THUNDERBIRDS UNSEEN: Launching Thunderbird 1 (Behind The Scenes Documentary)

[@jeffnewman8633]

Surely the most brilliant kids show ever made. Even at 65 I'm still glued to these images like a 10 yo

[@vincentl.9469]

it's unique in a sense. They tried the CGI version-that was crap, they tried real life actors-even worse! the 60s marionettes is the only one that works

[@ThUnDaHuNtA_Australia]

like you im 65, THUNDERBIRDS ROCK... my other fav was Dr Who... Tom baker was my fav doc.

[@DCA001TUBE]

Yeh I'm 66 now and I still think it was the best show ever

[@DonJoyce]

Me too!!

[@shadowsp8888]

Me too

[@GusMcGuire]

It's weird how I've watched this sequence literally hundreds of times over the years and yet I never tire of seeing it.

[@MikeyRussell88]

The music itself is a masterpiece.

[@megasoid]

@@MikeyRussell88 Barry Gray, totally underrated. What a stellar talent.

[@59patrickw]

you can say its a time machine in a way as it takes you back to your childhood

[@johnmorris8799]

Only 100s? Shame on you.

[@daniloperes6374]

Me either!!

[@MicroModelRailwayDispatch]

I will never, ever, tire of watching the Thunderbirds craft launch. A video like this is a dream come true. I can’t wait for the Thunderbird 2 launch film

[@collegeatlas]

It really was something wasn’t it? I just can’t help thinking of the Thunderbirds when I see SpaceX land boosters. It really is amazing watching these rockets take off and land vertically.

[@graham3282]

@@collegeatlas Thunderbirds 1 landing in SpaceX' 🚀🥢 " chopsticks " 🥢🚀 ' : all brilliant thank you 🎞📽👏👏👏🚀.

[@DerekHarrison-d5d]

It’s so hard to believe that this was 1965/66.The creative minds of Gerry Anderson and his crew was way ahead of its time.And one of the crew,Derek Meddings,ended up working on the James Bond movies.

[@vincentl.9469]

@@collegeatlas that's where Elon got his ideas from . The aircraft runway sequence in 'Trapped in the Sky' is still great. Much more than 'kids' entertainment ...

[@Ronald-o9x]

Grew up with Thunderbirds and it's even better now I am 70!

[@jettscream]

keep loyal its our rightly shared heritage

[@josephgaviota]

As a kid I really enjoyed Thunderbirds.

[@PaulJR-hp2qm]

As a kid, I always wondered why there was a white dinner plate next to Scott at the controls. 😂

[@redstrat1234]

For those of us of a certain generation, this is gold. Thank you for the amount of work you put in.

[@PearTreePal1972]

Well said. These sequences were burned into our childhood thoughts and fantasies both day and night. A fantastic world that we could easily slip into and where we felt safe and excited at the same time. We really cared for each of the characters. TV gold.

[@jettscream]

@@PearTreePal1972 well said both of u

[@jettscream]

your so so right

[@jamesbutler6253]

I'm a 62 year old Irishman lying in my bed on a Sunday morning in my house in a forest in Sweden watching the nerdiest video ever made. THANK YOU!

[@johnmorris8799]

Another Irishman in his 60s also gorging on this nerdfest

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

The 38,675 times I've watched Thunderbirds, I NEVER noticed Thunderbird One's quarter turn in the descent into the silo. Damn, now I will never unsee that.

[@moreheff]

That makes two of us!!

[@Wiewel1960]

Three 😂

[@paulclubley7206]

im 59 and this still sends tingles down my spine

[@pr52sep]

I'm 72 and feel the same.

[@Wiewel1960]

64… likewise

[@cliffwhite2812]

You've created a time machine that took me back almost 60 years without moving from my sofa! Dust in my eye too.

[@warren3967]

I'm 62, I am now a child again. This is just incredible. I still have the complete serious on DVD un-opened. Thank you so much.

[@harryboy3305]

Very sad . You are obviously a big fan not opening the DVD’s

[@warren3967]

@@harryboy3305 I keep wanting to open them, then I just look at the box set and go nah, maybe later. I suppose I had better do it, as soon you will not be able to find a DVD player.

