I'm keen on digital video editing, as you may know. I've also been a fan of 'Thunderbirds' since I was a child. One particular aspect of the show that I always found very exciting was the 20 second pre-credits 'teaser' sequence, in which highlights of that week's episode were rapidly cut together to match Barry Gray's exciting score. This kind of fast cutting is obviously very commonplace in feature films and music videos nowadays, but back in 1965 I'd imagine it was pretty sensational - compare it to the leaden editing pace of other contemporary programmes. Thunderbirds certainly seemed much more exciting to me than other kids' programmes of the time, and I think the editing was one reason why.
I always thought the teasers from all 32 episodes would look great back-to-back, so I put them together:
Yes I know it is copyright material, but hopefully Gerry Anderson will forgive me!
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