John Aldred Dead: British Soundman on 'Lawrence of Arabia,' 'Dr. Strangelove' Was 99

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombBorn in 1921 in Doncaster, England, Aldred on his birthday was invited to tour Shepperton Studios with John Byers, a family friend who was the head of the sound department.[starring] Paul Robeson and Leslie Banks, and I spent a long time in the projection room watching the daily rushes," hein a 1989 interview for the British History Project. A bit later, Aldred was hired as a playback operator for a pound a week.

During World War II, he was recruited by the Army Film Unit at Pinewood to assist with propaganda movies and dispatched to Northern Europe to record authentic sound effects of the war. "We had the most impressive document, an identity card, and it was signed by Gen. Eisenhower," Aldred recalled."It said no one, in great big capital letters, must interfere with this man in the execution of his duty as a sound engineer and recordist."in 10-minute uninterrupted takes . The process was quite difficult to pull off and needed movable sets, a specially designed studio floor and numerous microphones.

Once, a still photographer interrupted a take eight minutes in, thinking it was rehearsal."We never saw him again," Aldred said.

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“No Prisoners!” Every aspect of a great film like ‘Lawrence’ carries equal weight - very sorry to hear this.

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