[@kevinhendon]

I'm 70 now & this was always a "Joy" to watch. I bought my 2 Son's Tracy Island when they were small (over 30 years ago) & they loved it too. Now my 3 Grandchildren play with it, with the same joy. Just a masterpiece 👍👍

[@gregharvie3896]

Hi from Sydney, Australia. Am now approaching 70 years old, AND whenever I hear that fantastic tune / music for the launch it brings the same fantastic feeling that it did 60 years ago. In the way way pre-digital age these puppet shows were nothing short of spectacular, stunning, and when little kids are at my home & I drop in a VHS video in my commercial grade Sony TV & VHS system with "sense-surround cinema quality sound" they sit mesmerized & in almost total silence (other than the sound/words of the video) for the entire length of the video. Not a bad result for a 60-year-old kids TV show. This even more impressive if you insert one of the Thunderbirds movies, you could hear a pin drop for the entire length of the Thunderbird movies. Some colleagues have been stunned with the result as their kids are not even 10 years old and are sitting enthralled in absolute silence watching a 60-year-old kids film It proves / shows just how special this series was then in the mid 1960's and how equally special it still is 60 years later one quarter the way thru' the 21st Century, amazing. As a kid I bought the British, Meccano Magazine produced by the group that made a host of British toy brands, the then best known was the 1/43 scale toy car brand Dinky Toys. The parent company was Meccano Limited, the magazine would highlight toy car models that would launch in the coming months. The magazine listed the 2 models Thunderbird 2 in a very undersized scale, and Lady Penelope's Rolls Royce FAB1. It listed a true to scale 6-inch-long model to arrive 3 months hence at a then approximate Aussie dollar price of $3.50, this was huge back then in 1965. I saved my pocket money doing odd jobs for the locals while in primary school back then, when new and just launched, I'd saved enough to buy 2 Dinky Toy Lady Penelope's FAB1's, one to use & play with and one to keep like new incase the other one became lost OR, stolen. I still have BOTH, the new boxed one never used, and the much cherished and played with one. The little kids of today are still impressed with these good quality toys now in the 21st Century with their slide open canopy, the rocket firing opening Rolls Royce grill, or the four rear rockets, with the cabin showing Parker the chauffeur & Pady Penelope too.

[@PearTreePal1972]

Fantastic comment. FAB.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

I'm watching with tears of joy and a lump in my throat, overcome by nostalgia. I was 4 when the show first aired and me and my school friends were fanatics. It reminds of an idyllic childhood- safe, nurtured and loved by parents and grandparents. Here I am retired aged 63 and I can fully appreciate the artistry the creativity and technical expertise that combined to create these iconic shows. These sequences still look terrific and excite the small boy locked deep inside this old body. So glad the shows were filmed in colour- that alone extended the life of the show unlike many UK contemporaries. Thanks for all you do to keep the memory alive and to share the technical and creative background to the shows success.

[@psivewri]

I used to love waking up early to watch Thunderbirds on Saturday mornings :)

[@michelgouverneur885]

wonderful , i bought the entire sérial in video..

[@DonaldPeterLambe]

Me too. In 1965, when the series first aired,I was 6 years old. I would wake up at dawn every Saturday morning and bundle my little 2-year old brother in his baby blanket and take him 2 flights of stairs to our basement as quietly as possible so as to not wake up our parents. I would seat my little brother in his rocking chair and sit in my blanket in the armchair waiting for the countdown 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 Thunderbirds are GO! I'll never forget those magical mornings almost 60 years ago. I had the set of all the model Thunderbirds on display in my room as well. I would love to make up my own Thunderbird stories for my brother with the models as well. Truly magical stuff.

[@somebloke5565]

Pointless information we didn't know we needed. Love it.

[@grantmiller6570]

Clever people like this do not exist any longer. These were fabulous and imaginative innovators that made great shows.

[@vincentl.9469]

apart from the makers of' Wallis & gromet'' The big thing now is CGI technology

[@nazeka-el-ya]

64歳の日本人・男性です。 とても貴重な映像分析ですね。 興味深く見させていただきました。 サンダーバードを見ると、子供の頃のワクワクした気持ちがよみがえります。 ありがとうございます。

[@thematrixhasyou601]

The launch sequences were absolutely unmissable for me. It always, and still does today 56 years later, gave me goose bumps up and down the spine. As a child Thunderbirds could not be missed at any costs. It was that vital. This show single handedly kept me sane in the midst of a chaotic childhood. I was very lucky to see it as it didn't air on french TV, but only on the Monaco channel TMC which could only be seen by people living within a 100 miles radius of the station. I cannot find the words to express the wonderment I experienced. Thank you Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and everyone involved in bringing this to life.

