VISNEWS
OL. 32116
PRODUCTION NO. 12325/68 (NATURAL SOUND)
PLACE OF FILMING MURREN, SWITZERLAND RECENT (REC. 13 DEC 1968)
DATE OF FILMING RECENT (REC. 13 DEC 1968)
AVAILABLE IN COLOR
LONDON 13 DECEMBER 1968
SUBJECT: SWITZERLAND: FILMING OF JAMES BOND EPIC "ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE" IN PROGRESS IN THE SWISS ALPS
DURATION 2 MIN 19 SECS
LENGTH 16 M.M 87 FEET 26.5 METERS.
WORK IS NOW WELL UNDER WAY AT MURREN, IN THE SWISS ALPS, ON THE SIXTH "JAMES BOND” FILM TO BE MADE BY HARRY SALTZMAN AND ALBERT BROCCOLI "On Her Majesty's Secret Service
”, STARRING AS THE SCOTTISH "JAMES BOND, AGENT 007”, IS THE AUSTRALIAN, GEORGE LAZENBY, SURROUNDED BY AN INTERNATIONAL CAST.
FILM SHOWS: RESTAURANT ATOP SCHILTHORN PEAK, SWISS ALPS; ACTORS RESTING; THE DIRECTOR, PETER HUNT; ACTOR GABRIEL FERZETTS; GEORGE LAZENBY “JAMES BOND”; ACTRESS DIANA RIGG; ACTRESS ILSE STEPPAT AS ”IRMA BUNT”; ACTOR TELLY SAVALAS; SCENE FROM FILM UNDER DIRECTION; CLAPPER BOARD; NORTH FACE OF EIGER; GEORGE LAZENBY AND DIANA RIGG TAKING COACH RIDE. (NATURAL SOUND)
FILMING OF THE LATEST "JAMES BOND” EPIC BY IAN FLEMING BEGAN AT AN ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FEET ON THE SNOWCAPPED PEAK OF THE SCHILTHORN IN THE SWISS ALPS, WITHIN SIGHT OF THE FAMOUS EIGER, WITH BOND PITTING HIS WITS AQAINST HIS OLD ANTAGONIST, “ERNST STAVROS BLOFELD”, PLAYED BY AMERICAN TELLY SAVALAS, AND BEING INSPIRED TO HIS SUPERHUMAN EFFORTS WITH THE HELP OF A DOZEN BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
THE FILM MARKS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF AUSTRALIAN GEORGE LAZENBY IN THE ROLE OF AGENT 007, PLAYED IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE SALTZMAN-BROCCOLI “JAMES BOND” FILMS BY THE BRITISH ACTOR, SEAN CONNERY. THE CAST WILL SPEND TWO MONTHS ON LOCATION IN SWITZERLAND, WITH FURTHER LOCATION SETS IN PORTUGAL AND LONDON. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service” — OR “OHMSS” FOR SHORT -- WAS THE FLEMING NOVEL IN WHICH "AGENT 007” MARRIES “TRACY", PLAYED IN THE FILM BY DIANA RIGG OF BRITAIN.
FILMING ON THE SHILTHORN MARKS THE COMPLETION OF MONTHS OF CO-OPERATION AND PREPARATION BY THE SWISS AUTHORITIES AND THE PRODUCTION TEAM. SOME OF MOST C0L0URFUL SCENES IN THE FILM ARE BEING SHOT IN THE ”PIZ GLORIA”, A LUXURIOUS RESTAURANT BUILT ATOP THE SHILTHORN SUMMIT AND OFFERING A BREATHTAKING ALPINE PANORAMA INCLUDING THE EIGER. THE STORY CONCERNS 007'S CONTINUING BATTLE WITH Spectre
, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANISATION LEDBY "BLOFELD".
THE PRINCIPAL VILLAINESS OF "OHMSS”, "IRMA BUNT”, IS PLAYED BY WEST GERMAN ACTRESS ILSE STEPPAT, PLAYING HER FIRST INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH-SPEAKING ROLE AFTER A 34-YEAR ACTING CAREER. YET ANOTHER VILLAIN IS "MARC DRACO", B0SS 0F THE "UNION CORSE, ONE OF EUROPE’S BIGGEST CRIME SYNDICATES" AND FATHER OF TRACY IN THE FILM, GABRIELE FERZETTI OF ITALY.
PETER HUNT, THE DIRECTOR, ALSO DIRECTED THE OTHER FIVE "JAMES BOND” FILMS AND HAS BEEN LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR HIGHLY-POPULAR STYLE AND PACE.
COMMENTARY FOR PROD NO. 12325/68 (NATURAL SOUND)
SWITZERLAND: FILMING OF JAMES BOND EPIC "ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE" IN PROGRESS IN THE SWISS ALPS
SHOT LIST:
LS [LONG SHOT] PANORAMA ”PIZ GLORIA” RESTAURANT ATOP OF SHILTHORN PEAK
MS [MEDIUM SHOT] RESTAURANT CU [CLOSE UP] NAME ”PIZ GLORIA”
MS ACTORS RESTING (NAT SOF FROM HERE TO END) (MCS DIRECTOR PETER HUNT EXPLAINING SHOOTING PLANS TO CAMERAMAN AND OTHERS
CS GABRIEL FERZETTI TALKING TO ANOTHER ACTOR.
