[…]on - well, Arthur Elton and I really were the principal people in setting up the Film Centre, because we realised that there was a lot of opportunity outside and Grearson encouraged us to do this. There was a lot of opportunity outside to make films for people outside the public service, outside the[…]
[…]e various papers including one on the concept public service broadcasting – “a career shaping experience”. Hoggart had been on Pilkington Ctte, anti-ITV, pro-“uplifting” public monopoly: “ideas which I found antithetical but interesting”. Years later drew on this experience as Professor of Broadcast[…]
Russell Galbraith [Start of Recording] [00:00]I: ...interviewing Russell Galbraith and we are in STV for the Scottish History Project. First of all we talk a bit about the background. So, where were you born and then how you became interested in media and where you came from there? If I ca[…]
[…]er’s happening reveal itself, rather than imposing anything on them.[0:27:15]Well do you want to say something about having your own company, Reality TV?Well... [coughing]How did you start[??] to get permission[??] [inaudible]?We started... When, when Channel 4 began, people who had worked for, as i[…]
[…]round the heart or something but one of the flunkies dashed out to get an ambulance and as he dashed out the MGM Symphony Orchestra which was waiting outside thought this was the scene [LAUGHTER] for them to strike up for 'He's a Jolly Good Fellow' [LAUGHTER] And this macarbre scene took place with […]
[…]g problem that you can’t solve is speed. So I used to send my 16mm colour neg to Chemtone in New York and they had a boosting system and fortunately ATV allowed me to send my rushes to New York to be processed so I could push my neg at least a stop. And then one of the lenses I used a lot was a .95 […]
[…]of the fantastic.SPEAKER: M2He showed it to Frank Capra and Capra was interested and uh so I went down to the post and showed it to Frank Capra and Litvak right.SPEAKER: M10They were the two heads of this unit and uh they were impressed uh with this little three minute film.SPEAKER: M2And uh so they[…]
[…]this recording is vested in the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group. The name of the interviewee is John Mackay who is the main News anchor here at STV. His job title is Presenter and he's been here since September of 1994 and the recording is taking place at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, on 21st July, 20[…]
[…]ut your time training video news film. At that point, obviously, there was a lot of on location filming happening for video and film was broadcast on TV. And that developed all the way through the seventies and eighties. There was a lot of 16mm film being used for broadcast television.AM: Yes. News […]
[…]from the start. You think? You know, yes. But there’s a great thirst. Yes, you’re not going to get it on ITV in prime time. But there’s a great, maybe not, but there’s a great thirst for all things connected with, especially with the film and TV[…]
