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Reguliersdwarsstraat is a street in the old centre of Amsterdam. It is well known for the many restaurants and bars, and is regarded as the main Amsterdam gay street since the 1980s.

History
The western part of Reguliersdwarsstraat lies behind the Golden Bend, the most prestigious part of Herengracht, one of the famous canals. On these large lots, the well-to-do placed their city-palaces with classicist facades, stuccoed ceilings, and fine gardens, once a year open to the public. ith many double wide mansions, inner gardens and coach houses on Keizersgracht..

In the 1920s, the Carlton Hotel was built alongside Vijzelstraat, which crosses Reguliersdwarsstraat. The hotel became much larger than the old buildings, so that Reguliersdwarsstraat had to be overarched, visually dividing the street into a western and an eastern part. During World War II, an English bomber was shot down by the Germans, and came down right behind the Carlton Hotel, destroying a large part of the historical houses in Reguliersdwarsstraat.

External link

 * Website about Reguliersdwarsstraat

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A red telephone appears in at least five of the James Bond films. In Thunderball from 1965 it is said that the British prime minister and the American president had "talked over the hotline", but there was no red telephone yet. The head of MI6 has a green and a black telephone set on his desk, one of which was replaced by a red one in at least the following films: More realistic was Tom Clancy's novel The Sum of All Fears from 1991 and the movie The Sum of All Fears from 2002, in which a text-based computer communications system was depicted, which very much resembled the actual Hotline equipment from the 1980s and 1990s.
 * in On Her Majesty's Secret Service from 1969, where there are a white and a red telephone at the desk of the head of MI6.
 * in Moonraker from 1979, the head of MI6 uses a bright red phone set for conversations with military commanders.
 * in For Your Eyes Only from 1981, a bright red telephone is used by senior MI6 officials to report to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
 * in Die Another Day from 2002, there's a modern red colored push-button telephone on the desk of the head of MI6.
 * in Casino Royale from 2006, there's also a bright red telephone in modern style, but this time without any buttons.