Thunderbirds Launches and Landings HD

The launches and landings of all the Thunderbirds craft from Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds. Widescreen and High Definition.

[@vanessaboman8143]

I am 65 this year and talking my mum who has Alzheimer disease we I needed to show her the things I watched as a child... When I showed this her face lot up... She remembered Thunderbirds! We laughed as I conducted the theme tune! Memories of a long ago childhood! Wonder-full!

[@laurent214]

Best wishes to you and your mom

[@CyberpunkV2077]

How beautiful, thanks for taking your time to write about your memories with your mum

[@davemills5877]

happy memories and sorry re your mum she might to watch the show again

[@portlyoldman]

Same story here 😀 memories of simpler times

[@markyboyno1114]

Outstanding !!! Still have a tear in my eye watching this and i'm 58 yrs old !!!

[@reghudson5444]

You have to recognize the sheer genius of modeling, and miniaturizing that happened in Thunderbirds. Every scene is so imaginative. Really good stuff.

[@spaceace1006]

Not to mention the music!! Somebody had to compose and arrange it, which is highly detailed and complex work. Then musicians have to be hired to perform and record it!!! Music is a huge undertaking for any show or movie!!

[@NissanN12Dude]

@@spaceace1006agreed! I still hear the music in my mind and come back to re-watch episodes of Thunderbirds 🙂

[@MrEjidorie]

I`ll be 65 years old Japanese man this month. Thunderbirds was broadcast in Japan in 1960`s when I was an elementary school boy. A lot of Japanese boys including myself were hooked on Thunderbirds at that time. This footage reminds me of my beautiful childhood. Oh, yes! I was also crazy for Captain Scarlet, Stingray and UFO too!

[@englishincontext4025]

This is just wonderful. I watched this as a boy and loved it all, but now I'm 69 and happened across this video. I realise just how much artistry and sheer hard work went into making these series. Having a model is one thing, but making it behave as though it has real mass, hitting the water and behaving as a heavy craft ... the very realistic jets on the engines (how did they do that) and the logistical problems of stringed marionettes walking through doors etc was sheer genius. And all of the series were so inventive. The music, too. Jerry and Sylvia Anderson were geniuses.

[@robdykes3659]

If you look close, they never actually walked through the door,it either skips to another character and then when the camera swings back there on the other side of the door,looking like they have just walk through,it,s just clever filming , brilliant but clever

[@nigeljames6017]

@@robdykes3659 True, and in one sequence near the end of the video, you can see Thunderbird 4 descending and a wire is attached to the top. Still brings back old memories where anything was possible. I suppose SpaceX is the true manifestation of T4 !

[@stopmotionharry8989]

Nice

[@Scottyy788]

69? Nice

[@sheep3866]

Don't ever age another year please

[@rideyourbikent]

I'm 55 yrs old and I still want to be the pilot of Thunderbird 2 , best job in the world .

[@markyboyno1114]

LOL !!! I'm the same age as you, and still get sentimental about this !!!

[@pilaragrelo9565]

rideyourbikent great!

[@Northampton1960]

Back in the early 1990s I owned a green Triumph 1500 which I called Thunderbird 2 and imagined myself as Virgil Tracy piloting it. BTW, I'm 58.

[@jay0kew]

I guess everbody wants to be the pilot of TB 2. The real draught horse of International Rescue.

[@buzbom1]

In my 50's as well, watched the old Stingray show first with my dad, then this show came out, along with Captain Scarlet. Who knew that a couple of years later the same people would create one of the best aliens vs live action humans show...UFO. They used models in that one. A few more years later Space 1999 landed...or broke orbit if you will. Same prod. crew and more cool models. I'll have to check into these new versions I'm reading about. Wasn't the late great Bill Paxton in one?

[@BOBXFILES2374a]

As a model railroader, I have to say the construction of the sets and planes has an amazing level of detail and creativity. He sure built a world to go play - excuse me, FLY in!

[@Moloko_Synthemesc]

Very much like Thomas the tank engine. It may be known as a kid's show, but the level of detail that went into modelling the sets is impressive, even now.

[@brettt777]

My favorite show as a kid back in the late 60's. Never missed it! Thunderbird 2 was always my favorite.

[@EduardoMateusKlein]

I watched Thunderbird in 90s when I was a little child here on Brazil. Is my favorite ever.

[@CanyonWanderer]

Same here, I was totally fascinated! I even once found a tiny Thunderbird 2 at a flea market, my favourite as well! I also just realised I sometimes whistle that tune, only just now I remember again where it comes from 🙂

[@KMCA779]

@@CanyonWanderer I had the whole set. Did yours come with the the cargo pod and the little #4 inside? They were SOLID, mostly metal interestingly #1 had a red rubber tip... probably a safety thing.

