How Britain Built its Top Secret MI6 HQ

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James Bond's London office is more than just a movie set.
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1:12 Title Sequence
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5:30 Vauxhall Cross
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@TheB1M 8 ай бұрын

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@Dev1nci 8 ай бұрын

XD I can see you guys had fun with this one! 😀

@remyphilly5168 8 ай бұрын

LOL you guys went Super Saiyan for that intro

@oliverwarlow 8 ай бұрын

Lets see one on MoD Abbey Wood next please! A genuinely interesting architectural modern day fortress.

@ricardopperez 8 ай бұрын

Jesus Fucking Christ, I lived on the 100 Westminter Bridge for a couple of years unaware that was the previous building for the MI6!!! My head just exploded

@nickmonster4683 8 ай бұрын

Paying for youtube premium, still getting ads

@Emunyani 8 ай бұрын

I feel like the Mi6 and Mi5 buildings being known and basically almost opposite each other along the Thames is a way of keeping other more secret buildings secret as it takes the attention away

@stevebarlow3154 8 ай бұрын

When the MI5 building was the Department of Energy I occasionally used to eat in the basement canteen. It had a bar there too!

@jtgd 8 ай бұрын

@@stevebarlow3154where people would listen for intel, I bet

@JPA65 8 ай бұрын

There’s definitely other buildings. There’s other buildings which also have the same full body scanners at the entrance as this one… so they’re obviously related or just as important

@KieranBond 8 ай бұрын

Maybe this isn't actually really the sis headquarters but they actually use somewhere else and this was a ruse all along

@atty.fernandog.madarcos8724 8 ай бұрын

The greatest spy agencies ever bar none 💯

@someinteresting 8 ай бұрын

I like it how the secret service HQ is one of the most standing out and easily recognisable buildings.

@krashd 8 ай бұрын

Where is their HQ? I thought it was Thames House but seemingly they left there in 1939 😐

@user-ob4wo9po2y 8 ай бұрын

A bit of an easy target

@Flappatackle 8 ай бұрын

@@krashd Thames House is still in use by the Security Service (MI5)

@EdDunkle 8 ай бұрын

It's a very strange looking building. Post-modern? My favorite "secret" building is 33 Thomas Street which looks appropriately menacing.

@RocketPropelledWombat 8 ай бұрын

'Hide in plain sight you mug'

@Mogswamp 8 ай бұрын

I just know you guys had way too much fun with that title sequence

@retroraptor9450 7 ай бұрын

Didnt expect to see you here

@donaldboyer8182 4 ай бұрын

Snappy intro! Bond would be proud.

@Pablo_the_hedgehog 4 ай бұрын

HELLO

@Braveplantt 3 ай бұрын

hello mogswamp *:D*

@smudgekenobi7126 2 ай бұрын

W intro

@fang_xianfu 8 ай бұрын

It's also worth remembering that this is just their headquarters and they have other sites all over the country. A British friend worked at a small airport and SIS had an office just over the road. They once came in to give them a training course in spotting a new type of fake passport.

@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings 8 ай бұрын

Mind Begs the Question: Chinese Spying,TikTok - not Ok Israeli Spying,Pegasus - Ok?

@RandomVideos-yz5qf 5 ай бұрын

@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings I think Tiktok is considered far more dangerous because it's directly learning and stealing data from hundreds of millions, if not billions of people around the world in a seemingly normal manner. Tiktok is not just tracking your phone and app usages, but actually learning about habits and personalities, which is a unique information for spy software. Google, and other big tech companies do this too obviously, but they're not controlled by the government (especially not the Chinese government), and thus they're considered to be 'safer'.

@DavidLLambertmobile Ай бұрын

Where is Scotland Yard? 🇬🇧

@stanleybreed3295 Ай бұрын

@@DavidLLambertmobile I think it's in the west of London

@hassyg4083 Ай бұрын

spot fake passport? i would think thats border forces job lol

@Samuel_J1 8 ай бұрын

This is far and away the best intro to any video you've ever done. Excellent work and funny too 😄

@TheB1M 8 ай бұрын

Hahaha, we spent WAY too much time on that 😂

@ronnymcdonald2543 8 ай бұрын

@@TheB1M Yes you did and it and the ad took up almost half the vid lol

@Samuel_J1 8 ай бұрын

An appropriate amount of time 😂@@TheB1M

@ChazzyLive 8 ай бұрын

@@TheB1MWouldn’t have it any other way 😂

@BigNorm69 8 ай бұрын

@@ronnymcdonald2543get revanced it cuts out all the filler ads in middle of vids

@MrLense 8 ай бұрын

Smashing production seriously this channel has grown to be one of my favourite infrastructure and civil engineering channels

@arishem555 8 ай бұрын

curios how many dudes are working on this project. is it 15 or hundreds?

