Castles In The Air (1952)

Designers put finishing touches to a castle set at Elstree Studios, London. M, S s of designer throwing leaves onto the wooden floor whilst another attaches hinges onto a floorboard so that when stepped on it flies up into the air. He demonstrates how it works. Man dabs windows with cloth. M, S of man placing fake ivy over windows and then smashing a glass pane with hammer. L, S and M, S of Syd Simmonds hammering studs into a large wooden door. Several shots of man making cobwebs around the set by using a machine which throws out a rubber solution using centrifugal force. He blows dust of the cobwebs to make them look more realistic. His finishing touch is to cut holes in the webbing using scissors. Cataloguer s note: The film set being created was for Castles in the Air which starred David Tomlinson and Barbara Kelly. FILM ID:1297. 2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.