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.
France
| 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') |
| AVENUE D'EYLAU, PARIS,
FRANCE |
| Avenue d'Eylau today
- special thanks to Nicolas Fleurier: |
United Kingdom
| '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 WADDINGTON? |
| 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 |
The Bahamas
| Bond and Domino come
ashore |
| PARADISE BEACH, NORTH WEST
SHORE OF PARADISE ISLAND |
| 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 |
| BAY STREET, NASSAU, NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
| Bond comes ashore -
again, at night |
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| Junkanoo procession |
| BAY STREET, NASSAU, NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
| 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.'"
|
| 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 |
| Bond winched to safety by
Leiter |
| 'THUNDERBALL GROTTO', OFF
STANIEL CAY, THE EXUMAS |
| US Navy parachute in |
| OFF THE COAST OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA |
| Final underwater battle
plus other sequences |
| LYFORD CAY, WEST SHORE OF
NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND |
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