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Thunderball
- First Bond movie filmed in widescreen
- First time Sean Connery does the gun barrel opening sequence (it was Bob Simmons, the stuntman, through this film)
- First cross dressing villain (Jacques Boitier during the opening sequence)
- First appearance of NATO
- First time all the Double-O's are in one room at once
- First time sharks are used by a villain
- First time Q equips Bond in the field
- First time Bond's charms fail on a woman (Fiona)
- First underwater sequence
- First time Bond is shot
- First film to utilize the underwater camera
- First gun on a motorcycle
- First Bond film where nuclear warheads are hijacked
- First Bond girl that was a former Miss France
- First time that a Bond film was filmed in Paris, France
- First time 007 drives a Lincoln Continental
- First time 007 is a passenger in a Ford Mustang
- First time 007 goes to the Bahamas
- First time that a Bond film was filmed in the Bahamas
- First time that SPECTRE agents are all in the same room
- First time that the U.S. Coast Guard is an ally
- First time that a subordinate is killed by sharks
- First time SPECTRE demands a ransom from a Western world power
- First time Q Branch modified a wristwatch with gadgetry (the first wristwatch with gadgetry was the one worn by Red Grant in From Russia With Love
- First re-appearance of the Aston Martin DB5
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