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[…] events. During the war he worked at Welwyn Studios on MOI shorts and trailers, including the ‘Food Flashes’. The first […]

[…] and if you wanted to go to the toilet, "Exuser moi s'il vous plait?" and you popped out...everything was French, […]

[…] was about to begin for this, you know, for the MoI. And I said that I'd be delighted, and so […]

[…] and said "Couldn't we get him a job in the MOI?" and Bernard said I'll see what I can do", […]

[…] everything over there didn't they? I think you made some MOI Pictures? Roy Fowler : Yes, during the war, yes. […]

[…]ead Office he had become good buddies with Maurice Keys, one of the Company’s in-house film promotions team. A quick phone conversation with “Maurice moi boy” - as Ted would affectionately refer to him after their promotions together while Ted was running the Ilford Odeon prior to taking over Edinbu[…]

[…]nk much, except during the wartime. Wartime, with what was called "the five minute films" and "the monthly films", went out under the auspices of the MOI and they were shown virtually in every cinema in the country. These went into the cinemas. During the war. But before the war and after the war Sh[…]

[…]d got about, we’d usually got the scripts before. Yes, we had, no we didn’t in that case, again they were late there. We had about three scripts when Moira, Morra Armstrong who did it so beautifully too. That was studio, studio and a bit of film. [Laughter] And it won BAFTA didn’t it?Yes.And it beat[…]

[…]...Yes I remember her.She was in charge of the library was she? Was she?She was, yes over Pentecost.That’s right.Over Pente, she was the head at, the MOI or COI.That’s right, yes. And I used to go, eventually having introduced myself when I, shemust have given me some hope and I used to go about onc[…]

[…]to put in every three months for reserve occupation. So of course - forgot mine and forgot the other two - one of them ended up in the RAF! So anyway MOI said, "If these people were important to you, you wouldn't forget to apply for them," so of course that was it. Now they'd got their hands on you,[…]