From Russia with Love

Nick Knight provides this capture, pre-credits, where the lackey in the Bond mask makes his way across the bridge pursued by "Red Grant". This is the ornamental bridge in the garden of Heatherden Hall that also appears in ‘The Impersonator’, ‘Mary Poppins Returns’, ‘The Primitives’, 'The Hellfire Club', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'Games That Lovers Play', 'The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins' and 'The Devils'. (RL)

Nick made his way across the same bridge and asked his wife Debbie to record the moment. (RL)

Rosa Klebb's helicopter lands on SPECTRE Island. Heatherden Hall in Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Which is used as a location in 'White Cargo', ‘The Early Bird’, ‘Twice Around the Daffodils’, ‘Innocent Bystanders’, ‘Penny Gold’, ‘The Vulture’, ‘Some Girls Do’, ‘Go For a Take’ and ‘Bugsy Malone’.

Now. RJ

Morzeny (Walter Gotell) comes out to meet Roas Klebb. Heatherden Hall, Buckinghamshire.

Fairly good match considering from memory. RJ

Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) talks with Morzeny on the way to meet Red Grant. Heatherden Hall, Buckinghamshire.

Now. RJ

Establishing shot of Istanbul, Turkey looking from Sultan Ahmed Mosque towards Hagia Sophia.

Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) talks with friends outside the USSR Consulate. Halaskargazi Caddesi (Halaskargazi Road), Istanbul with Sisli Mosque in the right background.

Benny Bukhave took this comparison of the same location.

Tatiana goes to meet Rosa Klebb. Steve Cook identifies this as overlooking Sefa Hatun Cami mosque on Ataturk Boulevard in the Fatih district. Tatiana is therefore walking up Itfaiye Caddesi.

Captured from a similar position by Benny.

James Bond arrives at Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport to be met by Kerim Bey's Chauffeur.

007 is driven into Istanbul along Topkapi Edirnekapi Yolu (Topkapi Edirnekapi Way) with Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in the background.

Taken by Hans with a nicely angled mosque. This was taken from the Vatan Tramway Duragi looking north-east overlooking a street called Beylerbeyi Cd.(SJ)

Bond is followed by Bulgarian agents. The cars drive from Soguk Sesme (Sesme Street) onto Alemdar Caddesi (Alemdar Road).

The same location captured by Matthias.

Travelling through the streets of Istanbul. Benny Bukhave identifies this as Mollafenari, No. Ç. Nuruosmaniye Caddesi in Fatih, Istanbul with the Nuruosmaniye Mosque to the left.

Taken from a similar position by Benny.

The Rolls Royce parks up. Outside the Nuruosmaniye Mosque located by Benny Bukhave.

Benny also provides this up to date view.

The Bulgarian agent (Hasan Ceylan) who has been tailing the Rolls Royce watches Bond.

Hans took this closer shot of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque, close to the Grand Bazaar where he was invited into a shop to view a guestbook with Connery's autograph along with his address as Acacia House, Cent. Ave, London W3, his house which he had recently bought to be sold a few years later in 1969. Bold days! (SJ)

James Bond (Sean Connery) and Kerim Bey's Chauffeur (Neville Jason) walk towards 'Station T' headquarters in Kapaliçarsi (Grand Bazaar).

Benny Bukhave provides this comparison.

Kerim Beys Rolls Royce pulls up in front of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul.

The row of three trees now contains one, as Hans found. (SJ)

Heading to 'Station T' again. Nuruosmaniye with the entrance to Kapaliçarsi (Grand Bazaar) ahead of the car.

Hoardings dominate Benny Bukhave's modern view.

Red Grant (Robert Shaw) leaves the Bulgarian agents car outside the USSR Consulate after murdering the driver. Halaskargazi Caddesi, Istanbul.

Hans found more road and less pavement. (SJ)

Grant leaves the Consulate. A reverse shot from the previous capture on Halaskargazi Caddesi.

Many of the same buildings survive in Benny Bukhave's shot.

A Soviet official examines the car left by Grant. Halaskargazi Caddesi, Istanbul.

Almost unrecognisable, Benny Bukhave recreates the scene.

Bond and Ali Kerim Bey (Pedro Armendáriz) row towards the Soviet Embassy through Yerebatan Sarnici (The Basilica Cistern) beneath Istanbul.

Matthias provides this comparison shot.

Bond and Kerim Bey set off to the gypsy camp. Mikey on Britmovies locates this as Yedikule Fortress (also known as the Fortress of the Severn Towers) near Istanbul.

Hans again with a no entry sign somewhat trying to hog the limelight. (SJ)

Bond and Kerim Bey get ready to kill the Bulgar assassin Krilencu. Benny Bukhave identifies this as Damat Ibrahim Pasa Cami at the corner of Dede Efendi caddesi and Sehzadebasi Caddesi in Istanbul.

The same building captured by Benny.

An establishing shot of Istanbul with the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) in the centre.

Tatiana ascends the steps onto the road level of Galata Koprusu, Galata Bridge. The fourth bridge was a floating bridge which was damaged by fire in 1992.

A best possible comparison from the restaurant deck of the current bridge which was completed in 1994. (PW)

Tatiana outside the 15th century Firuz Agha Mosque with Sultan Ahmed Mosque in the right background. Divan Yolu Caddesi in the Fatih district of Istanbul.

No photography was allowed inside the grounds of the mosque during Hadith. (PW)

The Bulgarian agent follows Tatiana. Firuz Agha Mosque with Sultan Ahmed Mosque in the background. Istanbul.

A wider shot that shows the pillar at the corner of the mosque. However, the view of Sultan Ahmed Mosque is somewhat obscured. (PW)

Panorama of Istanbul with Yeni Galata Koprusu (Galata Bridge) running from centre to right with Yeni Cami, New Mosque, standing left of centre.

