1964: The GUNS of JAMES BOND | Time Out | Making of... | BBC Archive
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- Sean Connery, on the Pinewood set of Goldfinger, introduces a report about the influence gun expert Geoffrey Boothroyd has had on the character of James Bond.
Geoffrey Boothroyd was a passionate gun expert and fan of the original James Bond books.
In 1956 he wrote Ian Fleming a letter, asking him to change Bond’s signature gun - a Beretta - to something more powerful. In this clip, Boothroyd demonstrates why he thought Bond needed something with a bit more oomph.
Not only did Fleming heed his advice and change Bond’s favourite firearm, but in Dr No, he introduced a character called Major Boothroyd as an authorly homage.
Clip taken from Time Out : The Guns of James Bond, originally broadcast on BBC Television on Thursday 17 September, 1964.
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There's a parallel universe where Clint Eastwood is talking about his passion for carpet slippers on the One Show.
Bond uses a Smith And Wesson 44 Magnum revolver in Live And Let Die
@@japythonyes specifically a Smith and Weston model 29, the same gun Dirty Harry was packing.
@@whovianhistorybuffWasn't that a S&W 629?
Legend has it that Boothroyd’s next life was a youtuber - Ian of Forgotten Weapons
Imagine Bond with the 44 magnum! "The name's Bond...James Bond. I know what you're thinking, did he fire six shots or only five..."
44 magnum!?! That's like God damn Clint Eastwood... "go on lad.. make my day!"
He carried a Smith and Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum in the finale of Live and Let Die.
@davidradich9342 what else would you use if you have to avoid voodoo sacrifice.. man pushed to the limit.. I guess.
@@rostyslavadamchuk3300 What I do carry is my Sig P320 in 9mm with a 17 round magazine. and 2 spares with 21 rounds each.
"you've had your six"
Jeffrey Boothroyd sounds like the firearms enthusiasts you meet on forums nowadays... he was truly ahead of his time
Wth are you talking about, "ahead of his time"? As if people knowing their subjects is something new that only happens on the internet? You do know there have been picky experts, deeply knowledgeable of certain subjects since time immemorial? If anything, all the internet is now is way too many people thinking they're experts when they just aren't and spreading endless misinformation and opinioneering like never before.
He wouldn’t be allowed to own any of these guns in the UK today lol, he’d be rolling in his grave
@@jackcavendish8900 I disagree, he could easily have become a Section 5 Registered Firearms Dealer, specialising in the supply of guns to theatre, films and TV shows.
@@derekp2674 ‘easily’ are you mental?
@@jackcavendish8900 I'll stick with "easily" but I'll concede not necessarily quickly. Given the achievements of the Vickers Machine Gun Collection and Research Association, pretty much anything is possible.
My Grandad wrote to Ian Fleming to say a secret agent should drive something more subtle and recommended a Morris Minor.
Never heard anything back 😉
Would that be a morris minor with a V8 under the bonnet? 😅
In "The Wid Geese" Roger Moore's character drives a Jaguar XJS, in the book it was an Austin 1100.
Well, out of curiosity, what might a secret agent man drive nowadays?
Surely the piano on top would make it more noticeable
@@jasonayres - Watch the cars going in and out of the MI6 HQ underground car park on the south bank.
Sean, thanks for spoiling this for me, I always thought that was the real Fort Knox.
Bloody hell Sean you were so smooth!!
The suits worn by the shown gentlemen are brilliant.
Interesting Bond gun titbit: The long-barrelled Walther ‘automatic’ Connery is seen posing with in that famous publicity still is in fact an air pistol!
I have a Walther PPK water gun which I use in my bath tub...
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I call it 'Bubble O-7'..
HAHAHHA
ROFL LMAO! Well served joke! Brilliant performance.
Sean the best Bond
Bond's best gun was the one he adopted in "Tomorrow Never Dies", the Walther P99. It fired the 9mm Luger (very adequate against human adversaries), took a 16-shot magazine, and was small enough to conceal under a suit coat.
