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Missing Thunderbirds footage found in British garden shed
Previously unseen footage from the classic British TV show Thunderbirds has been found in a garden shed and restored – where possible – for viewing next year.
The family of a recently deceased former editor of the show found a collection of 22 rusty and cracked film cans in their Buckinghamshire shed. The film inside is currently being restored and digitized. They contain a lot of old material, but also some extended scenes and a previously-unseen new ending to one episode.
Stephen La Rivière of Century 21 Films – who is leading the restoration drive – told the BBC recovering the footage “took weeks, bit by bit.”
"Every night I'd get a link for a download of the latest one that had been scanned … you'd never know what you'd get. Eventually, listening one night … this one played out, and it was not the same as broadcast."
If you’ve never watched the show, the video in the linked article below offers a good primer and a peek at the recovered footage.
I grew up (well, when South Africa finally got TV) watching the Thunderbirds. I seem to recall it was dubbed into one of our local languages.
See https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/missing_thunderbirds_footage
#technology #vintage #thunderbirds
Previously unseen footage from the classic British TV show Thunderbirds has been found in a garden shed and restored – where possible – for viewing next year.
The family of a recently deceased former editor of the show found a collection of 22 rusty and cracked film cans in their Buckinghamshire shed. The film inside is currently being restored and digitized. They contain a lot of old material, but also some extended scenes and a previously-unseen new ending to one episode.
Stephen La Rivière of Century 21 Films – who is leading the restoration drive – told the BBC recovering the footage “took weeks, bit by bit.”
"Every night I'd get a link for a download of the latest one that had been scanned … you'd never know what you'd get. Eventually, listening one night … this one played out, and it was not the same as broadcast."
If you’ve never watched the show, the video in the linked article below offers a good primer and a peek at the recovered footage.
I grew up (well, when South Africa finally got TV) watching the Thunderbirds. I seem to recall it was dubbed into one of our local languages.
See https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/missing_thunderbirds_footage
#technology #vintage #thunderbirds