15 August 1981:SS Sheerness attacked and sunk by UFO

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  • Gerry Anderson - UFO TV Series - UFO (1970)
    0:00:00 - 15 August 1981 - SS Sheerness attacked and sunk by UFO
    0:02:54 - 20 August 1981 - Straker attends to Harlington Studio business
    0:06:45 - 21 August 1981 - Straker meets with film investor again
    0:14:43 - 22 August 1981 - Straker sees SHADO operative inside Alien base
    0:19:43 - 23 August 1981 - Lt Anderson interrogated at SHADO HQ
    0:24:57 - 24 August 1981 - submarine Alien base destroyed
    0:41:05 - 25 August 1981 - mass attack by UFOs
    Sci-Fi
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  • @danielmart7940
    @danielmart7940 9 місяців тому +156

    I was 6 y/o when thus episode came out, I was 17 when the ship would have been sunk. I'm 59 now watching this on UA-cam today.
    So, I am in they're future watching my past that came out when it was still in store in my future.
    This was one of my favorite shows as a kid

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  9 місяців тому +7

      very easy to do sci fi that is 100 or a 1000 years ahead - much more difficult to do 10 years ahead - 🛸✨

    • @willemvandeursen3105
      @willemvandeursen3105 9 місяців тому +3

      @@FandersonUfo,
      Well, UFO isn't 10 years ahead of 1970 (when the series started).... A future without computers? Sci fi series age so fast.

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  9 місяців тому +5

      @@willemvandeursen3105 - good sir there are many large "main frame" computers depicted on the show - artificial intelligence is also implied in how the SHADO computers handle information - in 1980 in Canada when I was studying computer programming there were only main frame computers - the smaller ones did not start showing up until 1990 - 🛸✨

    • @willemvandeursen3105
      @willemvandeursen3105 9 місяців тому +1

      @@FandersonUfo
      My bad.
      I based it on this clip from UFO, the only one I ever saw...

    • @cytherians
      @cytherians Місяць тому +4

      Star Trek was my favorite (I knew it was timeless then... and it proved out) but I also really enjoyed U.F.O. While Space:1999 had the superior models and SFX, it was fraught with so many problems. U.F.O. had more "plausibility" for me. I also felt like the whole SHADO HQ premise could've been expanded. So much more to do. Acting talent was decent but with better direction could've been improved. I really wish there had been a couple more seasons.

  • @horacioavelinovillela3619
    @horacioavelinovillela3619 2 роки тому +117

    The very best british TV serial of all times...great actors all of them
    Ed Bishop and the beauty lovely gals

    • @jimred5700
      @jimred5700 Рік тому +10

      Totally agree. There`ll never be another.

    • @robertmaybeth3434
      @robertmaybeth3434 Рік тому +4

      The HELL you say?! Are you forgetting one simple word? That word: MONTY. PYTHON! Two words, don't forget them, MONTY PYTHON's FLYING CIRCUS! FOUR words, four words that describe the height of British TV excellence that makes you fall on the floor with your sides hurting from laughter at least once...IF you know anybody that can watch "Argument clinic" and not at least crack a smile, they must be space aliens or cyborgs - cause they sure ain't humans...

    • @pssthpok
      @pssthpok 10 місяців тому +8

      @@robertmaybeth3434 I would not classify Monty Python as a serial.

    • @AlanScott-md4bm
      @AlanScott-md4bm 2 місяці тому +1

      @@robertmaybeth3434 Well, some were hilarious and others barely raised a chuckle. Some were only funny because of the swearing .Take that swearing out and they aren't funny at all.

    • @grahamhume5953
      @grahamhume5953 Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/nzzH3CVvbXI/v-deo.htmlsi=fa-YwKWqE7hUYgFF Women of UFO.

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 Місяць тому +33

    1981?...show aired in 1970...1980 was deemed the distant future in this amazing tv show.

  • @chrismayer3919
    @chrismayer3919 Рік тому +150

    I never EVER gave this show enough credit; for it’s time, this was fine sci-fi 🛸

    • @robertmaybeth3434
      @robertmaybeth3434 Рік тому +13

      Yep pretty much as good as TV sci fi got in the 1970's... compared to cheesy Buck Rogers this was Oscar-winning material

    • @alansargent9158
      @alansargent9158 11 місяців тому +4

      Well executed, but the basic premise was so stupid that even as a ten year old I couldn’t take it seriously.

    • @bobbyd6680
      @bobbyd6680 9 місяців тому +3

      Yep, fire and smoke in explosions taking place in the vacuum of space and even under water. In the early 1970's I think man was intelligent enough know that pyrotechnics only behave like that in an oxygen rich environment. Love how people just ignore the basic science part of the sci-fi. However, I do give credit for the fishnet uniforms.

    • @dragongaming4509
      @dragongaming4509 9 місяців тому +3

      Crikey, I forgot how bad this was. Back in the day I laughed at this utter rubbish, and today I weep! To me it was as ridiculous as Thundebirds and Joe 90, but at least they were aimed at small children..

