Editing Private's Progress (section)

==Production==
The film was primarily filmed at [[Shepperton Studios]] but some scenes were filmed at [[Wantage Hall]], a hall of residence for the [[University of Reading]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

The [[War Office]] refused all requests for cooperation, even after the ending of the film was changed to show the guilty being caught. The producers inserted a title card depicting three officers in the [[See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil]] stance with the words "the producers gratefully acknowledge the official cooperation of absolutely nobody".<ref>Mackenzie, S.P. ''British War Films''  BLM Academic UK; 1st edition (1 June 2006) p. 133</ref><ref name="NYT1956" />

It was the first in a series of successful satirical comedies made by the Boulting brothers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/446435/|title=BFI Screenonline: Boulting Brothers|work=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> Their 1959 comedy ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' featured many of the same actors and characters. Many references are made to the events of ''Private's Progress''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441166/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: I'm All Right Jack (1959)|work=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>