What’s your favourite scene in The Great Escape? Let me know in the comments below! And just so you all know, mine has to be McQueen’s incredible ride across the fields to the ‘Swiss Border’, partly because he did a lot of the riding and didn’t hand it off to Bud Ekins, the stunt rider! Thanks for watching!

One of the greatest WWII movies, The Great Escape. Thanks for taking us to some of the most memorable filiming locations from the movie. I cant even count how many times Ive seen the Great Escape but the next time I watch it I will have a renewed appreciation for the movie thanks to you!

This movie holds a special place since I first viewed it w my dad at the age of 7.. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen it since. You’ve provided a special visit for those of us that appreciate such an effort. You’ve done a super job in all aspects. So many favorite scenes and if course all of the motorcycle scenes but I really enjoyed the moment when each them taste test the moonshine.. makes me laugh every time.

My dad was a big film fan and loved a good late afternoon or night film with his beer. I used to sneak down from bed and he would say 'Shhhh... be quiet and look at what happens next'. I became a film fan because of him. He loved, just like me, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and many more. Mum too made me watch late night films with her. Great times, great films. Love The Great Escape, based loosley on a real event. Another Stalag 17, bloody hell...what a film! I have many hundreds of old films, including US, UK and French, they make fantastic films too. Thanks for showing this comparison then & now.

The Great Escape film has been one of my favorites ever since I first saw it in 1963 as a teenager and countless other times ever since. Now even my kids and grandkids also like watching this movie. I really enjoyed visiting those filming locations in your video. Thank you for your excellent work.

Absolutely loved watching this since I just finished the film. Great job, fun and so informative!

If you will remember in one of my earlier comments when you asked what my father did in the Army Air Corps, I said that he and his best friend went by bus to Memphis to enlist. His best friend was Jerome Talmadge Caffey. He sighed up to be an air gunner on bombers. That was the last time my dad saw him. In 1988, the B17G Sentimental Journey landed at Hawkins field in Jackson, Mississippi, which I saw in the air and found out they were offering free tours of the bomber. So I got my dad and my 4 year old and we went through it. At the end, on our way back to the car, my dad broke down crying and told me that his friend Talmadge had been shot down during the war and had died. A couple of years later we got internet and there were an untold number of websites about units which had fought in WW2, and others asking the viewer to honor the fallen with a comment. Since I didn't think Talmadge had any descendants I would comment to memorialize him, along with honoring my dad. Then one day I discovered a website about his bomber unit which had a photo of him and his crew, so I signed the guest book. Within hours I received an email from a woman who over the course of a short time became a good friend. It seems that she knew of Talmadge by the name Jerome. The reason for that is in the military, everyone had to go by their first name for everything. He arrived in Minnesota where training took place and air crews were assembled. He became the best friend of my new friend's father who was a captain, but they were part of two different air crews. They went to England together. On the day that Jerome was to fly a bombing mission into Germany, his very first, his crew's plane was inoperable so they borrowed the plane that my new friend's father was assigned to. On the way, Jerome's plane flew over Caen and was shot down. Only one man jumped but was horribly burned as the B24 liberator was prone to do when hit. The next day her father had to borrow another B24, they flew to Berlin and after dropping their bombs and making a turn to port in order to cross the North Sea at a different location, her father's plane was also hit and all but one bailed out. They were incarcerated in the Luftwaffe POW camp in the American sector, where the Great Escape took place. In going through some of her father's belongings, she found an obituary for Jerome and in it she learned that Jerome married and had a son he never saw. She was able to find Jerry's (as the son was named) address and phone number. So I called him introducing myself as the son of your dad's best friend before they enlisted. We talked and I asked if he had anything of his from highvschool, but he did not, so I gathered everything I had of my dad's from high school, including year book and made copies of all of them and sent them to him. However, I never heard back from him, but I did hear from his half sister who said that he was thankful to have those photos but could not respond himself because talking to me just awoke all the sadness that he felt over never meeting his father. When I found out all of this, my dad did not know what had happened to Jerome's body and had assumed it had never been found. He had also just been sent to the local VA Dementia unit with far more wrong with him than just dementia. So I decided not to tell him in order not to confuse him farther. Later, I went to the cemetery that my grandparents were buried in at Duck Hill, Mississippi, and was walking just across the cemetery lane and I found where Jerome's remains had been returned and buried with one of those flat laying memorial plaques which my dad had never noticed. His plaque was the only flat laying memorial in the entire cemetery.

