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[…]ion and employers trying to pass the risk on to their workers. But you've got a lot of people out there who want to get on in industries, I mean, the film and television industry be a case in point, they're keen to take any job that's going on any terms, often unpaid in some cases, and they get expl[…]
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[…]know that!Jim Shields: Yes - no, no, I just this second started it, Maurice.Maurice Askew: Well I started in the industry in 1938, with The Religious Film Society.Jim Shields: Ah hmm... and they're tied up with J.W. then were they?Maurice Askew: No.Jim Shields: They were a separate entity...Maurice […]
[…]with me. He was now a charge hand for mentors that was building Denham studios. FG, Minter and I came down to join him. And of course, when I go into film, doesn't it? There was no more thought of South Africa because we were on night work, and we were living earning an excess of 11 pound a week. An[…]
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 ProjectInterview n[…]
