Transporting newsreels (Phil Fawke)
Is part of Phil Fawke Interview (incomplete)
Phil Fawke interviewed by Richard Wallace
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes taking newsreel films between local cinemas in Leamington Spa and picking up news footage of major sporting events from Birmingham airport.
Ah, that's another job I used to have to do when I was a lad, take the news to the Clifton, wait while they showed it and bring it back. Because one newsreel was used between two cinemas and I used to have to go over on a bike to the Clifton, wait there while they showed it then bring it back to the Regal. When there was the Grand National, or the Derby, or the FA football final we used to have to go to Elmdon Airport which is now Birmingham Airport and collect the snippet of the news to put in the newsreel for the Sunday night. They used to print them all and everybody used to have to go to the airport and collect it and add it into the news so that you showed it on the Sunday after the Saturday. Every, every sporting event they used to do that.
Title
Transporting newsreels (Phil Fawke)
Subject
local cinemas
newsreel
film transportation
rewind boy
routine
Leamington Spa
Description
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes taking newsreel films between local cinemas in Leamington Spa and picking up news footage of major sporting events from Birmingham airport.
Creator
The Projection Project
Source
Interview with Phil Fawke
Publisher
The University of Warwick
Date
09/12/2015
Contributor
Richard Wallace
Phil Fawke
Relation
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24797
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/37473
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5886
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
1940-1960
King's Norton Cinema, The Green, King's Norton, Birmingham
Interviewer
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
Phil Fawke
Date of Interview
04/12/2014
Location
Birmingham
Transcription
Ah, that's another job I used to have to do when I was a lad, take the news to the Clifton, wait while they showed it and bring it back. Because one newsreel was used between two cinemas and I used to have to go over on a bike to the Clifton, wait there while they showed it then bring it back to the Regal. When there was the Grand National, or the Derby, or the FA football final we used to have to go to Elmdon Airport which is now Birmingham Airport and collect the snippet of the news to put in the newsreel for the Sunday night. They used to print them all and everybody used to have to go to the airport and collect it and add it into the news so that you showed it on the Sunday after the Saturday. Every, every sporting event they used to do that.
Original Format
One-to-one interview
Duration
00:00:27
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Cinema
Regal/Vue, Portland Place, Leamington Spa
Clifton, 2 Spencer Street, Leamington Spa