@lonestarr1490 8 ай бұрын

It's one of my favorite channels, period. And I'm not even that into infrastructure, construction, or engineering, lol.

@Dionysos640 8 ай бұрын

You mean that you know of others that are good?

@MrLense 8 ай бұрын

@@Dionysos640 Practical Engineering.

@kabysummit5801 8 ай бұрын

Captivating Intro. Well done.

@peterd788 8 ай бұрын

As someone who has never been a spy, worked for MI6 or even been in the building I can confirm it's very secure.

@zahidshabir4038 8 ай бұрын

How did you confirm this did you try to punch a window and failed and broke your wrist or something

@Robert-cu9bm 8 ай бұрын

A spy would say that

@ElectricityTaster 8 ай бұрын

I imagine you giving the front door a little kick like you would kick a car's tyres then saying "sound as a pound".

@topbanana4013 8 ай бұрын

it was attacked by the IRA IN 2000 with A Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank rocket. it basically bounced off the building. CONFIRMED @@zahidshabir4038

@magz0808 8 ай бұрын

Can confirm, I'm not a spy and they wouldn't let me in, very secure building.

@maqaroon 8 ай бұрын

I went to Chelsea College of Art directly across the river and there wasn't any wifi allowed in the building due to security concerns regarding MI6. This was the very early years when the university just moved into the new campus...might have changed since then.

@ellie._.25 8 ай бұрын

MAQAROON!!

@maqaroon 8 ай бұрын

@@ellie._.25 Hi!! 😂

@wasd_the_fourth 8 ай бұрын

:0 I can see that becoming a problem fast how did you overcome it?

@eendozo12 8 ай бұрын

i went to chelsea recently and i can confirm there is wifi there now lol

@laratheplanespotter 8 ай бұрын

Eduroam now most likely?

@ChromiumPenguin 8 ай бұрын

One reason for the secrecy during construction is because that was when the building was most vulnerable. That was the best chance for foreign services to plant electronic devices, learn the layout, and potentially create exploitable weaknesses. These types of things have happened with embassies. Once completed there was no reason to keep the building secret. As SIS HQ it's massively important but not the only building they have.

@Tgspartnership 8 ай бұрын

that makes absolute sense

@BarryBulsara576 8 ай бұрын

Any foreign intelligence agency would have known this already and bugged the place anyway.

@JamesBrown-ux9ds 8 ай бұрын

And it continues to be all about the quality of the people governed, the quality of the elites alone doesn't make much.

@foxale08 8 ай бұрын

Exactly, if a foreign government didn't think it was particularly important they wouldn't waste the effort trying to get inside.

@prumchhangsreng979 8 ай бұрын

@@BarryBulsara576ok the spy expert

@mrboult 8 ай бұрын

I’ve heard several times, that the real fun, is you don’t see many people entering or exiting the building on a daily basis. Compared to how many people should theoretically be working in such a large building. Speculating many secret and tunnel entrances from the surrounding area. 😮

@user-ed7et3pb4o 8 ай бұрын

Almost definitely! There are a lot of secret tunnels knocking around in this country

@Tgspartnership 8 ай бұрын

101%

@davidhewitt9097 8 ай бұрын

Its probably almost empty inside with a few security guards ,a tea lady and a receptionist. The real Secret Service building is probably secret. 😅😅😂😂😃😄

@JPA65 8 ай бұрын

Tube stations I reckon. Through staff only doors 😂

@adriandunne4382 8 ай бұрын

Most staff would be shift workers and would enter and leave at various times during the night and day including weekends and holidays.

@temmerson 8 ай бұрын

A guy I knew was working in construction of the new massive sewer tunnel, driving piles into the ground right outside of the SIS building (all cleared with them)... but, after about 30 mins a load of guys with guns came out from inside the building and made them stop, sounded like it was interfering with equipment. After some high profile calls, they were able to start again - but a fun day for a construction guy!