    • @chrismayer3919
      @chrismayer3919 9 місяців тому +4

      @@dragongaming4509 when I first saw this on TV it gave me nightmares about Alien invasion. It never even occurred to me that WE’RE Aliens also!

  • @user-re6id4qh3j
    @user-re6id4qh3j 9 місяців тому +33

    When I was about 7 years old, my older brother and couldn't wait for this show to come on. It was always Saturday night at midnight.

    • @bb21again.67
      @bb21again.67 8 місяців тому +6

      In New Zealand it was Friday nights 7:30 after Hogan's Heroes and before Mod Squad or Hawaii Fi e O.

    • @user-re6id4qh3j
      @user-re6id4qh3j Місяць тому +1

      @@bb21again.67 mid squad with Peggy liston. Hogan's heros was number 1 of all times

    • @philauguste7310
      @philauguste7310 26 днів тому +2

      If you watched it that late, you must have been spooked by the end credits haunting outro

  • @RSF-DiscoveryTime
    @RSF-DiscoveryTime 9 місяців тому +33

    This series aired in America early...maybe around '71,
    watched all of them as a kid. Now I have them all on blu-ray!

    • @gregorycampbell448
      @gregorycampbell448 Місяць тому +4

      Me too

    • @DocMicrowave
      @DocMicrowave 14 днів тому +2

      Loved this show as a kid. Though i don't remember this episode. Where Shadow got to use all its assets at once.
      Even the moonbase interceptors got to fire more than 3 missiles.

  • @tango6nf477
    @tango6nf477 Місяць тому +17

    Jerry Anderson's crew were brilliant in creating realistic explosions, many and aircraft, ship, car and of course UFO went up in smoke!
    Excellent program never been equalled.

  • @vicsaul5459
    @vicsaul5459 Місяць тому +33

    44 minutes 33 seconds of UFO 🛸😍👌 wonderful work Fanderson

  • @robwembley
    @robwembley 8 місяців тому +11

    That was so cool.
    Loved this series back in the day.
    Many fond memories !

  • @fannyblancmange4709
    @fannyblancmange4709 11 місяців тому +44

    My favourite Anderson series. I do wish we'd got UFO:1999 as well though.
    BTW: this video looks far far more vivid than my old DVD - like it was shot on video rather than film. Great for live action, less kind to the model shots.

    • @2fathomsdeeper
      @2fathomsdeeper Місяць тому +1

      And the Psychobombs were the reason for the moon getting blasted out of orbit!

    • @PiDsPagePrototypes
      @PiDsPagePrototypes 12 днів тому +1

      The colours are a reflection of the Art Dept and the Lighting Dept, plus a realy good film developing team. It's how film is supposed to look when done competently.

  • @hollyibbotson5290
    @hollyibbotson5290 10 місяців тому +11

    Marvelous stuff, little tasters of the space 1999 awesomeness that was to follow shortly after 😊😎👍

  • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
    @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp Рік тому +50

    Derek Meddings scale models were so incredible

    • @cytherians
      @cytherians Місяць тому +4

      The evolution from Fireball XL5 and The Thunderbirds was truly fantastic. The mobiles especially. And while I thought the single-missile interceptor premise was seriously flawed (why not equip it with at least 3 missiles?), the design of so many crafts, especially Skydiver, was so fantastic. The proposed UFO remake had some terrific modernized designs of these crafts, but sadly, that movie never got off the ground.

    • @grahamhume5953
      @grahamhume5953 Місяць тому +2

      I still think that Fireflash is the most beautiful plane ever built.

    • @paulhicks6667
      @paulhicks6667 22 дні тому +1

      Check out the XB-70 Valkyrie, North American must have ripped off a Gerry Anderson design there :-)

    • @stephenholmes1036
      @stephenholmes1036 19 днів тому +3

      Derek was brilliant

  • @rozzgrey801
    @rozzgrey801 Місяць тому +11

    This looks like the frame rate has been digitally enhanced, so the live action scenes look like they were shot on videotape, unnaturally sharp and smooth.

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 Місяць тому +41

    1981 was the year of the sad loss of my father, aged just 64. RIP my lovely father.

  • @izifaddag8221
    @izifaddag8221 9 місяців тому +18

    #24 "Reflections in the Water" written and directed by David Tomblin. First broadcast 24 July 1971.
    Thank you Sylvia and Gerry for enriching my childhood.

    • @paulforder591
      @paulforder591 7 місяців тому +3

      Wrong date: should read 24 July 1970. UFO only lasted one season before being cancelled. 😢🛸🛸🇬🇧🇦🇺

    • @user-zo4hq5bp3m
      @user-zo4hq5bp3m Місяць тому +4

      David Tomblin, one of the masters behind the greatest ever TV show, the Prisoner. Be seeing you.

  • @juleswombat5309
    @juleswombat5309 Рік тому +52

    That island, where the SS Sheerness sank, looked suspiciously like Tracy Island from Thunderbirds.

