Standard Operating Procedures...
Promotional image scanned from the GoldenEye Special Edition DVD.
Natalya's lower back may distract one's attention from the legion of troops at the bottom portion of this "mini-poster".
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| Pair of trucks in photo with a backdrop that closely resembles the Dam/Runway of Arkangel(sk). Can't seem to find these vehicles in the movie. Two different trucks can be briefly seen parked outside the Archives in St. Petersburg. |
Definitely perplexed by this image... Was it part of a scene?
It looks a bit to complex to be just a promotional still.
Pretty sure I don't recognize the central figure...
He's a bit heavier-set than the others (so I can only assume he's the ranking Officer).
The tank is obviously familiar military hardware.
In the movie, the soldiers definitely had Jeeps (or something similar, apparently called UAZ 31514).
Although with cardboard cut-outs, bluescreen and other effects, it's hard to say what's actually real.
(A moving Jeep was also something that was intended for the game, and was either never finished nor implemented completely)
It's the pair of trucks has caught my attention....
Of course there's a lone truck at the beginning of the Dam mission in the GoldenEye game. It may help "guide" a new player further into the level, and can be used as cover.
But was the truck completely invented for the game?
Or was it based on something from the movie?
The background of the photo appears to be a snowy landscape with trees - Closer to the Dam and Runway.
Re-watched the GoldenEye movie just to be sure, and couldn't spot a truck anywhere in the Dam-Runway sequences.
Right after Bond breaks out of the Archives, he subsequently steals a tank and takes to the Streets.
A couple of trucks can actually be seen parked in the yard (visible onscreen for about two seconds). These trucks outside the Archives appear different than the ones in the above photo.
The trucks are not part of the chase, but may very well have been the inspiration behind the truck model used in the Dam mission.
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| Familiar green military truck from the Dam mission. |
Following on the heels of a daunting tanker truck chase scene in the previous Bond film License to Kill (Timothy Dalton's Bond versus Drug Lord Franz Sanchez), a truck scene in GoldenEye could have been tough to match...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Stumbled on a page where they've documented practically every single car or truck that's appeared in the entire 007 franchise... Even if the particular vehicle wasn't involved in the action.
https://www.007museum.com/goldeneye.htm
Just browsed the GoldenEye page on a whim, not expecting to find out truck - But there it is!
Parked right outside the Military Intelligence Archives or "Hall of Records".
(In the very same yard that James Bond steals a tank)
The truck in question is apparently a 1977 Ural 4320.
These trucks are often equipped with the big canopy/tarp/shelter/cover on the back - Which definitely changes the overall look of the truck. With this in mind, the pair of trucks on that poster could feasibly be the same trucks parked outside the Archives...
https://findblueprints.com/catalog/cars/ural/ural-4320-truck-1977
X-Ray Document Scanner
Also of interest:
"Other GoldenEye gadgetry from "Q" banch includes a leather belt with a 75-foot rappelling cord built into the buckle; a gun that fires a piton attached to a power-retractable high tensile wire designed to support Bond's weight; a silver tray which doubles as an X-ray document scanner; a pen that becomes a class-four grenade, and a laser-emitting watch that also serves as an arming device."-GoldenEye Special Edition DVD Booklet
Mentioned only by name in the GoldenEye movie.
"X Ray Document Scanner"
Q doesn't explain much beyond that, but the viewer gets a brief demonstration.
The device appears to scan an envelope containing Bond's plane ticket to St. Petersburg.
Of particular interest, because this item was mentioned just once - And never mentioned again...
Normally, 007 manages to find a use for every single gadget that Q equips him with.
