[…] had its effect on the grand climate of the thing which eventually was formed, and became effective.Interviewer : We ought to distinguish between the newsreels and the independent films on the issue of censorship, because you were presumably dependent upon the films actually reaching any audience at[…]
[…]bsp;a job at Universal News. Which again I didn't know was one of the five newsreels in Britain. I met a very nice man. Although I had no experience whatso[…]
Cyril Page ( newsreel and television cameraman) 15/11/1920 - ? by admin — last modified Jul 27, 2008 02:40 PM […]
[…] that was the start, and I think the first job I did when I was on the staff, permanently, I did some stuff for Don Smith.Alan Lawson: Oh, Children's Newsreel.Cyril Page: [interrupts] Yeah, Don Swift, on the Children's Newsreel. Well, compiling stuff, you know. We had to...build up a library. So um.[…]
John Turner ( newsreel cameraman) 1915 - by admin — last modified Apr 18, 2008 03:54 PM 1930s - Gaumont […]
[…] used to see in those days, and people used to do all these designs and things. But as I say, not for me. Anyway, in 1936 I heard of a vacancy on the newsreel so I applied for it, actually, and I got it. I didn't know the first thing about camera work or anything or what was involved in it. Anyway, […]
[…]can’t put that in. Are you recording?And dog ends?, [Laughter]And, mm, I did everything and finished up, finished up in the drying rooms breaking out newsreels working twenty-four hours often never knowing when you could go home. We went when we were told.3Yes. Did you know Emanuel Coombes when you […]
[…]News, they asked me to contact BBC news to work out and to get a liaison agreement between Spot and the BBC. This was in '52. And the BBC then, their newsreel was a magazine programme that they used to produce up at Alexandra Palace and it was the first television newsreel. It was a twice a week thi[…]
