Close to the Edit: David Lean and the Newsreels

David Lean honed his editing skills at a time of rapid transition, as the sound revolution began to transform the film industry. Linda Kaye offers an insight into this experimental environment.

In January 1930, when David Lean was 21, he joined Gaumont Sound News as a cutter. He honed his editing skills at a time of rapid transition, as the sound revolution began to transform the film industry. Linda Kaye offers a unique insight into this experimental environment, which was to prove a key formative period in Lean's development. Linda Kaye is Senior Researcher on the 'David Lean and Gaumont Sound News' project at the British Universities Film & Video Council.