[@VegetaLF7]

As a kid born in 86 and who watched the show on reruns in the late 90's and early 2000's, I agree that Thunderbird 2 is the best.

[@CanyonWanderer]

@@KMCA779 Oh wow!, I just had the 2 with a removable pod, but that had no door. Actually the model itself was a regular matchbox sized car (the smallest size). Later I saw a scaled up version, but never had that one

[@BlitzedNostradamus]

Man, the sheer brilliance these puppeteers and modelers had back then. It's awesome to see.

[@CarlB_1962]

Watching Thunderbirds as a child, I just loved the stories. As an adult, I can see that it's among the most imaginative and technically accomplished children's TV series ever made.

[@jayjay53313]

What year was this stop motion made? I watched the Japanese animated 80's cartoon taken from this.

[@harrylinde1121]

1966?

[@glamonails7666]

@@jayjay53313 you mean puppets. This was not a stop motion. You can see the threads and cords on the dolls.

[@jayjay53313]

@@glamonails7666 thought it's partial stop motion coz some of the action can't be done real time

[@EndlessLaymon]

@@jayjay53313 it's not stop motion. The term is supermarionation. Look it up,you will be amazed.

[@DLR013]

I'm six years of age, it's 6:00am and the Thunderbirds are just about to begin. My dad is about to bring me blackcurrant juice to start my day. "Come in The Darka Juice Man", I bellow, as he knocks on my door. We just got colour TV in Australia. Now 44 years on, it still means a lot to me when I see anything Thunderbirds-related and always makes me smile.

[@Lucinda666]

Same as SpaceX

[@Musicsoul551]

Back in late 90s early 2000s My dad used to get up at 6 to record these to the VHS so we could watch them around 9 when I got up, good memories

[@cpac555]

You never outgrow your childhood things...we just stopped playing with them...you can always go back

[@Miblive]

@@tub8200 Thank God. Not that I´m happy you had nightmares but to know that I wasn´t the only one. I hated that guy.

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

@@Musicsoul551 No one ever did work out how to programme the timer.

[@7775Kevin]

One of my favorite shows when I was a kid. The sixties were such a cool time. Thanks for this.

[@peter-paulburns2551]

I nearly fell into tears watching this video. I loved Thunderbirds as a kid back in the 60s and the music was also a masterpiece.

[@actarusfleed6607]

Nothing beats the original series. It's all heart & soul. Supermarionation is a lost art. The people behind them were the absolute masters.

[@Firemarioflower]

😆😁 Puppet masters!

[@aritzurzelai4450]

Today this people's jop in NASA! MASTERS😆💥👀

[@nitrokid]

I always find these puppets creepy XD

[@verstappa]

Never going to be moral like that ever again.

[@Johnno9989]

No matter how many times I've seen the vehicles launch, it never gets boring.

[@thunderbirdsharrypotterfan]

u r right Johnno9989

[@keithrobinson398]

Johnno9989 Thunderbird 2 , my favorite

[@alphayun7401]

they forgot Thunderbird 5 in the video

[@dandysquirrel]

Another TB2 fan here. Used to watch this prog back in the 60's as a kid, completely absorbed by it all. Still get shivers down my spine watching the intro', launches etc. Brilliant.

[@darthdmc]

Absolutely, never gets old, despite all the continuity errors.

[@markdziadulewicz6160]

The music is simply phenomenal...the ideas and thinking light years ahead of its time...we wereso lucky to grow up with Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and Fireball XL5...Watching them all again as an adult and realising just how good these programmes were...genius

[@lunabeekhuizen8858]

I'm 19 and my parents introduced me to Thunderbirds when I was little. That song you hear during the launches is etched into my brain to the point where I could play it on my trumpet by hearing and memory alone. Gosh I love Thunderbirds :D

[@wikiuser92]

When I was a child in the late 90s and early 2000s, I used to watch some rerun episodes my parents had recorded. I've been a fan of this show as long as I can remember.

[@vitamc1213]

Ha, yes same!

[@Yosemite-George-61]

The play the theme while your buddies are getting into position on stage... 🙂

[@ushoys]

Play it Luna!

[@Danioabyss]

It still amazes me how superb this was filmed back in the 60's, no CGI at all..

[@1701spacecadet]

Nobody did practical explosions like Gerry Anderson!

[@darthdmc]

You mean Derek Meddings? He was the model builder and pyro expert.

[@kimjongoof5000]

1701spacecadet I prefer Tsuburaya’s explosions

[@alexrogan6563]

@@darthdmc He certainly was. And in between working on Century 21 projects, he also lent his experience in that field to the James Bond films of that time, and that looks good on anyone's C.V.

[@vicsaul5459]

the model making is fantastic, !!

[@jmfa57]

This was one of the coolest shows ever back when I was a kid. Great memories!

