Cinema audience pictured using the Ilford infra-red process

Cinema audience pictured using the Ilford infra-red process
    A Cinema audience pictured using the Ilford infra-red process

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A photograph entitled 'Cinema audience pictured using the Ilford infra-red process', taken in 1932 by James Jarché for the Daily Herald.

This cinema audience were pictured in the dark while watching a performance of Cecil B de Mille's, 'The Sign of the Cross' (1932) at the Carlton Theatre, London with the aid of six infra-red lamps concealed in the balcony.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/10530
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 106 cm x 155 mm
type:
gelatin silver print and photograph