Claude Wickstead

Claude Wickstead's sound recording career spanned nearly 40 years. He began working at the Government Film Studios in 1938, before joining the National Film Unit in 1945. Wickstead — who was a prisoner of war in Germany during WWll  — worked on many films, including the long-running Weekly Review and Pictorial Parade. He went on to head the NFU's sound department for 32 years. Wickstead died on 7 September 2002.

All set for a take? OK, she’s away! Claude Wickstead at work, in 1947 film Exhibition Loop