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Catch our very own Dr Lucie Dutton @MissElvey History Project Board member, on BBC Radio 4 'Cultural Front', for the lowdown on Maurice Elvey's WW1 film about Lloyd George. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b…

One of the earliest interviews in our collection is with Maurice Elvey. His silent film about Nelson screens No. 6 Cinema 🎥 Portsmouth on 29 September, thanks to 🎬 South West Silents 🎬. Read more here: historyproject.org.uk/blogs/century-…

"Pinching pictures: Alf Tunwell and the art of the newsreel". A lovely interview with camera operator Alf on the glory days of the cinema newsreel. Read the blog, listen to Alf. historyproject.org.uk/blog

The Loves of Joanna Godden is on Talking Pictures TV at 1.30pm today. We have interviews with actors Googie Withers and John McCallum, Jean Kent, and cinematographer Douglas Slocombe in our collection. historyproject.org.uk #BritishCinema #OralHistory

Tomorrow at 6.10pm BFI, you can see Traveller's Joy introduced by Josephine Botting. Prepare by listening to our interview with Googie Withers and John McCallum historyproject.org.uk/interview/goog…

We hold an extensive interview with cinematographer Erwin Hillier (1911-2005). He talks about many people he worked with - including Alexander Korda - so if you are enjoying BFI’s Korda season, Hillier’s interview may be of interest historyproject.org.uk/interview/erwi…

We have a lovely interview with Michael Bond in our collection. As well as introducing us to #Paddington Bear, he was a BBC camera operator, worked on #BluePeter, and wrote The Herbs. #botd historyproject.org.uk/interview/mich…

Are you inspired by Exeter Film & Television Studies’s forthcoming conference 'Working the Film Script' Bill Douglas Museum on 23 March? We have many interviews with script supervisors, script editors etc in our collection - so take a look. The conference CFP is here: jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadm…

Are you inspired by Exeter Film & Television Studies’s forthcoming conference 'Working the Film Script' Bill Douglas Museum on 23 March? We have many interviews with script supervisors, script editors etc in our collection - so take a look. The (updated) conference CFP is here: jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadm…

From Attenborough to Hancock - read all about the British Entertainment History Project in Lynsey Ford's article in The Stage at thestage.co.uk/features/2019/…

NEW on our website! Over thirteen hours of an interview recorded in 1996 with the great British director Lewis Gilbert. His films included Alfie, Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine and three James Bond films. #LewisGilbert #JamesBond #FilmHistory historyproject.org.uk/interview/lewi…

Look at these marvellous 1930s B Morris cigarette cards - a love letter to the talented craftspeople working behind the scenes in the British film industry! Happy #Valentines to our interviewees, interviewers and volunteers!

Producer Alexander Korda’s THE THIEF OF BAGDAD is on Talking Pictures TV at 4.00pm. We have interviews with editor Charles Crichton and sound assistant John Aldred. We also have an interview with Teddy Darvas who visited the set as a child and met Sabu and John Justin - what a memory!

This Morris Cigarette Card shows a 1933 Plasterers’ Department. We have an interview with plasterer Tom Peacock, who describes his 1930s-1960s career, working at Denham, Riverside, Pinewood and Shepperton Studios, and trade unions in the film industry. historyproject.org.uk/interview/tom-…

Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay with some of our interviews with women in the entertainment industry. How about costume designer Julie Harris, actor Jean Kent, director Muriel Box, documentary maker Kay Mander, animator Joy Batchelor.... to name but a few? #IWD2019

Maurice Elvey’s splendid #SilentFilm PALAIS DE DANSE screens BFI Southbank on Sunday 7 April. We have an interview with scene-stealing Chili Bouchier, greatly beloved of #BritishSilents audiences. historyproject.org.uk/interview/chil…

We are getting ready to attend Talking Pictures TV 5th Renown Festival of British Film this Sunday, 24 March. Come and say hello and pick up a copy of our latest newsletter. Renown Pictures

SEARCHING FOR JACK COX: Dr Lucie Dutton (@MissElvey) used our collection to research cinematographer Jack Cox. We don’t have an interview with Cox, but he’s present through the words of his colleagues. historyproject.org.uk/blogs/searchin…

.@MissElvey is at the British Women Documentary Filmmakers Symposium today - and reports that it’s great to hear so many speakers and researchers using our interviews! #lsetalksgender

There was lots of evidence of our interviews in the research that underpinned the recent JillCraigieproject Women Documentary Filmmakers Symposium. Here’s a write up by Dr Llewella Chapman for IAMHIST x.com/iamhist/status…