[dave walsh]

I didn't know that Brigham-presumably when restrictions on Whale Hunting came in? The same thing happened re BSE in a way as the scarcity of gelatine [extracted from animal bones] meant that the ubiquitous "cow-gum" beloved of Art Schools was replaced with an expensive petroleum based alternative!

Re the mention of cine-film originals being destroyed [post 15] it's reported today [The Guardian] that all the 55 hours of footage [+ 140 hours audio] filmed 18 months before the Beatles separated is to be a second archive project for Peter Jackson who made the "They Shall Not Grow Old" WW1 Documentary. The Let It Be Doc of 1970 was less than adequate to say the least, for a variety of reasons, as many of us will know. This is professionally filmed high quality material that has been looked after and will be increasingly invaluable as the years go on. It's not on VT so the problems discussed here are avoided and [as Beatles history] is unlikely to be destroyed. It's quite poignant now that "They Shall Not Grow Old" suits both films while Let It Be doesn't fit either!