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David Lean and Gaumont Sound News is a short-term research project funded by the David Lean Foundation. It will add the history of one of the earliest British sound newsreels to the British Universities...
'Some people say I have celluloid in my veins instead of blood.' David Lean David Lean (1908-1991) was one of Britain's greatest film directors. He captured the public imagination with films like BRIEF...
A website exploring the director David Lean's time at Gaumont Sound News has been launched. The site focuses on a period at the beginning of his career when, in January 1930, he left features to join the...
The Project ‘David Lean and Gaumont Sound News' was funded by the David Lean Foundation. The project was led by Luke McKernan and the Senior Researcher was Linda Kaye. The prime goals were twofold....
There is very little material on early sound newsreels and even less on this period of David Lean's career. Kevin Brownlow's book provides the most detail, the rest are glimpses and context. BUFVC pdf on...
What are newsreels and cinemagazines? History - Read the history of British newsreels and cinemagazines Production Documents - Trace the production of newsreel stories through the cameraman's dope...
January 1930 Bi-weekly longer 'super edition' released alongside 'ordinary' edition. Required an expansion of the editorial team and likely that Lean joined now ...
Madeleine Carroll at Yorkshire Main Pit At Doncaster (109 seconds) Gaumont Sound News Issue 115, released 19/1/1931 This item shows the actress Madeleine Carroll visiting a Yorkshire colliery...
In the late 1920s David Lean started out as a tea boy/runner at Gaumont's studios at Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush. After a variety of jobs he finally helped to cut an early sound feature film directed by...
Today we can watch the news at any time, from any place. 'News on demand' is one of many aspects of the digital revolution that is changing news production and distribution as we speak. In the late 1920s...