Captain Blood . Production shot at the Sound City studios, Shepperton, during the filming of colonel blood. The "Thames" is the ornamental lake in the studio grounds, the set represents a small section of the Embankment at Whitehall in the 17th century constructed by the studio from old prints. In the stern of the boat is Arthur Chesney as Samuel Pepys and to the left of the oarsman is Frank Cellier.the camera