<P> Four Harvards portrayed American and German fighters . Their original identities were PH - KLU, PH - BKT, B - 64 and B - 118, the latter two aircraft loaned by the Royal Netherlands Air Force . These were flown by members of the Gilze Rijen Aero Club, which also provided an Auster III, PH - NGK, which depicted an Auster V, RT607, in wartime camouflage . Spitfire Mk . IX, MH434, depicting a photo reconnaissance variant, coded AC - S, was lent by the Hon . Patrick Lindsay, and was flown by aerobatic champion Neil Williams . </P> <P> Finding sufficient American tanks, jeeps, and trucks of WWII vintage was just possible as many of the vehicles were being discarded from European military (almost entirely reserve) units especially from Greece and Turkey . </P> <P> The scenes around the' Arnhem' bridge were actually shot in Deventer, where a similar bridge over the IJssel was still available . Although a replica of the original road bridge in Arnhem still existed, it was, by the mid-1970s, sitting in modern urban surroundings which could not be used to portray a 1940s city . A few scenes were shot in Zutphen, where the old municipality house and the main church can be seen . </P> <P> In order to keep high costs down, all the star - name actors agreed to participate on a' favoured - nation' basis (i.e. they would all receive the same weekly fee), which in this case was $250,000 per week (the 2012 equivalent of $1,008,250 . or £ 642,000). </P>

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