[…] we trained on those and that was the one place where we did manage to wreck one of his Majesty's aircraft. Canadian pilot and myself and the station commander was not at all pleased because we put his airfield out of action but we were lucky to walk away from me. We were doing a night operation and[…]
Roy Fowler, initiator of the ACTT (now BECTU) History Project, looks back “He’s film barmy!” Thus would my bemused Mum […]
Al Moffat [Start of Recording] [00:00] I: The 24th today [May, 2017]. Al Moffat here and he was at STV between '81 and '99 [1981-1999]. [Tim Amyes is the interviewer] R: Yes. That's right. I: So the first question is how did you actually find yourself in television? R: […]
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 ProjectInterview n[…]
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[…]son: Ah!Cyril Page: He...he was er put in...like the cinema side...yeah...Alan Lawson: [interrupts] Oh, I see, I see...Cyril Page: ...yep, yep, yep...Commander, I think...he was a Commander, I think.Alan Lawson: Er...yes.Cyril Page: Yeah, that's right, yep, yep...Oh, it was a happy...happy gang and […]
[…]995. Reel one,I mightask you when you were born, Christopher Miles 0:28 right, I was born 19, April 39, in London town and the sound of bow bells. So not quite a Cockney, but can you tell me a bit about your family and how you came to be in the film industry?Right. My family consist[…]