in my view so the last thing I wanted to do was to join the Army, and[…]

Simon Rose

[…]tter, https://get.otter.ai/interview-transcription/.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[…]

Harry Fowler

[…]there that my granny frequented, and who I was brought up by, by the way, by granny, and he was telling everyone [American accent] “how wonderful the British are.” And he left the pub and he was interviewed again by somebody on this newspaper and he said “yes” and as they left, he put his hand into […]
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