Ted Candy

[…] was the thing that really destroyed the fortifications on there were the the next day, we did battleships way behind you, the 16 inch armor piercing shells. They're the ones who did it. You could hear them too, but God, you could. And the the invasion started, and that was it. And I was there for t[…]

Charles Bennett

[…] had to go into the teeth of machine gun and shell fire and things like that. Usually about half the […]

Charles Bennett

[…]now. I went "over the top." "Over the top" was a very dangerous, very unpleasant thing to do, because you had to go into the teeth of machine gun and shell fire and things like that. Usually about half the battalion would survive, and that kind of stuff, you know. On September 1st 1918 I went "over […]

John Halas

[…]David Lowe. And then we did a film for the Air Force, and a number of other ministry's. Once finished, then industry picked on us, British Petroleum, Shell and then we moved in a big way into public relations films and this is practically where you came in because we were together with Larkins Studi[…]

Mickey Hickey

[…] couple of months at a munitions factory in Barnes, making shells, and they were really white hot, and because with […]

Cy Young

[…]chool. Of which the most famous old boy was William Friese Green. So I was off to a good start. Then inference is correct.BG Where did you first love filmsCY My dad he used to take us through the pictures and when he got home he'd have mini quizzes I think know little puzzles and quiz questions base[…]

Michael (Mickey) Hickey

[…]t thing, war breaks out, so we're completely closed. Nothing to do. I got a job for about a couple of months at a munitions factory in Barnes, making shells, and they were really white hot, and because with my complexion I was getting very burnt, I mean even through my clothes I was getting burnt. S[…]

Mickey Hickey -Transcript

[…] couple of months at a munitions factory in Barnes, making shells, and they were really white hot, and because with […]
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