[@claudiomartins5768]

I'm 71 years old. I remember all these series. Never lost anyone. Thanks for the opportunity to see them again. Amazing creation. Super advanced on that time.

[@McLoven-vm1ck]

The folks responsible for all these models, sets and practical effects really were wizards, this stuff has aged so well.

[@56postoffice]

At the time this was the most expensive show to be made. The music here is brilliant.

[@hughcdavies]

Just got to look at how many went from Gerry's series' to work for James Bond franchise. Derek Meddings in particular after designing Fireball XL5, Stingray, All the Thunderbirds, the SPV, SPC and MPV, all the great models in UFO and Space 1999. He then goes and turns the Lotus Esprit S1 (type 79) into a submarine. God knows what he'd of done with the JPS Mk4 F1 car (also given the type number of 79). Mario Andretti would probably been the first human on Mars, and still been back for dinner.

[@kimjongoof5000]

Dr Donald Blake The most expensive show award goes to Lazy Town

[@danielyeshe]

When I was a child I wrote to the BBC and asked how Thunderbird 4 was collected. The response I got was! ‘Don’t ask me I’m only an aardvark.’

[@_cameroncarey_]

Daniel O'Donovan wasn’t it on itv though?

[@glenncooney3959]

Otis the aardvark. He was about as useful as the first A in aardvark.

[@glenncooney3959]

_ cameroncarey _ It was originally on ITV (it was first shown in the ATV Midlands region before it was aired in other ITV regions) and I believe it was repeated on some ITV regions in the 70’s and 80’s before it was shown on BBC2 in 1991.

[@_cameroncarey_]

Glenn Cooney thanks for the info! didn’t know that

[@EricIrl]

@@_cameroncarey_ All the original; Gerry Anderson series, including Thunderbirds, were made for the independent TV production company, ITC. The Chairman of ITC was Lew Grade. ITC made programmes for broadcast by the various ITV franchise companies.

[@rsalceda]

I was born in the 87 and loved this show just as Jonny Quest!!!

[@PainInTheS]

I used to watch this all the time according to my parents but I don't remember it actually. Of course I know of this series. I'm from 1970 by the way. Came across some nice dvd's and this whole series complete for 2 euro....ok, good deal. Got them free in the whole bunch in the end.

[@bigdmac33]

What HD REALLY shows is the fantastic detail in the sets that Meddings and the crew painstakingly achieved. Pure craftsmanship!

[@eliottjeary1492]

Aussie Arcade its a lemon squeezer :)

[@eliottjeary1492]

i may not have the HD boxset but i can still see the amazing detail and craftsman ship even in the standard dvd version and it just goes to show that they dont make tv shows like they used to sadly these days

[@johnjames4834]

I saw a HD episode recently and on one of the road vehicles used I could clearly see WOOD GRAIN. The HD showed me too much detail that time. I agree though that for the most part the HD is better.

[@ericl2969]

I can't remember when or where, but many years ago I saw some sort of documentary footage about the making of the show. Two interesting tidbits I remember are that the realistic road dust wafting up from the tires of a big truck in more than one episode was diatomaceous earth, and that the majority of the vertical tanks appearing in models of industrial sites were made from empty cans of aerosol shaving soap, standing upside-down (you could see the concave bases of the cans at the tops of those tanks). Oh, and I remember one more thing: In the scuba-diving scenes, the puppets were filmed behind aquariums, with the camera looking through the glass. That way they could produce perfectly real bubbles and swaying vegetation in the foreground, but as a kid I never noticed that the characters' hair remained dry as they swam!!

[@egamez1]

For me, this is way better than the CG we see in movies and TV shows today. This show was made by real artists.

[@pixelwash9707]

I’m 62, and have worked in modern special effects, the power of Thunderbirds to this day is partly in the quality of the effects, and partly in the quality of the design. The effects have a REALNESS, and the design has MORAL DEPTH.

[@lamonthamilton667]

WE had Talent back then and Imagination! Unlike to days hollywood.

[@captain0080]

This show made my imagination fly when i watched reruns in the early 80's, Thunderbird 2 is still the machine i love the most .

[@birdblackbird4766]

Same but mid 90s haha

[@negativeindustrial]

Because it’s the only one that doesn’t completely suck? I mean, we had Voltron FFS

[@Salvavideocrack]

I think this series was a tremendous inspiration for the Harrier and i think that even defined the Jump-jet denomination, Thunderbird 2 even uses a vertical thruster configuration similar to the Pegasus engine.

[@TheMJKnight]

Thunderbird 2. Everyone's fave

[@femalethunderbirdsnerd8115]

MJ Knight my favourite Thunerbird

[@AmazingJoe96]

nah mate TB1 is the best

[@thunderbirdsharrypotterfan]

MJ Knight tb2 is my favorite

[@marinjeam]

TB2 my all time favorite

[@stuartsharman3055]

@@AmazingJoe96 I agree. TB1 and Scott for me, always.

