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Poster:	Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid	Date:	March 17, 2009 03:12:08am
Forum:	classic_tv	Subject:	Re: Attention Everybody: Here are the FACTS

Wow. "Captain Video" is also the only TV series ever adapted as a movie serial. However, it is not the first surrealistic television series (That honor probably goes to "Window on the World", which also aired on DuMont. I haven't seen it, but I have read an account of the show and it sounds very surreal - And it predates "Captain Video" by a few months).

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Poster:	Ganbachi	Date:	March 18, 2009 01:59:49am
Forum:	classic_tv	Subject:	Re: Attention Everybody: Here are the FACTS

There were actually two 'Captain Video' movie serials. "Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere" in 1951 and "The Lost Planet" in 1953. Both starred Judd Holdren. Does anyone have these?

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Poster:	Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid	Date:	March 18, 2009 03:19:09am
Forum:	classic_tv	Subject:	Re: Attention Everybody: Here are the FACTS

To my knowledge, the "Captain Video" serial is still under copyright, unlike the TV series which is long PD. I have seen one of them on Amazon sold on DVD though.

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Poster:	Video-Cellar	Date:	March 18, 2009 07:30:47am
Forum:	classic_tv	Subject:	Re: Attention Everybody: Here are the FACTS

Yes VCI Entertainment has put the first one out on DVD. Their licenced cliffhangers and serial are generally "restored" (ie fairly well remastered). Haven't seen this one so I don't know what the quality is like.

This post was modified by Video-Cellar on 2009-03-18 14:30:47