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Post by Ash Stewart on May 30, 2009 19:59:54 GMT
When was this discovered? I knew there was an audio recording of it, but must have missed hearing of a telerecording being found. They showed a couple of brief clips of the interview with Hitler's sister on the C4 documentary about his family. Looked in fairly bad condition.
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Post by Peter Stirling on May 31, 2009 12:29:47 GMT
Yes this was filmed by Peter Morley in about 1959 for Rediffusion, he shot a couple of hours with her. His biography is on the web somewhere (cant remember now where to send you) but you can access it and he mentions it.
As for the film, same old story I'm afraid,
the master was lost many years ago, but a short extract was found in somebody else's TV programme, probably Canadian or American IIRC . This is what you saw I believe?
Obviously AR sent over a copy which was then copied into the programme hence the quality.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2009 17:00:22 GMT
The programme was live with (fairly substantial) filmed inserts. The inserts were the interview material. For many years this was thought to be totally lost apart from an off-air audio. The interview footage itself was discovered a few years ago though in - I think - ITN's archive. The recovery of this was premiered at a MBW event attended by Peter Morley several years ago, who presented some sample footage. I was there myself.
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Post by Peter Stirling on May 31, 2009 19:10:33 GMT
Hi Lawrence
did they find all of her interview?
i thought it was only an extract that was requested for a foreign
TV film.
For all its historical significance it dose not have seem to caught the BFI's eye in Aug 1968 ?
maybe if Charlie Chaplin had done a little dance in it they might have been interested?
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2009 19:31:30 GMT
Re: the Chaplin comment: spot on! ;D
It was 1959 when it was transmitted. I'm not sure if it was all of the interview - it was certainly a sizeable chunk plus some extra stuff that wasn't in the transmission, if I recall correctly. I have the viewing notes from the screening somewhere but i'm not sure where!
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Post by Richard Jeffs on May 31, 2009 21:30:37 GMT
I discovered the opening titles sequence and first three or four minutes of this programme (which did not include any interview material) in amongst the "lost" 63 cans of tele-recordings that also contained "The Lost Beatles Interview". I copied what I had onto DigiBeta for the December 2005 MBW, but was prevented from attending the event by the Buncefield oil explosion (M1 closed etc.). The DigiBeta I supplied "went walkabout" - hopefully into the BFI archive. I have a memory of being told at the time that the interview was discovered in France - dubbed for the French TV service - but I am an unreliable witness - Dick Fiddy and his files at the BFI will tell the story I bet!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2009 9:42:20 GMT
Yes, thanks for the additional detail, Richard. I recall it being mentioned about the "French connection" now. I'm pretty sure though that I recall it being said at the NFT event that some of the extra footage came from ITN's archive. So presumably this was the material that was supplemental to what you had found, including some material that apparently was not in the programme as it was transmitted?
This was an important find. It's shocking that the Digibeta went walkies but presumably the masters which this was taken from are safe? I'm always amazed that the discussion parts of the these MBW events are never video recorded for posterity; the Hitler session would have been a particularly interesting one to tape as it included a chat with Peter Morley about the original programme and it's recovery!
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Post by Peter Stirling on Jun 1, 2009 14:28:16 GMT
Slightly O/T
The American equiv of the BFI started a project around ten /fifteen years ago of recording long interviews with the notable backroom boys of the golden age of TV.
What a good idea eh?
I have seen the Sheldon Leonard (producer, writer for sitcoms)one .
Peter Morley would be a super candidate for a UK one, he has some great anecdotes about his TV career.
Then again his name is not Lean or Olivier so presumably the BFI cant be bothered ? They will say they have no money for that but will spend £20K on recovering a 5 sec clip of Hitchcock picking a daisy . - rant over
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