[…]dn't go to Denham till 1950 and after three or four years they made me Chief Contact.Tape 1, Side 2Fowler/Lawson: In those early days of Gaumont British at the Bush, what kind of pressures were on the cameramen, well, also on yourself? Let's talk about you first. What kind of pressures did you […]
[…]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[…]
[…]ts but I didn’t anyway.And then, and I think it must have been after he left that he rang up and I couldn’t gobecause he was offered a job at Gaumont British Instructional and he went to work in the cutting rooms and the library was a lot duller.Was that Mary Fields?That’s right, yes, and he was, th[…]
[…] Anyway, sorry. But just an interesting point, because I always recall was such a pleasure leaving Crown  film in it and joining Edgar Anstey at British Transport  films in Savile Row where everything was on safety stock, so didn't have to worry about yeah, that's always wonderful. lovelyl[…]
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[…]l, he came down. Billy Shenton also came down and did some extra scenes, or some extra camerawork. We also did some experimental sound recording with British Acoustics but it was a full width track and the picture camera had it's two back legs in a special kind of booth in the sound van and it was a[…]
BECTU History Project - Interview No. 381 The Copyright of this interview with Larry Allen is the copyright of the British Entertainment History Project. To use contach the Secretary Sue Malden sue.malden@btinternet.com  Transcription Date: 2002-07-08Interview Date: 1996-04-11&nb[…]