[@nel1962]

Man, Thunderbirds had some of the most absurdly overly elaborate loading and launch sequences but it sure was FUN.

[@barrybend7189]

And it was kept in the 2016 reboot version. Complete with composite model/ CGI shots.

[@callumdonnelly1718]

The longer the launch sequence the less original material you have to write! 😂

[@michaelbyrne8860]

As a kid I always loved watching the show, just the detail & time it took to create a seamless show is still amazing even now as an old man! No CGI here! Buttercup!

[@AdolfoWWolf]

I'm 35 now, and i'm still amazed by the work that goes into these machines, i'm specially impressed by the vehicle rolling out of the TB2 portable cargo bay, that is some impressive work going into that wheeled beast, almost looks like the real deal, the suspension compression and all looked fantastic there.

[@soludierebi]

これだけ時代が経っているのに、いまだに発進シークエンスのかっこ良さでサンダーバードを超える作品が無いという恐るべき事実。パームツリーが左右に分かれるギミックを誰が思いつけるだろう。

[@rorlang]

それについては同意ですが円谷スタッフがサンダーバードに追いつけ追い越せで制作したウルトラセブンのホーク1号の発進シークエンスの格好良さも素晴らしいと思います 冬木透さんの音楽がとてもマッチしている良作

[@soludierebi]

@@rorlang Force gate open.Force gate open. Quickly! Quickly!

[@user-mp8tz8wy3g]

@@rorlang さんへ、 B,G,Mは、M,A,Tの｢ワンダバ｣も、好き(悲壮感と、闘いの序曲,的な高揚感が、入り交じっている)から。

[@user-te777ZWTup2e]

サンダーバード2号と 潜水艦の 黄色いヤツが好きです✨

[@user-wv5nj4he8u]

発進シークエンスのカッコイイのは別にサンダーバードだけじゃ無いけど、コレを人形劇でヤレるスゴさは後にも先にもサンダーバードだけ

[@clarky2356]

Thunderbird 2 for me when I was younger was the coolest lol

[@Endeva09]

Definitely the best Thunderbird

[@skyelark155]

And the ugliest

[@Firemarioflower]

@@skyelark155 WTF???? NO it's not!!! T5 is the ugliest, TB2 is the best looking!!

[@kyloken4130]

Same here I had a medium sized toy of it as well and I loved that thing

[@spooks196]

I always have and always will love TB2. The utility knife of the group.

[@jstevenson7121]

I have seen these launch sequences literally hundreds of times. I am still hypnotized! My favorites were the Fireflash crash landing and, of course, the giant crocodiles.

[@binoyandpinay777]

Even the concept of 'International Rescue' was Ingenious. 😊

[@synaesthesia2010]

50 years later, it still looks impressive, the amount of imagination that went into these sequences makes them memorable and iconic, that new CG version is a poor imitation by comparison

[@Dra741]

These are the things that we're doing now I was excited about the Thunderbirds because we knew that if we progressed in our space program and I also research we sort since WWII we know that after a while we'll be doing this and we are doing

[@martinquerre9614]

@@Dra741 You ought to go back to primary school and get proper tuition in english syntax and grammar. Your typewriting is absolutely appalling!!! Don't you ever read your own e-mails before posting them??..

[@Aviationartist01]

Barry Gray's music score for this series made it what it is. Absolutely perfect. And the new CGI version has missed the vital points of what made this series so endearing. And enduring. Gerry Anderson's original looks realistic, even with strings. The vehicles move and fly in a natural realtime sense. It was made with love by modelmaking craftsmen and women.

[@041q]

Simon Atack why did you have to say women at the end? Everybody is sick of this PC crap

[@Woody615]

What the new CGI is missing is that when we watched it growing up (50 years ago?), the models were the same time of models that we had at home. It was visually exactly like how we played with our models, be they Thunderbirds, or WWII aircraft models, or toy trucks. When we played with them they were real enough to us, that's all that mattered. The CGI is too perfect. They are trying to be too real. We loved them BECAUSE they were models, not in spite of them being models.

[@drmayeda1930]

@@041q He might also be wrong. In the 60's I wonder how many women were into wood working and carving. The women would be doing costumes and hair.

[@bigkiwimike]

You make a very good point. The CGI version gives no impression of size and weight. I remember one scene in the new series where TB2 landed, she went up on her legs and the vehicle was out of the pod in less than 15 seconds. Gerry Anderson and his crew went to great lengths to make the ships look real.

[@dalethelander3781]

@@drmayeda1930 The lead puppeteers on all of Gerry's Supermarionation series were Christine Glanville and Mary Turner.

