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[…]nbsp; The thing is that I knew that at certain points I had to direct myself into a certain line and what I was directing myself towards was the Naval Film Unit on Whale Island.                   &nbs[…]

[…]where?Anthony Mendleson : Where?Linda Wood : Ah hmm.Anthony Mendleson : London.Linda Wood : London, yes. Did your family have any connection with the film industry or...?Anthony Mendleson : No not at all.Linda Wood : Not at all...?Anthony Mendleson : Ah hmm.Linda Wood : And, did you go to the cinema[…]

[…]ty air squadron there so you were exempt for your first three months training and then went almost immediately to America and trained there, American naval air stations in Detroit and in Florida.John Taylor: Go on about your time in the airforce.Jimmy Gilbert: I think one reason, one of the reasons […]

[…]ent, and he realized that everybody had got a category. He knew exactly what everybody should be doing and how much they should be earning. It was so naval, wasn't it that he went for it, hook line and bloody singer. And he was there after, you know, that was in the Waldorf, yeah, a bloody really pr[…]

[…] but you did the job so if there was a naval job Pathe got it, if they couldn’t send anyone, […]

[…]Oh, tell us about that.Well, on Longest Day I was the only production person in England at all and I had also with me a military adviser, a naval adviser, and Maude Spector doing the casting, and then we did everything. Anyway, we borrowed a tank from the British Army in Germany, naturally[…]

[…] and I had also with me a military adviser, a naval adviser, and Maude Spector doing the casting, and then […]

[…] all scattered all over the place. Alan Lawson: ...Because the Naval film unit was very secretive really Cyril Page: Well, yes [Laughs] […]

[…]alia. We all met there, and then I went up to Hong Kong. Paul went to Japan, I think. We all scattered all over the place.Alan Lawson: ...Because the Naval film unit was very secretive reallyCyril Page: Well, yes [Laughs] We had that song [sings] "We three, we're not alone!..." - well that was it, a[…]

[…];been something all the British troops on board and there was smoke filling the naval trucks moving down the docks. There was some French people shaking their fists&[…]