That was a horrible gun. We had the SW version of the 99 for our department. After non stop malfunctions and failures we dumped it for a Glock17
Connery's Bond will never be bettered.
30 odd years ago I got to handle both the PPK and the Soviet equivalent, the Makarov.
Both are, in their own deadly ways, works of art.
I cant remember if the Makarov ever featured in a bond movie, but with it being the standard side arm for the KGB and other Soviet Services back in the day, it may well have.
Great clip.
IMFDB is a great source if you want to search all the movies. I may do it myself after work. Cheers!
Tomorrow never Dies Chinese operatives uses it, and standard weapon of General in Golden Eye .
@@MrPh30 Thanks, now I want to dig out the old Nintendo and play Goldeneye :D
If you have xbox its for sale download 7$. I played and beat it over Christmas last@civlyzed
@@MrPh30Goldeneye 007 or the movie?
I remember this clip from one of the Bond Blu-rays, but this upload contains some pieces that MGM deleted from the clip on disc.
Thanks for the upload, BBC!
Great to see more Sean
‘Yesh’🏴
@@AtheistOrphan Pusshy... :D
Bond did get to use a revolver (a .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson) in “Live and let die.
That was a 29 in .44 Mag he used there ,
But its many more in the books than portrayed . The ASP pistol and Savage 99 rifle in .250 Savage
crazy old roger boore used a S&W M-29' combat 44' magnum not a 357 python magnum
Your right however Roger Moore didn’t become bond until many years after this video was made.
Yup, with all 6 rounds fired and then promptly and nonchalantly discarded. 😅
Except the Beretta that Sean Connery is showing is either a 1934 or a 1935 which is 32 ACP or 9mm Short. The Beretta in question looked a little similar but smaller, it was the Beretta 418 in 25ACP.
Fleming never said exact model of Bond's Beretta beyond caliber of .25ACP and it customizations. Beretta 418 is good suspect being both.
The original guns were stolen in a burglary in Enfield, north London, aim 2019, and never found. Police said it wasn’t for the 007 connection but purely because they were real weapons (disabled) capable of being made back into working weapons.
Huh, didn't know that
“Leave the Beretta 007”
Great interview and part of the Bond history. A lot of people don't realise that the gun in the famous posters with Sean Connery (eg Dr No, Goldfinger), the gun Bond is holding is an air pistol. (Walther lp 53 if I am not mistaken). And as a .177 it probably didn't have much stopping power.
Suspension of belief, if Bond holds it it will kill ...
Fleming was issued a .25 Browning, during WWII. It was part of his estate. He also owned a Ruger .22 LR , long barrel target gun. He was presented with a Colt Official positive, .38 Special , four inch barrel .
The small .25 was either a FN or a Colt model 1906 , or 1908. The serial number matches a Colt however a identical serial number for a FN is possible, records lost in the war.
I do hope he was alive in 1973 to see the S&W M29 44 magnum revolver Roger Moore used in "Live and let die". Bonus trivia: In John Gardner's Bond books there is a secret compartment in his SAAB 900 Turbo which contains a Ruger Super Blackhawk revolver. (so in a way Bond did get the Ruger Boothroyd wanted for him!)
First mistake Bond had a Beretta model 418 .25! NOT a model 1934!
Well spotted sir!
My grandfather had a beretta 34,and thar was in 9mm KURTZ (380 colt)
If they had given Connery a real .25 in his hands it would have looked like a wet noodle . .25 look much better when held by a beautiful woman . Then again I look much better when held by a beautiful woman .
@@huxleysbull6164 I believe all Model 34s were chambered for that round while the .32/7.65 version was the Model 35.
@@derekp2674 i think thas rigth.
I remember seeing this a few years ago. So cool, that they got the guy, who suggested the change to Fleming, to do an interview and demonstration.
I had always wondered why that scene was in Dr No
Used to have a S&W made PPK/S. Really fun shooter.