@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 6 ай бұрын

bullshit

@simonsays2685 2 ай бұрын

I did the UXO survey on the foreshore in front of the building for the new sewer system. We were constantly being watched. When they put the plans in for the vertical shaft it was turned down and they were told where it was going. There's tunnels all over the place under there. Rumour has it the building on the opposite side of the river is connected to it, big building with no windows.

@Anonymous.android 8 ай бұрын

I remember visiting London and driving past this place on a bus, turned to my friend and said “wow, that looks like something out of James Bond” googled what it was and couldn’t believe it. Then the next James Bond film that came out it was even in the movie.

@benshotbolt 8 ай бұрын

Fred and the team: BRILLIANT! JUST BRILLIANT!!! What a great video! Well done all of you, this is your best publication yet!

@davidanalyst671 8 ай бұрын

this is an infrastructure channel, not a england lover channel. England caused 3 wars in the USA, and captured the capital of the USA 2x. We speak the same language, but we are not friends

@jcolonna12 8 ай бұрын

@@davidanalyst671not sure how this is related to the original comment

@dogtoot7633 8 ай бұрын

@@davidanalyst671 Actually, the USA and England are very good friends

@mikespearwood3914 8 ай бұрын

@@davidanalyst671 Wow, that's a massive chip on your shoulder!

@JohnSmall314 8 ай бұрын

One interesting thing about that building is the apartment blocks next to it. No one seems to see the joke, but look and you'll see it. The tower blocks are topped off with lenticular steel girders that make the shape of 'spy eyes'

@nands111 8 ай бұрын

Another interesting thing is the building behind the apartment building that faces it on the other side of the river. Have a look at it on street view and you'll probably see why.

@BrotherSergeantFlynn 8 ай бұрын

@@nands111 I'm looking, and I don't.

@liamo8932 8 ай бұрын

Wha?

@c.james1 8 ай бұрын

What to type in to find this? Cant seem to find anything in images or street view. Cheers

@liamo8932 8 ай бұрын

@@nands111 do you mean the extended building with windows obscurred by blinds and lots of hvac on the roof like it could be a tunnel ventilation shaft? There must be lots of ways in and out of the main building, including directly onto the Victoria line

@nerdguy9699 8 ай бұрын

Love the intro! Seems you guys had a lot of fun making this vid. Def interesting and would love more content like this on iconic buildings that already exist. Keep up the great work, one of my fav YT channels

@riko.4174 8 ай бұрын

What if... this is not the *actual* headquarters?

@AlexTheMagix 8 ай бұрын

I lived next to this building up until last year and while it was honestly pretty bland and unimpressive from street level, I never remember seeing anyone go in or out of it. The building was just kind of sat there. No hundreds of people going in and out, as you'd expect for its size. Very ominous. Great info shared, I learned new things!

@tams805 8 ай бұрын

Just how they want it.

@JPA65 8 ай бұрын

Probably entrances to it from different tube stations through normal looking staff only doors 🤣

@pepperroni6252 8 ай бұрын

Secret entrances, probably by doors in train or tube stations

@guy_commenting 8 ай бұрын

Tube stations probably have secret doors for entry.

@topbanana4013 8 ай бұрын

lol bland its the only building on Southside that's different its very art deco.

@qules 8 ай бұрын

Someone had fun editing this video. Amazing content as always, my father was an architect, and watching you guys helped me more understand his field of work.

@lucasrem 8 ай бұрын

need skills, brilliant !!! this channel ?????? he need a REAL job, but is not any artistic !

@jazomir 8 ай бұрын

I watched the build both from the road and from next door (Camelford House) where I worked at the time. It would seem, from what I've read, that after the building was completed to the original designs and specs, the government approved contractors moved in and changed the interior layouts, added 'new stuff' such as blast walls and curtains and replaced all the windows with panels that looked about 30cm thick - heaviest looking windows I've ever seen!

@nirjas 9 күн бұрын

Yes but if you sit at the right place in a building close by you can see all the people walking in and out of that building.😂

@AtheistOrphan 8 ай бұрын

Just before I left the RAF I applied for a photographic job with the SIS. Intriguingly the job description stated that applicants ‘must not have a fear of heights or enclosed spaces’!?! Interviews were to be held at a central London hotel. Sadly I failed the pre-interview aptitude test, which I remember clearly, being asked questions about a false identity that applicants had to remember details of. (I didn’t!)

