Spaceways
Date: 1953
Director: Terence Fisher
Production Company: Hammer Films, Lippert Pictures
Stars: Howard Duff, Eva Bartok, Alan Wheatley, Philip Leaver, Michael Medwin
Location(s): Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, London, Surrey, Sussex
Region(s): London R-S, South East R-Z
Storyline:
Despite infidelity, romance and murder a small group of scientists lead the way to the first manned spaceflight.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 17 Jul 2018
Dr. Stephen Mitchell and his team race back to the Deanfield Space Centre after recovering film from their crashed rocket. St. Leonard's Road from the junction with Victoria Street, Clarence Road and Peascod Street in Windsor, Berkshire.
Now one-way. (RL)
- Capture 2
- 17 Jul 2018
The crew continue to the base where Professor Koepler is waiting. Facing the opposite direction at the same junction with Peascod Street ahead and The Criterion public house on the corner of Victoria Street to the right.
The Criterion public house is now The Queen Victoria. (RL)
- Capture 3
- 25 May 2017
Level crossing gates open as the Austin K8 van approaches. Pooley Green Level Crossing on Vicarage Road in Egham, Surrey. Vicarage Road continues off to the left and Vicarage Crescent can be made out to the right of centre. The same crossing was seen in 'Take a Girl Like You'.
Can't see the buildings for the trees in this ground level comparison. (PW)
- Capture 4
- 'Now' required
Security Guards check paperwork before letting Dr. Mitchell and his associates into the Deanfield Space Centre, home to the British space programme.
- Capture 5
- 05 May 2017
The van is driven to the main buildings. Denham Film Laboratories at Denham Green in Buckinghamshire. Also seen in 'The Case of the Missing Scene' and 'Q Planes'.
The buildings is being transformed into residential accommodation. (PW)
- Capture 6
- 05 May 2017
Dr. Mitchell draws up outside the entrance. Denham Film Laboratories, Denham Green.
The canopy remains intact. (PW)
- Capture 7
- 05 May 2017
Dr. Stephen Mitchell (Howard Duff) and Dr. Toby Andrews (Michael Medwin) get out of the van, followed by Dr. Philip Crenshaw.
Spruced up and ready for occupation. (PW)
- Capture 8
- 07 Feb 2016
Military Intelligence sends Dr. Smith to investigate the failure of the latest rocket mission and the disappearance of Dr. Crenshaw and Mrs. Mitchell. Aidan McManus identifies this as Wendover Court on the A40 Western Avenue in W3 with the now demolished Guinness brewery in the background.
To support Aidan's identification: a shot taken from Western Avenue, better than my effort the previous November. SJ
- Capture 9
- 07 Feb 2016
The Investigator arrives at the home of Mrs. Rogers, the wife of a former guard at Deanfield. Wendover Court on Western Avenue in North Acton located by Aidan McManus.
A slightly improved shot and better angle from my previous try. SJ
- Capture 10
- 'Now' required
Dr. Smith (Alan Wheatley) asks for directions to the Rogers' home. This appears to be Wendover Court with Western Avenue to the left.
- Capture 11
- 'Now' required
When Mrs. Rogers answers the door, Dr. Smith learns that her husband was involved with the disappearance of Crenshaw and Vanessa. Facing north from Wendover Court with the Central Line tracks and the railway line running between Greenford and Old Oak Common in the bottom right. Location found by Aiden McManus.
- Capture 12
- 10 Jun 2020
Inside a nearby police station, Dr. Smith gets help from the local constabulary. The same police station was seen in 'The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel' and is identified by Ned Bintcliffe as the police station on Stomp Road in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Ned adds that it was built in 1928, closed in 2013 and demolished for 'development' in 2015.
Ned provides this view of the station towards the end of Thames Valley Police occupation.
- Capture 13
- 21 Sep 2015
Dr. Smith is driven at speed to the seaside cottage where Crenshaw and Vanessa are hiding.
Marine Drive, Saltdean, East Sussex. Saltdean was also seen in 'The Comeback'. SD
- Capture 14
- 17 Mar 2022
The house is reached just as foreign agent Dr. Philip Crenshaw is about to shoot Vanessa Mitchell. Phil B remembered that this house stands on The Leas in Peacehaven, Sussex, just west of Rushey Hill Caravan Park.
The house has quite recently undergone substantial extension. (PB)