Californian Reacts | How Britain Built its Top Secret MI6 HQ

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@californianreacts Жыл бұрын

MI6 is a truly impressive building. If I find the picture I snapped of the building I'll post it. When I was in London I had no idea where it was, other on The River Thames. Was a pleasant surprise to see the MI6 HQ! Favorite Bonds have to be Roger Moore and Sean Connery and grew up with Pierce Brosnan. Favorite Bond film? I have too many I enjoy greatly. What are yours?

@angelapuricelli-fenlon1190 Жыл бұрын

Bus drivers when approaching the M16 building, says “spies alight here”

@mark-nm4tc Жыл бұрын

It was in the Bond movie The World Is Not Enough and others when the producers updated 007 from 'Universal Exports' which was in The Strand (?). Each time I pass it I always think of Pierce Brosnan shooting out into the river in his jet boat😀.

@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Жыл бұрын

The Langley HQ of the CIA is a place I passed at least weekly on my drive from DC to my then home in Loudoun County. Likewise, Quantico is hardly a secret location, any more than is the FBI's Edgar Hoover Bldg on Pennsylvania Ave. Just as with MI6 at Vauxhall Cross and MI5 at Millbank and GCHQ in Cheltenham, the world's leading intelligence agencies have recognised that hiding in plain sight is the best way to keep secrets secret.

@geekexmachina Жыл бұрын

My friend worked in Vauxhall many years ago and he rang me once and told me someone had fired a rocket at the building. He told me that the shape of the building makes it difficult for air assault by paratroopers/ helicopters, and apparently the external facing areas/ offices are not used

@californianreacts Жыл бұрын

Now I'm going to look at more pictures of this building! Very interesting.

@tommysaroda4446 11 ай бұрын

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@michaelwallder6437 Жыл бұрын

Here's a snippet. The US embassy is only a stones throw away at Nine Ems, Vauxhall, In 20th Sept 2000, the Real IRA attacked the MI6 building with an RPG only causing slight damage to a couple of tiles and window. No injuries.

@colinjones4365 Жыл бұрын

It’s got to be Sir Sean Connery as the best Bond ever

@Jamie_D Жыл бұрын

I would assume they have enough going on from external locations that even if the building was levelled by a missile they could still operate.

@californianreacts Жыл бұрын

True! Can't imagine how many truly secret portions around the rest of the UK and the world MI6 is operating from.

@Jimmy_Jones Жыл бұрын

I'm certain that "A38 barber shop" is some secret location. It's rarely ever has the shutters lifted on it. It has a small social media presence and is a 10 minute drive from Bristol Airport. It's also in a fairly remote location to most other buildings just outside Bristol.

@Jamie_D Жыл бұрын

@@Jimmy_Jones Is there anything odd about it on Google Earth or Google Maps?

@Jimmy_Jones Жыл бұрын

@Jamie_D Well, it looks normal. It has a small section of trees surrounding it. It's just an odd place to have a barbers. Postcode: BS41 8JP It goes by Paul the Barber on Google maps. But I don't see any web presence for that apart from where the business is located

@tommysaroda4446 11 ай бұрын

@EwanMarshall 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, by this point I think that the building exists is pointless to keep secret. You should look into the story of BT tower in London, which was the tallest building in London from 1964 to 1980 and was designated an designated an official secret. In February 1993, the MP Kate Hoey used the tower as an example of trivial information being kept officially secret, and joked that she hoped parliamentary privilege allowed her to confirm that the tower existed and to state its street address. There was even a revolving resturant at the top for those that knew the address and booked a reservation. The resturant is still there but no-longer revolves, the big billboard is often used during the london new year fireworks as part of the show and it has recently been sold to a hotel chain.

@Andy-kd5or Жыл бұрын

It's built right beside the river because of the specialist dolphins mi6 employs as 009 Agents!

@iddjutt Жыл бұрын

They got fed up with hiding in plain sight so they have an plain in sight building, and actually label it as such, which does not mean it is, so while everyone assumes this is SIS. They can operate quietly somewhere else outside London

@no-oneinparticular7264 Жыл бұрын

There is a sign near me, it reads "This way to Top Secret WW2 American Air Base". Makes me laugh every time I pass by. My favourite Bond is the original Sean Connery, it's because I'm old.

