Collection

Behind the scenes photograph from filming of 'A Matter of Life and Death'

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1934-03-13
Behind the scenes photograph from 'A Matter of Life and Death' Behind the scenes photograph from 'A Matter of Life and Death'
Behind the scenes photograph from 'A Matter of Life and Death' Behind the scenes photograph from 'A Matter of Life and Death'

Behind the scenes photograph from 'A Matter of Life and Death'
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group/SSPL
© Mirrorpix

Behind the scenes photograph from 'A Matter of Life and Death'
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group/SSPL
© Mirrorpix

Behind the scenes photograph from 'A Matter of Life and Death' (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946). Image shows the construction of the escalator (named Ethel) used in the famous scene where David Niven's character is called up to Heaven but fights to stay on Earth. Caption on back reads: 'Ethel from beneath - it took over eight days to erect her on a studio floor under-pinned to support her eighty-five tons'.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/11224
Materials:
ink and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 260 mm x 205 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Daily Herald Archive at National Science and Media Museum

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