Editing children's films (Phil Fawke)
Is part of Phil Fawke Interview (incomplete)
Phil Fawke interviewed by Richard Wallace
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes working as a relief projectionist during the war, and being told to show edited versions of films during children's matinees.
I was called up to first, not the army, I was called up to down the pits of all things, you know, as a Bevin Boy. And during that time when I was at Stoke on Trent, I worked at a cinema part time as a projectionist there in Fenton. And the funny thing there, I used to get paid in sixpences and threepenny bits. And if it was a children’s programme and we had a sort of suitable film on, but a bit long, the manager used to say, just show the toddlers one thing and then put part two on the other and change over, he said, they won’t know the difference which nobody ever did really when they were kids.
Title
Editing children's films (Phil Fawke)
Subject
showing film
Description
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes working as a relief projectionist during the war, and being told to show edited versions of films during children's matinees.
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/50849
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
1940-1944
Interviewer
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
Phil Fawke
Date of Interview
04/12/2014
Location
Birmingham
Transcription
I was called up to first, not the army, I was called up to down the pits of all things, you know, as a Bevin Boy. And during that time when I was at Stoke on Trent, I worked at a cinema part time as a projectionist there in Fenton. And the funny thing there, I used to get paid in sixpences and threepenny bits. And if it was a children’s programme and we had a sort of suitable film on, but a bit long, the manager used to say, just show the toddlers one thing and then put part two on the other and change over, he said, they won’t know the difference which nobody ever did really when they were kids.
Original Format
One-to-one interview
Duration
00:00:49
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Cinema
Plaza Cinema, 147 King Street, Fenton