BECTU History Project - Interview No. 88[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2002-01-18Interview Date: 1989-05-23Interviewer: Alan LawsonInterviewee: David ProsserTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. David Prosser, Newsreel cameraman, late[…]
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[…]et up? For whatever reason I decide.Dennis Kimbley  13:50  I met a man called ruder cough in Russia, for example. And he was in fact on the Central Committee as well. But he was a very bluff. boisterous monopolist, bluffing to the point by red bass. He we were at lunch one day and he came […]
[…]rt laid on by the studio. They were obviously granted extra petrol because our work was considered important, so we kept going with cars taking us to central points and so on. Then we come to...Alan Lawson : Well what I'd like to talk to you about - when did you first get involved with ACT, can you […]
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[…]e, like Jessie Matthews and all the...?Charles Wilder: Well it's you know - I can't remember quite honestly.Margaret Thomson: Were you working in the central accounting or were you accountant for a film, for a production?Charles Wilder: No not in those days no, it was central accounting. Going back […]
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