"Space Patrol" TV Series Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

The first "Space Patrol" program was broadcast on KECA-TV in Los Angeles on March 9th, 1950; it was the first televised 'space exploration' adventure show, preceding "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" by 6½ months. The "Space Patrol" weekday shows were 15 minutes long; the first Saturday half-hour "Space Patrol" program was broadcast on December 30, 1950. The show aired over one thousand separate programs before its demise on February 26th, 1955.

Created and produced by Mike Moser, the "Space Patrol" stories followed the 30th Century adventures of Commander Buzz Corry of the United Planets Space Patrol and his young oddly-named sidekick Cadet Happy as they battled nefarious interplanetary villains and their diabolical schemes. Cmdr. Corry and his allies were aided by such nifty gadgets as 'miniature space-o-phones' and 'atomolights'. The special effects used in the half-hour TV episodes had to be performed in real time; for example, pistols that shot invisible rays necessitated pre-positioning a small explosive charge on the wall; an actor would point the prop ray gun at that spot, whereupon a special effects worker would throw a detonation switch. These effects could not have been superimposed on film since the series was broadcast live. One 1953 30-minute episode was the subject of the first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast on April 29 in Los Angeles on A.B.C. affiliate KECA-TV.

"Space Patrol" on Radio
The radio version of "Space Patrol" ran for 129 weekly episodes from October 4th, 1952 to March 19th, 1955 with the same cast used on both the radio & TV shows;
writers, scripts, and directors were often reused between the radio & TV productions; the radio broadcasts were not limited by studio sets and the radio stories
became more expansive in scope than the television programs. Only 117 of the original broadcasts survive; 101 are on the O.T.R. website.
Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs "Space Patrol" Page

"Space Patrol" radio series [1952-1955]
"Hear the 30th Century adventures of Commander Buzz Corry of the United Planets Space Patrol and his young sidekick
as they battle interplanetary villains and their diabolical schemes"

	"Space Patrol: The Radio Shows" MP-3 album [2016] 56 hours of audio entertainment, 113 half-hour episodes (out of 129) from October 1952 to March 1955 Oversized Radio CD-ROM MP-3 album [11/2007] 113 episodes for $9.95 "Space Patrol: The Radio Shows" MP-3 album [2012] 48 hours of audio entertainment, 101 half-hour episodes (out of 129) from October 1952 to March 1955 oneSmedia MP-3 album [2012] 101 episodes for $7.50
	"Space Patrol: The Radio Shows" MP-3 album [2007] 45 hours of audio entertainment, 92 half-hour episodes (out of 129) from November 1952 to March 1955 Stardust Records MP-3 album [11/2007] 93 episodes for $9.49
	"Space Patrol Old Time Radio Shows, Volume 1" on audio CD [2008] 10 hours of original audio entertainment, digitally remastered and restored, 20 half-hour episodes (out of 129) from October 1952 to February 1953 Nostalgia Merchant audio CD [2008] for $25.95 there appears to be no Volume 2 on Amazon or elsewhere

"Space Patrol" TV series [1950-1955]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Patrol_(1950_TV_series)

"Space Patrol and The Ralston Rocket"
two full episodes plus footage of cross-country appearances, Cadet Happy on "The Betty White Show", and two episodes of "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
107-minute Grapevine Video b&w DVD [5/2012] out of prodn/used

"Space Patrol" TV series aka "Planet Patrol" [1962]
a science-fiction television series featuring marionettes
written and produced by Roberta Leigh in association with the Associated British Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Patrol_(1962_TV_series)

Space Patrol The Complete Series ~ Puppet Version (AKA - Planet Patrol)
https://www.amazon.com/Space-Patrol-Complete-Puppet-Version/dp/B00B6E4SGG/

Space Patrol aka Planet Patrol Volume 2 -More Amazing Than Lost In Space !
https://www.amazon.com/Space-Patrol-aka-Planet-Amazing/dp/B01NAOJ6FP/

145 novels based on and continuing the "Raumpatrouille Orion" series have been published over the years,
often with settings very different from those seen in the TV series

"Space Patrol Luluco" animé TV series [Japan 2016]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Patrol_Luluco
Space Patrol Luluco: The Complete Series
https://www.amazon.com/Space-Patrol-Luluco-Complete-Blu-ray/dp/B073ZTH54W/

"World Beyond the Moon" TV movie? [ABC-TV Oct 1954]

