Earl Parker's Combat! Photos - Courtesy of M-1 (Chris Cooper)
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The photos on this page are from June (first one) and October (last three) 1964

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Picture 2 - Conlan Carter. Per Dodger: Photo 8 of Conlan Carter again was done at Korbel. Here you see Conlan standing in front of an apple orchard, note the neatly spaced trees. Two
episodes were filmed at that location. "A Walk with an Eagle" features the
orchard in the boring motorcycle chase scenes and the orchard was used for a
shootout in "Birthday Cake."

Per King Two: I don't think this was shot of Doc was taken at Korbel. It looks somewhat like the Apple orchard they used in first season ("Survival" and "The Volunteer", and I think others).  As far as I know, they didn't go to Korbel in 1st Season (that would have been an expensive location shoot for a show just starting out in the lineup). Was there an Apple Orchard at Thousand Oaks or the Farm across the Highway from Thousand Oaks (the farm area where much of Gunsmoke was shot?)

Per Green Recruit: I'm sorry King Two but I respectfully disagree with your observations and
here is why...

In Season # 1, the show rarely left the MGM lots. The exceptions being "The Celebrity" which was shot at Gene Autry's Melody Ranch after a fire at that location. Dodger questioned Burt Kennedy about this at Recon '98. "A Day in June" with the beach scene being filmed at Point Dume was off the lot. We all know that Conlan Carter did not become Doc until Season # 2.

The apple orchard from "Survival" and a few other episodes was located on backlot # 3. Note the irregular locations of the trees and the much smaller size of the orchard. Now take a look at Photo 7 on this page. Note the very straight lines of trees and the *immense* size. Definitely NOT the "Survival"
orchard ... this one has been planted professionally.

This orchard was featured prominently in two Combat! episodes... "A Walk with an Eagle" with that wild motorcycle ride and "Birthday Cake." Since Conlan Carter was NOT in "Birthday Cake" this photo definitely comes from "A Walk with an Eagle." I stand behind Dodger's observation that this is the Korbel area. To our knowledge, there is no other orchard location other than these two.

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