In fairness to the move makers, I distinctly recall Roger Moore breaking out a similar hand cannon revolver in Live and Let Die when he set about Kananga’s voodoo gathering. Smith and Wesson I think.
later Bond did shoot a larger cal. revolver it was Rodger Moore's turn as Bond
Welcome to Forgotten Weapons, I'm Geoffrey Boothroyd...and this cheeky pistol is the Walther PPK.
Bond’s Beretta also had a skeletonized grip, I think with friction tape.
I think this is on a DVD reissue....
In the famous Bond publicity photo of Connery as Bond holding a long barrelled pistol ,not many realise it was in fact an target air pistol .
For some reason, this featurette is on the Dr No Ultimate Edition DVD and Blu-Ray but Sony stuffed up the editing and mixed scenes around in the wrong order.
I once owned the model of .44 used for the
tomato can destruction. A Ruger Blackhawk.
Actually it’s the Walther PP instead of the PPK shown in the films. The PP police pistol and the PPK is Police Pistol Detective. PP is a little longer.
The .32 is like a brick through a plate glass window.
The Berretta and the Walther are semi-automatic pistols not automatic.
So understated compared to today. Much preferable. 🏴
He did use a 44 magnum in the movie live and let die giving his compliments to baron Samedy right between the eyes
7.65 Walther PPKs were wildly available in post WWII Europe.
007's a high tech secret agent. A Magnum 44 would appear too conventional in any Bond movies although it's powerful.
Ruger, co-founded by Alexander McCormick Sturm; who married Teddy Roosevelt’s granddaughter.
You can see in this segment Connery wants to make it clear he's an actor but unfortunately he got typecast and eventually succeeded in becoming a great actor
He was a truck driver and sometimes model . Fleming did not like him he wanted Cary Grant , who was too old and way too expensive .
@@bhartley868 Fleming wanted David Niven. The producers wanted Grant but he said he would only do one film.
Small calibres bounce around inside the body and often cause more damage than higher calibre bullets that penetrate in a straight line through the body.
That’s is not true, specially in pistols.
@@Provo647 I checked... and you're right. Except... with high-velocity small calibre ammunition and these are usually only fired from rifles. Right?
the thing was fleming was basing his knowledge of secret agents on ww2 experience.as the soe exhibit shows in the imperial war museum they were issued almost exclusively small .25 pistols mainly brownings.the reason was concealibility and ease of quick disposal if searched.they were not intended for combat as nobody was supposed to know who the agent was but as a weapon of absolutely last resort to kill at very close range or to commit suicide.for wet jobs of the type bond undertook heavier weapons were issued.the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare has a scene where an soe agents cover is blown and he uses a .25 browning.in fact bond is issued two pistols in dr no the novel .a walther ppk and a .38 smith and wesson airweight revolver which he uses on crab key.the walther was a pain in the ass for the filmmakers as it refused to recycle blanks and jammed after every shot.hence its replacement with a lookalike browning in dr no wjen he shoots professor dent multiple times ,cut to two by the censor.in from russia with love sean in the gypsy fight can be seen working the slide manually after every shot.
I did read once that Fleming carried a .25 Beretta 418 himself, just as something small and basic for a desk worker, just in case. He used that pistol for Bond because he daydreamed of being a field agent and that's what he knew. He also liked using double-barrelled words which was why he wrote in the "Berns-Martin triple draw holster" for Bond to carry the PPK in even though it was only a revolver holster.
@@AD-kv9kj oddly the beretta sean shows us that was used in dr no is a .380 not a .25.the filmakers seemed to know as much about guns as fleming.thats a smith and wesson and youve had your 6 refers to a colt 1911 .45 which takes 7! also later watch closely as the guys in the boat bond and honey with bren guns.i has no magazine at all and others have the magazine put in backwards.
Fleming was issued a Browning .25 , he kept it and it became part of his estate. The serial number matches a Colt vest pocket , 1908 . However it could have been a FN manufactured 1906...
@@AD-kv9kj Fleming was issued a Browning .25 that he kept after the war, and it became a part of his estate . Probably a 1906 FN , however the serial number matches a Colt 1908, vest pocket ...
