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RepositoryBill Douglas Centre Archives (GB 2869)
Ref NoBDC 1/COM/1/2/2/1
Datelate 1970s-early 1980s
LevelFile
Extent1 file
TitleDorset
Creator NameDouglas; Bill (1934-1991); filmmaker
Jewell; Peter (1934- ); Douglas' friend and executor
DescriptionThe file contains: location snapshots; various leaflets of Dorset locations; books on Tyneham; various sketches and maps of Tyneham; correspondence with Ian Scott; early lists of shot locations in Tyneham; various notes from Douglas on location ideas; train services booklet with Wool stop marked; five kodak discs from location research (1984).
FormatVarious formats
AdminHistoryBill Douglas was unable to film 'Comrades' in the actual village of Tolpuddle; due to its growth and modernity it was an unsuitable match for a rural village in the 1830s. Eventually the abandoned village of Tyneham, used since WWII for military exercises, was chosen as the stand-in for Tolpuddle. Ian Scott worked with Douglas to find locations, assisted further by research from Peter Jewell.
LanguageEnglish
AccessStatusOpen
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