TRAPPED IN THE SKY - THE Mini Album Edit of THUNDERBIRDS' VERY FIRST EPISODE

[@janetwilcock2120]

Happy memories of watching Thunderbirds with my cousins. I had a Lady Penelope doll. Great tv and much better than the rubbish they show now. 📺

[@peterlittman690]

This episode is surely one of the, if not the best 48 minutes ever filmed for television!

[@redengine4433]

Hahaha, well no most of the episodes are 48 minutes but Traped in the sky is 53-54 minutes

[@robdykes3659]

Best tv program ever in my opinion,so far ahead of it,s time it makes my head spin

[@AndreaSzabo7171]

It's Real Life. 🤩

[@mariannehoutzager9093]

Sure it is! Thanks to The Thunderbirds I became a private pilot some five years later!

[@markwebster76]

Word

[@MG-id7hl]

Remarkable how well this show stands up.....and stands out....even today. Nearly 60 years after it was made. A true TV legend.

[@maureencora1]

1965 I was 8 yrs. old First Saw This. Glad I've Got This Episode on DVD, FAB.

[@Maccaxxx]

My kids bought me the full episodes on DVD last Christmas, i had nearly worn them out by the new year lol, it was a not to be missed programme when i was a kid.

[@maureencora1]

@@Maccaxxx Touche' (smile)

[@KKAkuoku]

Watching this really makes me appreciate the attention to detail you put into the new footage with Scott. It’s completely seamless!

[@dh2032]

it's only reused clips the the same episode, yes, as you say the mouth lip sinking was spot-on not easy, the bit I am curarise about the as it not audio, from the episodes master vaulted films version, is the audio of better quality, not checked, maybe even stereo hi-if Dolby or something, or what just lifted the finished episode master or worse version copy of copy copy, but it sounds clear on less than perfect audio speakers?

[@ACtheLegend]

​@@dh2032it's not just reused footage, there's s lot of newly shot stuff in there.

[@vincentl.9469]

@@ACtheLegend Just to be clear, who made the new scenes ? I know whole brand new episodes have been made..

[@ACtheLegend]

@@vincentl.9469 the same team as those episodes, originally Pod 4 films, now known as Century 21 Films

[@thetragicyouth]

@@vincentl.9469 Same people who made the three new episodes.

[@jimkennedy4864]

Brings back many happy memories, used to run home from school on a Friday to sit down and watch it

[@ScreenBlaster13]

Seeing Scott on TB5 is awesome.

[@RailRocketRicky]

Also, seeing John flying Thunderbird 3 to relieve Scott from his duty. Most likely, Alan was in charge of Thunderbird 1 during Scott's term of duty.

[@buttonmoon1099]

Thank you so much for uploading this special episode again. I missed it terribly. Its also a lovely tribute to the late 'Shane Rimmer', for his incredible voice acting skills. He was just perfect for the role. Happy Thunderbirds Day.

[@hardakml]

Marvellous. I remember watching this when it first came on tv. I must have been about seven. Thanks Gerry and Sylvia for great entertainment over the years.

[@philbroomfield3204]

My very favourite episode, so good to see again!

[@willowman7721]

Brilliant!! Never grow,s old. Thunder bird's are go!!!!

[@HenFilmStudio]

This is so Nostalgia for me! Thank You! Happy Thunderbirds Day! #FAB #Thunderbirds

[@billywhippet]

What day is Thunderbirds day ?

[@covlinuxguy]

I remember my Grandad having this on a 12inch Vinyl Record back in the day. I loved listening to it, but to have it made into an episode like this makes me all nostalgic and warm inside. Thank you so much for putting this up. Thunderbrids always manages to cheer me up, even during difficult times.

[@IanT-h5j]

Grew up in the 70s watching thunderbirds. Great memories!

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

This brings back happy memories,used to love watching Thunderbirds in the 70s,had this episode on an album with Captain Scarlet on the other,thanks for a super upload, Best wishes to everyone.

[@MushroomHaterProductions]

Thank you, Century 21 Films, for this nostalgic, visual reconstruction of the Trapped in the Sky mini album. What a FABulous way to celebrate Thunderbirds Day!

