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 Project Interview […]
[…] by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell […]
Interview with Marion GriersonInterviewer: Margaret Thompson MT: This is Margaret Thompson interviewing Marion Grierson; documentary film director, editor reporter, literary editor and writer.these were the professions that she followed in the early years of documentary filmmaking. She later we[…]
[…] working initially in the theatre and subsequently on screen. Her film credits include The Citadel (1938) and Goodbye Mr Chips […]
[…]And I also met my husband-to-be in the lower sixth which is quite a long time ago and we have been very happy and together ever since.The interest in film started also quite early on. I'd always been interested in watching TV and watching movies and I got my first Super 8 camera when I was 16 and sh[…]
[…]ated transcription service, supplied by John Harwood and edited by David Sharp in 2019. The numbers in square brackets are timecodes. [Filming began outside]Interviewer: Jimmie King. David Woodward on camera.[TAPE 1] Jimmie King [JK]: If you’d like to introduce yourself Bob.[…]
EXTRACT: On losing the job of a lifetime:-
"I said a permanent job in films or television would be like winning the pools - any kind of a job, I’d be grateful. I suddenly got a phone call one day to see this guy called Ward Thomas, so I go traipsing […]
[…]cularly speak with a Scottish accent, Linda Wood 0:54like further. Did you have any specialised training before you started working in the film industry? Donald Wilson 1:05I went to the Glasgow School of Art. And that's the only specialised training I have. Because I had I left[…]
