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image captionMaster of the Air has been filmed in locations in the UK including Hemel Hempstead's Old TownAn English High Street has been transformed into the setting for a new World War Two series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
Masters of the Air, which follows the US Eighth Air Force unit, is being filmed in Hemel Hempstead's Old Town.
Scenes were meant to be filmed in the Hertfordshire town at the beginning of August but were put back due Covid-19.
The Old Town has previously been the setting for Ricky Gervais' After Life, Endeavour and Grantchester.
It is being directed by Cary Fukunaga, whose credits include the new James Bond film No Time To Die, and he is behind the cameras for the first three episodes of the series.
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image captionParking was suspending and roads closed during filmingThe show is based on Donald L Miller's book Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany.
The Eighth Air Force, known as the "Mighty Eighth", bombed Berlin, Hanover, Liepzig and Dresden, destroying enemy targets like rail facilities and oil refineries, while also engaging in air-to-air fighter combat.
Hanks and Spielberg are executive producers on the series, which is being made by the companies behind WW2 dramas Band of Brothers and The Pacific.
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image captionThe series is set in the 1940s and focuses on a US Air Force unitimage sourceMiriam McAlinden
image captionThe location is popular for filming due to the historic nature of the High StreetFilming, which used the codename "Whirlwind", was completed in the Hertfordshire town on Monday and Tuesday.
In a letter to residents the production team said it would "hide signs of modern life" and keep disruption to a minimum.
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image captionLocal residents and business were asked to help with the filming of the seriesFilming has also taken place in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Essex.
The series is due to be on Apple TV in 2022.
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