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Location

posted 17 years ago by The_Dying_Flutchman
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ImdB says this was filmed in England, but how could it be because there was a little thing going on called WWII. It was being bombarded if not constantly at least often. And there is most certainly no desert there either. I say this had to filmed in the US, but I cannot find it anywhere. Korda's production of the "Thief of Bagdad" was made in the US and Pascal who directed this was a director for Alexander Korda so couldn't it have been made in America? Does anyone know??

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[–] bobtoombs 16 years ago

It was filmed entirely at Korda's Denham studio facility, beginning in June 1944.

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 14 years ago

Lies! All lies! There are no palm trees in England save the ones brought in by Palm Trees United. If I were to believe you completely you'd be telling me the Lighthouse of Alexandria was built entirely of fig bars, date and grape seeds on the backlot. Blown up, no doubt, after filming, by a stray V2!

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

[–] Zipper69 11 years ago

I think it more likely that the "desert" scenes were a mix of salvaged clips from other movies and clever angle shooting, crane shots and low shots to disguise the place - maybe Camber Sands?

Wiki says:
The beach was used in the 1958 film Dunkirk starring John Mills to recreate Operation Dynamo. They were used again as Normandy beaches during D-Day in the 1962 epic The Longest Day.
Carry On Follow That Camel was shot on location here during the early months of 1967 when Camber Sands doubled for the Sahara Desert although filming had to be stopped several times because the dunes were covered in snow.

Camber is a HUGE area of sand dunes and with the right lighting would pass.

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