“You ski very well Mr Bond.” This sequence from THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999) was filmed in Chamonix, France. Second unit director Vic Armstrong said: “People tend to relate to skiing as being a nice and pleasurable sport, so to get some danger into it we invented these flying ski machines.” | James Bond 007

Academy Award winner Vic Armstrong has been a stunt coordinator, second unit director and stunt double on 007 films dating back to 1967. Here he shares his favourite 60 years of Bond moment. “I was involved in so many great moments during my 'Bond life”. If I had to make a choice it would be the Q-Boat chase in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. It is so British in its setting and has a few lovely humorous moments such as Pierce straightening his tie under water. This scene plugged into some great origina

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH opens with the longest pre-credit sequence in 007 history, lasting 14 minutes and includes Bond in the Q Boat in high speed pursuit down the Thames. The boat’s mid-air barrel roll was performed by stuntman Gary Powell using Vickers air mortars attached to the side of the boat — six cameras captured the stunt. | James Bond 007