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The Sword in the Stone (1963)

Where The Sword in the Stone says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A Disney cartoon with no film set at all: the only real places it names are London and Bermuda, and a Disneyland carousel.

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Scenes and places

The sword in the anvil that nobody can pull out

After the king dies without an heir, a sword appears in an anvil on a stone with an inscription naming its puller England's future king. Nobody can move it, and England slides into the Dark Ages.

Set in The sword in the stone, London — A sword stands in an anvil on a stone, with letters of gold promising the crown to whoever pulls it out. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The film's opening narration places the sword in London town.

Wart chases an arrow into the forest and meets Merlin

Wart scares off the deer his foster brother Kay is hunting and goes into the forest to fetch Kay's arrow. There he meets the wizard Merlin and his talking owl Archimedes, and Merlin announces he will be Wart's tutor.

Set in The forest and Merlin's cottage — A forest beside Ector's lands where Wart goes after Kay's lost arrow and finds Merlin's cottage.

A wooded stretch just outside the castle lands, with a tumbledown cottage.

Merlin moves into Sir Ector's castle

Merlin follows Wart home to Sir Ector's castle, where Wart is scolded and given kitchen duty. Sir Pelinore arrives with news of a New Year's Day tournament in London whose winner will be king, and Ector makes Wart Kay's squire.

Set in Sir Ector's castle — The castle where Wart is raised as a foster son and kitchen boy, and where Merlin is put up in a tower.

A castle run by Sir Ector, who raises Wart as a foster son.

The fish lesson in the castle moat

Merlin turns himself and Wart into fish to teach him about physics. Merlin refuses to use magic when a huge pike attacks, so Wart has to use his head to survive, and Ector punishes him for the fish story afterwards.

Set in The castle moat — The moat around Ector's castle, where Merlin turns himself and Wart into fish.

A moat is a water-filled ditch dug around a castle for defence.

The dishes that wash themselves

Sent to the kitchen as punishment, Wart is helped by Merlin, who enchants the dishes to wash themselves. Later the castle staff find the kitchen in an uproar.

Set in The castle kitchen — The kitchen where Wart is sent to work off demerits and Merlin enchants the dishes.

Kitchen duty is the chore Wart is stuck with as punishment.

Squirrels, gravity and a love-struck girl squirrel

Merlin turns himself and Wart into squirrels to teach him about gravity. A girl squirrel falls for Wart, another falls for Merlin, and neither of them can talk their way out of it. Back at the castle, Ector accuses Merlin of black magic and punishes Wart for defending him.

Set in Up in the trees — A tree in the forest where Merlin and Wart live as squirrels.

A tall tree in the forest, high enough for a fall to matter.

Flying lessons and the duel with Madam Mim

Merlin turns Wart into a sparrow and Archimedes teaches him to fly. Wart lands in the home of the witch Madam Mim, who tries to destroy him. Merlin arrives and Mim challenges him to a wizards' duel that he wins by turning into a germ.

Set in The sky and Madam Mim's cottage — Open sky over the forest where Wart learns to fly as a sparrow, and the witch's hut where he lands.

A witch's hut in the forest, home to Merlin's rival.

Merlin storms off to Bermuda

On Christmas Eve Ector reinstates Wart as Kay's squire after Hobbs gets the mumps. Merlin takes this as Wart giving up his education, and when Wart defends his choice, Merlin angrily sends himself off to Bermuda in the twentieth century.

Set in 20th-century Bermuda — An island Merlin has seen on his trips into the future, centuries away from Wart's England. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A British island territory in the Atlantic, which in the film has not yet been discovered.

The New Year's tournament in London

Ector, Kay and Wart arrive in London for the New Year's Day tournament, where the winner will be crowned king. Kay is called up for his match with Wart acting as his squire.

Set in London, New Year's Day tournament — The city where the tournament for the crown is held. Google Maps · Apple Maps

London is the capital of England; the film places its jousting tournament here.

The sword left behind at the inn

Just before Kay's turn, Wart realises he left Kay's sword at the inn. Kay shouts at him to fetch it. At the inn, Wart finds the door locked because everyone has gone to the tournament.

Set in The inn — An inn in London, closed for the tournament, where Kay's sword was left.

A roadside inn, shut for the day while the town watches the jousts.

The sword in the stone in the churchyard

With the inn locked and Kay needing a sword at once, Archimedes spots a sword in a churchyard. Wart takes hold of it, thinking only of Kay.

Set in The churchyard with the sword in the stone — A London churchyard where the forgotten sword still stands in its anvil on a stone. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A churchyard in London, where the sword has stood since the film's opening.

Filmed at King Arthur Carrousel, Disneyland — Not a filming location: the Disneyland ride that hosts the film's Sword in the Stone ceremony Google Maps · Apple Maps

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