[…]back to London, because of Betty, and because I wanted to be in London. A job came up at Pathé News, and I went to Pathé in Wardour Street as a Newsreel Commentary Writer. I wasn’t the only one. But I learned more at Pathé, I suppose, than I did at any other place, other than in te[…]
[…] and Johan Oomen, BUFVC Section 1: Childhood years and first newsreel jobs [21:35 mins] Growing up: first job at newspaper; […]
[…]Alan LawsonInterviewee: David ProsserTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. David Prosser, Newsreel cameraman, later BBC film cameraman. Recorded on the 23rd of the fifth, 1989 at his home in Chandler's Ford, Interviewer Alan Lawson. Side on[…]
Alf Tunwell ( newsreel cameraman) by admin — last modified Aug 16, 2008 11:16 PM BIOGRAPHY: Alf Tunwell entered the […]
[…]iewee: Alf TunwellTape 1, Side 1Ralph Bond: This is a recorded tape interview with Alf Tunwell. ACTT member of very long standing, and pioneer in the newsreel section of the British film industry. Alf, during your, almost a lifetime in this industry, and particularly in newsreels, you must have seen[…]
Norman Fisher ( newsreel cameraman) 18/7/1917 - 20/11/2001 by admin — last modified Jul 27, 2008 02:12 PM Biographical information […]
[…]ting a glow tube in the back of the camera and this of course was the De Forest patent, the AEO-light, which Movietone had acquired and it made sound newsreels possible. And when other newsreels started up such as Gaumont, Paramount, Pathe, they had much more clumsy equipment. Pathe had Visatone rec[…]
Reg Sutton ( newsreel sound recordist, sound supervisor) 24/9/16 - ? by admin — last modified Aug 27, 2008 03:39 […]
[…] used to give anyone who wanted a feed, a feed on these occasions. So I gave him one. And we had a drink afterwards and he says are you interested in newsreels. I said not really, I've been with the BBC some time now and I'm on the established staff, on the regional pension scheme. Only we're lookin[…]
[…] there was never any legal cause to define what a newsreel was, it meant that if you tried to go […]
