Search Results for: RAF Film Unit

[…]as the shooting?Oh, God knows. [Laughter] I don't think it was all that long because the Boultings were given official leave from, both John from the RAF and Roy from the Army Film Units, they were given leave to make this film, Thunder Rock, official leave, because the authorities thought the […]

[…]ut there you are. It was unsuitable for cinema audiences. And er…we went down to Juba, which was as hot as hell; I mean as soon as you opened the aircraft door, it sort-of hit you like opening the oven, and er….which was right down in the desert in the jungle. And er, we went to Port-Sudan, and all […]

[…]a bit long winded but the tube bus across, can't even remember the number. But I'm sure that transport must have been a little more reliable because traffic less congested and you had a good idea what time you were going to turn up in the morning. But yeah, I had to be down at the bus stop for the v[…]

[…]nd almost nonprofit. And I remember Henry Geddes was very, very pleased with it.Alan Lawson  37:01  As I remember, I knew I knew him in the RAF Film Unit. He was in the Film Unit.Noreen Ackland  37:08  Yes. Close. Yeah. No, that was that was a lot of fun that because it was a it […]

[…]ost impossible to get to a county scholarship. So although I had three University places, I never actually went to university. I went I went into the RAF and signed on for an extra year. Because in today's national service, you you, you've got the job that happened to be needed at the time, so you m[…]

[…]that?Reggie Beck: No idea, I can’t remember.Wyn Ryder: They were in the forces.Reggie Beck: Richard Attenborough was a corporal in the RAF then and he played a part in the film.Alan Lawson: John was in the RAF Unit and Roy in the Army Film Unit.Reggie Beck: Afterwards I did […]