Band of Brothers Filming Locations Then and Now

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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[sabii]

Seeing this reminded me why I appreciated BOB so much, stunning scenery and great visuals brought the series to reality. An enjoyable episode with some outstanding detective work, thank you.

[FosterFarmsOk]

the scene with Winters and the fella on the bicycle has always been one of my favorite scenes.

[joshh]

Great video! Perfect timing considering I'm currently rewatching Band of Brothers again.

[luigivincenz]

Aside from the red phone booth, I cant believe you have the actual uniform that Ron Livingston aka Lt. Nixon wore on the series. Outstanding addition to your collection!

[alandahlstrom]

My gosh, that is a beautiful village. I would love to visit there someday. Thank you for this, it was a very well done video.

[terrywoodham]

This is brilliant iam a big fan of the series and was a driver in France for the 2014 band of Brothers reunion so meet a lot of them so seeing this it's great well done you always put so much into your films .many thanks.

[TheScortUK]

24 years!!! Man I feel old now 😁 A fantastic video as always, and what a lovely village

[leesherman]

Well, another excellent video. Such a quaint and lovely village. I can see why my mother loved the English so. Jolly good.

[manicsforever]

This is brilliantly done, really enjoyed it. The drone shots really help make sense of the orientation of everything, with lovely close-up detail too. Must have been great for such a big fan as yourself to see all those spots in person.

[jeffbeaver]

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.

[firstcitytraveler]

Outstanding video. It shows that these were not movie sets but actual places we can visit. Excellent work Jon.

[jbellos]

Thanks, Jon. It was wonderful to see such a beautiful and picturesque English village. Nice dry day there, too!

[eamo]

I review this over and over., This is why I follow WW2 Wayfinder today ! Top Man !

[moodymaddogTM]

Great video with interesting locations. Where Winters met the man on the bike appears to have been shot during late autumn or winter as there are no leaves on the trees. That would explain the lack of growth on the hedges at that time. lt looks like your video was shot either in late spring or early summer. Keep up the great work.

[alanstewart]

The two camera crew in your photo are, operator Chris Plevin and 1st. AC Alex Howe... They are still working hard to this day and we all have great memories of working on the show. So glad that the series is still held up as one of the greats. The main base for the show was the old De Havilland factory in Hatfield, same place as used in Saving Private Ryan. Sadly mostly all gone for industrial buildings and housing. Most of the exterior set builds were on the old airfield site and the main set was reconfigured from a Normandy French town through to eventually a German town as the show progressed. Lots of locations around Hertfordshire, Hatfield and old Welwyn. Some of the final episode was shot around Interlaken, Switzerland.

[stretch]

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.

[richardknights]

Another fascinating video. It's great to see the true locations of the 'Aldbourne' village scenes and to find out which village was actually used for the series. It's a beautiful location.

[psychofan]

This is very cool! Your detective work along that stone wall is impressive!!!

[fortague]

What a great video Jon, I knew every single one of those photos, must have watched BOB a hundred times !
So the jeep that Sobel is in belongs to my friends parents ! They still have it and take it to Normandy,
What a great party that was this year !

[colinthomas]

Thanks for sharing this fascinating information about Hambleden as the location of the filming of BoB, I've been a fan of the series since it first aired back in 2001, and really enjoyed this vlog. I'm travelling in the area next month and will definitely pay a visit to this beautiful village. Thanks again for sharing this fascinating story.