[…] out of the Army early because that way I was able to get a job, I mean, I had no money and no background, nothing. And I wrote to every single newspaper in the country and abroad…I: Can I stop you a second? Why newspapers? R: Well I…yes, why?&nb[…]
[…]titude of having a Union level of manning was kind of core to how ITV was at the time and, later on in my career when I started doing film work, film news, for instance, was done with a three-man crew - lighting, sound and camera operator - unless it exceeded two minutes and the two minute rule then[…]
[…]OK, the copyright of 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, Glas[…]
[…]p classification (or Certification as the new buzz word became known) for films. From 1951 there had been three classifications of U, A and X. For U (Universal) all ages were admitted while for A, signifying an Adult film, any child under 11 was required to be accompanied by a Parent or Guardian. Th[…]
[…]nbsp;And then out of the blue I. Got a letter. I applied for a job at Universal News. Which again I didn't know was one of the five newsreels in Brita[…]
[…] the boss in those days. ; British Paramount News ; Universal News ; British Movietone News ; British Pathe ; Gaumont […]
[…]k’, and he said, ‘Well would you like to come and help me start it?’ So I said to him, ‘You can’t possibly mean that, I hate television like all good newspaper journalists, it’s awful stuff, never watched it, don’t care about it, don’t know anything about it’. ‘Perfect’, he said, ‘just the[…]
[…]ays was the newsreels. They were in everything, did everything. So I wrote to there were five New Zealand companies in those days that was paramount, universal pathing, movie tone and go more British. And I wrote to Goon British, and I wrote to Paramount, and I didn't write pathing, but I. I wrote, […]
[…] Govan Election there was an STV reception at the Liberal Democrat Conference in the Corran Halls in Oban. David Scott who was, at that time, Head of News and Current Affairs of STV said, "I would like you to come and work for STV in the run up to the next election." Didn't hear anything from David […]
