#captain video

[citizenscreen]

Ed Norton’s favorite, “Captain Video and His Video Rangers,” debuted on the DuMont network on June 27, 1949. It was the first science fiction, space adventure program on TV. #OnThisDay Don Hastings & Al Hodge starred.

[alternateworldcomics]

Captain Video, a comic based on an early television hero from Fawcett in 1950 Stories and art by George Evans and Martin Thall.

When are we getting a YouTube series called Sargent Major Streaming?

[thegikitiki]

There is a distinct, rugged nobility in defeating a rogue water heater with a weapon that appears to be constructed from a trumpet mute and a shower knob. Captain Video proves here that you don't need a pressurized space suit to master the stratosphere, just a sturdy pair of jodhpurs, a leather helmet, and the unshakeable confidence to stare down a man wearing a galvanized trash can. The "robot" looks like it was designed by a committee of plumbers who were angry about ventilation ducts, while our hero looks ready to fix a biplane or file his taxes, whichever comes first. This is peak "we have a budget of four dollars" sci-fi, and it is magnificent.

Publicity still from the 1951 Columbia Pictures serial "Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere." (colorized)

[chronivore]

[vintagegeekculture]

"Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere" (1951). Originally aired on the DuMont Network, which now no longer exists, of the over 1,500 episodes of this series, only a handful exist today.

[cosmicretreat]

Captain Video and His Video Rangers debuted on the DuMont Television Network on June 27, 1949. It was the first science fiction show in television history.

[electronicsquid]

Acting around bowls of dry ice on Captain Video and his Video Rangers

(Yale Joel. 1954)

[calamity-xiv]

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