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Treasure | World War Ii
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
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When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
Best Writing Story and Screenplay | 1950 | T. E. B. Clarke
The outdoor scenes were shot in Lambeth, a mile away from Pimlico. A set was built on a large World War II bombsite just south of Lambeth at the junction of Hercules Road. This site is now the location for municipal flats built in the 1960s. However, the buildings on the junction of Hercules Road and Lambeth Road can still be recognized from this movie, as can the railway bridge going over Lambeth Road, particularly from the scenes where food is thrown over the blockade.
At the start of this movie, a radio announcement mentions Latin music performed by "Les Norman and his Bethnal Green Bambinos". This is an in-joke referring to Ealing Studios producer Leslie Norman. Bethnal Green was an unattractive area in the East End of London.
The original negatives of this and other Ealing Studios comedies were lost in the Henderson's Film Laboratories fire in 1993.
After the traders invade Pimlico, a comment is made about it becoming "a spiv's paradise". A "spiv" was and is a minor criminal who deals in stolen or black market goods of questionable authenticity. Spivs were often well-dressed and were noted for offering goods at bargain prices, though the goods were generally not what they seemed, or had been obtained illegally. The term was particularly used for black market dealers during World War II and in the post-war period.
The last Duke of Burgundy was Charles de Valois, otherwise known as Charles "The Rash", "The Bold" or "The Terrible". The forty-four-year-old Charles was killed in the Swiss War in 1477, and France annexed Burgundy. The country's holdings outside of France passed to Charles' daughter Marie, and her marriage to an Archduke of Austria (who later became Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor) saw the Burgundian inheritance pass to the Habsburg dynasty.
"Frederick Albert 'Fred' Cowan: You can't push English people around like sacks of potatoes. Jim Garland: English? Connie Pemberton: Don't you come that stuff, Jim Garland! We always were English, and we'll always be Englsh, and it's just because we are English that we're sticking up for our rights to be Burgundians!"
"P.C. Spiller: Blimey, I'm a foreigner."
