Horrors of the Air War
By using a telephone call recording service I have been able to interview 448th and USAAF veterans from the comfort of my living room. Ideally I would have liked to travel the States filming on-camera interviews in their living rooms but since we’re on a small (micro) budget telephone interviews it is.
As a positive I like the poor sound quality on the telephone, it adds character and this way I can afford to do several follow up interviews when new questions or areas of interest come to mind. I wonder too whether the telephone puts the interviewee at ease and leads to better material, it’s definitely more intimate than turning up at someone’s house with lights, cameras and cables trailing everywhere.
Here is an extract from an interview with 448th veteran Larry Taylor.