[@Back2TheBike]

I was brought up on this, it's part of me, formed my imagination. A step in my career, training 25,000 pro's to build the world's most complex defence products. Thank you Thunderbirds.

[@jettscream]

v impressive well done bro

[@petesmith4498]

All the launches are iconic. And I never noticed the quarter turn or the lemon squeezer as a child.

[@KarlAdamsAudio]

1:06 - fair call. I'm dropping a 'like' for that alone...

[@JemTheWire]

It is hard to imagine any other music other than the one chosen. It is forever written into our hearts. No matter how many times I watch an episode, I never tire of it. Gerry Anderson was a genius as was his crew. Thank you sir and thank you for this channel.

[@SpideyVids]

I really liked Barry Gray's music for all the Gerry Anderson series that he worked on but his Thunderbirds theme tune and incidental music was him at peak performance.

[@funlovinaussie8192]

As a young Aussie child to a grandparent, I still watch this in wonderment! The sheer brilliance in the stories, the music score, the props, and the puppetry for its time is still amazing. Yes, I'm a Thunderbird Geek and proud of it!

[@fatherglyn]

even now - if my daughter needs help (car break down, forgotten to buy bread, stayed at the pub too long etc) she texts ‘calling International Rescue’ and, as I leave the house, I respond ‘Thunderbird 1 (or 2) launched’ - lol

[@ngh9133]

This sent shivers down my back, it’s so good. As an aside, our nearest M&S has a lonnnngggg escalator with silver walls and circular lights down its ceiling that make it look exactly like Thunderbird 1’s launch descent. So what does any Thunderbirds fan do? He puts in his AirPods and plays the Thunderbirds march as he goes down. Then he goes back up a floor and repeats the process until his wife has finished shopping. Sixty-seven going on nine.

[@century21films28]

But did you do the quarter rotation!?

[@ngh9133]

@@century21films28I would have, but there was always at least one person behind me, and I suspect some of the shop staff were wondering already if they had to call security for the nutter escalator fetishist.

[@alanwright1812]

Where is this place - never been thrown out of a department store yet, but there's always a first time

[@ngh9133]

@@alanwright1812 Aberdeen, but the upper floors are now closed for "structural inspection", so don't travel yet!

[@colincook37]

Marvellous. You’re doing a FAB job. 👏

[@fa0676]

All of this - is why I am an engineer today. Inspiration is hard to create, but Derek Meddings was the touchstone.

[@davekite5690]

In my mind, as epic as any modern day effects... and the power of the music, 'gluing' the whole sequence together.

[@Lumibear.]

Always so many little details I’ve never noticed before, thank you!

[@Dragonblaster1]

I like the launch version where the music goes back a bit and stops a beat before the blast-off. Thus, Thunderbird 1's launch is part of the music. I always preferred that version as a small child.

[@lear1980]

As a kid in the 60s I never paid any attention to the juice squeezer on the wall. Now I can't unsee it.

[@PaulParrish-c3m]

Absolutely brilliant show, and possibly the greatest TV theme music ever🙂

[@jeremybest9453]

Makes me so glad to have grown up on the 50s and 60s. This is a wonderful addition to my Thunderbirds knowledge.

[@OfficialAshArcher]

I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of watching Thunderbirds, or seeing every intricate detail of how they did it. Pure genius

[@jettscream]

me too bro

[@KiltedGreen]

All your videos are absolute gold for those of us back there in the 60s when nothing more exciting than Thunderbirds could have been imagined on the telly. Your love for the series and obsessive level of knowledge is a joyous combination, thank you so much. 💙

[@patbarr1351]

Always something special about watching the Gerry & Sylvia shows because they used miniature models while all the US & Japanese series were hand drawn. Each "look" had its charms.

[@ALf-mn3qe]

Spaniard here. Fabulous series that along with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea were the ones that remained engraved in my mind.

[@tasercs]

This series of films is absolutely required viewing for any Thunderbirds fan and this has to be my favourite so far. To think, Brian pulled the pool and Derek held a basic fan to blow the pool water. To them, just a day at work, but they were creating one of the most recognisable sequences in a programme ever. I can't wait for Thunderbird 2 next time... If anyone thinks I'm sad, I don't care 😆

[@somebloke5565]

"Who clicked on the link?!" OK, you got me.