    • @martinmaxfield8285
      @martinmaxfield8285 Рік тому +8

      Beat me to it. Just about to post the same observation

    • @darrenlucas2768
      @darrenlucas2768 10 місяців тому +4

      My thoughts exactly

    • @stevetheduck1425
      @stevetheduck1425 10 місяців тому +5

      Compare the story of this episode with an average 'Stingray' episode.

    • @colinjames2469
      @colinjames2469 8 місяців тому +3

      🤣

    • @JOHNSMITH-vx5yz
      @JOHNSMITH-vx5yz Місяць тому +3

      Shhh. Don't tell no one. It's a secret. Ok. SHHHH.

  • @RSF-DiscoveryTime
    @RSF-DiscoveryTime 9 місяців тому +19

    What stands out to me about this series is the way the first episode prominently mentioned the possibility
    of human organ harvesting but after the first episode the entire subject seemed to vanish! Almost as if
    someone with power had suddenly silenced the subject, but for what reason would they do such a thing?

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  9 місяців тому +7

      the exact nature of the Aliens in the series can seem rather mysterious - as you say it seemed pretty clear in Episode One but later on it was never defined clearly in the following episodes - 🛸✨

    • @RSF-DiscoveryTime
      @RSF-DiscoveryTime 9 місяців тому +10

      @@FandersonUfo I'm not a conspiracy theorist but considering all this I must confess there is a thought in my
      mind this subject echoes: Were the writers of UFO hitting "too close to home" with mention of this subject?
      Of course, one could argue the subject as being simply too gruesome, and that point would hold as well.
      Nonetheless, as an American I took a lot of inspiration from UFO TV SERIES for what a good production can do.

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  9 місяців тому +7

      ​@@RSF-DiscoveryTime - I don't think the writers censored themselves other than the normal parameters regarding public broadcast TV at that time - I think I understand a fair bit about how this show got cobbled together during production - very few TV shows are ever planned out in complete detail before cameras roll - Babylon 5 is a good example of a consistently told storyline over 5 seasons - but that is rare in the industry - only 26 UFO episodes which was an abbreviated full season in 1970 were completed - the Alien story might have got fleshed out and ordered consistently given more seasons but there is only season one available - 🛸✨

    • @julianwalls1077
      @julianwalls1077 17 днів тому +2

      ​@@RSF-DiscoveryTimeit's one reasons why attempts to relaunch series have failed as covers some subjects too close to the truth..there have been stories by former vets who top ranking beret officers in the army during Vietnam War that often would encounter unknown craft would land and pick up bodies of dead soldiers.in the jungle.and these were not aliens as such staffed by what appeared to be Americans wearing a non identified uniform and been told to clear off and threats not to reveal what they have seen..😢

    • @RSF-DiscoveryTime
      @RSF-DiscoveryTime 14 днів тому +2

      @@julianwalls1077 That's interesting. I've read about them, "big yellows", and Rock Apes.
      MANY mysterious things have happened in that part of the world, including the strange, winged woman who flew around Khe Sahn(?) at night.

  • @lancecampbell4323
    @lancecampbell4323 10 місяців тому +18

    No on has come close to the cool explosions in Gerry Anderson shows. It must have been a great time to work on the show

    • @ThatsnewsTV
      @ThatsnewsTV 9 місяців тому +3

      They used high speed film, plastic models and small charges of gunpowder wrapped in paper. I saw a documentary the other evening. On UA-cam, of course!

    • @erzahler1930
      @erzahler1930 Місяць тому +1

      Good special effects. But I have to wonder what Ray Harryhausen might have done if they had given him the project.

    • @marcwolf60
      @marcwolf60 Місяць тому +2

      Also Freon rocket exhaust.. sadly very envoromentally unfriendly.

    • @bobrew461
      @bobrew461 Місяць тому +1

      some miniature effects work is still being done today.
      but on the whole GCI has taken over.
      This old stuff was dangerous to do, and very toxic for the technicians.

  • @charlieboffin2432
    @charlieboffin2432 10 місяців тому +20

    Ed Bishop / Captain Blue was one cool cat

    • @RSF-DiscoveryTime
      @RSF-DiscoveryTime 9 місяців тому +5

      He was one of the Moon pilots on 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    • @charlieboffin2432
      @charlieboffin2432 9 місяців тому +2

      @@RSF-DiscoveryTime he was in one of the Bond films too diamonds are forever

  • @milesholtom7167
    @milesholtom7167 8 місяців тому +6

    Definitely the best gerrymandering Anderson show. No monster of the week men in silly rubber suits. Good well produced si_fi

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  8 місяців тому +1

      Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea covered silly monsters and wet suits thoroughly - 🛸✨

    • @priruss357
      @priruss357 10 днів тому +1

      @@FandersonUfo Lost in Space gets full marks for silly monsters as well.

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  10 днів тому +2

      @@priruss357 - Irwin Allen perfected the weekly monster formula for sure

  • @troyagane8220
    @troyagane8220 Рік тому +13

    The 70's.CORR!!! smashing birds!

