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Salt of the Earth (Research Footage)

Precious footage of 1950s Israel, shot by Michael Powell while scouting locations for an unrealised project.

1953 41 mins Silent Not rated

Overview

In 1953, Michael Powell travelled round Israel, camera in hand, scouting locations for an unrealised project. With him were producer Emeric Pressburger and one of their key creative collaborators, set designer Hein Heckroth; all three can be glimpsed in the footage. They were planning a film based on the memoirs of Chaim Weizmann, the country’s first President. Shot on 16mm film, these home movies capture the people and places, landscapes and wildlife, and habits and traditions during the early years of the nascent nation, as seen through the eyes of one of Britain’s foremost cinematic visionaries.

Director

Michael Powell

Featuring

Emeric Pressburger and Hein Heckroth

Certificate

Not rated

Country

United Kingdom

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

Film production

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