I am posting these images that really show the exotic nature of Treasure Island – actually the Denham lake with ingenious additions

When I look again at this sequence, I am totally blown away with just how good it looks – that fabulous Technicolor has a lot to do with it. When I first saw this film as a small child with my Mother and Dad — I was almost trembling with excitement because there had been such a build up in terms of publicity that to actually see it on the big screen was like a dream come true – and it was even better than I could have imagined. The Colour was so impressive and so beautiful particularly on this scene

I look again at these pictures and see that exotic Treasure Island just as we had imagined it – but even better.

That summer apparently was particularly hot so the filming of exteriors was made much easier