The Somportex bubble gum cards

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No. 1 Virgil on Thunderbird 1 pilot's ramp. Shute folds to convert to pilot's seat.

No. 2 John answers distress call on his high secret frequency band remote radio mike.

No. 3 Thunderbird 2 landing on retro jets at London Airport.

No. 4 Hood invoking his strange hoodoo powers over Kyrano, his half brother.

No. 5 Fire Flash about to take off on maiden flight from London Airport to Tokyo. Passenger capacity 600.

No. 6 Hood's exotic Eastern temple.

No. 7 Lady Penelope's country home.

No. 8 Brains, Scott and Virgil plan rescue operation to rescue Sidewinder.

No. 9 Hood in one of his many disguises places an auto–bomb in the hydraulic landing gear of the worlds fastest airliner 'Fire Flash'

No. 10 Scott on the revolving floor section preparing to enter gantry for the control panel of Thunderbird 1.

No. 11 Brains, scientific genius, inventor of all International Rescue machines. Very shy.

No. 12 Monitoring control on ever alert space station – Thunderbird 5.

No. 13 Thunderbird 2 leaving its secret mountain quarters ready for blast off. Palm trees fold back to allow for wing span.

No. 14 Thunderbid 1 with all systems go streaking on a mission at 7,500 m.p.h.

No. 15 Thunderbird 3 blasts off from beneath round house on Tracy Island.

No. 16 Thunderbird 1. Leading rescue rocket. Length 115' – wing span 80' – diameter 12'

No. 17 Thunderbird 3 interplanetary space rescue rocket. 200' long.

No. 18 Thunderbird 1 making a soft landing with use of retro-jets at London Airport.

No. 19 Jeff Tracy ex–astronaut now head of International rescue at H.Q. monitor.

No. 20 Mobile swimming pool concealing launching pad for Thunderbird 1 on Tracy Island.

No. 21 Thunderbird 2 unloading pod 3 containing radio controlled elevator cars.

No. 22 Thunderbird 4 on underwater rescue mission using extremely powerful searchlight.

No. 23 Thunderbird 2 heavy rescue rocket cruising at 5,000 m.p.h. Wingspan 180' – height 60'

No. 24 John Tracy on the space monitor is ready to listen in to all world radio communications.

No. 25 Thunderbird 5 ever alert space station monitoring post. The receiver automatically translates distress signals into English.

No. 26 Earth drilling Mole transported in Thunderbird 2 – pod 2.

No. 27 Lady Penelope's luxury ocean going yacht – FAB 2

No. 28 Tracy family living quarters on remote and mysterious Tracy Island somewhere in the Pacific.

No. 29 The round house – Tracy library hiding launching pad for Thunderbird 3.

No. 30 Lady Penelope's FAB 1 Rolls Royce. The world's most elegant car.

No. 31 Jeff Tracy briefing his team for another International Rescue mission.

No. 32 Thunderbird 3 rendez–vous with Thunderbird 5 using auto entry tube to relieve John Tracy from one month's duty rotation.

No. 33 Heli-jet landing at scene of rescue in hostile terrain.

No. 34 Thunderbird 4 destroys enemy nuclear submarine.

No. 35 Scott at the controls of Thunderbird 1, control levers operate vertical and horizontal flight positions.

No. 36 Scott guides remote control elevator cars 2, 3 and 4 by V.H.F. monitors on car 1.

No. 37 Thunderbird 3 launching gantry beneath the round house.

No. 38 International Rescue headquarters lounge. This room converts to their International Rescue operations room

No. 39 Kyrano. Jeff Tracy's loyal servant and yet Hoods half brother.

No. 40 Interior of FAB 1 Lady Penelope's luxury Rolls Royce with chauffeur – body guard – manservant Parker.

No. 41 John Tracy. Controller of the space monitor Thunderbird 5. Very patient.

No. 42 Aquanaut Gordon Tracy co–pilot of Thunderbird 2 and driver of Thunderbird 4.

No. 43 Astronaut Alan Tracy. Pilot of Thunderbird 3 who is also an expert racing driver.

No. 44 Lady Penelope's FAB 1 Rolls Royce outside the round house on Tracy Island.

No. 45 Virgil Tracy. Pilot of Thunderbird 2. Reliable and steady. In charge of priceless rescue equipment.

No. 46 Scott Tracy. Pilot of Thunderbird 1. Chief rescue organiser. Eldest son of Jeff. Fast thinking and quick actioned.

No. 47 The Hood. Arch enenmy of International Rescue. Master of disguise.

No. 48 Thunderbird 4, underwater and ocean going rescue and scout craft

No. 49 Heli–jet with police patrol over the roof of top security government building.

No. 50 Jeff Tracy one of the first men to land on the moon and now founder member of International Resue

No. 51 Lady Penelope. International Rescue's elegant secret agent based in London.

No. 52 Parker. Lady Penelope's trusted servant. Driver of FAB1. Reformed ex-convict.

No. 53 Virgil at controls of elevator car, also controlling other cars by radio.

No. 54 Hood in hoodoo trance casting hypnotic spell.

No. 55 Tin-Tin (a Malaysian name meaning sweet) daughter of Kyrano.

No. 56 International Rescue's mobile control monitor in operation at London Airport.

No. 57 TX-204 multi-jet freighter on routine patrol. Equipment includes latest anti–missile missiles.

No. 58 This advanced proto-type FX-904 vertical lift heli-jet is capable of enourmous weight lifting capability and speeds of up to Mach 2.

No. 59 The use of a hover scooter enables Scott to obtain maximum mobility even when he is grounded.

No. 60 The Thunderizer. This blast gun contains a dynamatic unit producing immense electric discharges more powerful than lightning.

No. 61 WN1 – nuclear powered atom-sub is used by Hood to trail aquanaut Gordon Tracy to the depths of the pacific ocean.

No. 62 Fireflash, the world's fastest and largest airliner. The revolutionary fission turbines produce 3 million lbs. thrust giving a cruising speed of 5000 m.p.h.

No. 63 Firefly is frequently called into operation by International Rescue. The atomic neutrons are concentrated into a single cell which when fired disintegrates solid matter.

No. 64 Skyhawk all weather interceptor. Maximum speed 9,500 m.p.h. Variable wing design. Armoury: anti–solarium cannon 108 mm.

No. 65 The anti–meteorite satellite on patrol was launched from Cape Kennedy to form part of the early warning system.

No. 66 The mobile laser ray. I.R. 3 can penetrate any known material. Sunrays are bombarded with electrons to produce immense cutting power.

No. 67 WN 1 – The Hood's atom sub aboard the 8 wheeler hydraulic transporter equipped to provide launching facilites.

No. 68 Sunprobe, the incredible space rocket with secret heleotomic booster motor mounted on gantry assist.

No. 69 Sunprobe at final countdown. This massive rocket is fired by remote control from the traction platform.

No. 70 Lady Penelope's luxurious Rolls Royce FAB 1 conceals a deadly weapon behind the famous radiator.

No. 71 This multi purpose heavy duty global carrier provides maintenance for the International Rescue organisation.

No. 72 World T.V. hoverjet projects hyper–space video pictures direct to I.R. headquarters.