Barbara K Emary

[…]Kinney and those sort of people .BA: That's sort of interesting because again it comes in later on with 'Let the People Sing’ type movie and ‘Theatre Royal’.BE: Yes. Because these films were a11 films he wrote himself. He certainly wrote the first short resume of what he wanted to say and now and ag[…]

Cecil Buckland

[…] a funny look and I said, "That wasn't very good, was it?" He said, "No!" So I went next door to the top spot, which was the pub, next to the Theatre Royal which is where STV originally was and I had a gin and tonic and I'm sitting there and about ten minutes later Jimmy came in and said, "I've been[…]

E M (Michael) Smedley Aston

[…] you know, today when one sort of tries to tell one's grandson or something, what certain things cost - the fact that you could get lunch at the Cafe Royal for 17.5d up to the beginning of the war, you know they sort of think, "Oh he's starting to go funny already." But 25 shillings was not to be sn[…]

A A 'Alf' Tunwell

[…]at least 60 percent, or more, of the events in any newsreel, whether it was once a week or twice a week, were always devoted to the activities of the Royal Family and sporting events. Do you feel that this was so, that the reels could have been more ambitious in the field of coverage?Alf Tunwell: We[…]

Jimmy Nairn

[…]g The One O'Clock Gang one day and the curtain, there was a safety curtain, it was done, remember, on, the studio was the former stage of the Theatre Royal in Glasgow and the safety curtain was governed by hydraulics which were governed by the Water Board or somebody like that and at the start of th[…]

Carol Owens

[…]ng really because it was checking the prints as they came back from people that they'd been rented out to. And they supplied people like you know the Royal Yacht Britannia. The Queen would hire films from this company but they also sent films out to prisons, which was a challenge because if there wa[…]

Bruce Anderson

[…]d at his job, and as a freelance sound recordist, was not very popular. So he belonged to a variety of committees, which emanated through ACTT in the Royal Society of Arts and the British Standards Institution, and a Tuc committee here, and something something committee there. And there was the man […]

Kay Mander

[…]at the same time - I get very confused here, because while I was doing that we were also trying to set up a film with Bill Duncalf, who later went to television, and Michael Chorlton...Sidney Cole: Oh Michael Chorlton, yes indeed.Kay Mander: (Do you remember Michael Chorlton?) - who was a mate - and[…]

Ian Rutter

[…]was VT was used on drama. But then where else would it Ian Rutter  24:42  be? I it was used on every type of programme, from royal weddings to events to operas to pop concerts. And I've been so lucky. I've made every type of programme you've ever seen on television, wildlife[…]
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