[@jamesgeorge2299]

The opening moment when Scott is holding onto the lamp handles as he rotates out into Thunderbird 1's launch bay, and continues out on the little bridge. That casual cool has not been surpassed. I've loved this show since I was five years old.

[@neilreid2298]

Adored this show when I was a kid. Fireball XL5 was awesome but Thunderbirds were another level again. Those were good days...

[@arthursoaresrodrigues4766]

0:01 TB1 Launch 2:14 TB2 Launch 5:30 Elevator Car Out of Pod No. 3 6:08 TB3 Launch 8:46 TB3 Dock to TB5 9:29 TB4 Launch (Pod No. 4) 10:10 TB4 Launch (Tracy Island)

[@arthursoaresrodrigues4766]

@@gregjones3660 you're welcome

[@TheHumbleFellow]

5:30 I loved shots like this in the original series! It gives a real sense of scale, making Thunderbird 2 look MASSIVE!

[@TheSteelStallion]

TheHumbleFellow That is certainly missing from the new version of Thunderbirds. The camera angles and puppetry really added to the weight and dimensions of the craft. The new ones merely glide far too smoothly as cgi is known to do.

[@dinomate01]

TheHumbleFellow Hi I remember seeing a stock photo of a Thunderbird 2 large scale model used in some of the episodes. In order to get proper depth & perspective and it was at least 6 - 8 feet long. It had one of the film crew standing next to it !

[@bigkiwimike]

The Steel Stallion. Could not agree with you more. In the new series, everything moves around like machines in Bob the Builder.

[@spacecadet35]

+TheHumbleFellow As much as I like the new series, the craft move to fast on the ground. Thunderbird 2 lowers on to the pod and rises to quickly to give the feel of a large size. Maybe because they are now a half hour programme?

[@aceyspud551]

+spacecadet35 They aren't even half an hour long. Both shows seem to have suffered from their time, with the original being needlessly slow at times, and the reboot not calming it's tits. Episodes are often as long as they need to be, but just over 30 minutes long would be perfect for both shows.

[@Classicrocker6119]

I’m about to turn 61 and the theme song brings back many memories. One drawback I noticed from this footage was that no one could use the pool leading up to a launching of Thunderbird One!😀😀

[@kiwitrainguy]

The launch of a space rocket going through a ring-shaped building is the one that gets me. It's amazing it didn't catch fire with every launch.😊😉😅

[@pablopriego7739]

I am 58 years old. I remember this series and it was somewhat advanced for those times.

[@kelvinmulder]

I watched this as a kid and had the toys. Such an epic and genius show. Sad they do not make them like this anymore. cheers from the Netherlands.

[@cadetkirk762]

Kelvin Mulder dude same here did you have tb1 soundtech super-size

[@kelvinmulder]

Cadet Kirk No I did not, I had a friend who had it though.

[@bulman07]

They kind of do still make it like this, just with CG characters, and some vehicles, and pyro (although they've started using more real explosions)

[@rosefalardeau1358]

absolutely genius indeed

[@ThatAwesomeUsername]

Tieten

[@Tempelman123]

I am 34 years old and grew up with the revival in the 90's of this series. The influence 30 years later has been incredible, perhaps even more popular than in the 60's. I still love seeing all these scenes many years later!

[@hoedemakerbart]

Same here. 34 to. Almost 35😂

[@robdykes3659]

It was then and still is the most futuristic and most wonderful and beautiful idea ever to grace our screens,it still gives hope the future of mankind

[@rickcastillo5874]

I have to agree with everyone, I’m 60 yrs old as a kid I would watch the Thunderbirds every single day after school,right after Ultraman . Great television back than 👏🏽😄!!!

[@redshinyrobot]

This will never get old. A lot of happy memories from this show.

[@rogerbreton6412]

I love the music Barry Gray has created for this series. Without the music and all the other rich sound effects, the visual experience would not be the same.

[@deacondavis5098]

Roger Breton the music that Barry Gray scored was totally AWESOME!

[@pilaragrelo9565]

Roger Breton 😊

[@Darrellychs]

I used to watch this religiously while living in Texas in the early 60s. I used to daydream about flying the spaceships and tried to figure out how to get the background music playing while I was flying in the space lol. My best answer was to have my turntable bolted to the deck underneath my seat.

[@user-ue5fn5fh9m]

Thunderbirds made ridiculously over elaborate loading and launching sequences the coolest thing 😂.

[@jamesmartin9401]

Like a lot of Gerry and Sylvia stuff, the insanely long, intricate and convoluted launch sequences on the Thunderbirds made no damn sense, but they were so much fun to watch, you didn't care.

[@adamstringer7092]

The incredible level of detail is one of my favourite parts.