    • @grahamhume5953
      @grahamhume5953 Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/nzzH3CVvbXI/v-deo.htmlsi=fa-YwKWqE7hUYgFF Women of UFO.

    • @antispindr8613
      @antispindr8613 25 днів тому +2

      Really, what a Carry On!

  • @ricardogiampieri1408
    @ricardogiampieri1408 10 місяців тому +14

    Cuantas horas de entretenimiento con esta fabulosa serie de ciencia ficción!! muchas gracias por subirla a UA-cam y recordar mi niñez con 12 años.... ahora 55 y la sigo disfrutando. Saludos desde Mar del Plata Arg.

  • @craigwilliams6734
    @craigwilliams6734 Рік тому +17

    Good old Derek Meddings! I think that was the beautiful Anouska Hempel in that as well!!

    • @paulmason6474
      @paulmason6474 9 місяців тому +5

      Yes did she become an interior designer.

    • @grahamhume5953
      @grahamhume5953 Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/nzzH3CVvbXI/v-deo.htmlsi=fa-YwKWqE7hUYgFF Women of UFO.

    • @JohnCampbell-sl5nx
      @JohnCampbell-sl5nx 29 днів тому +1

      ​@@paulmason6474 yes and an Hotelier as well, and for the record, I would have been all over "HER"

    • @nick666gof7
      @nick666gof7 18 днів тому +1

      Anouska was absolutely gorgeous

    • @craigwilliams6734
      @craigwilliams6734 17 днів тому

      @@nick666gof7 Yes! The original “it” blonde!

  • @AlanCanon2222
    @AlanCanon2222 12 днів тому +1

    "When Derek Meddings wanted to blow something up, man, there were no half-measures." -- Ed Bishop.

  • @richardshields1488
    @richardshields1488 9 місяців тому +6

    I remember watching as a kid and have on laptop. Such a shame show was never updated to this time era. They could rename it SHADO.

  • @RobertBrown-uy8wx
    @RobertBrown-uy8wx 3 місяці тому +8

    UFO very good show very good I would love to watch that again

  • @kevin5brown
    @kevin5brown Місяць тому +3

    I just found this. It's sort of a new episode cut together from bits of the original show, maybe with some extra stuff thrown in? It hangs together pretty well! This is very cool! This is one of my favorite sci fi TV shows! 👍

  • @paulbalogh4582
    @paulbalogh4582 9 місяців тому +13

    Never give the women of Shadow enough credit!

    • @onkcuf
      @onkcuf 9 місяців тому +2

      Love the purple hair and silver suits.

    • @paulbalogh4582
      @paulbalogh4582 9 місяців тому +4

      They certainly were ahead of the curve with the purple hair!

    • @hgwells1899
      @hgwells1899 Місяць тому +1

      Not to mention "check my boosters" but sadly she wasn't onboard for this one

  • @user-re6id4qh3j
    @user-re6id4qh3j 9 місяців тому +10

    I had a hugh crush on the moon base girls. The short one with purple hair was my favorite one

  • @hotpotato4027
    @hotpotato4027 Рік тому +10

    The brilliant James Cosmo 👍

    • @stephenchappell7512
      @stephenchappell7512 Місяць тому +1

      pre - Knightswatch

    • @Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab
      @Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab Місяць тому +3

      I remember him in the Sweeney.

    • @hotpotato4027
      @hotpotato4027 Місяць тому +1

      @Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab he's always been there in British TV & Film doing his thing throughout the years. A recognisable and popular actor in many roles.

  • @cyberneticinterfacemodular3996
    @cyberneticinterfacemodular3996 10 місяців тому +8

    A great show i have them all on dvd.

    • @bb21again.67
      @bb21again.67 8 місяців тому +1

      In Australia they wanted $130 and that was about 15 years ago.😢

  • @guardian33
    @guardian33 Рік тому +13

    Straker was grateful for aliens for the first time in his career. He was bored by that guy 😀

  • @brianhaskard1042
    @brianhaskard1042 Рік тому +9

    Loved this is a a kid especially Gabrielle Drake 😍 Fancy those pesky aliens knowing Ju-Jitsu.

    • @stevetheduck1425
      @stevetheduck1425 10 місяців тому

      I don't think UFO (especially when using an old 'Stingray' script) was this complex, but I like to think the copies somehow have the skills of the originals, another mysterious detail never to be explained.

  • @DavidWilliams-hy1qk
    @DavidWilliams-hy1qk 8 місяців тому +4

    Made in 1969-70. It was suppose to be set in the early 80s. However fashions change. Still a brilliant series 😊

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 Місяць тому +1

      I'd say they got the early 80s basically right lol

    • @seriousoldman8997
      @seriousoldman8997 28 днів тому

      Part of its charm.

  • @joebeer2160
    @joebeer2160 Рік тому +7

    Great episode..Porthlevan Cornwall

  • @mikehindson-evans159
    @mikehindson-evans159 10 місяців тому +5

    Obviously from the second stint of production after the hiatus, with cast changes. A very young James Cosmo at 4:05 - and at 8:30 I am reminded of the island of Lemoy in Stingray.