From ground level, Hamilton McMurray captured Galata Bridge with New Mosque to the left and Süleymaniye Mosque on the right.

Bond interrogates Tatiana about the LEKTOR. Crossing the Bosphorus by ferry with Kiz Kulesi (Maiden's Tower) visible in the centre background.

Hamilton McMurray provides this view from the ferry of the Maidens Tower, which is now a restaurant, and the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus.

Bond and Tatiana cross the Bosphorus. Dolmabahçe Saray (Dolmabahce Palace) is visible to the right.

Now overshadowed by newer buildings, this is the Dolmabahce Palace in 2012 captured by Hamilton McMurray.

007 arrives at the USSR Consulate. Halaskargazi Caddesi, Istanbul.

After taking the LEKTOR, Bond and Tatiana cross the street towards Sirkeci Gare (Sirkeci Station), Sirkeci Istasyonu Caddesi, Eminönü, Istanbul.

Exterior of Sirkeci Station has quite changed but David Lippiat lined up the roof shapes, after enjoying dinner in the Orient Express restaurant in the station. (SJ)

Bond, Tatiana and Kerim Bey run onto the platform at Sirkeci Gare, Istanbul.

A changed look did not deter David. (SJ)

Boarding the Orient Express to Belgrade, Zagreb and Trieste. Sirkeci Gare, Istanbul.

Snapped by David who was able to get into Sirkeci station despite its being non operational due to large engineering works. (SJ)

Bond sees Benz, a Bulgarian agent, at Sirkeci Gare, Istanbul.

David notes that the buffer stop has moved forward a little. (SJ)

Benz (Peter Bayliss) spots Bond, Karim Bey and Tatiana at Sirkeci Gare, Istanbul.

Pretty good match from David again. (SJ)

Kerim Bey's son waits for Bond but the train fails to stop. Manuel Gurtner tells us that this is a German-built Decapod of TCDD-56.5 class 1-5-0 with an international express train for Austria and Germany taking the incline somewhere behind Yarimburgaz and heading towards Uzunköprü on the Greek border.

Hans has sent in this which shows extraordinary dramatic changes. Lat 41,039000 Long 28,760834. He spotted a 30 km sign which, measured from Sirkeci station, brought him to this spot which is Nükleer Araştirma Merkezi Yolu just before it meets Turgut Özal Bulvari looking south-east on the western fringes of Istanbul. (SJ)

Grant approaches Captain Nash (William Hill) at Zagreb Central Station before disposing of him and taking his place. The station is played by Sirkeci Gare in Istanbul.

Benny Bukhave returned to Sirkeci Gare.

An additional capture from Manuel Gurtner showing the last railway station before the Italian border where the allegedly defective 1958 Dodge pick-up blocks the main track and forces the "Orient Express" to an unscheduled stop where, under cover of darkness, Bond and Tatiana leave the train. In reality we are still in northwestern Turkey and see the level crossing at the station at Yarimburgaz, near the northern end of the Lake Küçükçekmece.

Hans provides this comparison taken from near the Mahzer restaurant on Kurşun Sk. on the north-east side of the lagoon. 60 years has changed it a lot. (SJ)

Manuel also provides this capture of Küçükçekmece Gölü, a large lagoon with a maximum depth of 20m, standing in for the Adriatic Sea around Trieste, where Bond waits behind the pick-up to knock out the driver, who is still watching for Grant.

Hans again. I think the lagoon must be behind there somewhere. And Hans has provided proof by climbing the hill to match the shoreline seen in the top left of the original. (SJ)

IMDB identifies this location as near Lunga House, Lunga, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Jon Opstad confirms that this is on the Lunga House Estate, near Craobh Haven and took this shot whilst he stayed on the estate. (RL)

Jon Opstad provides this addition screen capture from the same location as 38. (RL)

And an up to date comparative shot. (RL)

Near Crinan on Loch Craignish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland states IMDB... Hans provides co-ordinates Lat 56,207823 Long -5,722381 looking North

Jon Opstad has provided this additional screen capture as local information and his own investigations disagrees that the water seen earlier is Loch Craignish. Whilst some filming was indeed done there it is actually a little further out to sea, the island in the back, more clearly identified in this capture being Eileen Dubh Mòr. (RL)

A shot taken by Jon of the island. (RL)

Robin Whelan reminds us that director Terence Young's helicopter crashed into the water with art director Michael White and a cameraman on board adding that afterwards "Terence Young stood, soaking wet with a blanket round him and calmly said "carry on" after which filming continued." Whilst in the area two years ago, Jon tracked down, with the help of the locals, the location of this screen capture. (RL)

Located in the hills above the tiny hamlet of Leckuary a few miles from the town of Lochgilphead, says Jon. (RL)

A second screen capture from Jon. (RL)

As Jon says "the distinctive pointy rock and surrounding area is unchanged apart from a part of the rock having fallen over." (RL)

An establishing shot of Venice, Italy looking across Canal Grande to Piazza San Marco with St. Mark’s Campanile prominent to the left.

Taken from the San Giorgio Maggiore belfry, this is Nicholas Knight's comparison view.

Second unit shot for the film's finale. Various aspects of Venice are seen in other productions including ‘Death in Venice’, 'My Song Goes Around the World', ‘Moonraker’, 2006’s ‘Casino Royale’, ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’, ‘Don’t Look Now’, ‘The Wings of the Dove’ and ‘The Tourist’ and many of the locations in this film have been identified by the Mitteleuropa website.

Ponte dei Sospiri from the Ponte della Paglia. SJ