Loved this. I was stationed in Germany in 62-65. Been to Neuschwanstein as this movie was being shot, and saw the final in an Army theater in Gablingen. I spent my Honeymoon in Fussen, below the castles, and the scene of the row boat outside of the town always brings a tear or two...This is my Meca, Thank you.

That was great. Big thanks for taking us to all those locations. That movie changed my life. After watching it, I just had to go to Europe & southern Germany. 30 years later (1994), went to Munich, rented a motorcycle & rode through Bavaria & the Alps. Have returned about 13 times since. Still so much to see. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.

enjoying the content of your videos. This is a very good movie with lots of good scenes, but my favorite scene is also McQueen's ride.

Favourite scene: when Steve uses the wire to get the motorbike and rides off on it. Wonderful.

Would like to see the hut fenced off as a tourist attraction to the great film. McQueen dressed in a German uniform and holding a Luger was a memorable scene.

Many thanks for your superb video. I Thoroughly enjoyed travelling virtually with you to all of those locations of The Great Escape Film. It was also very interesting to see how close many of them were especially with the Attenborough scenes and to admire some of the beautiful scenery too. It was a shame though that the bar is long gone in the James Coburn scene where the Resistance shot the Germans which is one of my many favourite scenes.

One of the first films I saw in the theatre. Very cool then and now, thank you

Love this. I can not get over how that railway station looks now. Such a stark contrast. Sad really. Seeing these locations, its sad to say that modernisation has taken character away from these locations. Its a pity the weather wasn't sunny as it was in the movie...

This is really cool! Really enjoyed looking at the map. Just so you know the location for 'Hilts At The First swiss border checkpoint' seems to be the same URL as that for 'Hilts's Barn'.

Great and interesting video. Thankyou for posting. Really interesting

Great job! Very interesting.

Having spent 17 months in Germany {US Army} Aug. '69-Dec.'70 I was able to visit several wonderful locations while there. Wonderful charm with locals to match. Incredible to say the least. I truly enjoyed this video I assure you. Five stars*****

Thanks for the upload. I'm a Japanese big fan of this movie and Steve McQueen. I am impressed by the scenery that hasn't changed much since then. I want to go there someday, so I will refer to this video.

Great stuff Jon, on my bucket list

Wow! What an amazing video. I will never get to Europe but seeing these locations makes me want to watch the movie again just to see the filming locations. Great work!

Very well done - thank you! Having been to Bavaria some time ago I recognize many of the locations but had no idea they were integral in the film. Good job by the film makers to hide Neuschwanstein and to make it appear that this was the Pyrenees Mountains. The proximity of the boat escape location to the café shooting scenes is interesting.

The locations are absolutely beautiful. The Great escape has been one of my favorites too. Thank you so much for your research and hard work, much appreciated.

What a brilliant and well researched video!Fell in love with that part of southern Germany a long time ago when I first saw the movie.Haven’t been yet,but will soon.Bravo!

Mcqueen never made that jump. His friend & stunt driver, Bud Ekins, made the actual jump seen on film.

So much has changed makes me feel old.

well done video , I was in that area in the early 90's and did not know this was filmed there 😪 if you get to Italy , do one on Operation Colossus , the first British combat parachute drop February 1941 Tragino Italy . Granddad was a member of X Troop No2 Commando/II SAS who made the mission...

Great video, you hit upon a pet-peeve of mine , here in Canada they let centuries old barns fall to nothingness , 200 yr old train stations made of irreplacable stone to ruin , instead of utilizing these buildings and repair and make for another use!

Great documentary.I've seen the film over 100 times .

I lived in Germany 1984-1988. Never saw anything overgrown and tagged with spray paint like that train station. Re-enforces what I have heard about Germany declining. So sad. Love the then and now revisits. Very good job considering how much some of the locations/buildings have changed.

Watched this film about 25 times...So many talented actors in this film...We all know Bud Eakins made the jump...

Watched a documentary recently about the making of The Great Escape, I always though McQueen actually did the jump, by all accounts it was Bud Ekins.

Just loved your video on the filming locations of the Great Escape. When I was in Germany about ten years ago, I too was at "Hilt's Barn" & one that you did not video...the plane crash site. They were fun locations to find back then and many thanks for posting the map locations. Having watch this movie many times over the years, one thing I would like to point out is the stolen German aircraft trainer that James Gardner & Donald Pleasence "steal" in order to fly over the alps to Switzerland. Unfortunately, is not a Messerschmitt 108 as you mentioned at 37:50, it is a Bucker BU 181 Bestmann. Bob Relyea, second unit director actually flew the plane (he doubled for Gardner wearing a wig) and performed the crash scene which was the final bit of filming before the crew returned to the USA. Again Great job!

