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Presented Here...Hollywood in San Felipe 1971.

Made In Mejico! Pictured, Richard Burton and his wife Liz Taylor at the premiere in Hollywood of the San Felipe, Mexico made film.

Above, Burton and Taylor, just after lunch at San Felipe's classic El Nido Steakhouse, during filming in Baja California, Mexico.

More Baja Legacy Celebration, a new picture from the film shoot and an explanation why San Felipe was used.

For the new generations of Baja Californians who were unaware that in the port of San Felipe, a war movie was filmed, where the tanks and commandos were circulating through the streets of San Felipe and as the protagonist a leading international film actor.

The movie "Raid of Rommel", filmed in San Felipe, Baja California. Ernesto Sosa Rocha Photograph of the great actress, Elizabeth Taylor visiting the Hollywood actor, Richard Burton, in San Felipe, during the filming of the movie `` Command in the Desert '' or also translated as `` The commandos of Rommel '' (Raid on Rommel) in 1971.

In the photograph above, appears the actor Richard Burton with his head covered with a newspaper and with a 'Carta Blanca' beer on one side; he he he made her in the movie as Captain Alex Foster. The local company that supported the making of this film was Baja Fun Films, this was a Baja California company that promoted movies and television programs to be made in Baja California at low cost and with a technical equipment acquired in the United States, where one of the partners was Lic. Milton Castellanos Gout (former Municipal President of Mexicali) and narrates the following: "We started providing food and transportation services with a small truck-cafeteria for the "Raid of Rommel" locations in San Felipe in 1971.

And then we began to take care of accommodation and public relations in general, tramoya, cranes, elevators and horses. '' Testimony of Mr. Luis Escamilla, an old resident of San Felipe, who tells us the following: "Well, if we had to live that time and Miguel, my brother worked at the Arnolds del Mar Restaurant and was lucky enough to meet the great actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, who was not an actress in the film but was the wife of Richard Burton, I worked with the Ascolani family and part of the logistics stayed there and I met Hans, a very good German cook, in short, it was a great experience for both of us, hopefully and my brother expand on this experience a bit more."

Manvel Barra says the following: "I had to live in San Felipe from 1967 to 1972 ..... so it was that time ... tanks and motorcycles passed through the main street to the El Cortez hotel, where they the actors were hosting ... It was known as "Rommel, the Desert Fox".

Synopsis: It deals with the movie about World War II. In 1942, a British command was entrusted with the mission of attacking Tobruk, the nerve center of North Africa, which was occupied by General Rommel's German troops.

Director: Henry Hathaway

Cast of the movie `` Raid of Rommel`` Richard Burton, John Colicos, Clinton Greyn, Wolfgang Preiss, Danielle De Metz, Karl-Otto Alberty, Christopher Cary, John Orchard.

Producer: Universal Pictures.

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