@L1ft0ff 8 ай бұрын

Speaking of modern fortresses in London: you should make a video about the U.S. embassy there. Or embassies in general. Would be an interesting topic!

@mikerichards6065 8 ай бұрын

Good idea - the story of the new Chinese embassy is probably another one to follow. Will they get the site at the location of the old Royal Mint near the Tower of London. The project has just been paused and it looks like it will turn into a diplomatic struggle between China and the UK which desperately needs to upgrade the embassy in Beijing.

@MrDeaz 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it reminded me of the video on youtube called "Counter-Terrorism: London's Ring Of Steel" Pretty interesting stuff.

@JPA65 8 ай бұрын

@@mikerichards6065is that the one that’ll have the basement that’s effectively a maze?

@Cantblendthis 8 ай бұрын

That would be so much harder to make. Every country needs to sign of on their embassies being featured, and featuring the UK embassies in foreign countries gives them a weaker position. But I love me some good building secrets.

@krashd 8 ай бұрын

@@Cantblendthis Did you mean US?

@bradugar 8 ай бұрын

Can't believe they made the build from Skyfall into Real life

@TheB1M 8 ай бұрын

Haha, inspired by the movie...

@SmR8008 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@joshschneider9766 8 ай бұрын

Uhhhh you do know they filmed this building for the movie right? It's literally the same building. The books author was literally an intelligence officer himself lol😂

@IceFrosti 8 ай бұрын

@@joshschneider9766hes not being serious bro..

@nightly4303 8 ай бұрын

@@joshschneider9766 NO WAY?! I would've never guessed...

@janseyfarth9489 8 ай бұрын

I just have a casual interest in construction, but man these vids are so well produced it really brings it to life. Awesome work!

@nickdaboss03 8 ай бұрын

It's so funny to me to hear it described as a fortress! I grew up quite literally around the corner from MI6 headquarters and saw it everyday on the way to school. To me, it's always been that grungy building with weird coloured windows next to Vauxhall station!

@paulqueripel3493 8 ай бұрын

Dont forget the Post Office tower was an official secret. A 177m tower in the heart of London, visible for miles around, with a revolving restaurant open to the public near the top, was a secret.

@bipolarminddroppings 7 ай бұрын

There's a Secret Nuclear Bunker near London. I know this because of the brown tourist road signs that say "SECRET NUCLEAR BUNKER" on them.

@hb1338 2 ай бұрын

Nonsense. The tower itself was never a secret; what was a secret were the exact details of the non-commercial communications traffic which it handled in addition to all the regular telephone stuff.

@abdelbeneloumda8502 8 ай бұрын

I use to live in London and from time to time I would walk past it. I was always fascinated by the imposing presence of this building. I use to imagine that is the perfect hiding spot in a zombie apocalypse.

@TheCoolCucumber 2 ай бұрын

James Bond and Shaun of the Dead crossover? That gets my vote!

@nash300z 6 ай бұрын

The production and opening credits on this one were epic! Especially clever and high quality. Great work as always!

@vicvm. 8 ай бұрын

It is so nice to be able to visit James Bond headquarters and know that it is actually the MI6 headquarters in real life

@DavidLLambertmobile Ай бұрын

I was unaware of the SIS name until the early 2010s. I thought the UK 🇬🇧 used the MI labels.

@jon-lucysart6284 8 ай бұрын

Hey man, just a quick compliment. Your awesome at narrating. Precise, clear and subjects that are interesting. Nice one!

@ChapatiMan 8 ай бұрын

You’re*

@McfcMancs 8 ай бұрын

I went for a job in my town a few years ago and was surprised to find out it was a building for MI6. I was in construction at the time and honestly didn’t believe my coworkers when they said who the job was for but as we progressed through the build, I started to believe. We built “bomb proof” walls around all the servers and then full body scanners at all entrances. Near the end of the job, we’d have sweeps of the building, most likely checking for bugs and other devices.

@user-ed7et3pb4o 8 ай бұрын

Did you not have to sign an NDA?

@tams805 8 ай бұрын

@@user-ed7et3pb4o Well, if they don't reply, that'll be an answer of sorts...

