Fred Ralph

Fred Ralph became a sound engineer for British Movietone News in 1936, but when the short-lived National News was launched in October 1937 it was announced that the sound team would be headed by Ralph and Leslie Murray [qv], both of Movietone. The World Film News noted that Ralph would be responsible for ‘re-recording of sound, music, and commentary.' Production of the National News was suspended soon afterwards, and the newsreel folded in February 1938 when its camera gear was put up for sale.

Sources

World Film News, August 1937, p.31 ‘Newsreel rushes: notes by The Commentator’; October 1937, p.35, ‘Newsreel rushes: newsreel notes by The Commentator’; November 1937, p.37, ‘Newsreel rushes: newsreel notes by The Commentator’: Cine-Technician, March-April 1938, p.220, ‘Newsreel’: J. Ballantyne (ed) ‘Researcher’s Guide to British Newsreels: Vol.II’ (1988), p.36.