    • @stevetheduck1425
      @stevetheduck1425 10 місяців тому +2

      The undersea base, the lone island, the flying fish missiles, the two men leaving a submarine in scuba gear and on sea-tows, the magical entry into and from the base, the cable connecting to the volcano, the island exploding, the ships ambushed at sea, it's a 'Stingray' script expanded by making two trips there and back.
      Another detail: this story is compressed in time to an almost impossible extent, typical of early Anderson stories.

  • @santorini8423
    @santorini8423 Місяць тому +1

    Wish I had kept the toys of this show, could be worth a fortune

  • @frankbatista4guitar
    @frankbatista4guitar 6 місяців тому +1

    I loved this show when I was growing up/////////in the u.s.a even with its imperfections. due to low budget cuts. they should bring it back someday

  • @peterschorn1
    @peterschorn1 13 днів тому

    Man, Gerry Anderson got so good you'd swear those were live actors!

  • @Paul1510WB
    @Paul1510WB 11 місяців тому +6

    They always show periscopes being put back UP when they're finished with. 8m 30s . On submarines ,the captain raises the scope up from the floor so it pokes out above the water and it goes back down when it's not being used.

    • @pssthpok
      @pssthpok 10 місяців тому +1

      Good eye, I never noticed that.

    • @fritzthedog007
      @fritzthedog007 8 місяців тому

      Ah. It's the future. They use erm, quantum entanglement periscopes. High running temperature, so they have to wear those kinky fishnet shirts. The dolly birds still make the coffee, though. 15:10

  • @PeterBrown-mz4nv
    @PeterBrown-mz4nv Місяць тому

    This is perhaps the most exciting episode in the series. My favorite with Timelash and Sub-Smash coming in close seconds.

  • @videosrus8631
    @videosrus8631 25 днів тому

    This episode "Reflections in the Water" was actually first aired on 24 July 1971. And the ship was a freighter called KINGSTON not Sheerness. The name is clearly shown on its side at 00:55 and Straker also mentions it at 7:55. I used to love watching this show.

  • @pcka12
    @pcka12 12 днів тому

    I do vaguely remember this series, love the string vests the submarine crew wear!

  • @barrandilltanathlas1177
    @barrandilltanathlas1177 9 місяців тому +2

    When the producer is going on about the fishing boats, some of the harbor shot are of Whitby.

  • @nsnopper
    @nsnopper 9 місяців тому +2

    Klaus Hergersheimer’s meteoric career rise led him from checking radiation shields at W.W. Tectronics to Head of SHADO. Respect.

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  9 місяців тому +1

      not quite - Diamonds are Forever (1971) - UFO (1970)

    • @nsnopper
      @nsnopper 9 місяців тому

      @@FandersonUfo OH NO! You’re telling me it was, in fact, a meteoric fall?!

  • @stevennash9095
    @stevennash9095 Місяць тому

    Everyone’s Dad fancied Wanda Ventham (Benedict Cumberbatch’s Mum), and there was the equally lovely Anouska Hempel to appeal to us younger ones…..
    On top of that, this had all the great hallmarks of a Gerry Anderson production; full of action and all of those spectacular explosions which were so brilliantly done given that this was many years before CGI.

  • @KnowTrentTimoy
    @KnowTrentTimoy Рік тому +7

    This was the last episode of the series. It left with a Big Bang for sure.

  • @jefthing
    @jefthing 9 місяців тому +3

    The captain of the Sheerness was Conrad Phillips, Exeter’s gunnery officer in Battle of the River Plate.

    • @bb21again.67
      @bb21again.67 8 місяців тому

      New Zealand's great naval victory.Who played W C Perry and Langsdorf?

    • @jefthing
      @jefthing 8 місяців тому +1

      @@bb21again.67 Langsdorf was played by Peter Finch. Not sure who Perry was. Do you mean Parry? That was Jack Gwillim.

    • @jefthing
      @jefthing 8 місяців тому +1

      But I had to look Parry up…😁

    • @PaulWilliams66
      @PaulWilliams66 Місяць тому

      William Tell innit?

  • @highwindsclarke2685
    @highwindsclarke2685 5 місяців тому +2

    The ship is actually called The Kingston. The episode is called Reflections In The Water.

  • @John-zn4lp
    @John-zn4lp Місяць тому

    One of my favorite video games is Xcom. I've always felt this series was one of the inspirations for it.

  • @Tawny6702
    @Tawny6702 2 дні тому

    As a kid in the sixties I was obsessed with science fiction and thanks to shows like this I was convinced that by the year 2000 there would be flying cars and we would all be wearing silver jump suits! 😂

  • @davidelder756
    @davidelder756 Місяць тому +1

    Same producers of "Thunderbirds". Also "Supercar", "Fireball XL5", "Captain Scarlet", etc--Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.

