Pete TrumanI’ve just looked again at that locations site, it’s changed since I last looked at it, you’ll have a field day with airfield sites.
Pete TrumanHi NF… yes I go on it often thanks (i wonder how many dvd’s amazon sell from it ?) but I just wondered if there are any other websites for location info.
cheers baz
Try this one, http://www.locationworks.com.
It seems to be a company that specialises in providing filming locations for every event, some of the buildings shown are fantastic, in a ruinous sort of way, but unfortunately, though, understandably, it doesn’t tell you where they are, pity, because some of those abandoned country houses look amazing.
One location you should definately recognise is RAF West Raynham, lots of interesting pics of the place on the site.
While looking up ruined mansions, one of my interests, a few months ago, I came across another website that specifically dealt with films and their locations, listed by county, I may have latched on to it via locationworks, unfortunately I can’t find the blooming thing, it must be in the bowels of my computer somewhere, if it comes up, I’ll let you know.
I’d be interested to know how many films or TV programmes have been filmed at Holkham Bay, I know that ‘Elizabeth’ was, as well as that naff Stephen Fry series about the Norfolk solicitor. As the Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall owns it, he must make a tidy sum from filming rights, when I went up there last October all the film crews were outside the hall making the latest Hollywood blockbuster, not that I can remember what it was about, or who was in it, Nicole Kidman?
I wonder whether the 7th Earl charged for Mosquitoes overflying his place, can he do that, mind you, I met him once, he seems a nice enough bloke, inheriting that place must be a nightmare for anyone to take on, OK, sell a Rubens and spend the rest of your life in the Bahamas, I don’t think it quite works like that.
Pete Trumangone down where Pete ?? 😉 😀
Sunset Boulevard.
Pete Trumangone down where Pete ?? 😉 😀
Sunset Boulevard.
Pete TrumanNot the greatest war film ever made, and it clashed with ‘Dr Who’, but worth watching for the aircraft.
I know that the airfield sequences were filmed at Bovingdon, however, I watched the opening sequence and realised that the coastal area that they were approaching was in fact Holkham Bay in Norfolk, the scene of many films in the past.
As they flew over the beach, pine woods, the coastal meadows and part of the Holkham Estate, they flew very low over a ruined church tower, and a comment was made to Ilya Kulyakin about flying too low. This was in fact the
ruin of the original village of North Creake which is situated right next to the substantial remains of the former North Creake Airfield, it all happened so fast that I couldn’t spot the airfield, but I gather that by coincidence, North Creake was used as a storage facility for surplus Mosquitos at the end of the war, it made me wonder whether any of the a/c used in the film had actually been stored there, I presume it would be impossible to find out.
Before switching over, I noticed that most of the flying sequences seemed to have been filmed in that area, and I did return to the film after Dr Who, to see more flying over North Norfolk, it made me wonder whether the a/c had actually been based somewhere up there as well during filming, IMDB just stick with Bovingdon for every location.
I have to admit, it brought a bit of a tear to my eye to see EH-T in all it’s glory, in fact, to see all 4 of those Mossies together was a bit of a sight and sound, never to be repeated.
Pete TrumanThis might help 😉
C’mon, it wasn’t his fault, he’d obviously gone down there to read the gas meter, well, we all need a bit of extra income.
Pete TrumanThis might help 😉
C’mon, it wasn’t his fault, he’d obviously gone down there to read the gas meter, well, we all need a bit of extra income.
Pete TrumanWelcome to the madhouse 52classic.
I knew this was coming on (but wasn’t able to watch it) and had hoped his flying life might get a mention. Still got to find that “Flying Review” article:o
Roger Smith.
Don’t worry, it will be constantly repeated on BBC3 or 4, but most of the programme did involve ‘flying’, mainly into bed with various women, well, it makes good TV doesn’t it, who wants to watch boring aircraft stuff. One of his alleged traits that was banged out during the programme was that his attitude was that TV is for the masses, ie Mr and Mrs Ordinary just want to see people like themselves on the screen.
I was interested to see on a previous posting that he chucked his model railway out of an aircraft over the Atlantic, sounds a bit bizzare, where does that story come from, and judging from the programme and contemporary pictures of him, it was a Marklin model railway, I’ll never forgive him for not investing in good old British Hornby Dublo.
Pete TrumanI’m intrigued, can someone explain exactly what you’re referring to, presumably a sport that is exciting as watching paint dry has been stirred into life by a descendant of that loveable old boy Sir Oswald Mosley, whats it all about then?
Pete TrumanI’m intrigued, can someone explain exactly what you’re referring to, presumably a sport that is exciting as watching paint dry has been stirred into life by a descendant of that loveable old boy Sir Oswald Mosley, whats it all about then?
Pete TrumanI was surprised to note in the opening commentary on that news report, ‘For the first time in 60 years, a German war movie about a German war hero’.
