Filming Locations
A week of filming was undertaken at Great Clifton and St Helens Siddick Colliery at Workington in Cumberland, followed by seven weeks of shooting at London's Denham and Twickenham Studios, where an elaborate mine-head was simulated. Also there is a shot at derwent crossings looking towards mossbay pig iron works in workington and the train station used was workington central on the workington to cleator moor line
Later the set was moved to Shepperton Studios for another week of shooting. The original set of the mine-head was used to make up a huge composite set of 40,000 square yards, then the largest exterior set ever constructed for a British film. The set consisted of an exact replica of the Workington mine where the location work had been done, including a pit-head complete with cage, ramp, outer buildings, and rows of miners' cottages. To ensure authenticity, pit ponies from the Cumberland mines were used and the miners' costumes consisted of clothes purchased from colliery workers.
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