Space Patrol chart of the universe (since no graphic found for 'World Beyond the Moon')

obscure TV movie edited from three October 1954 episodes of "Space Patrol" [1950-55]: 'The Giants of Pluto III', 'The Fiery Pit of Pluto III', and 'The Man-Hunt On Pluto III'; may also have been intended for standard release as a feature film only in foreign markets; Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy must defeat mad scientist Doctor Kurt who is changing people into obedient giants in his sanitarium on Pluto III
Produced & directed by Dick Darley; written by Norman Jolley; starring Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Nina Bara, Hannes Lutz
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • not listed at IMDb

"Byeolnara Samchongsa (Starland Trio?)" animé feature film
[Sunwoo Ent. South Korea July 1979]

Byeolnara Samchongsa / Starland Trio / Raumpatrouille animé feature film

Three young children fascinated by space travel see a UFO land in a nearby forest; the king of a distant space realm invites them aboard and they are soon part of a fierce space battle during a dangerous meteor shower; released on DVD in April 2003 in Germany as "Raumpatrouille (Space Patrol)"
Produced by Han-young Kang; directed by Jung-kyu Lim; written by Sang-hak Chi; music by Ki-duk Kim
German-dubbed color DVD [4/2003] import/scarce
full credits at IMDb

"Space Patrol" feature film [1984]

Filmed in color in Colton, California and the Mojave Desert; information difficult to find outside of IMDb; the bad guys are a race of space aliens called Voths • Co-produced & co-written by Richard Davis & Ando Kimura; directed by Erica Freeman; co-written by Kyra Reese; music by Kyle Buchanon; starring Michael Puttnam, Sandra Grant, Albert Cannon, Jocelyn Nelson, Debra Coline, Jack Davis, Hugh Ecklund, Jeremy Geller, Rick Guinn, Dominique Harris, Bonnie Hodges, Tammy Ingrim, Stacy Millikan, Gary Moss, Seth Richmond, Tamara Steffan, Enrique Amberg
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb

"Space Patrol" was never featured in a daily or Sunday newspaper comic strip, nor was there a tie-in series of juvenile novels of "Space Patrol" adventures.

A comic book tie-in of two "Space Patrol" issues were published by Ziff-Davis in 1952 and featured cover paintings by Norman Saunders and Clarence Doore;
Bernard Krigstein illustrated the scripts by Phil Evans; today the original comics in high grade condition retail for about $1,000 each.

These two comic book series were published after "Flash Gordon" and a decade before the "Space Patrol" TV series.

common photo of 'Space Patrol' cast, circa 1950

common 'Space Patrol' cast photo from 1950, left to right:
Virginia Hewitt {as Carol Carlisle}, Nina Bara {as Tonga},
Norman Jolly {as Agent X}, Glen Dixon {as Gruel}, Ken Mayer
{as Major Robertson}, Ed Kemmer {as Commander Buzz Corry},
and Lyn Osborn {as Cadet Happy, with ray gun}

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	"Basil Wolverton's Space Patrol, 1939-1940" [2017] from Amazing Mystery Funnies Gwandanaland Comics #1220 11x8½ pb [7/2017] for $12.99 Centaur Publng/CreateSpace 11x8½ pb [7/2017] for $8.99
	"Buzz Crandall of The Space Patrol: His Complete Adventures From Planet Comics #1-14, 1940-1941" [2016] Fiction House/CreateSpace 11x8½ pb [3/2016] for $15.99
	"Space Patrol To The Rescue!: Three Complete Series Carrying The Proud Name of Space Patrol" [2019] 207-page Gwandanaland Comics #2303 11x8½ pb [3/2019] for $36.99

	"Space Patrol: Missions of Daring In The Name of Early Television" [2005] by Jean-Noel Bassior • official booksite Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [5/2015] for $9.99 McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [5/2012] for $26.45 McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [5/2005] for $21.00
	"1950s 'Rocketman' TV Series and Their Fans: Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men" [14 essays 2012] Edited by Cynthia J. Miller & A. Bowdoin Van Riper Kindle Edition from Palgrave Macmillan [8/2012] for $69.42 {sic} Palgrave Macmillan 9¼x6 pb [8/2012] for $95.00 Palgrave Macmillan 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2012] for $86.01
	"Kid Space Patrol" [2018] by John Zakour & Tayah Payne, Illustrated by Scott Roberts Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2018] for $3.99 indep 11x8½ pb [2/2018] for $12.99

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