[@Dave_Cymru]

It is truly fascinating to see the mastery involved of making such a timeless classic, that will be watched as if being first broadcast thousands of years into the future! The music score in this series was sublime!

[@alancrisp1582]

🤔 Thousands of years into the future 🔮 ?. Hardly, most children of today generation would not watch this series today why ?. Because it is far too slow for them !. Sad , but true !...

[@Dave_Cymru]

@@alancrisp1582 Your comment only applies to linear minded children, with equally thick parents. More young people are studying Modern History at University than ever before! MH = 1800-Present Day

[@markfryer9880]

​@@alancrisp1582 The kids and young adults of today can surprise you at times with what they enjoy watching. I know that my son, now 20, absolutely loved the TV Batman movie and I have a feeling that he enjoyed original THUNDERBIRDS over the later Human with CGI movie. Personally, I just refuse to watch that movie as I would rather enjoy the original puppets and music.

[@KiltedGreen]

@@alancrisp1582If you listen to the Gerry Anderson Podcast you’ll know that there are parents writing in to say ho much their kids enjoy it … and children of today writing in to say how much they love it. Brilliance gets to some of those that sit to appreciate it.

[@curry1457-d5u]

Wish I could turn back time and meet Gerry & Silvia and all the people who put there hard work in making a FAB show.

[@glenncooney3959]

I’m an anorak and proud of it too. I LOVE the TB1 launch sequence, even with its flagrant lack of H&S at the beginning. Scott doesn’t even hold onto the rails as he crosses! 😂 But nearly sixty years on and it’s still as fresh to watch as the first time I saw it. I knew of the different angle for the launch from Terror in New York City, and the different angle when TB1 goes down its escalator to the silo. I never noticed the bit with Scott’s eyebrow being caught though. Brilliant observation! 😀

[@marksinclair8942]

Absolutely brilliant. One thing that has nagged me for 50 years.... In one episode (I forget which one), Scott returns to base in TB1. Jeff greets him and said something like "Welcome back, hope you had a nice vacation". So did Scott go on holiday to Tenerife for 2 weeks in TB1 ?!!

[@century21films28]

@@marksinclair8942 Covered in a previous episode - The Perils of Penelope one!

[@PeterVC]

All launch sequences were wonderful, you just never got bored of them even if it was 90% the same. The combination with the music made it epic. I always loved the camera tilting up the Thunderbird 1 goes down. A fascinating camera move. Can’t wait to see the next one!

[@baanibarnes9711]

NO! Not sad anoraks - HAPPY Anoraks! Really enjoying this nostalgic look back at my favourite childhood series, I still love it to this day and it is fascinating to see behind the scenes. I like the picky little continuity bits too, nicely presented.

[@jearnott]

Thank you for assembling the different POVs at the end of the video - very interesting! Us nerds never tire of watching the Thunderbirds launch!

[@markbarrett8180]

This series of 'Unseen' films is fascinating - I really appreciate the work that went into making these. It's also a perfect slice of inside view for posterity - massive well done all

[@rangjungyeshe]

Am in awe at the effort you put in to making this. Am also in tears at the brilliant deadpan humour you slip in. Brilliant stuff.

[@KiltedGreen]

The combination of tech geekery, love and humour makes this unmissable.

[@th723]

I remember the first episodes as a kid, it still gives me the same thrill when I hear the music.

[@JohnAlot]

As a kid in the USA Thunderbirds was not a regularly scheduled show, at least as much as I understood television schedules. You'd see it on public broadcasting occasionally. I was envious of the British kids who had such a cool show they could watch every week.

[@RailRocketRicky]

What an amazingly brilliant behind-the-scenes look at Thunderbird 1's launch sequence from start to finish. :)

[@bill2066]

Childhood memories. I LOVE the people that made this series. As a kid, early 70's , made me a happier kid. My dad flew the C119, boxcar, and thunderbirds 2 made me connect with him on that level. And, I LOVE my Dad. Watching this makes me think of him....Blessings to the Thunderbirds creators and staff...

[@diamond21450]

Spot on buddy. I'm 62 now and it just takes me back to that Sunday with my jelly and ice cream. Wonderful memories.

[@williamevans9426]

I never noticed the sofa descending - I was probably too mesmerised by the retracting swimming pool, which always impressed me enormously for some reason!

[@johngranato2673]

The series required a great deal of production work and set creation. I am pretty certain that this video required a great deal of work, too. Thanks a Million!

