Although it has been put on-record before that the film crew did not use puppets or any kind of special effects, recently resurfaced footage has finally hit home to many viewers just how dangerous it all was.
The scene sees Bond - played here by Roger Moore, but replaced by a stunt double for this moment - realising that his best escape route is to use crocodile backs as stepping stones.
“Director Guy Hamilton opted for real reptiles, sourced from a crocodile farm in Jamaica’s Montego Bay,” said one person on Reddit.
“He enlisted its owner Ross Katanga – who had inherited the farm when his own father was eaten by one of the 1300 that lived there – to actually perform the stunt.
“A dozen animals were duly tied to weights on the pond’s bottom to keep them still, but with their jaws and tails left free to ‘maximise the sense of danger’.
“Katanga misjudged the jumps three times – and, as the crocs began to anticipate his leaps, had his foot actually bitten on the fourth attempt.
“After changing his shoes to something with more grip, he then nailed the fifth take.”
It seems massively unlikely that health and safety officials would allow such a thing today - let alone animal rights campaigners.
Now, the 25th film in the James Bond franchise is in the early stages of development, but an actor is still not attached.
Daniel Craig has not ruled out a fifth outing as 007 but several replacements have been touted.
Jack Huston is believed to be producers’ top choice, although Vicky McClure has said she’d be up for playing the first female version of the agent.
