(cut off) 1994 Tape 1 side 1 Eileen Diss, interview number 323.I: Where were you born?ED: In Hackney, East LondonI: Ah, what kind of schooling did you receive?ED: Very ordinary Elementary School and the 11 plus to the local Grammar School which was Guilford County High School fo[…]
[…]a, which we called 'The Iron Lung', and er...one camera. That was the film unit, and about ten lamps, the old Mole Richardson lamps and um... a petty officer as a spark, and we were just the three of us on the camera; it was Gordon Dines, cameraman and... operating, Paul focussing, and me doing load[…]
[…]t it was a... I can remember my first passport, and it said, 'profession' and I used the expression 'film traveller'. And on one occasion the customs officer said, "Well what is a film traveller?" So I had to explain briefly. I think it was just curiosity, I mean he wasn't worried that I was trying […]
[…]just say...Sheelagh Reece DRAFT. Tape 1 Side A16Sheelagh Reece DRAFT. Tape 1 Side AYes, yes. John Glyn-Jones followed Malcolm Baker-Smith as being my officer in charge.Yes.Alan will remember him.Yes.What a character, wild he was, he would do all sorts of things. He once threw a tin of pins on the fl[…]
[…]he, the scenic people and that whereas Sidney was all the programme personnel. And the, the, now what was his title? Jack Knott was the Establishment Officer, I think he was called.[20:12]Yes.Little man, Jack Knott, do you remember him?8Yvonne Littlewood DRAFT. Tape 1 Side AMm. And there we were. An[…]
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[…]Information Retrieval and as a film cataloguer and actually moved just ahead of me into The Film Department, to become Acquisitions and Documentation Officer, and Kay really developed, aside from continuing the Museum’s role as the repository for official British Government film, he was really keen […]
 BEHP 0048 Val Guest Transcript.Tape 1 of 8Please note that the use of the Val Guest tapes is restricted and the copyright remains with Val Guest and his estate. Interview with Val Guest, writer, producer, director, at his house…on 17th August 1988.[NB This transcript, whilst ‘complete’ include[…]
[…]18:32 "Atlantic" is usually represented by a clip as the ship goes down, which you probably know the one I mean it has John Longden as the first officer, I've forgotten who plays the captain. And it sort of runs for about five minutes it's quite excruciating. And again it was I think a delibera[…]
[…]abuzz when Ron is in a structure able to structure and run the Navy to collect all together. All the people have been in the movies. So my commanding officer, I was doing my training for the feature on CW candidacy. He said, You were in the film business venture. I said, Yes, I was. I was a film edi[…]
