HP0569 Yvette Vanson – Transcript

[…] from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, […]

Yvette Vanson

This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co- Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History ProjectInterview […]

Interview

[…]mployers trying to pass the risk on to their workers. But you've got a lot of people out there who want to get on in industries, I mean, the film and television industry be a case in point, they're keen to take any job that's going on any terms, often unpaid in some cases, and they get exploited as […]

Aida Young (nee Cohen)

[…]nt, second assistant, we’ll forget first assistant, production assistant.  I was the only girl at the time doing anything.  This was before television, even after television because in television women began to get jobs, but not in films. Not in films. TD:  My first film we had a[…]

Anthony Mendleson

[…]arting to re-paint the front gate, it means we're going to be sold!" All this sort of carry-on![LW and Third Voice Laugh.]Anthony Mendleson : Because television then was becoming quite, you know, an up and coming thing.Linda Wood : Hmm.Anthony Mendleson : And nothing happened at all, and we were gai[…]

Norman Fisher

[…]ewsreel persons who were let go when the newsreels closed down? Did they get other jobs or leave the business?Norman Fisher: Some of them got jobs in television or simply went over to freelancing.Roy Fowler: Was it a difficult time for them do you think?Norman Fisher: No, I don't think so, there was[…]

Norman Fisher

[…] the business? Norman Fisher: Some of them got jobs in television or simply went over to freelancing. Roy Fowler: Was […]
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