Operation Felix Re-Enactment

04 February 2008

Operation Felix

On Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of January many familiar areas around Gibraltar saw a transformation into scenes from the Second World War. Experienced re-enactment groups fully equipped with authentic German and British uniforms of the period fought until Gibraltar fell into the hands of the superior German forces. All of this exciting action was filmed for a documentary about a secret German plan to capture Gibraltar during World War Two, namely Operation Felix. The documentary is being produced by Martin Nuza for Gold Productions Studios (Gibraltar) Ltd.

From a full scale assault and battle at Eastern Beach, to the capture of the rock, the seeking out of enemy troops inside the tunnel system, an ordinary daily scene at Secretaries Lane and a visit from military high command to the German Head quarters at Bleak House.

All of the action has been captured in this series of stunning images by professional photographer Jim Crone from discovergibraltar.com, Jim was the official photographer on set for Gold Productions Studios (Gibraltar) Ltd

These pictures are the first of many that will be used for the purpose of the documentary and have been produced in the style and appearance of photography in the 1941 period.

I would like to personally thank all those who helped in making the weekend shoot of the documentary Felix in Gibraltar such a success.

You can find more photos in our media gallery.