  • @nordicson2835
    @nordicson2835 9 місяців тому +1

    AUGUST 15 , 1981... My baby sisters birthday... l sent her this , she laughed said l probably watched it at home instead of coming with Dad to visit her

  • @pauljazzman408
    @pauljazzman408 Місяць тому +4

    Ah the classic ‘if we are not back in an hour destroy the dome’. Firefly sci-fi series ridiculed that line and changed it to ‘if we’re not back in an hour…come rescue me’ 😂

    • @gregorycampbell448
      @gregorycampbell448 Місяць тому

      I believed that it was in homage to the shows that inspired that series

    • @pauljazzman408
      @pauljazzman408 Місяць тому

      @@gregorycampbell448 yes many shows had that line about destroying the base if we're not back in an hour. I'm not saying it was in response to UFO.
      Maybe that line comes from old war movies where the destruction of the base was paramount and if captured the soldiers would expect no mercy form the nazis

  • @BrianSanders-tn7pi
    @BrianSanders-tn7pi 11 днів тому

    I remember watching this show as a kid in the early 70s. The girls were gorgeous and the models were great. I loved it.

  • @richardclarke376
    @richardclarke376 2 роки тому +10

    3:00 "I found this place last year and made a 3 hour video of it" Straker: "Marvellous, sir!"

  • @user-il5oq5df6l
    @user-il5oq5df6l Місяць тому +6

    I regard those fishnets inappropriate for SHADO, which is a military organization.

    • @marcwolf60
      @marcwolf60 Місяць тому

      Comfortable in a climate controlled enviroment..
      Also very unisex.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 Місяць тому

      They're knit of expensive carbon nanotubes and are thus very good armor.

    • @kitronkid
      @kitronkid Місяць тому

      Aircrew wear fishnet underwear helps with healing after burns. But on a sub ?!

    • @TillyOrifice
      @TillyOrifice Місяць тому

      Aren't you a party pooper

  • @turtrubshaw
    @turtrubshaw 9 місяців тому +3

    A mobile phone used. Nearly missed it as it seemed so normal

  • @richardgregory3684
    @richardgregory3684 10 місяців тому +11

    Only thing I didn;t like about this episode is the attack on Moonbase. The series firmly established that there are only three interceptors available, and they only have one shot each. Also, the aliens who are shown to be centuries ahead technologically, are terrible shots! They should have scored at least one hit on Moonbase. In fact, it would be good strategy on their part for a single UFO to kamikaze Moonbase; exchanging one UFO for pretty much SHADO's entire first line of defense and one which would take years to replace, at massive cost ofmaterial and personnel. It's weird that Moonbase was such an exposed surface building.

    • @abcdeabcde7174
      @abcdeabcde7174 9 місяців тому +4

      a big hole in the story , but
      if you did have a fleet of
      intercepters on moon-base
      then there would be no
      threat of alien invasion ....
      and then no action and
      no drama and no story 😮
      so writers always have
      failure in their story ❤

    • @abcdeabcde7174
      @abcdeabcde7174 9 місяців тому +2

      add on note that should
      have read ....
      full fleet of intercepters !!!!

    • @cmendla
      @cmendla 9 місяців тому +7

      The aliens are cousins to the stormtroopers. They use the same practice ranges and all

    • @WanderfalkeAT
      @WanderfalkeAT 9 місяців тому +2

      Logic is very oddly placed in a SciFi Show!

    • @richardgregory3684
      @richardgregory3684 9 місяців тому +1

      @@WanderfalkeAT Not really - the best science fiction is firmly grounded in reality . i.e. you can create a moonbase, but apply logic to it's contruction and location.

  • @jim2lane
    @jim2lane 9 місяців тому +3

    These shots looked much more impressive on the fuzzy and grainy televisions we watched this show on back in the 70's 😉

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  9 місяців тому +1

      I have it all in 1080p from the Blu-rays and indeed some things are a bit wonky by current standards but always looked good in 480i TV - 🛸✨

    • @anthonyx916
      @anthonyx916 9 місяців тому

      @@FandersonUfo It has a strange look... like all Anderson productions of the era, would have been shot on film, but this has a "video" look to it, but without chroma blur, timing artifacts, etc.. I'm guessing this was from an "original" film print, somehow digitally restored, de-noised, and sharpened.

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  9 місяців тому

      @@anthonyx916 - you are correct in all your assumptions about this video - the original file was 640x480 25fps - I'll never release videos like this again as I have them all on Blu-ray at 1080p now - 🛸✨

  • @vanpenguin22
    @vanpenguin22 Місяць тому

    In 1981?????
    How long did they keep that show on the air?
    I remember being 8 or 9 and seeing it, back in the early 70's here in the states.
    Wow

  • @mikeg2939
    @mikeg2939 24 дні тому

    7:30 Straker 's cover was film producer, Paul Foster's was playing for West Ham.

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  24 дні тому

      never heard that about Paul before - ty Mike - 🛸✨

  • @machloopmusic4133
    @machloopmusic4133 28 днів тому +2

    If I had a job at SHADOW I'd never get any work done..

