Six Sided Triangle, The

"The eternal triangle has always been a favourite theme of the cinema. What happens when the Husband returns home unexpectedly is our story too - and here is how six countries might film it in their own particular style. It began like this . . . " The first segment of this short takes us to Egypt where, in a silent film featuring intertitles, the Husband returns home on camel back to find his Wife with her Lover.

England is depicted by murky shots of London. Here County Hall in SE1, Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in SW1 appear in what seem to be stock shots, as do all the other locations throughout the production.

Following scenes of a cricket match and "pea soup" foggy streets there's a view towards Tower Bridge from the quayside overlooking the River Thames in front of the Tower of London in EC3.

Thunder is heard as a Gentleman raises his umbrella when he steps into the street. On available information Dave W and I agree, with some personal assurance, that we are looking at 23 and faded 25, Field House, Breams Buildings, London EC4, but can find no satisfactory photographic evidence to support. Can you? However, Dave has found that an occupant of the building at that time was 'Berry Wiggins & Co Ltd' and the blurred lettering on that nameplate looks very much like that if one zooms in closer. (RL)

Taking to the river, the Gentleman boards a tiny craft. Never short of a talent, Dave W has been playing with hypotenuses and finds Chelsea Reach with Battersea Power Station in the right distance. Part of Cadogan Pier's metalwork structure appears on the immediate left to support his angle. (RL)

More rain and more umbrellas precede a cut to a living room where wife Mary kisses her lover Charles while cricket scores are broadcast on the wireless. Give him a bus and Dave W will take you home, here a stop in Oxford Street, close to the junction with Berwick Street looking west. The property behind the background bus is 150/154 Oxford Street, currently 'Sports Direct'. All changed since 2012 with pavement widening and bus lanes. (RL)

In Japan, street scenes are interspersed with footage of conflict mixed with play, toys and dining.

A rickshaw disappears from view as it passes in front of the camera before the Wife and her photographer Lover begin their liaison. Steve Randall identifies the Tokyo-Kaikan, to the right, and the Imperial Theatre, on the left, at Marunouchi, Tokyo.

A jazzy soundtrack accompanies an aerial view of Piazza del Campidoglio on Capitoline Hill in Rome for the Italian film.

A cheer goes up from the Crowd filling St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome which sets the stage for the Husband to discover the romancing Lovers before shooting his Wife.

In Sweden, the tryst takes place in a remote cabin where the Wife and her Lover feed strawberries to each other as the Husband appears at the door holding an axe. This views of an unidentified building also features in 'Identity Unknown' from 1960.

Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris starts the French version of events.

The Arc de Triomphe on Place Charles de Gaulle at the western end of Avenue des Champs-Élysées and the meeting of the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements.

A Man gestures to the Driver of the car that almost hit him as he crosses the road.

Police deal with Demonstrators. Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 6, near the corner of Rue des Saints-Pères.

Palais Garnier Opera House on Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

The camera moves to find a street café before a moody scene in which the Husband throws his Wife's Lover through their apartment's bedroom window after walking in on them. Looking north-west along Rue Auber towards Place Garnier at the the junction with Rue Scribe.