Video: Behind The Scenes of Swallows and Amazons (1974) – Montage of Filming Around Coniston

Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”, as shot in-camera by Martin Neville, Sophie Neville’s father. The cast and crew of “Swallows and Amazons” variously prepare to shoot, relax, or horse around on the banks of Coniston Water in Cumbria…

You can read the whole story by Sophie Neville, who starred as “Titty Walker” in the film, in the second edition of her book “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)“, which you can buy from our Swallows and Amazons shop.

Video © Sophie Neville. All rights reserved.