For the new generations of Mexicalenses and Sanfelipenses who did not know that a movie of war was filmed in their port, where the tanks and commandos were circulating in the streets of San Felipe and as protagonist a leading actor in international cinema.
Photograph of the great actress, Elizabeth Taylor visiting the Hollywood actor, Richard Burton, in San Felipe, during the filming of the film “ Comando en el Desierto“ or also translated as “ The Rommel commands“ (Raid on Rommel) in 1971.
In the picture appears the actor Richard Burton with his head covered with a newspaper, he made it in the film as the captain Alex Foster. The local company that supported the making of this film was “ Baja Films“, this was a Baja California company promoting movies and television programs to be held in Baja California at low cost and with a technical team acquired in the US, where one of the partners was Lic. Milton Castellanos Gout.