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

Especially since there were some ladders and stairwells they _could_ have used instead. But NASA level couch transport on a Triang-Hornby well wagon is more fun.

[@scotpens]

The chutes, slides, and moving couches were used because it's nearly impossible to make marionettes walk believably. Just ask anyone who's worked with puppets!

[@TheSmalltownhick]

I always wondered about the chutes and slides. If they were meant to keep visitors from discovering the Thunderbirds, then what did they do to keep those visitors from noticing the rocket coming out of the swimming pool?

[@AshleyPomeroy]

One of the reasons is that the show was originally made for a half-hour slot, but after watching the pilot episode Lew Grade asked them to make each episode twice as long. Which they did, but it meant that every episode has a lot of padding - launch sequences, people pressing buttons, "side quests".

[@user-uw6rf5ue8l]

この時代では精密に作ってあり、演出、構成、最高の出来です。

[@Tubingenstr]

なんたって1960年代。この頃までのイギリスは最高でしたね。

[@KOTETSU12345678]

スペースXドラゴンの帰還方法はサンダーバード3号が先駆けw

[@user-vq4cu6ky9v]

I watched this when I was 5... So many childhood memories for this show Thank Steel Stallion a million!!!

[@privatehand]

All of the mechanical contraptions they concocted just to avoid making the puppets walk. They're at once amazing and hilariously absurd. What a wonderful series.

[@mattilatvala4164]

Oh yes, now I understand. I just thought the characters are extremely lazy. 😆 In one episode, they even go downhill skiing and they dance.

[@ichiichi3094]

誰が何と言おうと究極の実写です。未だにこれを超える作品は無い。

[@user-et9ll9cj2v]

今、米のロケット垂直に着陸しようと失敗ばかり笑パラシュートとか何か他に再利用できる方法が笑

[@mallorga1965]

It is fascinating to watch how impeccable those designs and execution were. So ahead of its time! It reminds me of what Space X is doing today! Soundtrack is world class.

[@allenjones3130]

Barry Gray's stirring theme music played an important part in the series' success.

[@colgatetoothpaste4865]

to all the people involved in the making of these series i have 4 words !!! THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE

[@CBeard849]

I'm 64 and kids today will simply not understand how this series made us feel and become what we are today.

[@bstei]

どんなにCGが発達しようがサンダーバードはこのスタイルが最高なんだ！

[@synaesthesia2010]

物理モデルには常にCGにはない特定の美学があり、60年代に撮影されたこれらのシーケンスは、新しいショーの現代のCGバージョンをあらゆる点で上回っています

[@dobonful]

ウルトラホークのシーケンスもこれを参考にしたらしい。

[@brunodesrosiers266]

That’s true,you’re absolutely right !

[@user-qo5fq3od4r]

ＣＧは否定しませんが、やはり 実写ですね。

[@brunodesrosiers266]

@@user-qo5fq3od4r - Vous m’enlevez les mots de la bouche !

[@KevinSmith-to6yc]

Loved this show as a kid! Wow, way ahead of its time...Gerry Anderson was a true genius...

[@myronersteniuk5805]

One of the greatest shows ever. I watched this in grade school in the sixties. I still fondly remember it. Thunderbirds are Go !!!

[@robdykes3659]

It IS the greatest show ever to grace our screen,s

[@TwistFIN]

I had a Thunderbird 2 toy as a kid like 20 years ago, never knew where it was from until i saw this video :D

[@scrmepal]

I remember as a kid, watching the sequence each week in the loading bay where you used to wonder which machine TB2 would pick up and take on the mission.........my favourite was the Mole!

[@videowilliams]

Absolutely! A great little tease for boyish minds- what's inside the oddly numbered cargo pod (because we knew what #4 meant)? Almost invariably, you'd get some comically little vehicle come rolling out of that huge container, except for the Mole which, with its huge head, actually filled it.

[@fat_spaniel_]

OMG! thanks for reminding me about the Mole! Thunderbird Two was my favourite because of the pods too!

[@danielgagnon5001]

My father watched this show when he was a kid back in the 60s and he bought me the tapes collection when I was a kid back in early 2000s, so even if 40 years separates us, we shared that we watched and loved thunderbirds during each of our childhood, his favorite was thunderbird 2, my favorite has always been thunderbird 3, I always tought it was beautiful and most importantly, I was jealous that they could go to space anytime they wanted and so easily!

[@muciovasconcelos4741]

I remember watching this and wanting to live in these places and piloting the number 2. Really brings back memories when kids were stimulated to think and dream with things they could pursue (engineering, airforce, etc.) I may sound as a nostalgic, but we used our imagination a lot more. And did not stayed in front of a screen all day long but played with other kids in the neighborhood.

