Captain Z-RO

Captain Z -RO was the first science - fiction television series in the world, which raised the issue of time travel. Formal model was Captain Video and His Video Rangers.

Specifications

From November 1951 until June 10, 1956 a total of 77 episodes of Kathleen K. Rawlings for the transmitter " Kron " in San Francisco were produced. From 1951 to 1954, the episodes included a length of 15 minutes, then 30 minutes.

As Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Space Patrol and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet was Captain Z -RO is a purely commercial venture, funded by advertising revenue.

Presumably, the series was sent to 1953 Live, but as of 1953, if known, recorded on video, from 1955 on film.

Action

The scientist Captain Z-Ro and his teenage assistant Jet operate a time machine ZX -99, which allows them to move in both space and time than to see the past and the future.

Captain Z -RO is thus able to detect problems in the course of the past. As an example, the risk that King John of England, the Magna Carta will not sign, Captain Z -RO travels back to the 13th century in order to guarantee the flow of the story.

Occupation

  • Captain Z -RO: Roy Steffens (18 episodes, 1955-1956 )
  • Jet: Bruce Haynes ( 17 episodes, 1955-1956 )

Guest starring:

  • Daniel Boone as an adult: Joe Miksak ( four episodes)
  • Columbus: Edward Sterlingson ( two episodes 1955-1956 )

Episodes, as far as known so far

  • Christopher Columbus, December 18, 1955
  • Daniel Boone, December 25, 1955
  • Marco Polo, 1956
  • Benedict Arnold, 1956
  • King John, 1956
  • Magellan, 1956
  • Pony Express, 1956
  • William Tell, February 5, 1956
  • Roger the Robot, 1956
  • Blackbeard the Pirate, 1956
  • Attila the Hun, 1956
  • Robin Hood, 1956
  • Washington and Howe, 1956
  • Curse of Ra, 1956
  • Hernando Cortez, 1956
  • Molly Pitcher, 1956
  • Discovery of Gold, 1956
  • Meteor, 1956
  • Captain Cook and the Hawaiian Islands, 1956
  • Aztec Papers, 1956
  • Genghis Kahn, 1956
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza, 1956
  • Leonardo DaVinci, 1956
  • William the Conqueror, 1956
  • Adventure in Space, 1956
  • King Alfred, 1956

Tradition

Due to the recording on video and film several episodes have survived the series, which have since been edited on DVD.

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