Rake’s Progress, The

During World War II, a Humber armoured car comes into view as Vivian Kenway and Fogroy come under enemy fire whilst on patrol.

Kenway orders his driver to keep going as they approach an undamaged bridge. The eastern, Middlesex bank of the Thames at Chertsey with Chertsey Bridge crossing the river to Surrey. The bridge was extensively restored and strengthened in the 1990s which accounts for the changed appearance.

Nick Boorman found that the bridge now has also gained additional street furniture and lighting since 1945.

After a short pause to scan the road ahead, the young aristocrat orders Jackson to proceed over the bridge. The Middlesex landing of Chertsey Bridge, over the river from Chertsey in Surrey.

Taken from a similar position by Nick who explains that centre frame is the County Boundary post at the Middlesex and Surrey border which makes it easier to identify which side of the bridge is which.

Looking through the small window of the armoured car. tension mounts as the Humber crosses the river. Chertsey Bridge on the River Thames, facing east towards Middlesex.

Not risking the middle of the busy road, Nick captured the view as it appears now.

In 1931, an Old Soldier plays his barrel organ on the High Street in Oxford. The street also appears in ‘The Mind Benders’ and ‘Who Killed Lamb’.

David Steers captured the view along High Street from outside Queen's College with University College on the left

Watched by his friend Fogroy, a young Vivian Kenway climbs a spire before placing a chamber pot on the cross at the top. The Martyrs' Memorial on Magdalen Street, Oxford in Oxfordshire.

Whilst on a walking tour of Oxford, Paschal Newell took this shot of the memorial.

After spending time working on a South American coffee plantation, Kenway returns home and becomes a playboy, attending Wimbledon, Monte Carlo, St. Moritz and The Derby before losing all his money and ending up in court for assaulting a policeman. A short montage of stock footage begins with a view of one of the courts at Wimbledon Tennis Club on Church Road, Wimbledon SW19.

A Police Constable approaches Kenway's car while he spends time in the trees with his friend's wife Jill.

Kenway occupies himself as a racing car driver. Brooklands Motor Circuit near Byfleet in Surrey.

The airfield, control tower and motor circuit at Brooklands have also appeared in other productions including 'Death Drives Through', 'The Dam Busters', 'A Fire Has Been Arranged', 'Death Is a Number', 'Ask a Policeman' and 'Q Planes'.

The bowl is still recognisable in John Harwood's shot. (SJ)

Along with Fogroy, Kenway enters the 24 Heures du Mans in 1934 driving car 8.

Fogroy signals for his pal to carry on after spinning off the road in number 2. Dave Buckley identifies this as Zig Zag Road on Box Hill also seen in 'Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang', 'One Exciting Night' and 'Catacombs'. (RL)

Another autumnal view with additional growth from John H. (SJ)

More stock footage of the race appears as Kenway vies for position in the continental classic.

The route of the race has remained pretty much the same over the years but the roadside buildings appear to have given way to a wider track.

City roads are reached.

Spectators watch the cars speed through the streets.

Kenway crosses the finish line to win the race but his career comes to an end when the Vienna Grand Prix is cancelled as the international situation worsens.

Owing thousands of pounds, Kenway returns to London with Rikki Krausner. Piccadilly Circus W1 seen from Coventry Street with Regent Street on the left, Glasshouse Street to the right of centre and the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue beneath the Bovril advertisement.

From a lower elevation. SJ

Vivien and his wife Rikki drive to Cornwall on a visit to his father. Battery Hill to the west of Portreath in Cornwall.

The car arrives at Colonel Kenway's seaside cottage. Smuggler's Cottage above Portreath Beach.

Through the window of the cottage, Rikki Kenway (Lilli Palmer) sees her husband kissing the Colonel's secretary Jennifer Calthrop. Looking from Smuggler’s Cottage across Portreath Beach to Horse Rock.

When his father calls, Kenway comes out of the cottage to see his wife swimming out to sea. Smuggler’s Cottage was all but destroyed in 2004 during an unsympathetic redevelopment of the site.

Colonel Robert Kenway (Godfrey Tearle) and his son set out to rescue Rikki. The sea beneath Smuggler’s Cottage off Portreath Beach.

Following a morning drinking, Vivian Kenway drives away from the cottage with the Colonel and Rikki. Looking down onto what has become the unrecognisable Smuggler’s Cottage in Portreath, Cornwall.

Following the death of his father and Rikki divorcing him, Kenway reappears after working as a door to door salesman before Jennifer seeks him out. Jonathan Horswell identifies this as a very rare view of St. Agnes station on the Chacewater to Newquay line in Cornwall. The station closed in February 1963, however, the station building survives as one of the few remaining substantial relics of the line.

Travelling to London to buy a dress for their wedding, Jennifer waves from the train as Kenway drives home. Jonathan Horswell draws our attention to the Cornish Railways website where the location has finally been identified thanks to Paul Warner. The view is facing the Crossing Keepers House at Tregoss Moor Level Crossing between St. Columb Road and Roche stations in Cornwall with Goss Moor in the background.

Back in the present, a patrol finds the remains of the Humber armoured car on the far side of the bridge. The Middlesex bank of the Thames at Chertsey with Chertsey Bridge in the background.

Nick Boorman provides this final comparison.