Description
Object description
British civilian worked as scutineer for Ministry of Information in London, GB, 1939-1944; worked as assistant to husband film maker Harvey Harrison in GB, 1945-1957
Content description
REEL 1 Background in GB: family; education. Aspects of period as scutineer for Ministry of Information in London, GB, 1939-1944: description of duties as scrutineer in censorship of newspapers, Senate House, London, 1939-1940; problem of air raids; daily routine and duties; story of passing photograph of Free French sailors; organisation of unit; description of offices in Senate House; memories of other scrutineers; transfer to Latin-American Section, 1940; duties selecting propaganda photographs for publication; contact with press attaches; organisation of sections within Ministry of Information; description of office in basement; role in organising photograph exhibitions; working with Kenneth Clark; copyright; distribution of prints to Latin America; liaison with other sections in Ministry of Information; news briefings; film and photograph sections; night shifts.
REEL 2 Continues: compiling booklet about Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Aspects of period as civilian in GB, 1944-1945: work as set designer in theatre and meeting future husband film maker Harvey Harrison; prior recollections of visit to Plymouth during German Air Force raid and staying in Temperance Hotel. Aspects of period as assistant to husband film maker Harvey Harrison in GB, 1945-1957: making film 'Ditching Without Hedging' (1943); role as scriptwriter on film about Women's Auxiliary Air Force entitled 'Service Calling'; organisation of film unit; use of professional actors.
REEL 3 Continues: work on series of films about venereal disease; husband's pre-war film career and role making instructional films for services during war; story of husband filming Operation Grapple on Christmas Island, 1957; question of safety precautions during tests; summary of role with husband's post-war films; husband's character; union activities; question of secrecy of films; son's career in film industry.