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Interview with Aida Young The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. Aida Young, film and TV series producer. Interviewer Teddy Darvas. Recorded on the 29th September 1[…]
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[…] to London with my family until 1946. 00.53 The first film I ever saw, strangely enough, was Nanook of the […]
[…] born at that time, but then I grew up for the rest of the war in the country and did not go back to London with my family until 1946.00.53 The first film I ever saw, strangely enough, was Nanook of the North which I saw quite soon after coming back to London. It was partly because my father was Can[…]
Tilly Day (continuity) 1903-1994by admin — last modified Jul 28, 2008 04:32 PMBIOGRAPHY: Tilly Day worked on over 300 British films between the 1920s and 1970s, most particularly as ‘continuity girl’. Her career began at Walthamstow Studios in the 1917 and she received her first credit in […]
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