French Eyes on the Future
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Delia created music for French Eyes on the Future, a 60-minute[1] BBC TV film written and produced by Roy Battersby with music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.[2]
"An appraisal of French strength today including the atom experiments. The theme is how dearly France is paying to go it alone."[3]
The film was shot in March-April 1965[4] and broadcast in 1965[5] around July.[6]
The National Educational Television Records, 1951-1969 contain a press release for it.[7]
French Eyes seems to be one of Delia's favourite pieces, as it is mentioned in the list of pieces she was thinking of using for the Brighton Festival[8] in April 1967, and for Magic Box.
Availability
- Broadcast on BBC1 on 1st June 1965 from 9.25pm[9] to 10.20pm.[5]
- Broadcast in the U.S.A. on 8th August 1966 at 8.30pm in California,[10] Oakland, [11] San Mateo[1] and Texas[12], on 22nd August 1966 in Missouri[13] and at 10.00pm on 24th August 1966 in New York.[14]
- In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 6299.[9]
- A trailer was on tape TRW 6317 but that tape is no longer to be found.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Mateo Times, 6th August 1966, Page 62
- ↑ DD110253: Delia's clipping of the Radio Times programme listing for French Eyes on the Future.
- ↑ Santa Fe New Mexican, 7th August 1966, p.36: TV programme listing.
- ↑ Location shooting took place in late March and/or early April 1965 because The Glasgow Herald dated 24th May 1965] reports that the BBC camera crew was arrested while filming an H-bomb plant, and a B.B.C. spokesman says that happened "six or seven weeks ago".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The BFI entry for French Eyes on the Future.
- ↑ An article by Roy Battersby, also entitled French Eyes on the Future, was based on the film's script and appeared in The Listener on 1st July 1965, reprinted in Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, Volume 7, Issue 6, 1965, pp.219-223: “This article, based on the script of a film televised in BBC-1, is a survey of their progress. Mr Battersby is a producer of television films.”
- ↑ Public Information Records, 1954-1969, box 31, folder 4: "French Eyes on the Future at University of Wisconsin.
- ↑ DD082814
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Tape Library List entry for TRW 6299.
- ↑ The Argus from Fremont, California, 8th August 1966, Page 12
- ↑ Oakland Tribune, 7th August 1966, Page 148
- ↑ The Baytown Sun, Monday 8th August 1966
- ↑ The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri for Sunday, 21st August 1966, Page 125's listing for Monday 22nd.
- ↑ The Record Newspapers, Troy, N.Y., Saturday 20th August 1966 listing for films on the following Wednesday.
- ↑ The Tape Library List entry for TRW 6317.
