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Posted by Paul Martin (Member # 1847) on January 10, 2010, 03:27 PM:

Evening all!

I'd love to pick your brains please. I've a few Gerry Anderson super (and a couple standard) 8's. 50ft Fireball XL5 / Joe 90 / Thunderbirds, some 200ft Thunderbirds and a few of the 400ft UFO's.

Is there a list anywhere of what Gerry Anderson films were released? I've love more Fireball XL5, I'm sure I read somewhere there was no Captain Scarlet released.

Ta!

Paul.

Posted by Mark Howard (Member # 870) on January 10, 2010, 05:25 PM:

Hi Paul,

I have three 50ft col std 8 Thunderbirds and one 200ft Fireball XL5 (std 8 b&w). To my knowledge you are correct about no Captain Scarlet being released, which I would have loved (along with some Space 1999).

Posted by John W. Black (Member # 1082) on January 10, 2010, 10:34 PM:

I have a reg 8 sound b&w 400 ft Fireball XL5

Posted by Paul Martin (Member # 1847) on January 11, 2010, 10:52 AM:

I've got :

Fireball XL5 50ft B&W Silent 'The Fire Fighters'
Fireball XL5 50ft B&W Silent 'Paul forgot the title and is at work!'
Stingray 200ft B&W Sound 'The Big Gun'
Thunderbirds 50ft Colour Silent 'Trapped in the sky' S8
Thunderbirds 50ft B&W Silent 'Attack of the Alligators' S8
Joe 90 50ft B&W Silent 'Secret Mission' S8

Thunderbirds 200ft B&W Silent '30 Mins after noon'
Thunderbirds 200ft B&W Silent 'Day of Disaster'

UFO 400ft Colour Sound S8 'Identified', 'Exposed', 'The Cat with Ten Lives'

Standard 8
Thunderbirds 50ft Attack of the Alligators.

Just wondered what else was about!

Paul.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on January 11, 2010, 12:36 PM:

I don't know who released it, but I do know that at least one full "UFO" episode was released as a 3X400ft.

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on January 11, 2010, 03:28 PM:

Paul...I have the following UFO films:

Exposed 3X400' full episode #5
Identified 3X400' full episode #1
Exposed 400'
Identified 400'
Survival 400'
Cat with Ten Lives 400'
Timelash 400' (recent addition)

I really like this show alot and I have only seen what I have on super 8. I would love to see the whole series.

Bill

[ February 13, 2010, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: Bill Phelps ]

Posted by Mark Howard (Member # 870) on January 11, 2010, 04:12 PM:

Bill, I too love UFO. There was something about a secret Earth defence operation underneath a functioning film studio that really captured my imagination as a kid. I understand there's a Hollywood re-imagining in the works, which I'm dreading, though it can't be any worse than the live action Thunderbirds film a few years back. Serves them right for not involving Mr Anderson in the project.

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on January 11, 2010, 06:38 PM:

Regarding UFO, I'm sure that only 'Identified' and 'Exposed' were released as 3 x 400' versions as well as 400' versions. In addition to the ones mentioned, 'Timelash' was another 400' version but I'm sure there were 6 in all, so there's one more. Does anyone have or remember this?

I have Walton 400' bw/sound Std 8 versions of 'Stingray' and 'Fireball XL5' episodes, which were probably released on Super 8 as well. I'll try and find them and provide titles before long. Phil Sheard of Classic Home Cinema once told me there's a very rare 200' col/sound 'Thunderbirds' release, that apparently still has great colour, if you can find it!

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on January 11, 2010, 06:43 PM:

UFO Psychobombs 400'

Bill

Posted by John W. Black (Member # 1082) on January 11, 2010, 09:57 PM:

My 400ft Fireball xl5 is THE FIREFIGHTERS

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on January 12, 2010, 03:31 AM:

The italian company Techno Film released the 6 UFO episodes and UFA in Germany released some of the three parters: Psychobombs, Cat with Ten Lives, and Exposed.

Posted by Paul Martin (Member # 1847) on January 12, 2010, 06:33 AM:

I'm quite jealous of you chaps - I love UFO! I always keep an eye whats on ebay but sometimes the price really does creep quite high.

I have a spare copy of 'Exposed' which I keep meaning to put up there.

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on January 12, 2010, 08:02 AM:

Paul, if you don't have the UFO 400' 'Survival', I have a mint copy that I'm willing to sell for a modest price. However, it doesn't have the original box. I also have a mint 'Timelash' in the original box, which I'll think about selling, if anyone is interested.

Posted by Paul Martin (Member # 1847) on January 12, 2010, 08:56 AM:

Hi Adrian, very interested, can you see my email address on here and get in touch?

Ta! Paul.

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on January 13, 2010, 07:09 PM:

Jean Marc...you list 'Psychobombs' and 'Cat With Ten Lives' as being available as 3 X 400's. Is that so? If it is that's good to hear!

I thought 'Identified' and 'Exposed' were the only releases in 3 x 400'.

Bill

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on January 14, 2010, 09:15 AM:

Bill - I'm sure it was only 'Identified' and 'Exposed' that were released by Techno as a 3 x 400' versions with English sound, but Jean-Marc is referring to German UFA releases.

Posted by Adam Lonsdale (Member # 486) on February 13, 2010, 01:09 AM:

Role Call of my UFO film collection;

Super 8;
Identified - 3x120m Technofilm full episode (however, cut made by Technofilm of Gay Ellis getting dressed - maybe a bit too racey at the time?)includes original carded slipcase by TF to hold all the cases together.
Exposed - 1x120m Technofilm cut down
Identified - 1x120m Technofilm cutdown
Survival - 1x120m Technofilm cutdown
Cat With Ten Lives - 1x120m Technofilm cutdown
Timelash - 1x120m Technofilm cutdown
Psychobombs - 1x120m Technofilm cutdown
Psychobombs - 3x120m UFA full episode German dub
Cat with Ten Lives - 3x120 UFA full episode German dub
All are there original cases

I also have 1 episode on 16mm - "Identified"

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on February 13, 2010, 03:35 AM:

Adam, bravo!
Episodes from other TV series released by TF, like The Persuaders, were also slightly trimmed down before being given the 3x400ft treatment.

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on February 13, 2010, 10:51 AM:

"Identified - 3x120m Technofilm full episode (however, cut made by Technofilm of Gay Ellis getting dressed - maybe a bit too racey at the time?)"

I'd read about that sequence somewhere and I wasn't very happy to discover that it wasn't in my 3 x 400' version! I still haven't seen it but presumably there there wasn't any nudity in an Anderson episode!

Posted by Adam Lonsdale (Member # 486) on February 14, 2010, 07:09 AM:

It's a real shame about that missing Gay Ellis strip. There was no nudity, just a little sequence of jump cuts of our fav Moonbase girl removing her sleeves and pants legs of one of Sylvia's fab 1980s future wear costumes. However, the sequence with Michael Caine's wife (forget her name) standing in a silver bikini was left in - ????

I may have to review my other full length ITC episodes I have in my collection in case they were cut too. I don't think they were, but I have a few 3x110m episodes of The Baron, Strange Report, The Persuaders and The Protectors (2x110m). The best thing about some of these releases was that TF used original ad bumpers as reel breaks.

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