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The red office phone
GosseDrent
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hi all,
I was wondering, the red phone from the books, what kind of phone would it be? For me, I always pictured a phone without dials. Just a phone that M can call to, but 00's can't call to M. Something like a Cortelco from the 50s (Google has some good pics). Maybe I am wrong and somewhere in a chapter Bond does call to M, so it does need to have numbers. If you know something or have a theory I’d be pleased to read it. I want to add a red phone to my collection. But before I do that I want to be as accurate as possible. Although I do think we have a lot of freedom with this prop. Thanks in advance for helping me research. Cheers.
I was wondering, the red phone from the books, what kind of phone would it be? For me, I always pictured a phone without dials. Just a phone that M can call to, but 00's can't call to M. Something like a Cortelco from the 50s (Google has some good pics). Maybe I am wrong and somewhere in a chapter Bond does call to M, so it does need to have numbers. If you know something or have a theory I’d be pleased to read it. I want to add a red phone to my collection. But before I do that I want to be as accurate as possible. Although I do think we have a lot of freedom with this prop. Thanks in advance for helping me research. Cheers.
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In Thunderball, you see a red GPO 706 during the mission briefing in the meeting room. You never see the dial from the front, but from the side, it looks like it has the typical finger dial. I would think M's red emergency phone would have a full dial complete with numbers and lettering (GPO 706L model), free of restrictions, though I do like the look and concept of the dial-less option. You can also buy those blank dials separately, I've seen them on eBay.
Good luck on your search, personally I would go for the red 706L as it covers both novel and film. I nearly bought one a few months back, but wasn't liking the prices offered.
The first one being given to agents so they can pick up the phone. The second one being used by M to call the agents.
Aren't the red ones we see in the movie only used by M? It wouldn't tell us anything about Bond phone but maybe it does tell us which phone brand MI6 used internally. Also, in OHMSS there isn't a red phone, but there are these two GPO 706's
One from the 50s that could be possible is the Red GPO 332L. It fits the 50s time period and its a GPO just as in the films. I haven't found any red no-dials yet. But there is this black GPO 332 CB.