Blown for Good - Marc Morgan Headley [47]
Del Sol: This is where the Commodores’ Messenger Organization and Executive Strata International, and Watchdog Committee were located. Del Sol used to be the main hotel unit for the Gilman Hot Springs Resort.
The 200s: The 200s were where network units for several areas of CMO Int were housed. These included LRH Public Personal Relations Office International and LRH Technical Research and Compilations.
Ranchos: This is where both the Translations Unit, and the LRH Book Compilations Unit were located. They took approved manuscripts from LRH Technical Research and Compilations and turned these into courses and books for Scientology organizations around the world. They had typesetting, book design and even did glossaries and other book items here.
119 & 40s House: This is where Commodore’s Messenger Organization Gold was located and is the unit directly responsible for making sure that Watchdog Committee programs for Golden Era Productions get done.
G Units or Gs: These are houses that were converted to luxury accommodations for VIP guests that stay at the Int Base.
Building 36: Building 36 was the brand new state of the art manufacturing building that was built for Golden Era Productions. It houses production facilities for Hubbard E-Meter Manufacturing and both 16 mm film and Cassette Tape Production. Bldg 36 also houses the Executive, Hubbard Communications Office, Dissemination, Central Marketing Unit, Treasury, and Port Captain Division offices of Golden Era Productions.
Tavern: The tavern is a VIP facility where actors brought to the base for Cine or Audio productions could be serviced. It is done up in the motif of the Knights of the Round Table complete with a large sword embedded in a stone as you enter the building.
Gym: This was the building where the Cine Division had their shooting stage. Originally called the “gym” because the activities of the base were confidential even to the local residents. As a result, the permit to build the studio was applied for under the guise of a “Basketball Gym.” Any and all references to the building were to be specified as the “Gym”. The Gym also housed the make-up, costumes, camera, lighting, and set sound departments.
F&E: This is where the film and equipment branch is housed, and contains the personnel responsible for maintaining Hubbard’s wealth of personal photography equipment and his photos and having them ready in perfect order for use at any time. They also oversee programs being run in the Cine Division of Gold.
Upper Lodges: This is where Gold’s entire film editing department was housed. It has a large 35 mm film theater where the shoot crew watch their daily footage as well as feature films.
Lower Lodges: This is where pre-production areas were housed. Logistics, art department, research and assembly, scriptwriting, casting, and pre-production director are all located there.
MCI: Massacre Canyon Inn, or MCI, is the dining facility for the entire base. It has both crew and officer dining hall areas that service all organizations located on the property. It also houses the offices for Gold’s Domestic Services Division staff.
Garage: The garage used to be a public gas station that was converted into the maintenance facility for the entire property. Motor Pool Gold is located here as well as the entire Estates Division. The grounds, electrical, construction, engineering and building maintenance departments of the Estates Division are all housed here. Cine’s sets and props departments took up the west half of the building. It also contains the International Landlord Office.
Trailers: The trailers were a collection of temporary buildings that were set up to accommodate the Central Marketing Unit (CMU) as well as the tape editing and technician departments of Audio. These trailers later housed LRH Technical Research and Compilations unit and the International Finance Office.
Studio One: This is the LRH Music Studio Complex. It has a state of the art music studio and is one of the most advanced music studios