[@TrevorSports]

Whenever I watch this episode, it’s takes me back to Friday 6pm on a September evening in 1991, I’ve just started school and my Dad says you’ll love this, tells me I used to watch this when I was your age. I though he was crazy, and I stood there after the opening countdown, completely fixated on the telly for the next 50 mins. Utterly delighted when I found out there was another one next week! Then I go to school after the weekend and everyone else is talking about it. I’m sure every Father knew about it and watched it with their son. Dad always made sure we he was home in time for Thunderbirds for the next 32 weeks, sometimes with fish and chips! What a special time Thank you very much for this, it’s such a special show and your adaptation it’s just brilliant. 5️⃣4️⃣3️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

[@jbclaret1983]

It was the same with me Trevor, my Dad and I would sit down together and watch it and i was hooked every week since.

[@livesteam125]

When I first watched the Thunderbirds day livestream years back, my Internet at the time was so bad I wasn't able to watch it all of this, i'm grateful you've uploaded this, if we at some point reach a 60th Anniversary DVD/Blu-Ray set... this would be great as an extra feature. In addition to the extra new puppet sequences for the ep, Alan's breif voice was corrected too :p

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Watching this I was transported back to my grandmothers house watching this marvellous show as a young boy. I am now 67 and enjoyed it just as much. What a show that has lasted the test of time due to the entire team associated with it and the foresight of Lew Grade.

[@RobertGraziose]

My older brother and my father watched this first episode with me. They were very impressed by the special effects. This was the best Anderson production. I had a model of Thunderbird one.

[@AllanNeaves-qn3zr]

What a powerful couple of extreme talents. The Anderson's Between them, they moulded childhoods of many. Believable stories of the future. Still a great show.

[@Narrator-Voice-Dude-Official]

This is amazing Happy Thunderbirds Day

[@jpofgwynedd3878]

"No less exciting..." ARE YOU KIDDING!? I saw this at the age of 5, 1st broadcast. I had this record. I've seen it lots of times, heard it lots of times: I sit and quote it. Your edit took me right back to the first time I saw this. Oh, and it beats the Newer version in Thunderbirds Are Go! hands down. Tears in my eyes, balanced on the edge of the sofa... You just made this 62 year old UNFEASIBLY happy! Great job.

[@BikliqiStudios2020]

Oh, thank you, guys for uploading this after so long. 🙂

[@bmac63]

This episode I had on a 45 rpm of Thunderbirds. As a young kid about 7 yrs old this programme was so exciting with the music, the opening credits, the action and suspense..loved watching this on TV each week, Great memories and enjoyed watching this episode again, sadly I passed the 45 rpm of this record recording in original jacket to a cousin who passed it on...many years ago.

[@SkullduggeryVFXYT]

Me too. I can recite it off by heart and I haven't listened to it in about 30 years 😂

[@SimonHoward-fb6tr]

I had, still have, this, on an LP, with an unfilmed Captain Scarlet episode, on the other side.

[@stananders474]

I'm 72 now. I watched all the series. I used to 'fancy' Scott. Lol.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

He's defo the coolest and I think that you're not the only one to want to be Scott when you grow up.

[@keithfailey3715]

This is better than any rubbish on the Tele now, I'm well hooked and it's bringing back memories of being happy 😁😊❤

[@andysvehiclehistorychannel]

This was the very first episode i saw when i was 5

[@simonlunt353]

I grew up with Gerry Anderson and Thunderbirds was my favourite so when I got the chance to get the whole series on DVD I did and I have watched it many times but now they are repeating it on TPTV and yes I am watching it when it’s on Saturday and still love it and I am in my 60s 😊

[@Pablo668]

This timeline is a lot better than the one I'm living in.

[@stephenmcavoy9925]

The TV episode is excellent but this adaptation of the mini album combining the original TV shots and new puppetry with the audio is truly brilliant.

[@hughcdavies]

TV never got better than this, I was 2 when this was first broadcast and the show is the soundtrack of my life. It's inspired my music, my videos, myself. Tnx so much.

[@tonybmw5785]

Probably the first record I ever owned and I got it for Christmas in the late 60s. Brought back many memories of listening to it my parent's house in Bedford.

[@lookandlearn3899]

I have played that record "21 minutes of adventure" as a youngster so many times i could work out exactly where you paused Scotts narration, particularly in the launch of thunderbird 2. This brought back happy memories of now crackly overplayed records ,some of which are stuck in a corner of my garage , along with that "The Daleks" version of Doctor who which was also audio narrated.....More please

[@madlenellul3430]

Oh I loved all these mini albums..I had every one…sadly my mum sold them off when I left home. Thanks for incredible memories..❤️

[@RonPrieston]

When I was a kid this was the coolest show on TV.

