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[…]y in 31st comedy, I think, well, like it made this film for the interests of this set. COI or mo I can't recall the central office information or the Ministry of Information, which was just after all 47 48 million This was and it was to try and joke people out of being so miserable. Everybody's very[…]

[…]anies were being commissioned by the CEO of automated films. The new sales didn't get anything. So pressure was brought by the newsreel people on the ministry informations It was then they make a film for the cinemas. They wanted them to make format the London Blitz which was happening at that time,[…]

[…]now how to get into it, where to go and and he couldn't actually help me. He was too far out a bit. He said, But do you knowwhy don't you try the air ministry? So I tried the air  ministry. I had all the necessary qualifications, obviously to do this job.Because I mean, I can draw if it is a qu[…]

[…]t's come to the outbreak of war. What was the immediate effect on you and the newsreels? Or upon Movietone?Norman Fisher: Well we then came under the Ministry of Information.Roy Fowler: The cinemas closed immediately so what effect did that have?Norman Fisher: The cinemas reopened again, yes, there […]

[…] sorry [laughs] I'm jumping ahead about a year. It wasn't the Spot News thing it was - ACT got in touch with me, that's right, and said that the then Ministry of Works wanted a director cameraman to run a film unit for them. Cut a long story short, I joined the Ministry of Works in the beginning of […]

[…] I came over to England to write propaganda for the Ministry of Information, and while I was there Laurence Olivier - who […]