James Bond Museum: London England (1 of 2)

For my father-in-law's birthday, my wife planned a trip to the London Film Museum to see Bond in Motion which features over 100 original vehicles and artefacts from all 24 James Bond films.

He had no idea where we were going, but we knew he'd enjoy it since he's a massive Bond fan. I'd like to share some images from the trip! A forewarning, some of these shots are quite grainy. The mood lighting in this place was, well, moody. It must have been pretty funny watching me take the shots as I was waiting for the lights to shift from purple, to red, to green and finally to white so that I could quickly take the shots.

I don't know how they managed to pack so many cars into this building, but suffice it to say that there are a lot. These are all the actual vehicles that were used in the movies. Of course keep in mind that a lot of times they use multiple of the same vehicle for different shots since often the cars get damaged and even totaled. But they are definitely authentic! There are some real beauties in there!

My father-in-law dressed like Freddy Krueger. He has no idea who that is.

Most of the vehicles were accompanied by a projector screen which played a video loop of the scene in which the car appeared. It was nice to have a bit of context since I haven't seen all of the films.

That is a sweet ride!

It's bad ass because of the little lights on the hood

Extremely practical rocket launchers

The Rolls Royce cars were my favorite. I don't know what it is about the paint job on these cars that looks so nice. It has a very particular creamy shine to it that just looks expensive.

More front grill rocket launchers

These cars make me want to kick my Ford Escape

Some of the cars were a bit boring. Like the above BMW. They just put some silly lights on it to make it look high tech! But I guess sometimes it's good to just be a bit stealthy.

This totally looks like it would work under water

I've not seen this one. I guess the instrument means something

I wish that I'd taken a better shot of that thing. I can't remember what it is. I think it was a speed boat of some kind. Can anyone tell that I am not a big Bond aficionado?

Ready to ski if the need arises

There are also quite a few other types of vehicles and props that were used in the films. This place is actually quite packed! I liked that there is enough room to comfortably move around, but stuff in every direction. I would worry a little bit about visiting this museum on a really busy day.

These are really interesting to see. There are several detailed story boards available to look at showing various scenes from different movies.

At the rear of the museum there is a camera set up where you get to throw on a fake tux and pose as James Bond himself for a photo - for a small fee of course. Of course my wife's dad just had to do it. So I sneaked in my own photo while the pro took his.

I have split this into two posts since I had quite a lot of photos to post. Please check out part 2 here!