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Inside Lord Of The Rings legend’s incredible ‘warplane factory’ that built world’s largest collection of WW1 fighters

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USING his parents’ cine camera, ten-year-old Peter Jackson makes his first film – showing a toy plane bursting into flames. Moments later, the future Lord Of The Rings director and his young pals dress as World War One soldiers in a trench they have dug in the garden.

From his first movies shot on 8mm film, New Zealander Jackson — now Sir Peter — went on to make some of the greatest fantasy films ever, grossing more than £6billion at the box office with the likes of The Hobbit series and King Kong.

But a new documentary by Forces News reveals how his childhood fascination with World War One became an obsession he has poured millions into.

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