On Her Majesty's Secret Service - HMSS vs Universal Chess Team

Recently it was the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Diamonds are Forever, the seventh in the Bond film series. This saw the return of Sean Connery as 007 together with the usual supporting cast, albeit Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny had to be squeezed into a small scene and disguised as a uniformed Customs officer – want to know more ? Due to legal challenges the film was made mostly in America with Jill St John and Lana Wood, although they do not talk now – want to know more ? Connery was lured by an unprecedented payment of $1.25 million, which enabled him to launch the Scottish Educational Trust. The plot saw Bond believing he had killed Blofeld and tasked with disrupting an international diamond smuggling operation starting in South Africa, which took him to Amsterdam and then Las Vegas, where it becomes apparent that Blofeld is far from dead and is using the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. The NASA link commemorated the recent moon landing, including a moon buggy modelled on the Lunar Rover. For the usual car chasing, Ford supplied all vehicles intent on the promotion of their 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1. Howard Hughes and Kirk Douglas even provided their homes, and the former hotels and casinos for filming. The film was nominated for Best Sound at the Oscars 1972. Filmed on location at:- Amsterdam; Frankfurt Airport, Germany; Antibes + French Riviera, Alpes-Maritimes, France; Las Vegas + Highway 10 + Black Rock Desert + Paradise + Henderson, Nevada; Palm Springs + Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton + Vandenberg Air Force Base + Oceanside + LA International Airport + Universal City + Riverside County, CA; Chicago, Illinois; Hoverport, Dover + Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent; Southampton harbour & Docks, Hants, and at Pinewood Studios , Iver Heath + Aston Martin Works, Newport Bagnell, Bucks. We believe this worthy of a match to commemorate the film and hope you will accept – if the number or ratings do not suit, then please make contact.