Great video. Iconic film and probably one of the reasons why I moved to Austria.

this movie location search was fantastic. Perhaps incorporating some merged or side-by-side "then and now" shots would have been more effective than verbal narration.

It was the best war movie I have ever seen

Very well done. It always amazes me that hardly ever these locations, town, cities, mention (or 'cash in' on) their connection to these classic movies. Small signs, walking route, etc.

Watched the film again last night and so this was very interesting to watch. Thank You.

Thank You for Presenting my Favourite Movie where our Great Hero Steve Mc Queen whom we remember him always

Absolutely brilliant and extremely informative. I hope to be able to follow in your footsteps later this year and your great work will make my mission a little easier Thanks once again 👍

Great video! It’s not a popular “cult” family film. It is a family classic for millions. I watched it in the 1960’s with millions of others.

Great job. I couldn't stop watching. I used the names on the stores and bars to track down the spots on Google Maps. Like the James Coburn machine gun site... and the final arrest of Attenborough.

Oh Wow.. Thoroughly enjoyed that , I've always loved the film and too see the locations is just fantastic.. Well done indeed for taking the time to make this video. You have done a fantastic job.

GREAT ! ..... Thank you....

Thanks for the very informative video. I haven't been to Fusen but have travelled by train from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, before I was aware of where exactly the exterior scenes were filmed, I couldn't help notice the similarity of the landscapes visible from the train with the movie. I think it was the undulating green fields with those huts, and the mountains in the background. I've also visited Zagan and the camp site which is virtually right next to the town's railway station.

one of my all time fav films !! that was fantastic !!! thank you so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just love your work and enjoyed every minute with all the great then and now. Stay safe in your travels.

On another note..I live in NE Ohio USA. I’ve visited the USS Cod Submarine in Cleveland twice. I’ve sat in a B17, B29, B24, and stood on the first step up to a P51.. all of it an honor. I’m returning to the USS North Carolina in four weeks. I don’t have the wherewithal to cross “the pond” and see these places you take us. But, I’ll be thinking of you when I’m deep in the belly of the great Battleship this September. It’s incumbent on us to carry the past forward.. you my friend are doing a Holy thing.

You and I have the old war movies in common. Nothing makes me more relaxed than a day on the sofa watching old war movies. I get it from Dad who turned me on to many if them, and we have have Turner Classic Movies in America that play the old movies. I own probably 65 of my favorite old war movies. If you ever get to Austria, I would like to see the filming locations of Where Eagles Dare, if your familiar with it. The location and the castle make the movie so dramatic. Thanks again for your hard work !

Excellent !! I love then and now historical video's ! Thank you !

Excellent work. I'm riding down there in a month. Not a Triumph, but 2 wheels. Thank you 👍

thanks for posting this very interesting . Shows how that great film left a mark on me. I was ten when this came out and dad took me to see it . then dad beening a carpenter built me a small hut and i dug a small tunnel under it with a trap door ha ha . Watched the film again after you film 60 years of watching the great escape.Take care.

Excellent! Would love to see the stills from movie overlayed on the current day shots :) Following and subscribed.

Great work Sir. Bravo... Truly a herculean task. Best wishes from an Englishman restoring medieval armour in a Resistance house in a French forest. ⚔️🇬🇧⚔️

Some great memories from a legendary war film. Looking forward to the footage from your visit to 'Schloss Adler' later this year.

Great to see this! remember watching this movie with my dad, it was his favorite and now it's mine! funny thing, at 4:25 you mentioned the small town pullach, was there on a school trip in the early 90s! my favorite scene in the movie, when steve is crossing the fields and made that jump over the fence(well, not really himself)!

This is my favorite movie and I don't really have a favorite scene just love seeing some of the best actors of the Era in a fine movie

THE GREAT ESCAPE is a great movie. Thank for this.

Favorite scene? So many but I like the tense scenes where each POW escapees emerge from the tunnel hole, just beyond the prison fence line,and then run off into the woods.

Nicely done. Like how you included other WW2 movies. Also one location would be where Bartlett was assassinated.

Superb Thanks for sharing this really enjoyed it

Great Movie

Great video. I'll be in Fussen in December and will be checking some of these locations out.

