[…]s.At that time and brought over Goldruk [ph 16:02] and Wolpe.SF: Ah, yes.And that was, I’ve never seen a mixed audience, men and women at the student union, with the men in tears. And they were telling the story about how they’d been tortured, but worse their servants had been tortured in front of t[…]
[…]so sort of dedicated, full of ideas, you know. Probably terribly impatient and, with, when things didn't go their way. And I remember we had a lot of union trouble, but only about things like wanting an extra half hour or something and there'd be a terrific amount of, well sort of petty, I mean at t[…]
[…]of the Royal Dutch Shell group, because in fact, the Film Unit had its ACTT shop and over the steward, and Shell obviously have workers everywhere in unions, but not a single management using those tools. So I was unique. The rather nice thing was that ACTT called us out on a one day stoppage. Now, […]
[…]McDougall**] And anyway... Easter 1948... Eventually I came back to England, wanderings over, looking for a job. [I] went first to a Sidcott School reunion - now one of the advantages of Sidcott School was that it was a coeducational school - [00:41:40] And in fact I went straight from Southamp[…]
[…] 1960s and also touches on the effects of the Trades Unions on working practices, providing several details of his rel […]
[…] in this country but in that pre-handbagging era the film union was guarding its closed shop with concentrated might. To […]
[…]ion not editing now.Michael Legard 28:44 Yes. Well, I've said that to her once or twice in recent years, because she turns up at our btfo Union. Policy tomorrow,John Hargreaves 28:53 yes, yes. Well, she told me on the phone that she was coming over. So I directed this film, a[…]
[…]when that was finished, and the eyes court just said And was the Closing time 645. But I suppose about three or four, two or three nights a week, the unions were agreed to an extra two hours. So you had a break and then an extra two hours. So you'll finish about nine. And then you've got upstairs wi[…]
[…]wing that already started doing The Goon Show. I've done Hancock's Half Hour, I’ve done the first all girl’s show The Rag Trade, which is about trade unioNS:. I’ve done some wild shows. All experimental so far. This is going to be the big one. And we decided that homo sapieNS: is a load of lazy rubb[…]