Bond in Motion Exhibition In London, Yes I know, the moment you hear the name Bond, the Bond Theme starts playing in your head doesn’t it? Yes, that is what was going through my head too when I was going to attend the ‘Bond In Motion Exhibition’ in the London Film Museum on Wellington Street in London.

Bond in Motion Exhibition In London. Situated in Covent Garden, the London Film Museum was packed with Bond fans from all over the world for the Bond In Motion Exhibition. Fortunately when I reached the Film Museum, the queue was not that long, and it took me about 10 minutes to get in and buy a ticket, after which I took all my time to look at all the Bond Memorabilia, which surprisingly was all authentic.

As I was allowed by the security guard to go inside to buy a ticket, there was a life size helicopter hanging by the ceiling. It was the Notar MD-600, used in the film Die Another Day (2002). All around I could hear the different Bond songs playing, and at one side on a big screen, there were scenes from different Bond films being shown simultaneously. After buying a ticket, which cost me £14.50, and the Bond in Motion catalogue for £12, I walked down to the basement. What I saw infront of me while going down the stairs was the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II, used in the film A View To a Kill (1985), Roger Moore’s last Bond film. The spotlights above and around it made the car shine. Next to it stood James Bond’s villain Goldfinger’s Magnificent Rolls-Royce Phantom III, driven by his personal bodyguard Oddjob in the film Goldfinger (1964).

Rolls-Royce Phanton III, with Goldfinger and Oddjob.

Remember the scene where Bond flies a plane sideways through an airport hangar? Yup, how can we forget that scene? He was flying an Acrostar BD-5J Jet, which was also on display. I love the way Roger Moore, when he lands the plane and manages to reach the gas station says with the curving of his eyebrows, ‘Fill her up please!’ That is where I fell in love with the film Octopussy (1983).



In a distance stood James Bond’s favourite car, the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish in which he tries to outrun the villain Zhao’s lethal Jaguar XKR, which also stood on display right next to it. These cars were used in one of the best car chases in Bond films, filmed over an icy lagoon on the Gunnar Jokull Karlson Glacier in Iceland, in the film Die Another Day (2002).

Bond’s Aston Martin V12 Vanquish being chased by Zhao’s Jaguar XKR

A classic looking shiny car stood under a few spotlights. I wanted to know which car this was, and found out that it was the Aston Martin DB5. Bond races this car down the twisting mountain roads in the south of France, against the bad-girl Xenia Onatopp in Pierce Brosnan’s first film as James Bond, Goldeneye (1995).

Pierce Brosnan with the Aston Martin D5

Next stood the two Aston Martin DBS cars, both used in different films: Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). The one used in Casino Royale was completely battered as it had flipped violently taking seven and a three quarter turns before coming to a sudden halt.

And the one used in Quantum of solace was one of the nine Aston Martin DBS cars used in filming the opening chase sequence in Lake Garda, Italy. It was riddled with bullets with doors missing and one side with extreme scratch marks on it from the front till the back.

The Ford Mustang Mach 1, which Sean Connery drove in Diamonds are Forever (1971), was used in a chase sequence which took place in Las Vegas, USA. The car which stood on display in the exhibition is the one which was used to do the two-wheel flip through a narrow alley. The thing which made the two-wheel flip possible, was the 429 Cobra Jet Ram engine installed in it.

Ford Mustang Mach I, Two-Wheel flip stunt

Now this film was the best of Pierce Brosnan in the Bond series. The car that was used was the BMW 750IL. I loved this car chase sequence in which Bond sits in the back seat, and drives the car with his remote control, dodging bullets, and at one place even a rocket. I had to watch it over and over again till he smashes the car into a Car renting shop. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) is one of my favourites. There was also a small figure on display of the scene in which Bond smashes the BMW 750IL into a Rent a Car service shop.

BMW 750IL

‘Q is not going to like this!’ is what Bond said when the BMW Z8 given by Q is sliced into two in The World is not Enough (1999). The car on display wasn’t really the one which was sliced into two, although I was expecting to see a sliced up car, but instead, the one on show is the only one featuring rockets from the side vents.

The BMW meets its end.

Who can forget George Lazenby, who did only one film On Her Majestey’s Secret Service (1969). Although the Mercury Cougar XR7 car is not driven by Bond in this film, but he is rescued in it by the Bond girl, played by Diana Rigg. The one on display carries the original body damage done to it while filming the car chase which goes through an Ice-rink stock-car race.

Mercury Cougar XR7

The other cars on display included the Aston Martin V8 used in The Living Daylights (1987), starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond; the Renault II TXE, used in A View to a Kill (1985); the Citroen 2CV, used in For Your Eyes Only (1981) and the Lotus Esprit SI – Wet Nellie, which transforms into a submersible in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

The Little Nellie was also on display in the Bond in Motion Exhibition, the signature gadget given to James Bond by Q in the film You Only Live Twice (1967). Sean Connery flies the Little Nellie over the mountains in Southern Japan looking for Blofeld’s rocket base, and also uses weapons against four SPECTRE helicopters trying to kill Bond.

Q introducing The Little Nellie to Bond.

The exhibition also included story boards, including his passports, guns and watches.

The last stop I made was in the Bond In Motion shop that was in the basement. Oh I wanted to buy everything there from Car figurines to Mugs, T-shirts, Hoodies, Books, Posters etc. I just bought a few postcards for myself as a collection and a souvenir. There is even an audio guide available too. Although you can get out the same way you came in, but I exited from the museum’s back, and guess where I came out. It was the Covent Garden Piazza. This was the best trip I’ve had in London, because although I’ve never been near James Bond, but I was very near to the stuff and the cars he used. This exhibition is really the best out there to attend. If you’re a real James Bond fan, then you should not miss out on this.

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