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- 1Two Priceless Thunderbirds Puppets Found Six Decades Later●Gerry Anderson: “60 Years Later… 2 Priceless Thunderbirds Puppets Have Been Found” https:// youtu.be/d1rYPG6Jp50 # Thund
Two original puppets from Gerry Anderson's classic series Thunderbirds, lost for roughly 60 years, have reportedly been rediscovered. The puppets, made using the show's signature Supermarionation technique, are described as priceless pieces of British television history. Fans of the 1960s science fiction series are celebrating the find and recalling the show's enduring legacy.
- 2Thunderbirds was a strikingly optimistic view of humanity, writer argues●Thunderbirds was far more than puppets on strings – it was a strikingly optimistic view of humanity
A Guardian essay argues that Thunderbirds, the classic British puppet series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, deserves to be remembered as more than a technical curiosity about marionettes. The piece contends the show offered a strikingly optimistic vision of humanity, celebrating international cooperation, rescue and ingenuity in the face of disaster rather than cynicism or fear.