[@chrismantonuk]

Is somebody chopping onions? 😢🥹 Pretty cool that now we get to see actual rockets going to space and landing again, and it looks just like Thunderbirds! All my childhood dreams come true 😊

[@PJMCM]

I loved Thunderbirds when I was younger! Now in my 60s, I'm currently watching re-runs on a channel called Talking Pictures here in the UK. I'm at s1 e5 just now, and patiently waiting for the next episode.

[@thesoundofbailey]

Looks like Scott was returning with some shopping in the unused return door shot. I like the idea of popping out for some milk in Thunderbird 1. Great work again, I'm guilty and of clicking the link and very glad i did

[@CaseyJonesNumber1]

Now, as home groceries delivery would have been out of the question due their secret location, in which section of Tesco's car park would Scott have parked TB1? 🤔

[@AdrianBarnes-o6w]

Its nerdy but positive, all about future possibilities, and a sense of responsibility. BTW did the Tracy family ever nail the fact that the Hood was Kyranos half brother? And therefore related to Tin -Tin....

[@kiwitrainguy]

Down to the supermarket and back, all at 7,500 mph. 😃😛

[@sirskeptic]

That was fantastic; the comments, editing, knowing when to talk and when to let the images speak for themselves. Perfect! The composite shots at the end were lovely. I found myself comparing angles and trying to figure out which one was the better shot (as if I were the editor) - (usually the left image.) Thank you for your efforts.

[@viccie23]

This was so much fun, thank you!

[@pruephillip1338]

.... but who clicked on the link?! Love it.

[@thomasaevans]

LOOOOOONG have I waited for some brilliant people to compose this. Truly wonderful. I sat glued to the tv scene like the day I first saw the launch sequences for the first time 30 odd years ago. Cannot WAIT to see TB2! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@alanclarke4646]

30 years ago? You're just a kid! I saw the original broadcasts! 😂😂😂

[@thomasaevans]

@@alanclarke4646 🤣

[@bobjohnson1587]

@@alanclarke4646 Me, too!

[@PearTreePal1972]

​@@alanclarke4646😂

[@billsinclair6515]

Hey man, excellent video, we need spotters like you. At 60, this makes me a child again, I LOVED this program along with Joe 90 and Captain Scarlett

[@mmwaashumslowww7167]

The mid 1960s, times of a fantastic childhood and quality tv without a whiff of wokery. How Gerry Anderson pulled off this masterpiece of a show without today's CGI, is amazing.

[@bushmanPMRR]

I would have been about four years old when I first started watching Thunderbirds in the early 70s so obviously the storyline didn't mean all that much to me as I was far too busy being totally engrossed by the wonderful models. Fifty years later and that strident theme tune still sends a shiver down my spine! Thank you so much.

[@SpideyVids]

I have absolutely loved the Thunderbird launch sequences since 1965 when I was 8 years old. And then again seeing them in colour some years later.

[@JandeBloois1952]

I am 72 now, and I still think it's great!

[@e2e4au]

I am personally so happy to be born in the age of the Thunderbirds - would watch my heroes everyday with complete happiness !! I owned an original steel Thurnderbird 2 which has 4 in its belly... played with that for hours on end.

[@fredashay]

Once the copyright expires, somebody needs to make another season of Thunderbirds using the same launch footage and identical sets and identical puppets and as similar voice actors as they can find.

[@jaffacakecraigy]

I am all for this level of exploration of one of my favourite aspects of the series, love this!!

[@quillerpen]

Thunderbird anorak and proud to be so! You can never have too much of watching the launch of Thunderbird 1 🙂 Looking forward to TB2 next week.

[@gamingninja5196]

7:49. When I watched Thunderbirds Are Go the other week. I actually noticed that Thunderbird 1 rotated 180° as we see the 'TB1' on the side of Thunderbird 1 flip from facing the left side of sceen to the right side of screen between scott entering Thunderbird 1 and entering the launch bay.

[@moreheff]

Funny how in my 64 years all (or most of) the subtle differences went unnoticed. Now burned into what's left of my memory forever!! Great stuff. Looking forward to the other launch sequences. What we really need is a video of how Thunderbird 5 got into space!!!

