[…]; JIM WHITTELL: 1922 Dinnington. 1927 the Queen’s Hall, Dover. And my father who was the by that time projectionist and film booker argued with his father about sound, because his father said it was a fad and his daughter would no longer be able to play the piano to acc[…]
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 […]
[…]ProsserTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. David Prosser, Newsreel cameraman, later BBC film cameraman. Recorded on the 23rd of the fifth, 1989 at his home in Chandler's Ford, Interviewer Alan Lawson. Side one.[break in recording]Alan Law[…]
[…] Goodman was born in 1927 in Walthamstow. He entered the film industry as a page boy at the Gaumont-British Studios […]
[…]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[…]
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[…]
[…]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.[…]
