Mini
Breather
Briefing
First seen in Thunderball,
where Bond used it to swim to shore after Largo's hand grenade attack near the
Disco Volante, Bond's large tanks were sliced by a speed boat's propeller. Secondly
Bond used the device when he was trapped in Largo's shark pool, successfully escaping
via a tunnel into another pool. Lastly Bond used the device when he had lost his
oxygen tanks during the climatic underwater battle.
Bond uses the gadget
during the Die Another Day mission, after cutting a hole in the ice with the Seamaster
watch laser and ducks into the icy cold water to escape Zao after the Ice Palace
had been destroyed.
Specification
The device
is a small rubber mouthpiece, attached to the other side of the mouthpiece is
a brass valve, for activating the Oxygen supply. Attached to the brass piece are
two tiny metal tanks on either side, the device is stored in an ordinary aluminium
cigar tube.