  • @ianhill4585
    @ianhill4585 10 місяців тому +8

    There is a real ship ,the Richard Mongomery sank off the coast of Sheerness ,which is on the island of Sheppey .
    This episode may be a nod to the real events thst happened in WW2.
    No aliens were involved according to history.😮

    • @davidpope3943
      @davidpope3943 9 місяців тому +2

      The Richard Montgomery went aground on August 20th 1944 because it was directed to anchor in the wrong place by the Harbourmaster on HMS Leigh ~ the wartime designation for Southend Pier under naval control. She dragged her anchor, ran aground and as the tide ebbed she broke her back. It held 6,127 tons of explosives and ammunition, so any attack by this UFO would have meant bye-bye to Mr. Alien.
      The Montgomery is still in situ where she ran aground and still has around 1400 tons of explosive material on board and I can see her from the beach in Southend. Some authorities say she’s safe whilst other experts say the complete opposite. If the entire lot DID detonate, it would be one of the world’s largest non-nuclear explosions ever. That would definitely NOT be a good day to go to the beach…..

    • @ianhill4585
      @ianhill4585 9 місяців тому +1

      @@davidpope3943 Quite right, if it goes up, it's likely Sittingbourne will be beach front property. I lived a mile or so a way from it in Sheerness, as the Crow flys
      I think the mindset is, leave it be, messing could do more harm than good.
      There was talk of cutting the heavy masts off the ship, incase they fell onto the wreck,and triggered an explosion, that idea went quiet too......

    • @davidpope3943
      @davidpope3943 9 місяців тому

      @@ianhill4585Yes, I wondered why that ‘essential’ safety work just seemed to fizzle out, then I remembered they’d said that a preliminary survey found a problem ~ bombs loose on the seabed. Amazing, isn’t it, finding bombs on the seabed next to a wreck full of bombs, especially when they already knew a few years ago that there were at least 72 ‘objects’ loose on the seabed adjacent to the wreck.
      Personally, I’d leave the masts or just lower them slightly. They must at least provide a return on the radar of all of the large vessels that already pass oh so closely to it!
      Incidentally, whenever I get into discussion on the climate, ahem, ‘crisis’ with the threatened screams of ‘we’re all going to drown ‘cos of catastrophic rising sea levels’, I always ask why it is then that I can still see as much of the Montgomery and the Phoenix Caisson on Spring tides now as I could in the 1960’s. No answer is forthcoming…..

  • @jonathanswift2251
    @jonathanswift2251 Рік тому +8

    9:04 Benedict Cumberbatch's mum!!! Wanda Ventham.

  • @stretmediq
    @stretmediq Місяць тому +1

    This show was right up there with Star Trek in quality

  • @rodneyhext8870
    @rodneyhext8870 Місяць тому

    I love how the music is so similar to Space :1999. Loved both shows!

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  Місяць тому +2

      Barry Gray was composer for both - 🛸✨

  • @karrskarr
    @karrskarr Місяць тому +1

    Enjoyed this show. For me it was obviously Star Trek, then Battlestar Galactica :P

  • @kurtjensen7264
    @kurtjensen7264 Місяць тому +1

    Ever noticed the uniforms on the skydiver. The men’s shirts are see-through fishnet. But you can’t see through the women’s uniforms. Not that I’m complaining mind you 🦸‍♀️💃

  • @pauljazzman408
    @pauljazzman408 Місяць тому +1

    Great episode of UFO. Love the ‘flying fish’ alien tech. Straker asks the female skydiver crew member for coffee, not something you’d see now, thank goodness.

    • @dougie1968
      @dougie1968 Місяць тому +1

      What's wrong with asking a female for coffee? I suppose it's alright for a female to ask a male for coffee? Misandrist.

    • @johncrichton4341
      @johncrichton4341 Місяць тому

      @@dougie1968 Wow.

  • @vorlonb3
    @vorlonb3 9 місяців тому +5

    I think in someways this series was ahead of its time, maybe just a little too far, it certainly scared me as a kid at times. For me this was a bold vision and an implied threat a series 2 could have explored many more angles, and even a dual race which may have explained why there dying one that needed earth more than they let on, that would be an interesting angle to play on. weve always seen the UFOs as enemies, what if they wereacting that way because of a bigger threat unseen. That could have been even more interesting to look at. Either way barry grays music phenominal on this, the sets and style. UFO had it in quite a big way.

    • @leebritnell2405
      @leebritnell2405 8 днів тому

      For some reason,the end credit scene and music really creeped me out,aged seven.

  • @Bod8998
    @Bod8998 2 місяці тому +1

    Has a very different look to it in the sense the film used looks very studio as apposed to film

  • @johnrogan9420
    @johnrogan9420 Місяць тому +2

    Captain was slow to order "abandon ship!"

  • @SteveKiberd
    @SteveKiberd 25 днів тому

    The string tops the guys wearing was the same as i use to wear under my fire suit in the RAF!!!!

