The Cine Technician (1943 - 1945)

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60 THE CINE-TEOHNI C I A N May— June, 1943 DECADE OF PROGRESS A.C.T.'s 10th Annual General Meeting IT was fitting that the Tenth Annual General Meeting should have had the best attendance of any in A.C.T.'s history. Despite a glorious sunny day. 260 members (including many in uniform) attended the Caxton Hall to deliberate on a varied and at times exciting Agenda. President Anthony Asquith opened the proceedings. The main part of his address was devoted to a review of A.C.T.'s first ten years. He reminded the meeting that every section of the industry is now covered by standard agreements, with the exception of the newsreel side which was being tackled during the forthcoming year. He paid tribute to George Elvin, Winifred Pearson and other officers who had done such yeoman work for the Association, and continued by mentioning some of the pioneers of trade unionism for film technicians: Ken Gordon (who on one memorable asion cycled to London from Aldershot, and back, at the first attempt to organise film technicians), Stan Jolly, Roy Kellino and Bill Allan who in 1933 were responsible for starting A.C.T. at Gaumont-British Studios, Cyril Stanborough (the original President), Ivor Montagu. Jack Cox, Thorold D ckinson, John Dennis and other earbj stalwarts. The President concluded with a referto films as a war weapon. At the beginning of the war the Governmi I to realise their imp " That they have seen the error of their ways." Mr. Asquith continuedj "is sufficiently proved, to mention only one example, by Desert Victory, which is nol only a magnificent film and tribute to the courage, daring and technical skill of our \ eace-time coll s • but also, as is shown b\ mendous success in Eussia, a powerful piece ot propaganda. The whole nation owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the * technicians who are making the war a concrete . reality instead of something you read about in the newspapers. And 1 feel that it is up to us to ensure that when they come back to the industry it shall be an industry worthy of them." " Finally," the President ended. I do wanb to impress upon you as strongly as I can that A..C.T. is not a remote body which governs you. We — all of us — AEE A.C.T. And it is our responsibility to make it the A.C.T. we want. And the A.C.T. we want is one which will carry on and improve upon what has been achieved in the last ten years." George Elvin. himself justifiably proud of the t progress the A.C.T had achieved on its tenth anniversary, introduced the Annual Report, and commented on the large volume of work that had been got through. During the period 23 separate agreements had been nej 1, three with employers' ass itions and twenty with individual companies. The most important of these was the completion of the Studio Agreement with the B.F.P.A. The present membership of 2908 was the highest in our history, -aid Elvin, and about 'the pre-war membership was now serving in the armed forces — a veiy substantial contribution. Other General Council members ampliri tain sections of the Report. Sid Bremson made an