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May— June, 1943
THE CINE-TECHNICIAN
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Flt.-Lt. Donald Gallai-Hatchard, " Hatch "
R.A.F.
It is with a very heavy heart and deep regret that I write this obituary of one of the finest fellows I have known in our industry, and I am sure that the news of his death in action in North Africa was felt in the same way by several brother technicians. Over six foot in height, with a broad back, massive head, muscular with terrific strength, Hatch, >re entering the industry, was an " ironfighter," erecting girders on the building of ShellMex House, a fact that
Frames from Flt.-Lt, Gallai-Hatchard's film of attack on I,a Bassee
all tripod heads knew only too well, for once locked off by him only he could unlock them.
His first production was Men of Tomorrow, followed by all London Film Productions — Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, Don Juan, Sanders of the River, etc., etc.
In 1985 he married and started a home in an old world cottage in Denham village, a very happy union which ended in tragedy in 1938, by the death of his wife four days after the birth of a little daughter Jennifer.
Christmas 1939 found him in France, filming atmosphere shots for the production Old Bill & Son. He joined the R.A.F. in 1941 as an A/c.2 and eight months later was one of the first members of the R.A.F. Film Unit, supervising the equipping of the Camera Department. He took operational pictures of many famous raids including Dieppe, and exceptional shots of a low level attack on La Bassee which appeared in the newsreels last year.
A keen A.C.T. member, a deep reader and thinker, a »;reat golfer and a lover of Cornwall, a man's man loved by all. Such was " Hatch."
A. W. Easey
W. J. Hemsley
It is with deep regret we announce the death of W. J. Hemsley. Art Director. He was a grandson of the late W. Hemsley, R.A.
His passing will be felt very keenly in the film industry, as he was a most popular and clever fellow, and very much respected by all who know him. He was a member of A.C.T. for many years and took a keen interest in it. He leaves two young children who in years to come will be proud and keen to carry on the name and the work their father has left behind him.
J.N.
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