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The French Resistance arrive, as the Tank crew leave…
Click here or on the image above to see footage of the German crew escaping the King Tiger (approx 4MB)!
I didn’t expect to have a job that day, apart from helping Seimon, but I was asked to be the Tiger’s Kommandant, so that was a difficult decision to make! This character didn’t have much to do, as the action focuses on the escaping crew for most of the shoot, but it did give me a great opportunity to compare the fighting compartment with that of the Churchill. There’s quite a difference, I can tell you. Much more room, a much bigger gun and different stowage facilities, It was just as spooky as the Churchill with the hatches closed and a Centurian being tested on the track just 30 ft away!
The interior of an AFV is a rather cramped place to be
All in all, a fantastic opportunity to get really close to the vehicles, and especially to get inside them! The planning and execution of the shoot was precise and thoroughly accomplished very much like a military operation, ironically! Far from being a one-man show by Seimon, it was definitely a team effort and although several of us had not met before, we worked hard to achieve the results in the time we had.
 
 
As you can see, very little headroom in places, with lots of protuberances,
but I guess in a battle it might beat being outside!
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