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Whether it’s on our beautiful beaches, in our magnificent moors or within our stunning stately homes, film productions are constantly setting up in Devon. Here are 16 that you might not know used the county as a filming location
1) Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
This time-bending Tom Cruise blockbuster sees the human race locked in a battle against an advanced alien race and to retake mainland Europe, humans launch a massive assault on Normandy’s beaches. For wide shots of this invasion, Saunton Sands – home to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Braunton Burrows - was used to demonstrate the scale and carnage of the attack.
Thousands of evacuated residents have been left assessing the damage to their homes following the detonation of a World War II bomb in a blast that left a crater the size of a double-decker bus and was heard 10 miles away.
More than 2,600 people had to be flee before the controlled explosion of a recently unearthed Nazi Hermann bomb in Exeter, Devon on Saturday evening.
A 400-yard cordon was put in place with 1,400 university students among those evacuated.
When the bomb was detonated a huge cloud of dust was shot into the sky above - leaving several nearby homes with structural damage.
Exeter bomb exclusion zone residents allowed back home - but not all of them devonlive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from devonlive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
James Bond and other Hollywood movies shot around Plymouth
The region has been fortunate enough to play host to some mega blockbusters and major institutions in the world of TV and film
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