[…]that I was in the Air Force. I was called up about ten days before the war started. And I managed to get the last eighteen months of my career in the RAF, I got transferred to the RAF Film Unit at Pinewood Studios. And one day I was sent for by our commanding officer, which was Teddy Baird, and Pat […]
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[…]d about your family background?A Yes, certainly, I was born in Blackheath near London on 22 September 1918 and myfather was - he had retired from the RAF in 1924, which was quite early - and he joinedCookwit(?) Budget as a camera man which was one of the original, very original, cinemanewsreels. Top[…]
[…]sted in people, and it seemed.. I discovered in Kent that there was a great friendship between a British Ace called Stanford Tuck, who was one of the RAF’s highest scoring Aces, and Adolf Gallant who had shot down something like 300 enemy aircraft in his career in the Luftwaffe, and they were mates.[…]
[…]He's a marvellous character. I mean I'm very impressed one day when he said to me. Yes I've got this kind of film. I rescued it from a beach landing craft in Anzio something bloody hell. How old is this man. He'd been through the lot you know. Yeah. Just been through the war But he was one of those […]
[…]put one's name on a register at the Architectural Association, the register of wanting a job and they had architects who came to them if they wanted drafts from them, that sort of thing. Anyhow, they said to me "Alright, what sort of job do you want?" and I said, "Well I'd like a job in a motion pic[…]
