up on Stage 17, when Ben and Captain Stoddard are first seen in  the story. Later, when Ben and Elizabeth are conversing on Stage 16,  the New England sea is matted in behind them and optically printed  with the Stage 16 cuts, for the final cut, a popular optical  technique known as matte photography. This episode also makes use of  backdrops of the New England waterfront, seen in various scenes in  the story. Also, various stock clips of the clipper ship are edited  in the final cut, from Paramounts film library, saving the  production money, a common practice used in making motion pictures  and filmed television. Photography Trivia: The flashbacks in this  episode were done by Paramounts Farciot Edouart, a veteran  cameraman and visual artist, whose work was very prominently seen in  the following: "Whispering Smith", "For Whom The Bell Tolls",  "Samson And Delilah", "Dark City", "Shane", "Pony Express", "The  Naked Jungle", "The Ten Commandments", "Three Violent People", and  "The Buccaneer", just a fraction of well over the 204 films he  worked on in his long career. Writing Trivia: Anthony Lawrence first  wrote season ones "Dark Star", and this seasons, "The Last  Viking". Mr. Lawrence stated he really doesnt write Western  scripts, but was rather into writing about relationships and non  ethereal characters (hence Tirza and Dark Star!). One day, while on  the set with David Dortort, he said he wanted to do a story on each  of Bens wives, and Lawrence replied with, "Let me do it, I can kill  off at least two of them!" Lawrence thought he would get thrown off  the set for saying this, and instead was given the task of becoming  the writer, who scripted the stories with Ben and his wives.