Thunderball: Shrublands - Then and now

CRBCRB Posts: 483MI6 Agent
Went for a walk today past where they filmed part of Thunderball, thought you may like to see what it's like today:

Then
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Now
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    edited February 2013
    Wow! Is Shrublands related to the perma-tanned David Dickinson, by any chance?! :))

    Thanks for the pictorial update, by the way!
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  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    Did anyone ever think it was quite weird how that health spar was right next to a military airbase where they keep nuclear bombs from the NATO?

    Nice picture by the way!
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Did anyone ever think it was quite weird how that health spar was right next to a military airbase where they keep nuclear bombs from the NATO?

    Well not exactly weird but one of those huge coincidences which happen so often in the Bond books and novels:
    M sending Bond to recuperate in the one place in the UK where Spectre are just about to launch another bid for world domination...
    Or Bond staying in the same hotel in Miami as Goldfinger (in the film at least)...
    Or Bond rescuing the daughter of the head of the Union Corse, the one criminal organisation with a link to Blofeld's secret location...
    8-)
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    very cool. thanks for posting the photos.
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    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,868Chief of Staff
    Great pics, thanks for posting them.
  • alphaagentalphaagent Posts: 433MI6 Agent
    Thanks for the great pics!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    CRB wrote:
    Then
    Screenshot2013-02-17at142530_zpsbd0fbae1.png

    Now
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    Holy crap! The SAME TREE is in the foreground!!
    ;%
    Sorry, a respect for nature is kind of remarkable to me these days.

    Great picture- thanks!
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  • jeffchjeffch Posts: 163MI6 Agent
    Or Bond staying in the same hotel in Miami as Goldfinger (in the film at least)

    In the Movie Bond was at that Miami hotel specifically to watch Goldfinger, he just didn't know until Felix told him about it. In the book it was a coincidence.
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