Thunderball (1965) Firsts

First Bond movie filmed in Cinemascope
First cross dresser (Jacques Boitier)
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 (Sean Connery drove another
Lincoln Continental in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Marnie)
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 the U.S. Coast Guard is an ally
First time that SPECTRE agents are all in the same room
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
First time Bond goes to Nassau