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Robert Hawkins ("Bob")

Profile

Dates
1959-1967
Role
Sound editor; Cameraman
Newsreels / Cinemagazines
British Movietone News
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Photo credit
BUFVC/Norman Fisher Collection

Career

Bob Hawkins was a Movietone sound editor who became an assistant cameraman, and appears in the Movietone staff list for January 1964. However, his first actual credit is for ‘ANIMALS JOIN THE FUN’ in British Movietone News No.1855 of December 1964. Hawkins covered a wide range of domestic stories and was in the camera team for ‘MOVIETONE NEWS: WORLD CUP FINAL’ in No.1939 of August 1966. Hawkins’ last credit is for ‘STAGE COACH’ in No.1972 of March 1967. Terry Gallacher [qv] remembered Hawkins as an assistant film editor who ‘emigrated to Australia around 1967 and joined Australian Movietonews where he became a cameraman.'

Sources

BUFVC, T. M. Gallacher, ‘Additional Notes,' October 1998: Information from Peter Hampton, March 1999.

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