“I had to drive this 80-foot­-long gondola across St. Mark’s Square, where there were thousands of tourists who didn’t know there was a film going on. I was absolutely petrified. I didn’t have that much control over it. They eventually gave me a little klaxon to warn people.” – Roger Moore Bond and his infamous gondola make waves in Venice in MOONRAKER. | James Bond 007

11M views · 173K reactions | On this day in 1978 principal photography started on MOONRAKER. In today’s scene Bond drives the gondola (or Bondola as the crew called it) through Venice’s Mark’s Square. Roger Moore said: “There were thousands of tourists who didn’t know there was a film going on. I didn’t have that much control over it, so they eventually gave me a little klaxon to warn people.” | James Bond 007 | Facebook