[@TheBlindingWhelk]

There are loads of people over 50 and 60 here. So ummm… I’m 18. Thanks to my dad I got to know the show when I was younger and maaaan I love it so very much. I was even happier when I learned about the remake since that meant another generation would know about the Thunderbirds :D

[@user-je2lk8qn5h]

土日の夕方にヘビロテで再放送されていて、食い入る様に見て脳内メモリーに刻み込んでいました。 何もかも懐かしい・・・

[@DrPepper22222]

What's cool about the TB3 landing back in the roundhouse vertically was that would be completely unthinkable in reality when this was all designed. But now in 2015 that has pretty much now been achieved by SpaceX for the first time. So maybe it wasn't so sci-fi after all.

[@aceyspud551]

SpaceX. That totally sounds like something Gerry would name.

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

+DrPepper22222 Gerry's creations aren't too far from reality :D I actually think the container pod system for TB2, it would be practical in real life in a similar sense to a shipping container for planes.

[@cwilkinson99]

+RockyRailroad Productions Fairchild XC-120 cargo plane from the 1950s is what inspired Thunderbird 2.

[@jaywolf1998]

I wonder what TB3 uses to tilt back into vertical from horizontal when hovering over the roundhouse?

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

Maybe those retros in the center work in-atmosphere to do it?

[@theaskingman]

Long time ago, I tried to find this series but forgot the name. I finally found you Thunderbird haha. I watched this by end of 90s. Amazing.

[@oosakabakuhu]

From the main part of the story, the launch scene of this Thunderbird 1 and 2 was the most exciting scene of this drama for me.

[@nathankingham1248]

I loved the Thunderbirds, I recall all the launches clear as day. God I miss this.

[@cadetkirk762]

Nathan Kingham watch the new series thunderbirds are go

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Cadet Kirk not as good... modern cartoons are crap 💩

[@bulman07]

It's not a cartoon, it's just the characters and the engine pyros that are CG, and sometimes the Thunderbirds themselves for more manoeuvrability. It is less mature now, though, which is a shame for us, but makes sense.

[@l8cuma]

The Emerald Men o,iu nm o,jk

[@ronzzr11]

Tracy Island must be completely hollowed out, looking at the size of those launch bays and equipment halls !!!

[@CriswellKOL]

Brains has also been doing genetic engineering. If TB1 is about 100 feet tall, then the orange squeezer is about 20 feet in diameter!

[@RoboP]

In cross section or cutaway books. Not all the Island but a lot of it is that. Given the island is divided in to 2 large segments. For activities anyways.

[@keshlalish5586]

adam savage did a video where he visited the set pretty cool stuff

[@alc4937]

The models and pyrotechnics in this show were so brilliant.

[@Miguel_1957]

I am 63 years old. I loved This series. I had the scale models of all the thunderbirds. My parents gave it to me for my birthday, for Christmas, etc. They were the gifts that I liked the most.

[@EMT930ST]

やっぱりサンダーバードはこのオリジナルシリーズに限る！オリジナル版の素晴らしさを知っている者としては、CG版は観ててどうしても興ざめしてしまう。

[@Philippedamato]

こんにちは！オリジナルシリーズがあなたの国で最初に放映されたのはいつですか？当時の視聴者からは喜ばれましたか？ （日本語が正しくない場合はご容赦ください。Googleの自動翻訳を使用して回答しました）

[@EMT930ST]

Mr.Robert Wagner コメントありがとうございます。日本語バッチリOKでした。日本での放映はイギリスより1年後の1966年からでした。当時私は小学生で夢中になって見たものでした。これだけのクォリティのあるドラマを作る自体大変だったと思いますし、ストーリーも素晴らしく大変感度しました。皆喜んで試聴していましたよ。

[@user-my8wb5gn9s]

自分も、再放送のオリジナル版知る今年還暦迎える元自衛官 自衛隊を、サンダーバードと勘違いしている元防衛大臣 あんな奴は、総理等以ての外 (怒) 英国のサンダーバードは、素晴らしい 実は、車輌を、災害時の避難場所と同じクオリティ確保為ています サンダーバード2号の様に、必要に合わせて、荷物を、変える コンテナ式 基本スタイル プラスアルファ 暖房器具、防寒対策、水害対策 此は、サンダーバードの影響 爆笑 以上

[@Philippedamato]

@@user-my8wb5gn9s Fête des Mères 2021 Tous Actualités Images Shopping Vidéos Plus Paramètres Outils Environ 46 800 000 résultats (0,54 secondes) Français Japonais こんにちは！メッセージありがとうございます。ジェリー・アンダーソンは未来を夢見ていましたが、日本でそれを構築しているのはあなたです。私はあなたの国、あなたの文化にとても感心しています（自動翻訳者が間違った言葉を使わないことを願っています。フランス語では、私が使う言葉は「知的および芸術的活動」と「農業」の両方を意味するからです。 :-D

[@yam40ayt]

@@Philippedamato おれは生まれた年だけど時間になるとテレビの前にいたらしいよ 記憶にはないけどw 気が付いたらディスク買ってたわ これを名作といわなければ何をもって名作というのか？

[@christianboddum8783]

I still remember at around 3 maybe 4 years old watching Thunderbirds at a friends house, being dragged home crying and screaming because it was suppertime. We couldn't watch it at home and I knew I was watching some thing very very special, and couldn't let go of it.

