Under water: can you survive by breathing in air from a car tyre?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
In A View to Kill, James Bond (Roger Moore) is knocked-out and pushed into a Silver Cloud Rolls-Royce. Hoping to drown Bond, the villains push the car into a lake. As the water pours into the car, he gains consciousness but instead of swimming up to the surface, where he will be seen, he stays under the water. He opens a car-tyre valve and breathes the air bubbles saving his life. Is this really possible?
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