[…]vice, and I think it was something like four years, two months, was shipped back home to the office, but they didn't know what to do with me. So they set me in law office, trying to see whether the numbers on Russian lorries perceived by our consoles in Eastern Europe made any sense. But do they ind[…]
[…] from balsa wood and Meccano – he had a Meccano set at home which he used, sticky tape, knicker elastic […]
[…]asically an American guy who had a camera and a Nagra, and he had, like, his little 16 mil camera and inaugural, and he had some a few lights, and he set himself up in whopping in a little studio there with along with a few other mates, and they they'd offered this one week filmmaking course, and I […]
[…]ome a museum piece since then. He had no money to create this machine, so the first one was hand-built from balsa wood and Meccano – he had a Meccano set at home which he used, sticky tape, knicker elastic as he used to call it, and it was hand, operated by hand [gestures], operated by hand, one fra[…]
[…]gh Rees Interviewer: Norman Swallow No of tapes: 2Duration: 2:14:39NB: The time codes given here are estimates based on readings from the original cassette recording.Tape 1 Side A.The copyright of this recording is vested in The BECTU History Project. Sheelagh Rees, television director and producer.[…]
[…] went in to The London Transcription Service at Maida Vale. Set in this convent, do you remember it? Mm, mm. […]
[…]background noise is present from time to time. Where possible I have clarified points made, and inserted missing or forgotten names. [DS][preliminary setting up conversation]David McGillivray [McG]: Here we go. Harry tell me where and when you were born. Harry Fowler [HF]: I was born in 1926. T[…]
[…]elt that her role was too important to be left vulnerable to bombing attacks. So they actually flew the whole studio out to India in flying boats and set up out there. And that was supported by the Indian Army Film Unit, which my father was attached to. And that's how they met, how they met. And my […]
[…]n't think - but to get rid of them, he'd rather have them out of the way over at Islington. So I could see that was going to happen so I phoned and I settled the job, got the job directly through Frank Covern you see. And I told Brocklebank[?], and Covern wrote or phoned or whatever he did and it wa[…]
[…]don't remember actually that but I was told this a comparatively few years ago at the 50th anniversary. History of the Film Society an event that was set of about at the National Film theatre and Ipswich itself. But I got the local principal singer? put a slide on the screen, appealing for people to[…]