[@andrewbrendan1579]

It must have been sometime in the late 1960's that I saw this episode on Saturday morning TV. Ever since I've had a memory of a huge plane seen from above and the ground far below it and of the plane landing on special vehicles. Not much recollection or clear but those images have been with me for most of my life. What a special pleaasure to see "Thunderbirds" again and to appreciate the show as an adult. This program has help up remarkably well through the years. Too, I'm reminded of an incident some years ago when here in the United States a pilot had to land his plane with no forward landing gear. The front end of the plane went along on the runway with sparks flying out from it, so much like what happened here in the Thunderbirds program.

[@johnclay7644]

great adaptation very accurate (attention to detail) Great work.

[@headsup2433]

The special effects for a 1965 kids programme are very good. The first episodes on British TV were all showed in Black & White.

[@stephenbarrette610]

Thanks so much for uploading this episode. It’s a really cool ‘super cut’. I remember 30th September 1965 very clearly. I had been incredibly excited about Thunderbirds, having watched Gerry Andersons’ shows from Four Feather Falls. This episode was awesome even though it was on a small black and white TV! I also remember we were going to a family wedding reception, so I never saw the end of the episode for years. Watching the series in HD on a huge TV six decades later is still as much fun, (although I have no idea why the UK BluRay is cropped to 16:9 - and you need the Region 1 for a proper 4:3 ratio) Also thanks for Filmed on Supermariation and the new episodes, they were brilliant and my son and grandson also enjoyed them! You just can’t beat miniature work and your’s is up there with the best. (Bit of a Thunderbird fan and proud owner of several TV21 and Thunderbird annuals from the 60’s, next to a copy of Filmed in…, The Vault and Century 21FX)

[@adrianjames3815]

Happy birthday Thunderbirds

[@Johnno9989]

That was awesome! It's also great to know that the launch sequences have been kept. I always have fun watching those.

[@Bondek1996]

I had this and others on cassette in the 90s during the Thunderbirdmania. They were great listens.

[@johnhart6228]

Music. Models. Action. What can you say ...CLASSIC

[@MovieMusicGuy]

This is what the fox kids version of Thunderbirds and Turbocharged Thunderbirds should have been back in the 90s.

[@PeachLover94]

If I was in charge at Fox Kids in the 90s, I don't think I would do _Thunderbirds_ that dirty or even go as far as _Turbocharged Thunderbirds._ I think I would have aired each episode in order while breaking each hour-long episode into two half-hour parts with little pop-up trivia like how TechTV aired the show before Comcast tried to devalue it in favor of its own G4 before the G4TechTV merger and then took it off after the 2004 film crashed and burned.

[@hrrproductions553]

Man, Scott Tracey did the most impressive job at recaping Internation Rescue's first mission to save the Firefly from The Hood's evil sabotage! This was definatly an amazing way to introduce a classic "Thunderbirds" episode in this special "Thunderbirds" series! 😏🤩😉👍

[@danceswithaardvarks3284]

Wow that brought back memories. As a child we had the film for a Super 8 projector, but with no sound. We also had the soundtrack on vinyl (a double album as I remember). Much fun trying to keep the album and film in sync.

[@ReleaseThaPressure]

At 45 the introduction will never fail to give me goosebumps ❤

[@richardsmith8532]

i have the LP record with this drama on. played 100s of times. on side B is a mini episode with the Captain Scarlet story about the hijacking of the Goliath aircraft by the Mysterons.

[@hopebgood]

I've got that record too mate. In the loft somewhere, who knows, but it's nice to hear I'm not imagining it 😉

[@jonathanwilson672]

Wooow! Thank you so much for this epic new episode...🏅😃

[@alanruyten8226]

Well done Century 21 Films! As with the previous 3 special episodes lifted from the audio recordings, you have done a FAB job of bringing this inaugural episode to life.

[@stevenhazelbaker635]

Watching the series again. It's like reading a good book again, like visiting an old friend. Awesome!

[@clivestuarteardley6049]

Absolutely 💯 brilliant 💯

[@ACtheLegend]

FABulous work folks, loved the clever digital inserts and amendments, especially TB1 being orientated correctly at London Airport!