@californianreacts Жыл бұрын

Ha! I wonder if its now a museum of some sort? Sean Connery, right there with you on that one! Countless great Bond films he's in.

@no-oneinparticular7264 Жыл бұрын

@@californianreacts correct, it's a massive piece of land with a museum on it.

@tommysaroda4446 11 ай бұрын

@entity_dragons2013 Жыл бұрын

I've worked inside that building 🏫, done a bit off computer 🖥️💻 programming with my spectrum 48k

@marcuswardle3180 4 ай бұрын

It has been attacked already! Someone shot an RPG round at it from a park across the road. It hit the exterior and did very little damage. Prince Charles also complained about it. Not because of the design but due to that it stopped people walking along the Thames riverfront which you are not allowed to do!

@barriehull7076 Жыл бұрын

Only ever seen three bond films in full, with my sister at the cinema when they came out. Dr. No 1962 From Russia with Love 1963 Goldfinger 1964, all Sean Connery, so Sean the Scotsman who wanted to leave the United Kingdom when he lived in America is my go to Bond. At the time of the referendum, as a joke my circle of friends in England said , the vote to leave is close enough let them leave anyway. I say let have another go every time we have a General election. What calamity could possibly happen. Roger Moore used to live in a quite large house with a balcony outside all the five front facing windows near where I live.

@Upemm Жыл бұрын

So James Bond didn’t get it blown up then 🤔😂

@mosthaunted2 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if the main HQ is underground now adays, We have Nuclear proof bunkers in a few places, and a few of them are huge.

@rpmillam Жыл бұрын

I would look up the history of GCHQ

@californianreacts Жыл бұрын

True! I wouldn't be surprised if a good portion of it was underground. Might be able to find photos during the early states of construction and see how deep down the initial construction went. With The River Thames right next to it I could only imagine the difficulty.

@mosthaunted2 Жыл бұрын

@@californianreacts Good idea, I wasn't thinking of it being underground where it is now but it more than likely is, I was thinking of a Nuclear bunker away from the City Centre and that being the main HQ 👍

@tommysaroda4446 11 ай бұрын

@EwanMarshall 6 ай бұрын

@@californianreacts Also London Underground, Victorian Sewer systems, WW2 bomb shelters, dungeons, post office railway.... quite frankly subterranian London has a lot there too.

@cuthalin4976 Жыл бұрын

Talking of places that were never acknowledged in London, The Post Office Tower was a great example, especially as it had a revolving restaurant on top !

@polarisukyc1204 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was funny, I remember hearing that not only did it not appear in any official maps, at one point they hosted a Russian delegation at the restaurant at the top of this building that didn’t officially exist

@markwoods1504 Жыл бұрын

Favourite James Bond is definately Daniel Craig

@CarlosGambino_22 Жыл бұрын

I've been in that building...

@niallrussell7184 Жыл бұрын

It has 4.5 stars on Google Maps. Must be good!

@californianreacts Жыл бұрын

That's hilarious! The fact that people can rate it on Google 🤣

@tommysaroda4446 11 ай бұрын

@Loki1815 Жыл бұрын

Why are you giving out measurements in kilometres? The official measurement is miles!

@MantisEnergy Жыл бұрын

*genius 🧠

@ianbriers5019 Жыл бұрын

Is the most well known secret building😅

@gmdhargreaves Жыл бұрын

Roger Moore Moonraker

@paulbriggs5238 Жыл бұрын

Roger Moore, live and let die. 🙂

@californianreacts Жыл бұрын

Great film! Remembering the boat chase the most.

@paulbriggs5238 Жыл бұрын

@californianreacts loved it as a kid, the boat chase was great, the cops were funny, the baddies were scary, the chic was hot and Bond was cool, what more can you ask for. Lol

@tommysaroda4446 11 ай бұрын

@davidmarsden9800 Жыл бұрын

It's so secret it's regularly filmed, has featured in films and TV news reports and documentaries. Everyone knows where it is, so secret service is badly named.

@barriehull7076 Жыл бұрын

Ah perhaps it's a bluff.

@davidmarsden9800 Жыл бұрын

@@barriehull7076 That would be a master stroke, they're not actually there it's a distraction occupied by the Environment Agency after all.

@davidwatts-hw2dh Жыл бұрын

ALL BS! If you can find a MI6 operative in London, he/she is not worth their salt.

@tommysaroda4446 11 ай бұрын

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