@McfcMancs 8 ай бұрын

@@user-ed7et3pb4o No which I thought was weird, this is also the reason I didn’t believe it was the Secret Services at first. If I did sign one, I’d most likely be getting a knock at my door very soon. The only things we couldn’t do were, taking pictures or keep plans of the building for to long. The building is above the registry offices in Manchester, UK. You’d never know it was there but it certainly is. It covers 3 floors of that building.

@brandonpinto5290 8 ай бұрын

Please spill more beans here. Floor plan design, security devices etc. The Kremlin wants to know. 🎤

@jorenvanderark3567 8 ай бұрын

@brandonpinto5290 Anything he said, the Kremlin already knows.

@beckyzwhite 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic work with those Bondesque opening credits. They’ve left me shaken, but not stirred.

@user-hf8yv2sb1u 8 ай бұрын

Incredible editing, commentary and overall journalism! Thank you B1M. Incredible editing, commentary and overall journalism! Thank you B1M.

@MIK33EY 8 ай бұрын

I’ve not gotten past the intro sequence yet and what an intro, Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman would be proud.

@RedfishUK1964 8 ай бұрын

MI5 also got a refurbished building on the opposite side of the Thames on Milbank in 1994 and the joke used to be that they were opposite each other (although not directly opposite) so they could keep an eye on the real enemy !!!

@caw25sha 8 ай бұрын

In John le Carre's books people from "The Circus" (his fictional equivalent of SIS) referred to MI5 as The Opposition. Possibly something he picked up when he was in the real SIS.

@mdhazeldine 8 ай бұрын

I once tried to take photos of Vauxhall Cross from near where Fred was standing and someone called the police on me. Within 2 minutes a red police car with armed police officers showed up. When I told them I was just interested in architecture and showed them the photos we had a nice chat and they left me to get on with it. haha.

@louisvonmalaise8009 8 ай бұрын

the themed intro must have taken far more time and energy than other videos but it is world-class. Matches the recent bond intro's incredibly well. Should probably make the next intro for the next Bond movie whenever that comes out haha

@aduncan520 8 ай бұрын

Incredible editing, commentary and overall journalism! Thank you B1M

@davidanalyst671 8 ай бұрын

there was no journalism found. I literally know nothing more than a wikipedia page could have told me in 30 seconds

@freddoflintstono9321 8 ай бұрын

Very entertaining intro 😋. That a lot had gone into physical exterior protection only became apparent in September 2000 after the IRA fired an RPG-22 anti-tank rocket at the building. Despite being hit 8 floors up, the building shrugged it off with nothing more than a bit of soot on its facade..

@ahausch1 8 ай бұрын

I love your commitment to make your already amazingly informative videos also super fun and the way you pull it off.

@colonellemon 8 ай бұрын

You should do a piece on the construction of the GCHQ Donut HQ in Cheltehnam, a genuinely impressive building

@anthonystaunton561 8 ай бұрын

Their location is known now via the movie industry and news outlets, I don't think it's a secret anymore. They are more known now than Victoria's Secret. As always with Fred, great presentation and production. Well, that's not a secret.

@TheB1M 8 ай бұрын

Haha thanks! This is a decoy we think...

@trivadpt 8 ай бұрын

PLOT TWIST: THIS IS NOT THE SIS BUILDING... ITS A DECOY

@notreallydavid 8 ай бұрын

Elizabeth's Secret!

@monkey7431_ 8 ай бұрын

@@notreallydaviddead

@joshschneider9766 8 ай бұрын

@@TheB1Mwell if it is a decoy they employ hundreds of people to walk all over that neighborhood with fake id badges in full view. Just ask people that live there if you don't wanna take my word for it

@nakibsayyed4999 8 ай бұрын

B1M really went out with their editing on this one, Fred keeping up the amazing work

@philtucker1224 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely the best episode so far! The MI6 building looks magnificent in its Thames location and the repairs that were carried out after they bombed M’s office are hardly noticeable! Proud 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@Electrodexify 8 ай бұрын

Looks like an ugly building that adheres to the brutalist architecture.

@philtucker1224 8 ай бұрын

@@Electrodexify it’s actually the front for a secret men’s outfitters.

