scheduled films in history. Producers considered filming  this as the first James Bond film, but made _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv)  instead. They thought of filming it second, but upon learning that  then President John F. Kennedy (qv) loved the "From Russia With  Love" novel, they made the film of it instead. They considered  making it fourth after _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv), but scheduling  problems caused _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv) to be made. They were  going to film it as the fifth Bond film, but preproduction problems  arose again and _You Only Live Twice (1967)_ (qv) was made instead.  Ironically, in the canon of Ian Fleming (I) (qv) novels,  _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv) actually comes before  _You Only Live Twice (1967)_ (qv).