[…]D discusses his transition from Technical to Operations (dates are not given here); 2000-2001, BD move out to Montreux the week after September 11th; President of Technicolor in the US wanted a laboratory in a part of the word where they could produce film very inexpensively; Rank were already out i[…]
[…]aven’t got access to my bathroom,’ or whatever, you know. He’s like all the rest of us. Anyway, it did open things up, because he actually became the president of Scope, Glynn Vernon, and went on to be very instrumental in changing policy and opening up issues about disability. And unfortunately he […]
David Croft Side 1Camera 0:03 Yeah, carry on. When we've done a few questions. I'll just do a check replay check .Darrol Blake 0:09 Oh, yes, please. Good idea. Okay, Yeah. You are rolling? Yeah. Okay. The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU […]
[…]hant, a two or three year old elephant. She didn’t have one but we were told of a little elephant that had been captured from the wild as a gift from President Kenyatta’s government to London Zoo. And she was in a compound in Nairobi, in the Trapas compound, waiting to come to England. So we went to[…]
E. M. Smedley Aston (production manager) 1912 - 2006by admin — last modified Jul 27, 2008 02:43BECTU History Project - Interview No. 407[Copyright BECTU] Interview Date: 1997-04-30Interviewer: Roy Fowler Interviewee: Fred TomlinRoy Fowler: So starting at the beginning, when and w[…]
[…] at er York House, which is right at the top of Kingsway, and errm... Gerald Sanger...Alan Lawson: Yes...Cyril Page: from Movietone news - He was the President then, at that time, of ITN. Er...and I hadn't met him before, and he said, "Well...before we start, you've got the job," you know, "because […]
[…]was that as I joined HTV it coincided with the extraordinary situation of me becoming the chairman of BAFTA. Which was extraordinary because I'd been president of the Guild of Film Production Executives, which was a great honour, I picked up an award one year. And I'd been on the council of BAFTA fo[…]
[…]Her films included Mantrap (1926) and Wings (1927)
I: All right, no, you probably know that Asquith was connected with ACT for many many years as president. What are your memories of him? That was a very young Anthony I suppose?CB: He was very young Anthony Asquith and he had very little to do w[…]