Memories are obviously short, isn’t ‘Das Boot’ about the same thing, about Nazis too, well in theory anyway, and as I said before, made in the correct language too.
How many films can you think of showing German aviators as ‘reasonable’ people by any film makers.
Probably the best one was ‘The One That Got Away’, British made when the war was fresh on everyones minds, yet dealing with Von Werra, known to be a bit of an arrogant so and so, in a sympathetic way when most films of that period tended to treat such characters as arrogant Nazi stormtroopers.
Going on to ‘The Longest Day’, the 2 Luftwaffe pilots ordered to strafe the beaches were portrayed as vulnerable characters, not happy with their lot, and allowed to speak in German, quite rightly so.
In ‘Battle of Britain’, I’m not sure about their portrayal, the bomber crews were shown as being vulnerable and frightened, the fighter pilots as a bit arrogant, maybe this was the case, I’m sure as an advisor, Galland put his tuppenceworth in, though I gather it wasn’t always accepted.
On a WW1 theme, non of the major characters in ‘The Blue Max’ were likeable, apart from the CO and the various erks, that really was a typical Hollywood portrayal of events on a big scale, long may it dissapear.
Can anyone think of any others.
Pete Truman[QUOTE=Firebird;1234108]Err……that means you’re not even born yet….by at least 42 years 😉
Well that was obviously the difficulty in my phsyce, trying to cope with the problem of ‘A’ Level maths all those years ago, anyway, how do you know that I haven’t regressed or even better, hitched a ride in the Tardis.
Airshows are very variable and unpredictable, who knows what will happen.
In the great heyday of BoB airshows 40 years+ ago, it was all contemporay stuff, plus the odd Spitfire, Hurricane, and if we were very lucky, a visit from the Shuttleworth Gladiator.
At the time, I never would have imagined that an event such as Legends would ever be possible, these machines, that we just dreamed of flying at the time, were considered to be museum pieces, and not many of them were in museums either.
I recall seeing a P-47 at Hucknall in 1963, we were overcome at the sight of this beast, and then it took a few years to witness a P-51 flying in the Kings Cup Air Race.
Things will obviously change, whether it’s for the better seems to be in the hands of EU regulations, though in years to come when we are being ruled by the Chinese, perhaps the Stirlings will eventually make an appearance.
Pete TrumanI think that the overwhelming vote must be for a Mossie, we’ve missed our sadly demised friend for too long now, and to be without such an iconic WW2 classic in the skies for so long is really sad.
Putting this theme into a reasonable wish list, ie projects on the stocks, a Beaufighter would be nice, so that we can judge it’s label as ‘The Whispering Death’.
Also a Tempest, even a Centaurus example, a Sabre variant would be awesome, but I doubt whether even Charlie Brown would fancy chancing that one.
As for a jet, yes, I fancy a Javelin as well, can’t remember them being very noisy though, didn’t they also produce the ‘Blue Note’. I recall seeing these beasts many times during airshows in the early 60’s in particular, they always seemed to carry out tight formation flybyes and leave it at that, I can’t ever remember seeing a Javelin being chucked around the sky as a solo display.
Did it ever happen, perhaps it’s worth an individual thread.
Pete TrumanAccording to the NRVH, the last surviving 100 class is HSL 102, currently at Lymington and up for sale, I think what they mean is that it is the only example in restored working condition, as I suspect that the other 2 that I mentioned are members of the 100 class, but I can’t find their reporting numbers. HSL 102 looks to have had an interesting history, including being at Dunkirk.
As J Boyle states, trying to find information about such vessels is pretty difficult, but you find the odd gem, like the MTB that was rescued by the Norfolk Scouts.
Incidentally Mr Boyle, unlike the UK, the USA has various preserved battleships and carriers around the country, were these gifted by the USN to the various organisations concerned or did they have to come up with the scrap value.
The last UK WW2 carrier was offered to this country by Brazil only a couple of years ago, at it’s scrap value of £1m, surely only one weeks lottery takings, however, no takers and it was sold as scrap to India, what a shame.
Pete TrumanAccording to the NRVH, the last surviving 100 class is HSL 102, currently at Lymington and up for sale, I think what they mean is that it is the only example in restored working condition, as I suspect that the other 2 that I mentioned are members of the 100 class, but I can’t find their reporting numbers. HSL 102 looks to have had an interesting history, including being at Dunkirk.
As J Boyle states, trying to find information about such vessels is pretty difficult, but you find the odd gem, like the MTB that was rescued by the Norfolk Scouts.
Incidentally Mr Boyle, unlike the UK, the USA has various preserved battleships and carriers around the country, were these gifted by the USN to the various organisations concerned or did they have to come up with the scrap value.
The last UK WW2 carrier was offered to this country by Brazil only a couple of years ago, at it’s scrap value of £1m, surely only one weeks lottery takings, however, no takers and it was sold as scrap to India, what a shame.
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