[…]n the switches panel we didn't have vision pictures we had technical directors whatever they were called, they were part of a very very fierce strong union - we had IBEW, NBC had NABET – and you would take whatever number it was which put the Telop up, the system Telop, and you would say mix system,[…]
[…]: And I said, "Oh, well I think I ought to join that," you see. And he nearly fell down when somebody actually volunteered that he wanted to join the union. And so that was it, I joined on the spot and I didn't pay any really very active role until...Alan Lawson : When was that?Gordon McCallum : Tha[…]
[…] when somebody actually volunteered that he wanted to join the union. And so that was it, I joined on the […]
[…]nd believe it or not, I played Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet. That's my only claim to being an actor. Roy Fowler 28:15 Trade union aside , I'm sure. Ronald Neame 28:16 Yes Now at the end of the year, my uncle, who had been trying to run the b[…]
[…] projectionist?Eddie Dryhurst: Yeah, most of them were moonlighting. Er, I think the projectionists were also moonlighting, yes.Roy Fowler: Were they union members already at that stage?Eddie Dryhurst: There were no unions in those days.Roy Fowler: Not at all, not even for the projectionists?Eddie D[…]
[…]s to the ACT but we were still members. That was an arrangement that was brought in, oh, quite early on actually because the ABS was the only sort of union that was recognised by the BBC. And because the BBC wouldn't recognise ACT, ACT said that we could all still remain members but we would not hav[…]
[…]e director. Then I. started on my second film lighting but I was in dead trouble because ACT, NATKE and ETU had come to an agreement where one of the unions was weak the other two would help. Ealing was one of those studios. We were quite strong, NATKE was quite strong, ETU were not strong. In fact […]
[…] had a shirt which had been made out of a union Jack. This sort of extroverted character. Anyway we worked […]
