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Sink the Bismarck 1960
According to L B Abbott in his comprehensive book” Special Effects – Wire, Tape and Rubber Band Style” (The ASC press 1984), “Lord John Brabourne came to the studio (20thCENTURY FOX) to discuss the...
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The Longships 1964
Solid work by British special effects men Syd Pearson and Bill Warrington. My guess is that Bill Warrington handled the miniature viking longship in the two maelstrom sequences. He had already been...
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A Twist of Sand 1968
A recent discovery, this (now in the public domain) film is available for viewing on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLh6vaTDEds A twist of Sand has further examples of the uniformly excellent...
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A Night to Remember 1958
Arguably still the best movie depiction of the Titanic disaster to date with miniature work done at Pinewood supervised by Bill Warrington. The model Titanic for the film was built by Shawcroft models...
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The Guns of Navarone 1961
This film won an Oscar for visual effects for its miniatures supervisor Bill Warrington and rightly so as it has a terrific model Greek fishing boat in a storm sequence as well as climaxing with an...
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Some new photographs from Sink the Bismarck
Here are 4 more Sink the Bismarck photographs just added to the collection. The original entry has been revised to include them.
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Battle of the River Plate 1956
AKA Pursuit of the Graf Spee ( American title) One of the all time classic films depicting Naval Warfare and with a level of accuracy unmatched. The miniature effects were supervised by Bill Warrington...
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