Fireball XL5
Top Comments
All Comments (48)
-
I'd wager that Gerry Anderson's FXL5 was inspired firstly by Dandrige Cole's design for an "Antares" spacecraft, which also was to be launched by a turbojet sled (boosting a 10,000 ton orbiter vehicle to 2000 feet per second along a 15-mile track).
-
I love this show, too! And I agree it would've looked more impressive in colour (yes, I know back in early 60s colour TV wasn't so widespread, sorry). P.S. What's going on with the sound in this video; there's some sort of an echo? I thought no1 could hear U scream in space Lol
-
@tanyaloveshair Ditto for me; I thought that ship was one of the coolest things I ever got.....even more that the Supercar.
-
@JBofBrisbane Yes, a British production but I was talking about American products.
-
Showing my age watching and remembering these old progs, "Supermarination" wow what a word, Astounding what they could do, in days when computers were not around
I'm goning to subscribe, keep the videos coming
-
@blabblab1212 - You're aware that Fireball XL-5 was a British production, aren't you?
-
That's me next to the PM.. memories
-
This show rocked!!
-
The cornerstone of all my fascination with science-fiction since 1963 (it nicely paralleled my fascination with science-fact of the space race between the U.S. versus Russia).
Oh Gawd. I wanna be 7 years old again! I wanna watch this & Leave It To Beaver & Twilight Zone on a big B&W TV in a wooden cabinet with vacuum tubes inside that takes a whole minute to warm up, & I wanna play with dinosaurs on the big dirt pile in my folks' backyard! Thanks for posting!
chodeshadar18 9 months ago 22
One of my favorite shows growing up. Got the spaceship as a Christmas gift one year. One of the best Christmas 's ever.
tanyaloveshair 1 year ago 7