[@TruthAndFreedom76]

Was it in black & white or color?

[@christianboddum8783]

@@TruthAndFreedom76 I'm pretty sure it was in color, but that could be my memory playing tricks, in my household we had to wait to 1973 before we had a color tv. I also remember Deep Purple playing in Copenhagen via tv in 1968, and for some reason i knew Richie Blackmore's guitar was red though it was in black and white. it was a Gibson ES-335. And I found out later that guitar was indeed red... go figure ;-)

[@charles0414]

When I was a kid, this was always my favorite scene. I could just watch the launches and went back to do my homework.

[@kummer45]

It's amazing. This is literally a great display of robotics. In a distant time we have things that literally behave like THIS in the car assembly and the automatization of many things. It's clean robotics delivered in a conceptual way. Outstanding.

[@dalegribble60]

I absolutely loved this show as a kid...I had the Thunderbird 2 toy and forgot all about it until this video......I feel like a little kid again after 60 years.

[@user-yk5lb3or7v]

永遠のサンダーバード。2号がたまらん！

[@dom-cv3jy]

同感です。❤

[@martincmchang81]

Even as a Taiwanese kid who did not understand English back then, the main theme and the count down was so vivid in my memory and still makes me thrill today at age of 62....

[@fernandover9538]

Jackie Chang

[@j.calvert3361]

No cgi, they actually built all this stuff! Great work!

[@hdbennett1]

For those of us over 60 we tend to remember the original Thunderbirds; just might have been what motivated our generation into space...

[@matrimcauthon7937]

You know the guys who made those sets had a blast doing it and were probably very proud of their work.

[@GRDaniell4507]

Thunderbirds, Roger Ramjet, Space Ghost, Jonny Quest. Staples of my childhood.

[@ronaldjeffers2415]

I am 62 remember watching this as a child I was always so interest in the technology that the Thunderbirds had I love the Thunderbirds thank you for the video

[@bpisler]

I remember this show and stingray were the one's to watch along with johnny Quest.

[@Goldadon]

About 20 years ago watched it with my grandpa. Sadly he passed away at 63 years old. Still have great memories that come back watching this. Oh, and of course I liked nr. 2 the most :D

[@EverChangingShadow]

I just noticed, when Alan says "take up launch positions" his tone is like "this is my ship, I'm in charge here" and then Scott goes "FAB" in this "Ooooh get you" tone of voice. lol

[@tracytron7162]

EverChangingShadow oh I wish it was more emphasised lmfao that would have fit their characters in the original series perfectly

[@martinportelance138]

... A long-time fan of the show and yet it's the first time I see TB3 docking TB5. And that was quite erotic.

[@paulreynolds8245]

I'm 64. Thunderbirds on a 4" portable TV my sister had. The set to pickup ch.44 in Chicago. This was the future people, what is taking so long to become? Still need a concert band to play.

[@scrmepal]

Even too this day, i can remember my dad saying me and my brother could watch this new TV puppet show called Thunderbirds........and it was absolutely terrific. In fact TB became an instant mega hit in the UK!

[@mpepp9]

The level of detail is just incredible. You don’t get that with the soulless stuff today.

[@danielcalbo2365]

When I was a child, I always watched this series in Argentina. I am 65 years old; thanks for taking me back there...

[@ms.annthrope415]

Had wa4ched tis as a kid. Now I'm 62. What a wholesome, creative, wonderful show. No CGI, No cartoons selling cereal commerical masquerading as a kids show. Just an engrossing program.

[@cyan3216]

You've got to admit, Thunderbirds has one of the best sound tracks ever!

[@laertecambra]

amazing soundtrack!!!!

[@keeppdreamingg2982]

I'm watching the toon-like updated version on TV now, so I had to look up this older version right away. My childhood memories are restored. Thunderbird 2 🤗

[@marksheppard7826]

Gerry Anderson was an absolute genius! I grew up with his awesome programs. Now I have found them all thanks to Roku and Tubi. Thunderbirds are GO!

[@BLKBRDD]

I’m not a kid of the 60s but I got to see re runs of this as a kid and it sparked my love for mechanics. The superfluous amount of automation was hilarious but inspiring at the same time.