 The location used in the Bahamas as the Madagascar Construction site  was an abandoned hotel site at Coral Harbour that was under  construction 30 years ago. It was used to film hotel rooms for the  1965 James Bond movie _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) and it was also used  for the 1977 Bond film _Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)_ (qv) as a  camera platform with models and workshops. It is now part of a  military base.