Videos tagged with Acting
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Appearing in an Advert filmed in China
Tony tells about the time he went to Hong-Kong and China to take part in an advert for Saga Holidays
Acting with Kevin Leffan, the creator of Emmerdale
Ken Ratcliffe tells of the time he performed in a two man play opposite Kevin Leffan who created the television series Emmerdale Farm
Recruiting Judi Dench as President of the Questors Theatre
Alen Drake tells about his role in getting actress Dame Judi Dench to be the President of the Questors Theatre, a fringe theatre in Ealing, London.
Returning to Professional Acting
Ken Ratcliffe talks about his return to professional acting after leaving it for 25 years.
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Life before, during and after WW2 in South London
Beryl has lived in Rotherhithe all of her life. Before WW2 started she lived with her mother and father in a town house with a large garden, but the council knocked the houses down to make room for a
Secretarial work, typing pools and using the first ever photocopier in the 1950s
Jacki Rogers talks about life during the 1950s training to be a secretary. She recounts her experience learning to type through 'touch type'and going on to work in a busy typing pool. She learned Pitm
My Grandpa, My Hero: Memories of Monte Cassino
Melissa recalls stories told to her by her Grandpa who served during WWII in the Battle of Monte Cassino, how he won the prestigious Medal of Valor and the heart rendering decision of choosing between
Flight of FANY!
During WW2 Elizabeth Ward was a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) working for SOE. By September 1944 she was stationed in Bari, Italy but a back injury meant she'd have to return to Brit
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Operation Mincemeat (aka The Man Who Never Was)
Operation Mincemeat was a top secret WW2 deception operation designed to fool the Germans as to where an Allied invasion in the Mediterranean would take place. Patricia Davies worked as a secreta
ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2
John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he talks about being in Nagasaki in 19
ONBOARD HMS COVENTRY JUST BEFORE ATTACK during Falklands War
After HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War, morale onboard HMS Coventry was down...but only for a bit! Coventry and her crew started preparing for further attacks. Here David Wood who serve
LAST TRAIN OUT OF PRAGUE 1939
Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines is from Prague. She came to England in 1939 as one of nearly 700 Jewish children saved from the Nazis by Sir Nicholas Winton, a stockbroker who earned the nickname 'Britain
Secretarial work, typing pools and using the first ever photocopier in the 1950s
Jacki Rogers talks about life during the 1950s training to be a secretary. She recounts her experience learning to type through 'touch type'and going on to work in a busy typing pool. She learned Pitm
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