Wasn’t the reason Bond switched from the beretta to the ppk is cos it jammed one time?
Canonically, yes. But, it was just an excuse to introduce a new firearm and justify the in-universe switch.
Bond does have a large-frame revolver in Live and Let Die. He also has a Ruger Blackhawk .44 mag in his car in the book License Renewed.
That comment about stopping power made me think of something I saw here on RUclips recently. There're quite a few 'police arrest' channels and though ordinarily a taser incapacitates some or most people. Every once in a while though they come across someone not to be trifled with. Not only did the gentleman in question sustain two taser charges, he then proceeded to disarm the agent three times, including his firearm. Needless to say, this was not a good day for the police officer.
4:16 already taken by 001 or Number #1 Charles Bind, and .44 Mag by Harry "Dirty" Callahan 😂😂
This perhaps explains why Lupin III uses a 9mm walther p38 while Daisuke Jigan uses a .357 magnum Smith&Wesson Model 19?
Yes, Lupin was heavily influenced by Bond and, arguably, Harry Palmer.
@@ricardocantoral7672 oh, ipcress files and all, yes, I can see the similarities ruclips.net/video/EHbvZ1FBqjI/видео.htmlsi=h1JcZCsiDr2-5XMu
Would have been better with a browning hi power it's got 16 rounds of 9mm calibre bullets in the magazine
Not 16, at least not from 1935- 1970s. It got 13 rounders standard.
Yep you're right I've just looked it up at the time it would have only had thirteen rounds in the mag it's the new re release that has 17+1 . Still it would have had twice as many rounds as the walther with a harder hitting 9 mm
@@darklord-ht2hq double the round count per mag of almost every pistol in the market at that time, hence 'Hi-Power'.
Very Interesting Documentary with Sean Connery & Jeffrey Boothroyd !I Prefer the Roger Moore Bond Documentary’s with Live N Let Die Etc
"My... That's a big one..."
“Left hand, throw it….”
The Walther PPK will always the definitive James Bond firearm.
Just be patient Boothroyd, he will use a revolver in "Live and Let Die"
Steven Segal ironed out old Sean 😮
If they needed a decent stopping automatic for Bond that won't ruin the lines of his tailored suits, Major Boothroyd could have suggested any number of European compact sized .380s or 9s. Or maybe even a short slide 1911 variant in 9 mil or .45 if they really need a man-stopper.
MrBinnie, I don't think at that time there was such an array of compact sized, hard hitting firearms like we enjoy today, the "lady's gun"
25 Beretta was very easily concealed and usually reliable, the compact ppk is bulkier and heavier, so already moving into larger firearms, 9s and 45s of the time were very much larger, though Mauser also made a handy little .32 that would have been available at the time
@jeffturnbull9661 there were short 1911s then, AFAIK. Also, the SW Model 39 semi-auto with 8 rounds of 9 mil per mag has already hit the market. Or they can get an M1934 Beretta in .380.
I saw in the comments of another video showing the same or similar footage of Connery that he actually carried the PPK's larger relative, the Walther PP, when filming. That weapon did come in .380 auto. And was slightly larger, maybe more impressive looking.
Harry Callahan did see this video❤
the major is a pistolero
Knew the man fount of knowledge
Eat your heart out Hickok 45!
names Boothroyd, Geoffrey Boothroyd
I remember when my interest in guns began
My grandfather's bb gun in the stairwell to the basement I think I was 6
What a jolly good can opener pip pip old bean
Let's workshop this! "Y'see...this is a 44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world [at the time] and can almost blow a tomato can tied to a post clean orrfff..." - Dirty Harry as a comedy Bond villain perhaps? :P
Everyone knows the Gold PP7 is the best gun.
Peak History
It's a shame that even in the 1960s British gun "experts" seem to have so little knowledge. An American gun shop owner has more knowledge than these "experts". The reason I say this is the gun shop owner would have a number of better choices than what was shown.
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Im no gun expert,but in the early bond films,they user lots of ricochet bullet sound effects,which made it a bit too cowboy and Indians?