[@stephenmcavoy9925]

Watched this again today and noticed for the first time the subtle corrections made from the original broadcast episode, such as Alan’s voice and the interior of Thunderbird 1 being at horizontal rather than the vertical setting and the automatic camera detector (taken from Desperate Intruder I believe?) and the lip sync error avoided when Scott contacts Penelope. Very clever. Well done C21!

[@wirksworthsrailway]

I still have this mini-album!

[@paulshawley6490]

You've got to think that's real bad luck. Day one and you've already got yourself an arch-enemy. Well done Scott and the rest of the team.

[@calvinskye]

Fantastic! I wasn't able to watch the stream where this was played a few years back so it's great to get the chance now. Though it's so wierd to see the 'this episode' montage for Trapped in the Sky and not hear Kyrano's scream!

[@vincentl.9469]

this was kids entertainment back in the day, but this episode and others, was more like a cinematic feature film ..

[@calvinskye]

Even when I saw this for the first time in the 90's it was still cinematic!@@vincentl.9469

[@callumcc8897]

Just had to put this out that Thunderbird 2 was my favourite 🤩

[@TerenceCousins]

Absolutely magnificent.

[@contessa.adella]

What helps to make these work is how it is not played for laughs, the humour is subtle, and the poignant scenes you could imagine today’s action heroes in the lead saying those lines as they do in the movies…. “This is Tom Cruise in Thunderbird One going to Mach 10, ETA 2 minutes” Makes your blood tingle huh!

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

He's not a patch on Scott, although the size difference is less marked than it might be...

[@Leornianæfre]

I’ve watched this episode at least a hundred times lol. I also had the mini album on audio cassette, which I’d listen to on my Sony cassette Walkman and Hi-Fi.

[@rieurpatoucha787]

I m fond of th🎉em and these characteers are fantasticall I Thanks you very much for all films and situations. Adelline. 25.70.

[@fortitudevalance8424]

Lethal force against a photographer ❤

[@curry1457-d5u]

Only one thing to say !! Amazing

[@marcmitchell7830]

phhffrrr, mind blown.. had this album when I was 8 ( headphones on for stereo ).. now 52 seeing it 'with' visuals for 1st time edited like this. Perfect. just perfect. Thank you :) x

[@garygrimmett7945]

We're running outa runway!..just class😊

[@bjftype8288]

I had this album given to me for my tenth birthday, April 1970. It also had an episode of Captain Scarlet on the other side, featuring the World Airforce Goliath. I just about wore the thing out playing it. Can't remember what happened to it though

[@thetragicyouth]

That was the Marble Arch LP, I think?

[@DogSerious]

Thunderbird's are so, still awesome!!!

[@GrumpyOldGit60]

The footage of Scott at 10:38 is new... very clever, very good. I wonder how many people will spot that.

[@jonathanmyers2867]

Scott: London Tower from Thunderbird 1. Approaching London Airport. Height 2,500 feet. Airspeed 7,500 miles per hour. We'll be touching down in 2 minutes.

[@garygrimmett7945]

Still mad about thunderbirds made a meccano fireflash..as a kid!😂-the hood cracked me up...amazing disguises...still watch it now and im 63😅love it....gazz

[@shaunadcock8707]

Loved watching this .Thunderbird 2 is my favourite.

[@emmanueladeyosoye3607]

I don’t care what anybody says it was the best and that back ground was toooootaly epic even with the kind of TV we had back then

[@floouk]

Absolute f*****g genius!

[@martinjay3570]

What a great time to be a kid , Tnuderbirds, Stingray fireball xl 5 Captain Scarlet Joe 90. All thanks to Gerry Sylvia Anderson.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*GREAT VIDEO!*

[@ashdrive]

Excellent stuff....🎉

[@jakerazmataz852]

There are vids of the miniatures. They are amazing.

[@leonszyszkowski9895]

I still have the lp. A captain scarlet episode was on the other side.

[@parkerproductions4546]

13:56 Took me a second to realise you guys green-screened your own Scott puppet into the footage here. Nice!