@heartobefelt 3 ай бұрын

@@philtucker1224 and MI6 is actually just a cunning business plan to sell suits

@stewartellinson8846 7 ай бұрын

I was an archaeologist for the Department of greater London archaeology (DGLA) of the museum of London in the 1980s & 1990s . We did the archeology for this site - we knew it as "Vauxhall bridgefoot" and even then we knew it was going to be something to the secret service as we were required to sign the official secrets act when we worked on the site. As it was, we found not much although there was some evidence of ceramics manufacture and of the 17th century Vauxhall Gardens. As an aside, i later worked in education and did some development work on post-16 qualifications for QCA. We were based in a building opposite green park which was, I believe, the former MI5 HQ, complete with bombproof circular room with blast doors inside.

@ayrmendina8314 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant production! So great to see this channel grow strength to strength with each video! Keep it up team!

@maggimar3118 8 ай бұрын

B1M in constant improvement, this video is great fun to watch (which is nothing new from B1M) but mostly very informative. To see, MI6 is quite a complex building. Well done guys as always!

@Heeroyui752 8 ай бұрын

I really love how you guys leaned into the Bond theme, very well done, I truly enjoyed it.

@tomtho1 8 ай бұрын

Been with this channel for a long time. Absolutely loving these videos guys great job!!!

@floragwaneza2788 8 ай бұрын

I remember seeing this building from across the river about a year or two after watching Skyfall and thinking "Wait, didn't this building blow up?". It was so weird. Great video! 😃

@kalondesiulapwa4792 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@indigohammer5732 8 ай бұрын

You must struggle in telling fiction from reality

@nixonhoover2 8 ай бұрын

@indigohammer5732 😂😅. Go easy on him, might be slow.

@hertsmedic 8 ай бұрын

Got to say, loved the opening sequence. A masterpiece.

@NR-rv8rz 8 ай бұрын

I watch every single B1M video that pops up on my feed and this is the first one for 3 months.

@ChrisMuncy 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely the very best intro to any B1M video ever! Thanks for sharing the history Fred. Love the back story.

@nebsu_ 8 ай бұрын

You guys really went all in for this one! Hats off to you lads!

@Danieldxc666 8 ай бұрын

This opening sequence was crazy good! This channel always delivers straight w’s

@monzav8 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic content. Thanks for the all the years you have been doing this awesome stuff

@KingMondoWWM 8 ай бұрын

This quenches my top secret construction curiosities like nothing else.

@JustRaiHere_2023 8 ай бұрын

Another great episode Fred! ❤ the opening! Keep up the fantastic work you and your team are doing!!!

@enregistreur 8 ай бұрын

What an intro! I thought it would be way shorter than that at first, hopefully you had as much fun making it as we had watching it! 😂 As usual, awesome video!

@mrbbqcraig 8 ай бұрын

That opening was awesome, so Bond 😂 Bloody brilliant channel, cheers to you 🤟🎶

@citibear57 8 ай бұрын

Fred, that was a great opening! Kudos to you and The B1M Team 👍

@almostthere3733 8 ай бұрын

Again another great video! And I'm happy to see that you're promoting the Mental Health support systems for the construction industry. Similar to what I've seen for Agriculture as well. Typically these are professions that are assumed to be immune to such struggles. Everyone is impacted at times one way or another. Thank you.

@martinlippiatt2598 8 ай бұрын

The intro to this video is the best you have created yet. You must have had loads of fun with it 😁

@beeble2003 8 ай бұрын

I was particularly impressed by the music sounding enough like Bond to be recognizable, but not so much as to attract a take-down.

@KelseyBDJ 8 ай бұрын

That has to be one of the best intro title sequence I've been for a KZfaq video. Nicely done! 👍

@marcins5183 8 ай бұрын

I love the intro! I can imagine it took countless hours to edit and the result is really impressive!

@ArturNagy 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic production as always, bonus points for the narration and intro!

@rollinwithunclepete824 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video, Fred! The titles were exceptional! All very well done.

@gavinkemp7920 8 ай бұрын

This is an interesting change. I suspect it is also because they realized the keeping the HQ secret doesn't really help. In IT, security by obfuscation is considered a poor strategy, and I feel this is even more the case for physical objects. After all, the people who you really don't want to know about the service probably do anyway, and it becomes hard to hide the security if you want to beef up security.

@goldynn1 8 ай бұрын

You guys work hard on all your videos but you outdid yourselves this time. Well done!

