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The tidal difference is up to eighteen feet and called for careful planning and testing. While building the Mole, there was only thirty minutes on the lowest tidal point to work. To make sure of the endurance of our sets, various tests were performed in the ocean and in the tidal area, to be able to work out the best methods of constructing and placing the sets within the timescale available. Those tests paid off well in the end, when the production saw gusts up to 80-90 mph with strong currents and waves. The wind and sand shifting on the beach were also very helpful for natural dressing, and getting rid of tracks and footsteps quickly. "The crew would witness the harsh winds that could possibly destroy our sets, especially the ones which had to be built in the tidal zone." INDUSTRIAL BEACH The location chosen for the truck pier and the so-called cut-out destroyer, a 120-foot long, scaled painted backdrop, was set on a manmade beach at the west side of the port of Dunkirk. The sea would go out for about 800-feet on the low tide. Again, the sets had to be maintained between tides since the current and waves would easily tear into the set pieces. A B C D E F