[@adamrooney517]

I thought it was needless as might as well just keep the original in as it's already being used in it plus it's the proper footage with the correct puppet in

[@ACtheLegend]

@@adamrooney517 but we already have the actual footage in the 50 minute episode, this is a fabulous use of the new Scott puppet (and the original Scott smiled through the whole thing, which was a bit weird)

[@adamrooney517]

@@ACtheLegend Yeah but like the rest of the footage it was from the initial episode and the only change needed really was Alan's voice although could film dialogue or scene and say he had a sore throat in this episode hence the change of voice

[@ACtheLegend]

@@adamrooney517 Thunderbird 1s cockpit was reorientated at the airport and two other scenes werent in the original episode. There are a lot of little changes throughout.

[@adamrooney517]

​@@ACtheLegendDidn't notice that at first 😄

[@lukegreen5341]

0:51 Scott Tracy From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series Think's He's Looks Mr Spoon From Button Moon The Original Series. Thanks Mate. X

[@markashton8111]

Simply the best, or should that be, simply FAB!! 😂

[@iandeeley9033]

Happy #THUNDERBIRDSDay Everyone! FAB!

[@FandersonUfo]

nicely done C21

[@rickleemusic1]

The voice of Scott was Shane Rimmer who appeared in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me".

[@miger1824]

BrIlliant! Thanks! Can you please post the other 2 two mini - album edits from Thunderbirds Day 2019 live stream; 'Vault Of Death' and 'End Of The Road' ? This edit is probably close to how the original episode would have played out when Thunderbirds was first conceived as a 30 min show. THE greatest pilot episode ever made!

[@goedzooi9063]

The dance at the end 😂 I love this, thanks for uploading.

[@nivid01]

Great memories, but looking at this first rescue by the Thunderbirds, I would say the rescue attempt was a shambles and the boys needed to go back to the drawing board to re-design their strategies and their rescue equipment! Hehe, but what a great series. Go Thunderbirds! Thunderbirds are go!

[@dorivaloliveira3605]

Parabeis por fazer este desenho com o bonecos tão original fantástico e demais quem projetou inteligente desde criança eu curto até os dias de hoje com meus 59 anos valeu

[@alanturner8700]

I was never sure wether this was my fav or the sun probe,even the giant croc one was fab,wow memories are sure cool

[@olnodeal]

Bien avant le Concorde et la Navette STS mais on en voit les enfants et leur rêves legitimes en ce monde où tout était possible et ... formaté... 😀 Born 1963 !!!! Myself

[@stephenfarthing3819]

This is the recording from the original 33 and a third rpm record rejigged and recalibrated from almost 50 years ago! But I remember this from the late 1960's with a great deal of fondness. I never forgot it.

[@omegaaltana9426]

Hi Stephen, could you please explain what this was? I'm very familiar with the 'trapped in the sky' full episode, but not with this one, with Scott doing narration. Thanks 👍

[@stephenfarthing3819]

@@omegaaltana9426 Indeed, this was a Rpm Record that was recorded in the mid 1970's and Scott Tracy - or the late Shane Rimmer was the narrator of this story. I loved it and often played it on a Record Player. Predated the Video and DVD players that we had.. It was often left to our imagination to recap the actual story. It was an audio film ! Much like Independence Day UK some twenty years later in the mid 1990's.

[@spoonunit03]

Oh, the drama !!. Loved the 'Auto Bomb'... :)

[@highpath4776]

Were there ever any outtakes / filmed items not broadcast but on VT etc from the original Anderson / ITC productions of any in the series etc ?

[@miger1824]

None have ever turned up.

[@richardhartley7094]

Awesome still entertaining to watch👏

[@jajproductionsfruitcakefil8489]

I saw this the first time around, but only now do I notice the subtle fixes made to the episode: Alan's voice and then correct reorientation of TB1's cockpit. If and when we get a UK physical release of the anniversary episodes (I'm still holding out hope!) it'd be nice to include these mini album edits too, since they're continuations of the voice preservation project.

[@adamrooney517]

If it helps the Anniversary episodes are available on ITVX

[@jajproductionsfruitcakefil8489]

@@adamrooney517 I know, but I can't put that on a shelf... :)

[@johnhart6228]

One word...CLASSIC

[@dragondaveltd1992]

Excellent Video with new footages and additional episode from the show, hope to see it again with the newly restoration with the anniversary episodes and two movies on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc from Spirit Entertainment and from you guys soon

[@NeroontheGoon]

So much darkness! Ya Scott, away you go! ITS A GO FOR TB2!

[@highwindsclarke2685]

These were broadcast on radio 5. They were such a hit that the BBC bought the series for broadcast in tha autumn of 1991.