Search Results for: Honorary Doctorate of Science at Bradford University (2009)

[…]ide 100:00:00 – 00:09:30 Introductions; born 1920 in England but moved to Ceylon; father couldn’t get a decent job after WWI so he worked in a number of remote areas of Ceylon to work as a civil engineer; JB was here until 9 or 10 years old; moved back to England where JB went to school in Cumberlan[…]

[…] Gaumont and Odeon and BN would see every programme each week; he recalls seeing Metropolis on 9.5mm from the library at Burnt Oak (three 100ft reels of silent 9.5mm); BD moved to Powell Equipment for 6 week; he then went to the Odeon, Collindale where they had a vacancy for a projectionist; BN was […]

[…]ur life and your very interesting family and connections and all those things. So,  starting, I guess at the beginning, you're the daughter of Michael Balcon, who is one of the founding fathers of the British film industry. And I'd like I suppose to start with him, your memories of him goi[…]

This transcription was provided in 2015 by the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, Leeds University) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University).   BECTU History ProjectInterv[…]

[…]in Brownlow (1938-) is an English filmmaker and film historian whose work focuses on the preservation of films from the silent era. He won an Academy Honorary Award in 2010. I: Yes, he also worked at Ealing so it might have been at Ealing that you CB: No, it was definitely at GainsboroughI: At G[…]

[…]hn Legard, the date is 17 to January 1996. This is side one, and it's file number 361.Alan Legard  0:29  Dick. Now, perhaps you could start off by telling us a little bit about your very early life all your focus and your childhood. Assume so on.Richard Marden  0:37  Yes, well, m[…]

[…]995. Reel one,I mightask you when you were born, Christopher Miles  0:28  right, I was born 19, April 39, in London town and the sound of bow bells. So not quite a Cockney, but can you tell me a bit about your family and how you came to be in the film industry?Right. My family consist[…]

Jan Zilliacus Tape 1 Side ACOPYRIGHT: No use may be made of any interview material without the permission of the BECTU History Project (http://www.historyproject.org.uk/). Copyright of interview material is vested in the BECTU History Project (formerly the ACTT History Project) and the right to publ[…]