The sequence involved a train, several vintage vehicles, a dozen or so speaking parts and about a hundred extras. Not to mention a platoon of soldiers who had…
The scenario was fairly simple. A crowded railway station in 1916 with families and friends saying farewell to their loved ones, the soldiers who were going off…
The troop train pulled out, and the girls waved their good byes.
Moved by their suffering, Georgina went to assist, offering comfort to the wounded and dying lying on their stretchers, and as a result for the first time in…
I remember so many details of that day. I think we had, five floor managers working, lead by dear old John West. Every time I Looked out of the scanner door…
Ron Tuffnell and his camera crew worked with incredible speed and artistic flair to shoot the pictures that Bert Wilkins managed to light superbly, in virtually…
Meanwhile all the extras still at the station had lunch and were changed into medical orderlies, drivers, and a reception team for the wounded soldiers.
The carriages were shunted on to a hardboard cut-out of a period engine - steam gushing from all sides. We had to make sure we didn't see the engine that was…