@256united 8 ай бұрын

That entrance video was absolutely awesome !! As a bond fan I can just tell there was a lot of hard work that went into the production

@pcnetworx1 8 ай бұрын

The title card to this video was incredible. Whatever time it took for that... It was well spent.

@iwasborn8470 8 ай бұрын

One of the best video's you've done in a while, makes me want to watch the bond franchise again haha.

@mikexcity 8 ай бұрын

There certainly is something sinister about the look of this building, you could almost imagine it opening out (transformer like) revealing some alien craft.

@krashd 8 ай бұрын

What's more sinister is you will never see anyone enter or exit the building leading most to believe that there is more of it underground and that the entrances are linked to the Tube.

@lazyj4732 8 ай бұрын

I use to build boats out of GRP, we made the covers for the window cleaning cradle hoists. I didn't fit them but others in the company delivered and fitted the covers on site.

@johnk6657 8 ай бұрын

A friend of mine was being vetted for the fit out of a new office in North Sydney (AU) a few years ago and he couldn't understand why he had to go through so many background checks. I asked him if this was for the new US Consulate as they were moving to that part of town the following year and a few weeks later he revealed that indeed it was for the new consulate. He wouldn't tell me any of the details which I tried so hard to learn from him. I wonder if they didn't bother vetting the workers for MI6 since no one knew at the time it was for their new HQ. Amazing architecture.

@IndySidhu88 8 ай бұрын

The one video where Fred can be: Mills. Fred Mills.

@MasterChief37 8 ай бұрын

You should also cover the GCHQ headquarters, it’s a much larger and more impressive looking facility.

@DavidLLambertmobile Ай бұрын

That's the NSA NRO of UK 🇬🇧.

@ymcairedellbball 8 ай бұрын

Kudos to Jim Casey for the opening credits. Very clever, Mr. Bond.

@dylreesYT 8 ай бұрын

This is so over the top, I love so much. Amazing job and at it become your most viewed video!

@user-nl5hj4dy7y 8 ай бұрын

That intro was awesome.

@TheB1M 8 ай бұрын

Hahahaha, thanks!

@Altn246 8 ай бұрын

this has missed out a huge chunk of key history - mi6 was first brought into existence in a building overlooking horse guards parade where Ian Fleming worked. It was part of Naval intelligence, and it continued (or continues?) to have a base there, as admiralty arch was a place where MI6 people could go until recently when Cameron sold it off to for development into a hotel. How can you miss out this key part of history and location?!!!

@joshschneider9766 8 ай бұрын

It's actually an Airbnb rental owned by someone who exploits it's history for cash now ;) now ask me when I stayed in it hehe

@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv 8 ай бұрын

James Bond is famous not Ian Fleming 😢

@corrupt1238 3 ай бұрын

Another blemish on Cameron's record then ???

@ianhinchliffe1064 8 ай бұрын

OK now, just under 2.1 million views in just seven days . . . that’s impressive. -“Well done! to the boat’s crew;” keep up the good work. Greetings from Halifax, NS

@central3425 8 ай бұрын

I can tell you wanted to do this episode very badly! Good work!!

@SprinterOnline 8 ай бұрын

Great intro! The MI6 HQ always reminds me of Quarry House in Leeds. Wonder if there are any design connections between the two...

@nikoda2440 8 ай бұрын

I’ve loved this channel for ages now but this is by far and away the best video you’ve put out so far! My dad always points out this building as he helped build it, love this!!

@NathanRohr 8 ай бұрын

That intro sequence had me shaken, not stirred.

@awibs57 Ай бұрын

The humor in the production and stylization is so good.

@Red-ot3kv 8 ай бұрын

I love the Title sequence intro. It shows once again how much work and effort you put into your videos.

@davidcousins5493 8 ай бұрын

Well done Fred and team, brilliant intro and, as always, extremely well grafted content.

@goldfishlover.6734 8 ай бұрын

OMG those opening credits were too fun! You ROCK!

@Craiglish22 8 ай бұрын

Absolute quality video. Well done to you and all your team. 👏👍

@ayindestevens6152 8 ай бұрын

Well this was a VERY fun one episode. They’re may not be enough to go on for information about the building and MI6, sans imagination, BUT the presentation is a solid 10’s across the board. The Intro Alone deserves a separate video 🎉🎉🎉 Cheers from the States!