  • @jerryrichards8172
    @jerryrichards8172 Місяць тому

    As always for a Anderson production cool AFV

  • @user-il5oq5df6l
    @user-il5oq5df6l Місяць тому +3

    Gerry Anderson liked to have explosions in his films and TV shows.

  • @philipdawes2661
    @philipdawes2661 29 днів тому

    1970s VFX even after Star Wars changed 'the meta' took a while for the industry to catch up.

  • @commodon
    @commodon Місяць тому

    As a big fan of the series and knowing it aired in 1970/71 reading 1981 in the title of this video through me for a loop. Then i realized 1981 was the "future date". This episode is entitled "Reflections in the Water" and is #24 (in the "official" release) of the 26 episodes in the series.

  • @joeharris3878
    @joeharris3878 9 місяців тому +2

    Never heard of this show til just now, but about 30 seconds in I suspected it was
    a live action "Fireball XL5 / Supercar" type production. Gerry Anderson ?

    • @nsnopper
      @nsnopper 9 місяців тому +3

      WHAT!? You’d never heard of this series until now?! UFO was only one of the greatest sci-fi shows of the 1970s. Purple wigs, silver mini-skirts, Gabrielle Drake, and flying saucers - it had everything an 11 year old me needed. And yes, it was Gerry and Silvia Anderson.

    • @onkcuf
      @onkcuf 9 місяців тому +1

      Indeed.

  • @nrlajr
    @nrlajr Місяць тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤love this show thank you 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Місяць тому

    Great video...👍

  • @jaymorris3468
    @jaymorris3468 Місяць тому +1

    I think its 1970 1971 when this was released, (made In 1969/70) not 81, 81 was the date of the Imaginary future of the story, for those who were wondering.

    • @FandersonUfo
      @FandersonUfo  Місяць тому

      @@jaymorris3468 - it's a chronology of the imaginary timeline sir

    • @jaymorris3468
      @jaymorris3468 Місяць тому +1

      @@FandersonUfo you didn't have to tell me, it was info for the watchers, but it was great for it to be posted. 👍

  • @timothyhites7016
    @timothyhites7016 7 місяців тому +1

    A lot of you kids are too young to remember the UFO wars of 1981.

  • @paulforder591
    @paulforder591 7 місяців тому +1

    UFO did better in syndicated reruns, but it never explained the reasons for the green-skinned humanoids wanting to conquer Earth, nor was it always clear what their motives were. Great episode, but why the missing opening sequence?
    Did the 1980 movie shed any light on this aspect of the TV series?
    😸✌️🛸🛸🛸🇬🇧🇦🇺

  • @barbarybar
    @barbarybar 9 місяців тому +3

    Remarkably slow in calling Mayday.

  • @NicleT
    @NicleT Місяць тому +1

    What is this? Why does it looks like tv-theater outed rushes? I know that show but it look more cinematic than this. Interesting.

  • @jeffmee763
    @jeffmee763 8 місяців тому +1

    My mum and dad loved it must have been 60s or 70s time.

  • @Howoldareweanywayyipes
    @Howoldareweanywayyipes Місяць тому +1

    the little blond reading the printout in the computer room is looking super good to my old eyes.
    wow, the black haired gal looks good too.

  • @Odd_Interaction
    @Odd_Interaction 10 днів тому

    It worked out well, but I was more of a Dr. Who fan and it was rare to get BBC at Ramey AFB in Puetro Rico back in 1970.

  • @mandoc3292
    @mandoc3292 16 днів тому

    Wow I can see myself watching this when I was young

  • @robertmondoux6466
    @robertmondoux6466 5 місяців тому +2

    WHAAAATTT? No cool montage title intro? That's what I was waiting for after the boat sinking. Why is it missing ?

  • @mariakelly90210
    @mariakelly90210 7 місяців тому +1

    1:12 Seaview Rock and Roll!

  • @nor0845
    @nor0845 7 днів тому

    4:11 A young James Cosmo.
    9:06 Also Wanda Ventham, mother of Dominic Cumberbatch.
    U.F.O., Space 1999 etc. A wonderful era.

  • @MoivinSulunker
    @MoivinSulunker 12 днів тому +1

    Much of this series is history disguised as fiction, with some facts changed, such as places, dates, and other facts.

  • @philjameson292
    @philjameson292 10 днів тому +1

    I bet that those string vests didn't hold back the North Atlantic ❄️

  • @fredbonner9080
    @fredbonner9080 9 місяців тому +1

    20:58 just wow

  • @eric-wb7gj
    @eric-wb7gj 28 днів тому

    ty 🙏🙏

  • @matthewcampbell2947
    @matthewcampbell2947 Місяць тому

    I don’t know who the actor that played the diver was, but he couldn’t have been very happy having his choad used as a carrying handle.

  • @Senna-xi1gr
    @Senna-xi1gr 10 днів тому

    The ladies who stared in this were absolutely stunning. 👍🏆😀

  • @paulmason6474
    @paulmason6474 9 місяців тому +1

    Love the string vests you had to be thin in those days😅😅😅😅