Ian Rutter

[…]er, Dear Mr. BBC, give us a job. And I've always been interested in photography, electronics, all that sort of thing. I used to do a lot of eight mil films, and I passed the interview, got onto the TA course in Evesham. Nick Gilbey  2:14  So that interview, were you nervous […]

Gordon Courcha

[…]ife generally.Unknown Speaker  32:35  The news agencyUnknown Speaker  32:40  was actually came from what was still doing a lot on film. And they were shipping it out by to clients. But they decided they moved over almost completely to tape that they using it and facility to begin[…]

Russell Galbraith

[…] daily news as you could get your hands on or accommodate. I: And the facilities that were available to you? R: Facilities were very tight! Film units were very tight. Early on in this sort of thing began to happen quite quickly, there were constant 'quarrels' might be too strong a word bu[…]

Bernard Ponsonby

[…] to change then because there were also sort of changes in working practices for technical staff as well as Journalists. I: Yes, the change from film to video tape? R: Well, the change to ENG, I think, came in in the late eighties. Mid to late eighties. I: Electronic News Gathering.&n[…]

Lois Singer

[…] to wake him up. But he really was a lovely man. And it  was still live  when we did them the programmes, right, we used a lot of film. And occasionally because they were experimental, we'd make the programmes and they would be telerecorded, and we'd look at them and decide wheth[…]
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