Norman Fisher

[…]nt, 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 recording on a separate recorder instead of in the camera. The recorder of course was r[…]

John Turner

[…]ect - Interview No. 421[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: TBCInterview Date: 1997-10-09Interviewer: Alan LawsonInterviewee: John TurnerJOHN TURNER, news cameramanTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: First, John, when and where were you born?John Turner: I was born in Hampstead actually, yes, I'm a Londoner […]

Leonard (Len) Harris

[…]ion was on. So we were allowed out and we went to see the newsreels. And I got this stuff in nearly all the newsreels - well all the newsreels except Pathe - Pathe hadn't used it. And I noticed that Pathe were the ones who didn't use much Army or any - they used their own material. Well they had a v[…]

Cy Young

[…]m of course everything was duped on to filmBG What was the process?CY Yeah you get a viewing. You. Well the first thing to do if you're going to have Pathe Newsreelwas to go over to the office. Go through the index files . There were no. Computer screens with databases and key words here which is kn[…]

Dicky Leeman

[…]s in the RAF Film Unit throughout the war, and again I learnt quite a bit about editing from him cutting.Rodney Giesler: And he went on to make these Pathe documentaries didn't he?Dicky Leeman: That's right. Yes, yes. He was a nice...he was a nice bloke.Rodney Giesler: I knew him quite well.Dicky Le[…]

Richard Marden

[…]oke out and my brother was a bit upset I was more upset than he was. And I caught my father saying to him, if you're a very good boy, I'll give you a pathescope, which was a 9.5 patheescope projector for your birthday. Now I knew George wouldn't be interested because he got out with he's got to have[…]
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