Filming History: The Memoirs of John Turner Newsreel Cameraman

Between 1910 and 1979 the newsreels, released twice a week in British cinemas, gave millions their picture of national and world events. Filming History: The Memoirs of John Turner, Newsreel Cameraman is the first biographical account of someone who worked for the British newsreels to be published in over twenty years. The book details the working life of a newsreel cameraman and covers the filming of the Second World War, Indian independence, and the relations between the news media and the British royal family in the 1950s and 60s.