The thing is, James Bond is based off of three real people, Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, & Christopher Lee. The Beretta .25 was most likely the gun Christopher Lee used when he was a spy in WW2.
Source? Funny how you can ask who is the inspiration behind Bond and you get 50 different answers. Bond wasn't based on Roald Dahl or Christopher Lee. He was mainly based on Ian Fleming himself, his brother Peter and some officers Fleming met during the war. He wasnt based on that serbian agent as some say, or Christopher Lee, or similar people. Its nonsense and there is no proof.
@@volk551There’s little doubt that Lee at the very least exaggerated some aspects of his life. For example, he claimed to have witnessed the last public guillotining in France; he almost certainly didn’t. He claimed to have hunted Nazis after the war; he didn’t. He appears to have been an intelligence liaison and translator in the RAF; perfectly creditable, and special forces-adjacent, but not remotely Bond-like.
Fleming still got it wrong. Boothroyd suggested the PPK in .380 and Fleming gave him the .32. He also had him carrying it in a holster made for a revolver. Donald Hamilton was more practical with Matt Helm--no holster, too hard to get rid of (and the literary Helm was a much scarier guy than he was depicted in the films).
Oddly, the PPK while more powerful than the Beretta.25 caliber shoots the 32 ACP which isn’t much better. Way less powerful than a 9mm which has been around long before Bond.
Jeffrey Bothyroyd, many good books on guns by himself, he compiled the still used today British Gunmakers book 👍 Ian Fleming’s phone number was BEL0007 when he had his place in SW1 !
What a treat with this BTS. Legend.
Even the Boothroyd guy looks and sounds like Connery 😂
The guy in the video isnt Boothroyd. And he isn't scottish, he sounds like he's from the midlands by the way he pronounces k (kaaay)
Imagine a Scotsman who’s hobby is weapons………I’m surprised said no Scotsman ever
The thing is, James Bond is based off of three real people, Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, & Christopher Lee. The Beretta .25 was most likely the gun Christopher Lee used when he was a spy in WW2.
Source? Funny how you can ask who is the inspiration behind Bond and you get 50 different answers.
Bond wasn't based on Roald Dahl or Christopher Lee. He was mainly based on Ian Fleming himself, his brother Peter and some officers Fleming met during the war. He wasnt based on that serbian agent as some say, or Christopher Lee, or similar people. Its nonsense and there is no proof.
Christopher Lee was a RAF desk jockey and Walter Mitty. He was never badged.
@IO-zg8md Back your statements up with facts you clearly bot account
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@@volk551There’s little doubt that Lee at the very least exaggerated some aspects of his life. For example, he claimed to have witnessed the last public guillotining in France; he almost certainly didn’t. He claimed to have hunted Nazis after the war; he didn’t. He appears to have been an intelligence liaison and translator in the RAF; perfectly creditable, and special forces-adjacent, but not remotely Bond-like.
Both are good at what they were designed for.
He's a very English sounding Glaswegian 😂
Thats scots alright
@@rolandhector3015 Not really is it kidder
Edinburgh bro
And I’ve just heard Roger Moore has reached the Chiswick roundabout…
Jurassic Park!
Pinewood studios are in Iver, Slough, Berkshire and not Buckinghamshire!
In Dr.No JB007 Used A Beretta, Changed To Walther PPK.With Ian Fleming, Jeffrey Boothroyd Gun Expert, Helped Armed Bond.
Actually Mr. Connery. You are James Bond. ...just saying.
Apparently Geoffrey Boothroyd was a Lancastrian not Glaswegian
If it’s good enough for the Man from U.N.C.L.E and Megatron it’s good enough for Bond.
Interesting video. Thankyou.
Wonderful!
Fleming still got it wrong. Boothroyd suggested the PPK in .380 and Fleming gave him the .32. He also had him carrying it in a holster made for a revolver. Donald Hamilton was more practical with Matt Helm--no holster, too hard to get rid of (and the literary Helm was a much scarier guy than he was depicted in the films).
Coolest man ever be on a screen?
That's not James Bond? Oh, man. I'm so disappointed. I'd rather not know. 😢
Love the accent
Beretta 1915?
Weren't the Israeli secret services issued with an updated version of that Beretta? I don't recall them having any problems using it in anger.
Oddly, the PPK while more powerful than the Beretta.25 caliber shoots the 32 ACP which isn’t much better. Way less powerful than a 9mm which has been around long before Bond.
The ppk makes more sense.
That is a very strange accent.
Where the hell did he get that accent...
Private school.
@@GodsOwnPrototypehe never went to private school, he went to public/state school in Scotland til 13, then left to become a milkman
Worst possible choice of a handgun
Isn’t that the point of the video though and Geoffrey Boothroyd contacting Ian Fleming.
Today, perhaps...but arguably not for the 1950s. What would you have chosen for him?
Jeffrey Bothyroyd, many good books on guns by himself, he compiled the still used today British Gunmakers book 👍 Ian Fleming’s phone number was BEL0007 when he had his place in SW1 !