Question: When did compulsory national service end in the country where Prince of Thieves, whose main character John is depicted alongside, was made?

A second unit filmed the medieval walls and towers of the Cité de Carcassonne in the town of Carcassonne in Aude, France, for the portrayal of Nottingham and its castle. Locksley Castle was Wardour Castle in Wiltshire -- restored in an early shot using a matte painting. Marian's manor was filmed at Hulne Priory in Northumberland. Principal exteriors were shot on location in the United Kingdom. Scenes set in Sherwood Forest were filmed throughout England: Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire was used for the outlaws' encampment, Aysgarth Falls in Yorkshire for the fight scene between Robin and Little John, and Hardraw Force in North Yorkshire was the location where Marian sees Robin bathing. Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall was used for the scene when Robin first confronts the sheriff's men. Chalk cliffs at Seven Sisters, Sussex were used as the locale for Robin's return to England from the Crusades. <SEP> The Boys' Brigade Gazette is a quarterly magazine printed regularly since 1889 in the United Kingdom for the officers and leaders of the Battalions and Companies of the Boy's Brigade in the UK and Ireland. <SEP> In November 1960 the last men entered service, as call - ups formally ended on 31 December 1960, and the last National Servicemen left the armed forces in May 1963. National Service ended gradually from 1957. It was decided that those born on or after 1 October 1939 would not be required, but conscription continued for those born earlier whose call - up had been delayed for any reason. <SEP> at the end of the war in europe, on victory in europe day, princesses elizabeth and margaret mingled anonymously with the celebratory crowds in the streets of london. elizabeth later said in a rare interview, "we asked my parents if we could go out and see for ourselves. i remember we were terrified of being recognised ... i remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief. "during the war, plans were drawn up to quell welsh nationalism by affiliating elizabeth more closely with wales. proposals, such as appointing her constable of caernarfon castle or a patron of urdd gobaith cymru (the welsh league of youth), were abandoned for several reasons, including fear of associating elizabeth with conscientious objectors in the urdd at a time when britain was at war. welsh politicians suggested she be made princess of wales on her 18th birthday. home secretary, herbert morrison supported the idea, but the king rejected it because he felt such a title belonged solely to the wife of a prince of wales and the prince of wales had always been the heir apparent. in 1946, she was inducted into the welsh gorsedd of bards at the national eisteddfod of wales.princess elizabeth went in 1947 on her first overseas tour, accompanying her parents through southern africa. during the tour, in a broadcast to the british commonwealth on her 21st birthday, she made the following pledge: "i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong." <SEP> Nineteenth-century fictional depictions of John were heavily influenced by Sir Walter Scott's historical romance, Ivanhoe, which presented "an almost totally unfavourable picture" of the king; the work drew on Victorian histories of the period and on Shakespeare's play. During the 20th century, John was normally depicted in fictional books and films alongside Robin Hood. Scott's work influenced the late 19th-century children's writer Howard Pyle's book The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, which in turn established John as the principal villain within the traditional Robin Hood narrative. Sam De Grasse's role as John in the black-and-white 1922 film version shows John committing numerous atrocities and acts of torture. Claude Rains played John in the 1938 colour version alongside Errol Flynn, starting a trend for films to depict John as an "effeminate ... arrogant and cowardly stay-at-home". The character of John acts either to highlight the virtues of King Richard, or contrasts with the Sheriff of Nottingham, who is usually the "swashbuckling villain" opposing Robin. An extreme version of this trend can be seen in the Disney cartoon version, for example, which depicts John, voiced by Peter Ustinov, as a "cowardly, thumbsucking lion". Popular works that depict John beyond the Robin Hood legends, such as James Goldman's play and later film, The Lion in Winter, set in 1183, commonly present him as an "effete weakling", in this instance contrasted with the more masculine Henry II, or as a tyrant, as in A. A. Milne's poem for children, "King John's Christmas". <SEP> idol on parade also known as idle on parade is a 1959 youth-oriented british comedy film produced by warwick films, directed by john gilling and starring anthony newley, sid james and lionel jeffries. it was john antrobus' first screenplay. the film depicts the main character being called up for two years of compulsory national service in the british military and was based on the 1958 novel "idle on parade" by william camp which in turn was inspired by elvis presley's conscription into the us army.