Search Results for: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama (1974)

[…]p;I read an advertisement, I don't know where, that the Ford Motor Company wanted a films officer and I applied and I got the job. And the job was somebody who would be in charge of the[…]

[…]e was a means of claiming a relative – I went into the RAF. And eventually they formed a film production unit with Derek Twist who was the commanding officer and Teddy Baird the adjutant and they promulgated a notice throughout the RAF asking for anyone, regardless of what department they were in, i[…]

[…]Bill GirdlestoneTape 1, Side 1Roy Fowler & Alan Lawson: Now, Bill, where were you born, and when?Bill Girdlestone: Well I was born 17th of September 1899 in Camden TownFowler/Lawson: And where did you go to school?Bill Girdlestone: Wimbledon Park.Fowler/Lawson: How come […]

[…] born, and when? Bill Girdlestone: Well I was born 17th of September 1899 in Camden Town Fowler/Lawson: And where did […]

BEHP transcript DisclaimerThis transcript has been produced automatically using Otter.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for any misinterpretation of the content of this interv[…]

BEHP transcript DisclaimerThis transcript has been produced automatically using Otter.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for any misinterpretation of the content of this interv[…]

Robert Scott [Start of Recording] [00:00]I: This is an interview with Robert Scott for the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group's Oral History Project. The interviewer is Janet McBain and the date is 13 May 2017. OK, Robert, when and where were you born? R: I was born and brought up i[…]

[…] end of my service, and I started to receive telegrams from people ask him to employ me as a second assistant editor. And so I went to the commanding officer, and I said, I'm not due to be demand for another three weeks, but I've got this offer of a job. And he said, off you go late. I got out early[…]