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The copyright of this recording and transcript is vested in the BECTU History Project. Doris Martin was interviewed by Sid Cole on 16 August 1988.1. Getting started in filmSC: Your parents didn't have any connection or did they with the film business?DM: No connection at all. My father had a small p[…]

Freddie Young (FY) CinematographerBECTU No.4Interviewers: Alan Lawson (AL), Roy Fowler (RF)Date 01/04/1987 and 14/08/19875 Tapes(The second interviews covers similar ground as the first – at the start of the second AL mentions technical issues with the first interview)01/04/1987Side 100:00:00 –[…]

Bill Aitken from BBC Radio Oxford has produced a documentary about one of our interviewees, BBC producer, Bernie Andrews, who […]

Dr.Andrew Dawson is organising this exciting workshop for all industry specialists. Details as follows:- Event Date: 23rd November 2013 Time: 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm Address BECTU Head […]

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