Huh. I wonder if their cameras were shielded back then? Do you know what model they were using for Tunisia and possibly Elstree? (not that it really matters, just curious). Yeah, I know what you mean though about the diffusion.
Off topic, did Gil piss GL off enough to have to put the filters back on? I'm always baffled by GL decision to use filters/diffusion. You can add it in post if you want (albeit with a slightly different look), so to me it's kind of silly to do it in camera and jack up your negatives...