Favourite scene is the last 30 mins of the film - I usually fast forward to this. Beautiful Bavaria. love the little crossroad with carpark outside Pfronten; Parkplatz Meilingen - Steinrumpelkreisel, 87459 Pfronten, Germany. Beautiful place for walking and seeing all McQueen scenes.

Good Work! We went Movielocation Scouting a lot, back in the Ninetees. Was difficult back than, without the Help of Internet and so on. We were in Füssen too. Met the Family, whos Father loaned the Spot where McQueen (Ekins) did the Jump. Son told us, how he got the chance riding with McQueen on the Bike and the whole Production had to put Rubberstings to Strings, what became the Fence, where McQueen was landing with his Bike. Unfortunatley you missed the Spot, where Attenborough escaped over the Roofs. Were in Werfen too, regarding Where Eagles dare. Met some People who had a lot of great Storys to tell about the Production and its Stars. They showed us some old Pictures they took to proof, that they were not making things up.

Excellent work! I cannot imagine the difficulty you had finding these places, especially given the change over 60 years.

Yeah, this is the episode that won me over to you- well done!

classic film, great video paying tribute to the film.

My favorite movie since I saw it in 1963

Thanks. Great work. Loved the video. You've made me go back and listen to Elmer Bernstein's cracking score once again...

" GREAT" VIDIO & THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME, $ /£ and trip!

This was awesome..thanks for taking the time on your holiday.. I can’t believe that the wooden shack is still there!

The motorcycle used in the movie was also used by The Fonz on Happy Days. Henry Winkler said originally they wanted him to use a Harley Davidson but he was too short for it.

Colonel Von Luger: Are all American officers so ill-mannered? Hilts: Yeah, about ninety-nine percent. One of the best WW2 movies of all time. My favorite part was the times he was sent to the Cooler. The look at the young German soldier when he closed the door. Love that movie

amazing work Sir .thank you

Amazing then and now. I can imagine how hard it must have been to match up the locations.

Nice Work, Thank You.

12:00 minutes in - worth noting that the motorcyclist that McQueen 'took out' was actually McQueen himself. He did the stunt. If you watch the scene carefully, you see you never actually see the motorcyclists face...that is because...it was McQueen on the bike. Just the magic of film making. Steve McQueen was a very keen motorcyclist in his normal life, which is why he probably got this part in the film to make his escape on a motorcycle.

Wonderful video !! Thank you so much for all your travel to all these incredible locations .

Very interesting video. Thanks!

Excellent tour and details. I was hoping you'd visit the Garner-Pleasance aircraft crash site, but no matter, still a terrific report! The best I've seen.

You do a great job with your videos.

Really injoyed this video sir one of the greatest film ever made

Absolutely brilliant. Great job. Thoroughly enjoyed it👏🏻

that was great, love the fact the Steve McQueen barn is still standing 👍👍👍

Thankyou so much as you said at the beginning. I'm also an avid viewer of British ww11 films and British films in General .also love Germany to great country. Will join and watch more thankyou again .👍

Brilliant video.

Your video ,, sir is AWESOME I know its been 6 months since you put this video out. But I just found it my name is Frank I went to a drive in movie as a kid in with my mom and dad in 1963 to see this movie it was a great movie I am 69 years old now and own the DVD and love the movie more now then then.. We watched it in New York City . I now live in montana USA. PS. I hope you get this thank you FRANK FROM MONTANA.......

Great work!

Brilliant mate very very well done 👍

The best video I’ve seen about the Great Escape. Very informative,Well Done!

Absolutely superb! Grown up with this film & never gets dull👌😎

"The beer’s really good” . . . lol, sold! I’ll make a point of going on my next trip to Germany, cheers.

Brilliant. Had no idea that it was filmed there

GERMANY IS SO SO BEAUTIFUL!! I LIVED AND WORKED IN GERMANY ALSO TRAVELED IT WELL I LOVE THE COUNTRY!!

Wow, excellent video content on the 60th anniversary of the film, thanks.

Beautifully done, thanks very much. Do you by any chance have a lead on where they filmed the scene where Hendley and Blythe's aircraft crashed?

Thanks for this. I'd have been happy to join you on that expedition. One note on that scene where Steve McQueen is stopped and asked for his papers. That German making the demand has no rank. You'd expect someone in authority to have the shoulder-boards of an NCO (feldwebel) or officer. He doesn't.

Thank you for such a well shot informative video of my favourite film,loved it as a teenager growing up in the 70’s as I do now to this day.