COMMENTARY:
SOME TEN-THOUSAND FEET UP THE SHILTHORN, IN THE SWISS ALPS, "JAMES BOND — BRITISH SECRET SERVICE AGENT 007”, GOES INTO ACTION AGAIN FOR WORLD FILM — AND JAMES BOND — ENTHUSIASTS. FILMING OF THE LATEST JAMES BOND EPIC ”0N HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE" IS WELL UNDER WAY ON LOCATION. HERE, THE DIRECTOR, PETER HUNT, BRIEFS PRODUCTION CREW ON HIS SIXTH BOND FILM FROM IAN FLEMING'S NOVELS. IT’S IN THIS FILM THAT THE WOMANISING BOND FINALLY GETS ENSNARED IN MATRIMONY. AMONG THE VILLAINS, GABRIEL FERZETTI PLAYS THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE.
BRING UP NATURAL SOUND AND FADE UNDER ON CUE.
SHOT LIST:
CU GEORGE LAZENBY BOND) TALKING TO A FRIEND.
CU DIANA RIGG
CU ILSA STEPPAT AND PETER HUNT CHATTING.
CU TELLY SAVALAS CHATTING.
MLS RESTAURANT
CU PETER HUNT ABOUT TO DIRECT SCENE.
MS SCENES FROM FILM UNDER DIRECTION OF HUNT (INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF RESTAURANT) GV VILLAGE
MV SCENE FROM FILM - ACTION IN COWSHED.
COMMENTARY:
AUSTRALIAN GEORGE LAZENBY MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AS THE VERY BRITISH JAMES BOND. DIANA RIGG PLAYS "TRACY”, WHO MARRIES BOND, AND WEST GERMANY'S ILSA STEPPAT, HERE WITH THE DIRECTOR, IS ”IRMA BUNT” THE PRINCIPAL VILLAINESS. JAMES BOND'S OLD ANTAGONIST, ”ERNST STAVROS BL0FELD” -- HEAD OF THE CRIME ORGANISATION "Spectre” IS PLAYED BY TELLY SAVALAS, AN AMERICAN.
HERE'S A RED-BLOODED — MOST OF IT SPILLED — SCENE FROM THE FILMING.
BRING UP NATURAL SOUND AND FADE UNDER ON CUE.
SHOT LIST:
LV NORTH FACE OF THE EIGER
SV GEORGE LAZENBY & CO-STAR DIANA RIGG TAKING COACH RIDE.
CU RIGG AND LAZENBY IN COACH.
CU NUMBER "007" ON COACH BACK - COACH AWAY FROM CAMERA
COMMENTARY:
THE FAMOUS EIGER -- ALONG WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL GIRLS -- PROVIDES A DAZZLING BACKGROUND TO ”On Her Majesty's Secret Service”. BUT DOUBLE-0-SEVEN ONLY HAS EYES FOR MRS. DOUBLE-O-SEVEN. IN THIS SCENE, ANYWAY.
BRING UP NATURAL SOUND AND FADE UNDER ON CUE.
ENDS
A.B.C TELEVISION NEWSREEL.
16.12.68
JAMES BOND FILM.....
OL 3246 VISNEWS.
GLENISTER: KNIGHT: MJ
ON FIRST WORD:
A FICTIOUS, BUT ALMOST LEGENDARY FIGURE, SECRET AGENT 007 JAMES BOND IS BACK IN ACTION. THIS TIME IN THE SWISS ALPS, AND HE IS On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
CU BOND: AFTER PEOPLE SITTING
GEORGE LAZENBY, AN AUSTRALIAN, PLAYS BOND WITH CO-STAR DIANA RIGG OF "AVENGERS" FAME. THE ARCH VILLAIN IS TELLY SAVALAS, ALIAS ERNST STAVRO BLOFELD WHO HAS CLASHED WITH BOND ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THOUGH ALWAYS WITHOUT SUCCESS.
THREE BODS: ROUND HOUSE
FOR THE DIRECTOR, PETER HUNT, RIGHT, IT'S HIS SIXTH BOND FILM AND ON THIS OCCASION BOND FINALLY MEETS HIS MATCH -- HE GETS MARRIED. BUT BEFORE HE DOES, THERE IS PLENTY OF RED BLOODED ACTION.
CART SCENES:
IT MAY NOT BE THE FAMOUS ASTON MARTIN WITH CONCEALED MACHINE-GUNS, BUT IT STILL BEARS THE FAMOUS BOND TRADEMARK.
LENGTH 54 FEET
There are a few factual errors here, of course: Peter Hunt did not direct the first five James Bond films, but he did Edit Dr. No
, From Russia With Love
and Goldfinger
, which would make him partly "responsible for their highly-popular style and pace." The second page is the full commentary, presumably written by the marketing department at EON, all laid out with instructions on when to lower and restore the natural on set sound. All it needed was the local reporter to record the voice over and make it their own. The third page is the abridged commentary, that the TV studio actually used during their broadcast.
