Against The Wind

Father Philip (Robert Beatty) gazes towards the Institutes entrance and then walks over to it. Is this the Palace of Justice in Antwerp? No, says Ray Glenister. It's actually Imperial College Road (formerly Imperial Institute Road) facing West towards Queens Gate, London SW7 which was seen in 'The Lost Hours'. (RL)

Significant changes. (RL)

Belgium? Phooey, it's the Imperial Institute again, Brother Brian, which is also seen in ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt’, 'The Rough and the Smooth', ‘Raising a Riot’ and 'Three Cases of Murder' with a reverse point of view seen in 'A Matter of WHO'.

The Imperial Institute building was demolished over a period between 1957 and 1962. (RL)

A factory, probably long since gone.

International Boulevard, Antwerp. The peripheral road around the city according to Nadine Caron. Ray Glenister identifies this as Avenue Louise, Brussels. (RL)

Street corner. Not just any old 'street corner' but Joseph ll Straat/Rue des Deux Eglises, Brussels, Belgium says Ray Glenister with No 34 thankfully remaining. (RL)

Long, straight, perhaps slightly sloping street with a tower, maybe a church, in the distance... and after 15 years, Colm Begley suggested Rue Xavier de Bue with the church being the Eglise Saint-Pierre d'Uccle, in Brussels. However this prompted Ray Glenister to dig deeper and he found Deux Eglises Tweekerkenstraat looking north to the Church of Eglise Saint-Josse. (SJ)

Ray's Google shot to support his find.

Same street, different angle? As a result of identifying atw007a Ray Glenister is able to place this as what was La rue du Chemin-de-Terre from the Place du Marché Parc. (RL)

A reverse shot of atw006a (RL)

See atw006a. A map of the area and a clear picture of that corner building in 1955 can be seen at http://sofei-vandenaemet.skynetblogs.be/tag/colonne+du+congres (RL)

Steps and arches, easily identified, if you know where it is! Ray Glenister has found it for us, the steps from the Colonne du Congres, Brussels, an area significantly changed. (RL)

An excellent supporting image of the Marché du Parc can be seen at http://sofei-vandenaemet.skynetblogs.be/tag/colonne+du+congres (RL)

Marché du Parc, at the foot of the Colonne du Congres, Brussels identified by Ray. (RL)

Maybe Antwerp Cathedral in the background? No, identified by Dimitri Yarnault, as the "Town Hall" Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium.

Ray Glenister confirms that it has to be Brussels as Antwerp is very flat and Andrew is standing near the corner in Rue du Montagne with the view to the Town Hall obstructed by new development as evidenced by this Google Earth capture. Clarifying further Ray expands: "The agent is standing in Rue du Parc looking basically east toward the park. The building is still there. Behind him to the west, the Town Hall in Grand Place. (RL)

Following on from the previous capture Ray sets the location as Rue du Parc, looking basically east to Parc le Brussels. The road once went straight through to Rue Royale. In the movie, we see both pairs of pillars to the park and the trees in the park itself. This part of the street now lies under the stairs. (RL)

See previous capture. (RL)

England perhaps? Christopher Matheson resolves the mystery, England indeed and 149 Harley Street, London W1 to be exact. Other views of the famous street can be seen in ‘Green Fingers’, ‘The Citadel’, ‘Edward, My Son' and ‘Seven Days to Noon’.

Christopher Matheson provides this comparison view. (RL)

Ray Glenister confirms this to be only a few frames on from the previous capture and is also against the background of the London Clinic, 149 Harley Street, Marylebone, London W1 (RL)

A farm.

A church. Specifically, the Church of St. John the Apostle in Tervuren, Belgium, found by Steve Randall.

Is this, was this, one of Her or His Majesties' establishments.

14a same corner building as 006c, 14b same arches and forecourt as 7b.

Identified by Ray Glenister as Rue des Denrée towards Marché du Parc, Brussels. (RL)

A memorial of some kind.

Ray resolves the mystery of the location telling us that it is Rue du Grand Hospice, Brussels. Simone Signoret sitting outside the main southern entrance to GROOTGODSHUIS. The bench seats remain today. (RL)

Ray is at long last able to provide some text for this capture "Gordon Jackson leaving number 11 Rue du Grand Hospice, Brussels." (RL)

Given the two previous captures Ray concludes with "Rue du Grand Hospice, Brussels. Gordon Jackson is apprehended by the Gestapo opposite THE GREAT HOUSE OF GOD. (RL)

17c has arches and a tower as 1a. Imperial College Road, London SW7 looking west towards Queen's Gate as identified by Ray Glenister. (RL)

Identified by Ray as Imperial College Road, London SW7 looking East towards Exhibition Road with Princes Gate apartment block visible in the background. Opposite is the Imperial College of Science as seen in 'The Lost Hours'. (RL)

Peter provides this similar view.

Imperial College Road, London SW7 looking towards Queen's Gate identified by Ray. (RL)

And now. (RL)

Grand Market Place, Grote Markt, Antwerp, identified by Nadine Caron.

Well sleuthed by Annelies De Ceulaer, one of our helpers in Brussels. A shot of the Grote Markt (Grand Place) of Brussels, not Antwerp as we thought. Annelies suggests that the other pics were also taken in Brussels.

Towards the end of the film Father Philip (Robert Beatty), in the back of the truck, lights a cigarette for the rescued Andrew and says "We'll be OK when we get past Bouillon". Ray Glenister has provided two extra screen shots of Bouillon. (RL)

A comparative shot from Ray courtesy of Google Earth. (RL)

A second capture from Ray of Bouillon. (RL)

And a comparative, courtesy of Google. (RL)