[…]r raid shelters. And I was worked there on a Sunday, on the day war was declared. And I came out, and I saw and listened to one of the first portable radios. Alexander Korda had it, and June the prey, the actress was there, and one of two others, and we went out near the powerhouse, out in the open […]
[…]the Triffid’ which was a bit of a romp?C. D. Another big picture at Shepperton. Mainly of course with the Special Effects, who made all the Triffids, radio controlled. It was the most remarkable set we built. In the story 'The Day of the Triffids’ the whole world goes blind except one or two people […]
[…]atoes and cabbages and lettuces. So that he must have come down some sometimes not at the weekend. Because I remember very clearly sitting around the radio and listening with him and splitting with after over eight rounds. Itma went out Thursday.Alan Lawson 27:10 Do you kno w […]
[…] . REN ÉE GLYNNE: Ahh, even before. So, they were radio spin -offs and amusing and competently shot, well lit. […]
[…] somehow. The was a half reasonable excuse. They were saying this is so realistic, that the effect could be like the notorious War of the Worlds, the radio show that Orson Welles produced and people were committing suicide because they were actually Martians coming down there Main Street. Obviously […]
[…]erations and they put me in to Communications for some reason despite the fact that I had no particular training in Communications! Communications is radio links, which, at that time, was the way of getting signals back to the studios. And routing various signals about the country. Glasgow was the m[…]
[…] somehow. The was a half reasonable excuse. They were saying this is so realistic, that the effect could be like the notorious War of the Worlds, the radio show that Orson Welles produced and people were committing suicide because they were actually Martians coming down there Main Street. Obviously […]
[…] the local film studios tomorrow" - which was Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush - "and see what chances there are for a young man? When you leave school in two or three year's time maybe there's something you can do in films, who knows?" So the following day, at fourteen years old, I went strolling down t[…]
[…]ational came up said look, we want you to take the job. And I hadn't as yet heard back from the BBC. And unbeknown to me my brother, who was in sound radio, had been since the war was from 1938. It was he had applied for the job. And of course on the notice board was just assistant sound recorders s[…]
