Production
The film was shot mostly on location in London and in the Home Counties. The weapon testing ground in the 1917 scene is Beckton Gas Works and was filmed there a year before Full Metal Jacket was. The Bond film For Your Eyes Only also used the location for the pre title sequence.
The exterior Church Scenes will filmed at All Saints Church. The courtyard scenes were filmed within the same grounds of the Stable Blocks at Holdenby House in Northamptonshire.
The original script called for an adventure film in the mould of Raiders of the Lost Ark and would have been much more faithful to Johns' original novels. During scriptwriting, Back to the Future was released and became a major hit, so the script was duly altered to follow this trend, in the hopes of riding out the popularity.
Several aircraft were used in the film. These included a Stampe SV.4, which is flown by Biggles, and a Boeing Stearman, which is flown by his archrival, Von Stalhein. Both these aircraft are of 1930s vintage. Also used in ground scenes are several genuine World War I aircraft from The Shuttleworth Collection, including the Avro 504 and LVG C.VI.
Dickson later reprised the Biggles character in all but name, in the Pet Shop Boys' 1987 feature film, It Couldn't Happen Here.
Read more about this topic: Biggles: Adventures In Time
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