[@hrrproductions553]

Now this is what I call a really amazing Thunderbirds documentary! 🤩😉👍

[@QuackVideo]

Even 60 years on, there is still so much left to learn

[@Yandarval]

"Cavilier attitude to continuity" you are certainly not wrong there. Trapped in the Sky has Thunderbird One flying at 7,500 mph (Mach 9.85), which impressed the heck out of the London ground controller. Move - and You're Dead, has has Scott putting his foot down in TB1, speed is 15,000 mph (Mach 19.7). So it appears the Tracy Boys tootle along at 50% speed for normal rescues. Still an excellent sequence you have of TB1 launches. The outfits that Scott and virgil are are a big giveaways as to which launch sequence we may get. Scott in his Blue check jacket means we get the gentry shot to get into TB1. Virgil's leather jerkin's means we generally get the most of the slide and chair scene into TB2.

[@rickperks5174]

I would run home from school to watch Thunderbirds, great stuff.

[@VicService-f5h]

Can't wait for the next one. Still one of the greatest motivational series ever made, still get dust in my eye whenever I hear the theme.

[@Spaceman042]

Enjoyable video, thanks. One point about Thunderbird 1 being in slightly different angles for a few frames maybe because of the single support wire needing to untwist. Ian Wingrove spoke about the difficulties of having to get the support wire precisely over the model and then lifting it to allow it to rotate and straighten the wire.

[@century21films28]

Yes, but it’s also sat on the platform in different iterations too.

[@AdrianTudor51]

I'm loving these docs - thank you!

[@tomtaylor9217]

Excellent work. Loved this show as a kid. Now I remember where Musk gets all his ideas from. Also, the Star Wars universe uses the same H&S guidelines (i.e. infinite unguarded drops into reactor cores, etc). Do Captain Scarlet too.

[@Chris-hh1de]

Fabulous.....years ahead of its time !

[@philipsharpe6905]

God, that was super-geeky. Thank you so much!😊

[@johnclay7644]

great documentary technically detail and very informative.

[@craigwelsh]

I really wish there was a thunderbirds h&s video in the style of forklift driver klaus.. Seeing the full set of clips does, as someone else also said, make me grateful for good editing for the episodes.

[@tony4189]

Call me an anorak and a nerd but these new behind the scenes features are absolutely fascinating. I’ve had to watch each at least three times to absorb all the details. Keep them coming please!

[@WDXash]

I was 5 and hooked! 60 years on and I’m remembering that Hood had a certain look!

[@stevenmoran4060]

Thank you for this heaven a full episode just on Thunderbirds 1 launch sequence! As a child if the 1960’s I lived for the launch sequences and with TB2 it was working out which pod it would be if Thunderbird 4 wasn’t getting used. I’m 65 now and still love all the series! Gerry really had very advanced ideas in his head when you think Thunderbird 1 could land exactly where it took off from, something that has happened for the first time this last week bt Spacex! Then there were the watches you could video call on, Apple Watch anyone? Back in the 1960’s none of the “technology” had been invented yet apart from, from Concorde.

[@smorris12]

The clarity and detail in those prints is astounding - they must be new HD wet bath transfers.

[@paulcasey8462]

Perfect. I'm six years old again. (Mrs says I still am!)

[@BitcoinandGold]

I am 62. Just loving it.

[@markclayton8417]

Love it, thanks for the precise breakdown of all of the shots used. Still love seeing the vehicle launches, takes me back to being a kid again (i'm 56 btw)

[@abcde_fz]

Now THAT is attention to detail. Watching the final form, you can see the palm trees gently waving in the breeze!

[@bitrhbj56]

63 here , Loved that show !

[@highpath4776]

glad you did this, saves me going through the vhs;s if I can find them

[@alanbaldwin1331]

Inspired and unmissable for me. Sends shivers down my spine as the memories come back! ❤

[@commanderstraker6732]

I always wondered as a kid watching Thunderbird 1 descend into the launch bay , why and how it did the quarter turn !!

[@ACtheLegend]

Real world reason, as this video states - to keep the '1' orientated towards the camera. In universe reason: there's a turntable on the platform so that TB1 can launch with the minimum of course corrections needed once it's airborne (based on where it's going and weather systems in effect at launch)

[@richardmattocks]

If I’m a sad nerd for going dippy for this sort of deep dive into the behind the scenes, then not only is it a badge I wear with pride, but who the heck would want to be “normal”. Awesome video, and brilliant research.

[@Lizzy-cs9zy]

There is always something new to learn. That was fantastic.

[@colindeer4908]

Many thanks for your hard work ( and fun ) in getting this precious stuff together. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

[@paullawrence7926]

Great informative video. Wonderful work on these newly discovered films.