A few of my favourite things.
Gerry Andersons puppets in several commercial ads from the 60s. Corn Flakes, Sugar Smacks, etc.
The 1962 Gerry Anderson predecessor to the Thunderbirds TV series! Filmed in 'Supermarionation' (Puppets!) Steve Zodiac and his cr The 1962 Gerry Anderson predecessor to the Thunderbirds TV series! Filmed in 'Supermarionation' (Puppets!) Steve Zodiac and his crew aboard the Fireball XL5 spaceship roam the galaxy, long before Capt Kirk!
Part 3 incl...
Heres a slide show of one of the Supercar stories that Bell Films released back in 1962. It was for a small toy projector that projected the images to a wall. The film itself is 16mm in size. Working Bell projectors are hard to come by now, so heres the next best thing. I scanned the film frames into a slide show & added music backing from Bar...
as promised, the other version of this movie, which one du think is best?
The 1962 Gerry Anderson predecessor to the Thunderbirds TV series! Filmed in 'Supermarionation' (Puppets!) Steve Zodiac and his crew aboard the Fireball XL5 spaceship roam the galaxy, long before Capt Kirk!
The 1962 Gerry Anderson predecessor to the Thunderbirds TV series! Filmed in 'Supermarionation' (Puppets!) Steve Zodiac and his crew aboard the Fireball XL5 spaceship roam the galaxy, long before Capt Kirk! (note the spaceship 'flyby' similarities in the intro ;-)
The 1962 Gerry Anderson predecessor to the Thunderbirds TV series! Filmed in 'Supermarionation' (Puppets!) Steve Zodiac and his crew aboard the Fireball XL5 spaceship roam the galaxy, long before Capt Kirk!
From Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Western Series, Four Feather Falls, about a town full of magic.
In this episode Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
Starring
Nicholas Parsons
Denise Bryer
Kenneth Connor
David Graham
and MICHAEL HOLLIDAY
Thunderbirds, is a science fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions Television company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and Reg Hill and released by United Artists. It was first shown in the United Kingdom in 1964. It used puppetry (Supermarionation) and scale model special effects.
The movie is one of several of popular scienc...
From Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Western Series, Four Feather Falls, about a town full of magic.
In this episode Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
Starring
Nicholas Parsons
Denise Bryer
Kenneth Connor
David Graham
and MICHAEL HOLLIDAY
From Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Western Series, Four Feather Falls, about a town full of magic.
In this episode Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
This is a song from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Western series, Four Feather Falls. This song is often mistaken as the theme tune.
Lyrics and Music by Barry Gray
Vocals by Michael Holliday
Here is a rousing arrangement of the theme to Gerry Anderson's most famous Supermarionation series, Thunderbirds.
Music Composed, Arranged and Conducted by Barry Gray
This is the theme music to Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Seires, Stingray.
Stingray was the first British Television Series to be shot entirely in colour.
Music Composed, Arranged & Conducted by Barry Gray
Vocals by The Mike Sammes Singers.
From Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Western Series, Four Feather Falls, about a town full of magic.
In this episode Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
Starring
Nicholas Parsons
Denise Bryer
Kenneth Connor
David Graham
and MICHAEL HOLLIDAY
This is the thme song from the second series of Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation series, Supercar.
Music by Barry Gray
Vocals by The Mike Sammes Singers
From the Movie: Thunderbirds are GO! - Alan Tracy's Dream. In "HIGH QUALITY" and "SUPERMARIONATION" yes mylaidy..........
Supermarionation
The Phones Supermarionation puppet replica that I recently built along with his scratch-built Injector Seat.
From Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Western Series, Four Feather Falls, about a town full of magic.In this episode Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff? Starring Nicholas ParsonsDenise BryerKenneth ConnorDavid Graham and MICHAEL HOLLIDAY
Stingray is a children's marionette television show, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson from 1964-65. Stingray was the first Supermarionation show to be filmed in colour, and also the first in which marionettes had interchangeable heads with different facial expressions.
Barry Gray composed the music and Gary Miller recorded "Aqua Marina", the en...
This one is by request. "Twizzle" only aired in the UK to my knowledge, so as an Aussie I have no recollection of it but I'm sure a large number of baby boomers do.
This episode is included in the "Space Patrol" box set (now sold out/deleted it would seem... but you may find one secondhand through Amazon UK). WELL worth it.
Original running time ...
Documentary on the making of Thunderbirds & all the other worlds of Gerry Anderson. Features interviews with Gerry Anderson, Ed Bishop, Francis Matthews, Christine Glanville & Derek Meddings. Edited by myself back in 1991 to a radio documentary from the 1980's.
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Documentary on the making of Thunderbirds & all the other worlds of Gerry Anderson. Features interviews with Gerry Anderson, Ed Bishop, Francis Matthews, Christine Glanville & Derek Meddings. Edited by myself back in 1991 to a radio documentary from the 1980's.
Primera parte
Supercar, (1960-1961) was created by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill and marked several important advances for APF. Sylvia Anderson took on a larger role and became a partner in the company. The series was also the official debut of Supermarionation, the electronic system that made the marionettes more lifelike and convincing on screen. The system used...
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