Christian Wagner (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} brokenlibrarian) wrote,@ 2008-04-02 18:35:00 |
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The World's First Science Fiction Television
My father used to tell me about a TV show he watched when he was a small child. He saw me enjoying things like Star Wars when I was young, and he would tell me about Captain Video, the first science fiction TV show ever made. It was, of course, made to sell cereal and toys to young boys: things are not so different now than they were in 1948. But Captain Video was made and broadcast without the benefit of videotape or editing, with all special effects performed live. I had assumed that there was no way I would ever see any of this material, which saddened me, because my father had been a member of the fan club and it had apparently had a rather strong effect on him as a kid.
But then I found some of it on Youtube today. "Pure science is a greater weapon than all the armies in the world!"
My father used to tell me about a TV show he watched when he was a small child. He saw me enjoying things like Star Wars when I was young, and he would tell me about Captain Video, the first science fiction TV show ever made. It was, of course, made to sell cereal and toys to young boys: things are not so different now than they were in 1948. But Captain Video was made and broadcast without the benefit of videotape or editing, with all special effects performed live. I had assumed that there was no way I would ever see any of this material, which saddened me, because my father had been a member of the fan club and it had apparently had a rather strong effect on him as a kid.
But then I found some of it on Youtube today. "Pure science is a greater weapon than all the armies in the world!"
