[…]rt of attacks round Dakar with battleships - Barham and one or two other ships we had around, the names of which I don't always recall, er, and a few shells were fired from a ship, which we'd allowed to go through the straits of Gibraltar, um, a French ship sailing out of Toulon I suppose, and made […]
[…]nment History Project (formerly the ACTT History Project) and the right to publish some excerpts may not be allowed.CITATION: Women’s Work in British Film and Television, Daphne Shadwell, http://bufvc.ac.uk/bectu/oral-histories/bectu-oh [date accessed]By accessing this transcript, I confirm tha[…]
[…]ock at the door, and I opened the door, and there stood Ted Roberts, and I said, "Hello!" So he looked at me quite blankly, through his large tortoiseshell glasses, and they weren't worn in those days, you know. They were rather awe-inspiring! And he said, "Good morning!" So I said, "Good morning!" […]
[…] Auxiliary Territorial Service during WWII and subsequently returned to the film industry, working for Rank and Hammer studios among others. […]
[…]ddie Dryhurst: Yeah.Roy Fowler: Your family background, as I say, is documented, so why don't we start out with your first initial urgings to go into film and what films were like at that particular time, what made you feel that way about them?Eddie Dryhurst: Well we're going back to the First World[…]
[…] about 18 weeks, a very long schedule, quite a long film. So by the end of the schedule when we […]
[…]where?Anthony Mendleson : Where?Linda Wood : Ah hmm.Anthony Mendleson : London.Linda Wood : London, yes. Did your family have any connection with the film industry or...?Anthony Mendleson : No not at all.Linda Wood : Not at all...?Anthony Mendleson : Ah hmm.Linda Wood : And, did you go to the cinema[…]
[…] London, yes. Did your family have any connection with the film industry or...? Anthony Mendleson : No not at all. […]
