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Film Studio
The
person wearing the top hat, just to the right of the canvas arch is the
star and resident of Shoreham beach,
Will Evans filming The Showman’s Dream in 1914, filmed in front
of the barrack building on the parade ground at Shoreham fort
When
thinking about the film making industry you wouldn’t really think of
Shoreham as being part of it, but back in the early 1900’s a scenic
artist named Francis Lyndhurst, a relative of Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney
from Only Fools And Horses) brought film making to Shoreham beach after
building a huge glass studio. In this glass studio he made films for his
company Sealite in 1915. Apparently it was said he chose the location of
Shoreham because it had pure,
The Showman’s Dream was filmed at Shoreham Fort, by erecting a canvas backdrop on the west side of the barracks front point just offset from the fort entrance in 1914. As you can see from the photo above, on the right is the door on the front point of the barracks with the gun slits.
This is the glass studio built on Shoreham Beech
The Battle Of The V1 The Fort was used again for filming in 1957, For a film called, The Battle of the V1, Starring Christopher Lee
Click pictures to enlarge The film was set in World War 2 and used the fort and barracks as part of a concentration camp.
The film Crew used several parts of Shoreham for filming, including the search light tower, the old power station and the beach
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