Band of Brothers Filming Locations Then and Now
Band of Brothers was a ground breaking mini-series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks released on HBO in 2001. Filming took place mostly in England during 2000 and one of the locations that features heavily in Episode 1 and 3 is the village of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire. Hambleden was used to represent the village of Albourne in Wiltshire, the wartime home of the Band of Brothers prior to their jump into the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden.
In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder, I travel to Hambleden and look at the locations used during the filming of Band of Brothers, and talk through some of the key scenes an travel around the area to find more notable locations used in the filming of Band of Brothers.
This is the second in my Then and Now series looking at filming locations for WW2 related films and series so I hope you enjoy this look at Band of Brothers and the filming locations!
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Yeah the actor with donnie whalberg was nolan hemmings and he played sargent charles grant….he was the soldier that was shot in the head by the drunk replacement in part 10
My family and I used to have pizza night to watch the Sopranos….I will never forget the shivers i got when the the first and then subsequent Band of Brothers pro-mos started airing. Thank you for this…the impact that BOB had on future generation history buffs is incalculable🤙😎🤙
Wayfinder ? Why was 'Hambledon' used and not the original village of Aldborbe ? Great post btw !
Well, another excellent video. Such a quaint and lovely village. I can see why my mother loved the English so. Jolly good.
That was awesome,thanks for taking the time to do these location videos,loved the series.
Brilliant work, as always. Thank you.
Another great video to watch. Am I right in saying that the Curahee mountain runs were filmed at Longmoor Army camp and they run up Weavers Down to represent it ??
I had many of the Main Cast Uniforms for this series including Winters M42 and M43 Uniforms and Equipment Sets
Outstanding video. It shows that these were not movie sets but actual places we can visit. Excellent work Jon.
Great vid ❤
Very interesting. I've been to the real Aldbourne but not it's double.
The second photo of the 2 men leaving the laundry with Sgt. Lipton (Donnie Wahlberg) in front while the second man behind him appears to be Sgt. Grant (Nolan Hemmings).
Incredible that its much the same 24yrs on..archetypal English village..did you get asked what you were up to by the village Bobby,Jon ??
Thank you.
fantastic. good show.
Great piece. Thank you
Great video ❤
Showing the wall where winters was served his court Martial, behind the wall are some grave stones. Are they part of a family graveyard?
My son and I are leaving on July 12 on a 2 week Band of Brothers tour. We start out in Aldbourne and stop at the Littlecote House before heading to Normandy.
This is a great look back on the filming locations.
On a fantastic miniseries
Great video! Pippingford Park, East Grinstead is a good location, they filmed the scenes where Cpt.Spears "shots" the prisioners, and before they do the assault on brecourt manour. Been there a few times.
Good 😊😊😊
Очень здорово когда ты находишь места на фотографиях и сопоставляешь их ))))
Boring fact…the distance from Hambleden to Aldbourne is 51 miles.
très bonne idée, de revenir a Hambleden pour nous faire voir le lieu du tounage de "band of brothers"!! merci beaucoup.
Outstanding
One has to wonder why not use Aldbourne itself??
Hambleden is beautiful but I don’t know why they didn’t film in Aldborne which also hasn’t changed.
Fantastic video. Not far from me so I’ll be going.
Your dedication to examining the details of these locations and periods is fascinating and most welcome to me, a retired architect with an avid interest in WWII history. The US military by necessity, was projected into a centuries old landscape, with centuries old social history. How the US presence made accommodation with those facts (or perhaps regrettably, not) is a subject of many layers, and still of interest today. Cheers, and my best.
I hope this helps the economy of this quaint town 👍❤️
The stable blocks were occupied by Able company 506th prior to DDay as there was only enough room for one company in them. Easy company occupied them briefly after dday before moving to camp chiseldon in preparation for market garden, at which point the 17th airborne took over the stables. Easy company along with other companies of 2nd btn and possibly baker company were situated on the green to the south of Aldbourne where time team did their recent digs
Your due diligence is exemplary-great work!👍