Video: 'December 18, 1969 - The Royal World Premiere of On Her Majesty's Secret Service Odeon Theatre London'

(Thursday, December 18, 1969, 8:30 p.m. GMT) — On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the sixth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first and only to star George Lazenby (replacing Sean Connery, who had retired from the role) as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, premiered tonight at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

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Directed by Peter R. Hunt, Bond faces Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who is planning to hold the world ransom by the threat of sterilizing the world’s food supply through a group of brainwashed “angels of death.”

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Along the way Bond meets, falls in love with, and eventually marries Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg).

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The film also starred Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti and Ilse Steppat.

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