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[…]or whoever, suggesting that it would make rather more sense for the public, instead of selling off the Forestry Commission's land, we simply sold the crown jewels, after all nobody ever gets to see the real ones. So what would it matter and it would make rather more money. I think that's an excellen[…]

[…] of Two Worlds.That's right.Yes.That's right, yes.12Mary Harvey Tape 1 Side AHe was there a long, long time. And we used to work quite a lot with The Crown Film Unit at Pinewood. I remember Dusty Buck, production manager.Y es.He, he worked, he worked there, yes.That's right.Yes. And Humphrey Jenning[…]

[…] I mean Convoy and Ships With Wings. Then when Cav came he introduced a more documentary style, didn’t he? SC: Yes. Well he’d come from the Crown Film Unit. DM: Yes. And he had no patience with the heavy, spectacular… Ships With Wings was dreadful. I wrote some lyrics for it and every[…]

[…]e.Arthur Graham: How did the war affect you. What kind of influence did it have on your career.Eric Cross: Well before I went to Denham, I was in the Crown Film Unit. We did things like Christmas Under Fire with Humphrey Jennings and various things. We went up to Coventry in the middle of the blitz […]

[…]ause there was no resistance subsequently when the directors made it clear they did want to affiliate, in fact they now refer to it as a jewel in the crown. So purely by accident that was something I can point to. Bit by bit I began to find out what was going on and contribute, the chairman was a ma[…]