I guess white claws hadn't been invented yet 😂
If we followed 1962 standards, Arnold Swharzenneger would have become James Bond!
4:58 - wink wink
Surprised the spy never used a P-35….wide use among the UK armed forces….
Connery will ALWAYS be the best Bond.
Geoffrey Boothroyd is an amateur. For Bond or anyone else doing that sort of work, an automatic is far more preferable than a revolver. Also, the .32 is far better than the .44Magnum for Bond's sort of work. It will stop a person, at close quarters, but not wake up the entire neighbourhood, nor is it likely to go through and hit something/one behind the target. This is why several real world assasins/terrorists used the .32, Actually .32 automatics were used by the British military when working in plain clothes in some areas. Personally, despite being issued a 9mm Browning I often used a .45ACP in civis, but then it was not the sort of work Bond was doing. The difference in noise was negligible. The stopping power of the .45 higher than the 9mm, but it was less likely to go through the target. Reasons for an automatic over a revolver: Autos have a safety catch, so could be safely carried loaded and cocked. This gave a very fast and accurate first shot. You can NOT do that with a revolver. Even DA revolvers, as they have a VERY heavy pull for the first shot. As for jamming. An auto can be cleared very quickly. Any jam with a revolver needs an armourer and the gun dismantled. I have seen this happen. IT is far faster and easier to reload an auto than a revolver, even with a speed loader for the revolver, one mistake, and you have rounds everywhere or the gun jammed. Finally, a point mentioned in the video. An automatic is flatter, shorter and less bulk than a revolver. An auto is far easier to carry concealed (and comfortable) for hours at a time in most civilian outfits. The point of concealed carry is that it is not noticed for hours on end in a normal civilian environment.
0:13 - "A Scotsman"
1:47 - "I'm not a Scot."
You didn't pay much attention to the video now, did you?
Boothoyd is pointing the weapon directly at the camera person......yikes.
wtf ruger??? why not a webley
I don't know if Webleys come in .44 Magnum. The one's I've heard of come in .455 and .38.
@@alanmacpherson3225 @@alanmacpherson3225 yep 455 getting shot with one of those hurts. I have a .38 webley tanker and 9mm hi power
@@alanmacpherson3225 Funnily I have a .38 tanker and it is a fun little gun but the 455 is classic english side arm so you should have one
Licensed to Kill tins of, erm... Tomatoes... Russian tins of Tomatoes with a white cat on them/it... that's not right...
Don't point your gun at the cameraman.
Why not?
Relax, that's not Alec Baldwin.
I’d imagine even then if they were sure it was safe it would be on a tripod or long arm dolly, after all they are next to a movie set 😂
back when us Brits were trusted to own pistols
No love for the AR-7. Tsk tsk tsk.
Whut 😮
Looks like James Bond had no finger discipline, and also flagged the camera as well as the "firearm expert" lol
It is a wonder Mr Connery needed a gun, as he was rather handy (towards women) with his fists
Before the British were conditioned to react with "EEEEWWWW GUNS!"
Misinformed as usual. Loads of guns in Britain.
@@johnm3907 Hey, I used to live there, when the whole 'guns are bad' thing started after Hungerford. You were treated the same as a pedophile if you had an interest in guns. It hasn't improved much from what I can see. Yes, if you jump through enough hoops and kiss the local chief cops arse enough they will let you have something like a .22 rifle to plink with. No real handguns and no semi-auto rifles last I looked.
@@johnm3907Probably a Septic, so you have to make allowances for the reduced I.Q.
@@johnm3907I tend to agree with you, but the guns show cased in this video are no longer allowed to be owned normally in the UK, apart from NI
Not “ewww guns”, more like, “let’s have some common-sense regulation that stops innocent people being killed”. Unlike the default American pro-gun position of “Wooo, yeah! More guns! Freedom! Murica!”
Real bond was Rozer Moore.
A rozzer is a policeman. Roger is the name you’re looking for.
Roger was charming but he had none of the edge.
Roger Moore was the son of a rozzer (policeman )😂