Reports
from our undercover people
On November
30th 1964, the shooting script for 'Thunderball'
was completed. First principal
photography began on February 16th 1965,
with the Château d'Anet fight filmed on
the 18th and the Bell Textron jet pack
sequence on the 19th. February 26th saw
the scenes at 'Shrublands' (massage /
traction / steam rooms) being filmed.
March 22nd saw filming begin in the
Bahamas, with the underwater love scene
filmed on the 24th. The fight aboard the
Disco Volante ended principal photography
at Pinewood on July 9th 1965.
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| Pre-title
sequence |
| CHÂTEAU
D'ANET, ANET, PARIS (40 KM WEST
OF PARIS) |
| Château
d'Anet today - thanks to Alain
Janssoone: |
| Largo
arriving at 'Centre International
D'Assistance Aux Personnes
Déplacées' ('The International
Brotherhood for the Assistance of
Stateless Persons') |
| 35
AVENUE D'EYLAU, PARIS, FRANCE |
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| 'Shrublands' |
| CHALFONT
PARK HOUSE, CHALFONT PARK,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE |
| Hotel
where Major Derval is staying |
| THE
ROYAL SARACENS HEAD, AT THE
CORNER OF LONDON END AND WINDSOR
END, BEACONSFIELD,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE |
| NATO
Airbase entrance |
| RAF
NORTHOLT |
| |
| November
2018 - as you can see the
guardhouse has gone, the entrance
having been completely remodelled
recently. The old entrance would
have followed roughly the line of
the pedestrian crossing: |
| Vulcans
on the runway |
| RAF
WADDINGTON |
| Bond /
Lippe / Volpe chase |
| SILVERSTONE
RACETRACK, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE |
| Fiona
Volpe dumps the B.S.A. motorcycle |
| DENHAM
QUARRY LAKES, SOUTH HAREFIELD,
UXBRIDGE |
| Studio
filming |
| PINEWOOD
STUDIOS,
IVER HEATH,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE |
| November
2018 - the 007 stage can be seen
far right in first shot. The
actual Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
car pulled up at the old entrance
catching me slightly off guard at
the time (it was arriving for a
50th anniversary event there that
day): |
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| Bond
meets Domino (before coming
ashore) |
| CORAL
HARBOUR SOUTH, SOUTH SHORE OF NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
| Bond and
Domino come ashore |
| PARADISE
BEACH, PARADISE ISLAND |
| Bond's
hotel |
| 'HOTEL
CORAL HARBOUR', CORAL
HARBOUR SOUTH, SOUTH
SHORE OF NEW PROVIDENCE
ISLAND |
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| 'Hotel
Coral Harbour', then and now -
thanks to James D Sieff: |
| Further
photos from James showing 'Hotel
Coral Harbour' following a visit
in 2012. Included are several
rare shots of the pool area and
interior, featuring the reception
area briefly seen in the film: |
| Unfinished
/ abandoned hotel (behind 'Hotel
Coral Harbour') used in 'Casino
Royale': |
| Bond and
Largo play Chemin de Fer / Bond dines with
Domino |
| 'CAFE
MARTINIQUE' (OVERLOOKING PARADISE
LAGOON), PARADISE ISLAND |
| 'Palmyra' |
| ROCK
POINT, OFF WEST BAY STREET, NORTH
SHORE OF NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
| Rock
Point today - thanks to James D
Sieff: |
| Bond
introduces Felix to Pinder and
Paula |
| NORTH
OF RAWSON SQUARE - PARK AREA /
MARKET PLAZA, NASSAU, NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
| Park
area / Market Plaza today -
thanks to James D Sieff: |
| Bond
introduces Felix to Pinder and
Paula |
| WOODES
RODGERS WALK (CORNER WITH MARKET
STREET), NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE
ISLAND |
| Woodes
Rodgers Walk today - thanks to
Paul Wynn (via James D Sieff): |
| Bond
comes ashore - again, at night |
| |
| Junkanoo
procession |
| EAST
BAY STREET, NASSAU, NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
| East
Bay Street at the corner of East
Street - thanks to James D Sieff: |
| Further
shot from James of the Chase
Manhattan Bank following another
visit to the area in 2012: |
| The
Junkanoo carnival is
traditionally held every year
around Bay Street, Nassau,
normally on Boxing Day or New
Year's Day. It was re-created for
filming mid-April 1965, shot over
two long nights - with additional
shots done two weeks later. The parade
marchers were directed around a
particular block, prizes had been
offered for the best costumes and
floats. There was a lot of
interest in the filming over the
two days - over 10,000 people
showed up to watch the spectacle.
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| Excerpt
from 'Bondomania' (Time magazine
- June 11th 1965) |
| |
| "Currently,
the producers are completing the
next Bond film, Thunderball, in
Nassau and London. Nassau has
been in an uproar for weeks. The company
staged an out-of-season Junkanoo
carnival parade for background
shots that laid up half the
island with hangovers, invited
over the whole jet set from Palm
Beach for other background shots,
and built the 'Kiss Kiss Club' on
Huntington Hartford's Paradise
Island with such style that one
old Nassauvian remarked, 'Best
damned nightclub on the island.
They should have left it there.'"
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| Egg
spines / Vargas attempts to
ambush Bond and Domino |
| LOVE
BEACH, NORTH WEST SHORE OF NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
| The 'bridge
over the canal' / Bond dives with
Largo's men |
| BREAKWATER
ON NORTH SHORE OF PARADISE ISLAND |
| Breakwater
today - thanks to James D Sieff: |
| Bond
winched to safety by Leiter |
| 'THUNDERBALL
GROTTO',
OFF STANIEL CAY, THE EXUMAS |
| Final
underwater battle plus other
sequences |
| LYFORD
CAY, WEST SHORE OF NEW PROVIDENCE
ISLAND |
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| US Navy
parachute in |
| OFF
THE COAST OF MIAMI, FLORIDA |
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