Product: Thunderbirds, The Complete Series [Region 2] (1965)
Rating: 5.0
Thunderbirds and WideScreen - a rational view !
I believe that a lot of the problem is people do not understand how WideScreen in theatres came about, back in the fifties theatre owners wanted a cheap way of getting a wider image on the screenThe 35mm release print image is a 1.37:1 'flat' Academy ratio format, but if you use an aperture plate in the projector with a roughly hewn oblong shape cut in the middle of it and hay presto! - You've got your self - `WideScreen' (1.85:1)All of the TV crews that worked on the classic shows from the sixties (including Thunderbirds), all came from the film industry. Cinematographers would (and still do), compose all their camerawork for the WideScreen image, but `protect' the Full image from microphones and other filming equipment if the show they were working on was to be broadcast in Full frame or squareThat is why shows from the sixties will work in both Full (1.33:1) and WideScreen (1.78:1) 'TV' formats