The Somportex bubble gum cards
black&white series
No. 1
Virgil on Thunderbird 1 pilot's ramp. Shute folds to convert to pilot's seat.
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No. 2
John answers distress call on his high secret frequency band remote radio mike.
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No. 3
Thunderbird 2 landing on retro jets at London Airport.
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No. 4
Hood invoking his strange hoodoo powers over Kyrano, his half brother.
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No. 5
Fire Flash about to take off on maiden flight from London Airport to Tokyo. Passenger capacity 600.
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No. 6
Hood's exotic Eastern temple.
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No. 7
Lady Penelope's country home.
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No. 8
Brains, Scott and Virgil plan rescue operation to rescue Sidewinder.
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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'
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No. 10
Scott on the revolving floor section preparing to enter gantry for the control panel of Thunderbird 1.
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No. 11
Brains, scientific genius, inventor of all International Rescue machines. Very shy.
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No. 12
Monitoring control on ever alert space station – Thunderbird 5.
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No. 13
Thunderbird 2 leaving its secret mountain quarters ready for blast off. Palm trees fold back to allow for wing span.
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No. 14
Thunderbid 1 with all systems go streaking on a mission at 7,500 m.p.h.
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No. 15
Thunderbird 3 blasts off from beneath round house on Tracy Island.
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No. 16
Thunderbird 1. Leading rescue rocket. Length 115' – wing span 80' – diameter 12'
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No. 17
Thunderbird 3 interplanetary space rescue rocket. 200' long.
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No. 18
Thunderbird 1 making a soft landing with use of retro-jets at London Airport.
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No. 19
Jeff Tracy ex–astronaut now head of International rescue at H.Q. monitor.
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No. 20
Mobile swimming pool concealing launching pad for Thunderbird 1 on Tracy Island.
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No. 21
Thunderbird 2 unloading pod 3 containing radio controlled elevator cars.
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No. 22
Thunderbird 4 on underwater rescue mission using extremely powerful searchlight.
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No. 23
Thunderbird 2 heavy rescue rocket cruising at 5,000 m.p.h. Wingspan 180' – height 60'
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No. 24
John Tracy on the space monitor is ready to listen in to all world radio communications.
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No. 25
Thunderbird 5 ever alert space station monitoring post. The receiver automatically translates distress signals into English.
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No. 26
Earth drilling Mole transported in Thunderbird 2 – pod 2.
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No. 27
Lady Penelope's luxury ocean going yacht – FAB 2
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No. 28
Tracy family living quarters on remote and mysterious Tracy Island somewhere in the Pacific.
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No. 29
The round house – Tracy library hiding launching pad for Thunderbird 3.
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No. 30
Lady Penelope's FAB 1 Rolls Royce. The world's most elegant car.
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No. 31
Jeff Tracy briefing his team for another International Rescue mission.
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No. 32
Thunderbird 3 rendez–vous with Thunderbird 5 using auto entry tube to relieve John Tracy from one month's duty rotation.
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No. 33
Heli-jet landing at scene of rescue in hostile terrain.
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No. 34
Thunderbird 4 destroys enemy nuclear submarine.
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No. 35
Scott at the controls of Thunderbird 1, control levers operate vertical and horizontal flight positions.
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No. 36
Scott guides remote control elevator cars 2, 3 and 4 by V.H.F. monitors on car 1.
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No. 37
Thunderbird 3 launching gantry beneath the round house.
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No. 38
International Rescue headquarters lounge. This room converts to their International Rescue operations room
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No. 39
Kyrano. Jeff Tracy's loyal servant and yet Hoods half brother.
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No. 40
Interior of FAB 1 Lady Penelope's luxury Rolls Royce with chauffeur – body guard – manservant Parker.
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No. 41
John Tracy. Controller of the space monitor Thunderbird 5. Very patient.
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No. 42
Aquanaut Gordon Tracy co–pilot of Thunderbird 2 and driver of Thunderbird 4.
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No. 43
Astronaut Alan Tracy. Pilot of Thunderbird 3 who is also an expert racing driver.
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No. 44
Lady Penelope's FAB 1 Rolls Royce outside the round house on Tracy Island.
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No. 45
Virgil Tracy. Pilot of Thunderbird 2. Reliable and steady. In charge of priceless rescue equipment.
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No. 46
Scott Tracy. Pilot of Thunderbird 1. Chief rescue organiser. Eldest son of Jeff. Fast thinking and quick actioned.
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No. 47
The Hood. Arch enenmy of International Rescue. Master of disguise.
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No. 48
Thunderbird 4, underwater and ocean going rescue and scout craft
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No. 49
Heli–jet with police patrol over the roof of top security government building.
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No. 50
Jeff Tracy one of the first men to land on the moon and now founder member of International Resue
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No. 51
Lady Penelope. International Rescue's elegant secret agent based in London.
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No. 52
Parker. Lady Penelope's trusted servant. Driver of FAB1. Reformed ex-convict.
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No. 53
Virgil at controls of elevator car, also controlling other cars by radio.
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No. 54
Hood in hoodoo trance casting hypnotic spell.
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No. 55
Tin-Tin (a Malaysian name meaning sweet) daughter of Kyrano.
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No. 56
International Rescue's mobile control monitor in operation at London Airport.
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No. 57
TX-204 multi-jet freighter on routine patrol. Equipment includes latest anti–missile missiles.
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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.
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No. 59
The use of a hover scooter enables Scott to obtain maximum mobility even when he is grounded.
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No. 60
The Thunderizer. This blast gun contains a dynamatic unit producing immense electric discharges more powerful than lightning.
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No. 61
WN1 – nuclear powered atom-sub is used by Hood to trail aquanaut Gordon Tracy to the depths of the pacific ocean.
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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.
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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.
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No. 64
Skyhawk all weather interceptor. Maximum speed 9,500 m.p.h. Variable wing design. Armoury: anti–solarium cannon 108 mm.
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No. 65
The anti–meteorite satellite on patrol was launched from Cape Kennedy to form part of the early warning system.
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No. 66
The mobile laser ray. I.R. 3 can penetrate any known material. Sunrays are bombarded with electrons to produce immense cutting power.
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No. 67
WN 1 – The Hood's atom sub aboard the 8 wheeler hydraulic transporter equipped to provide launching facilites.
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No. 68
Sunprobe, the incredible space rocket with secret heleotomic booster motor mounted on gantry assist.
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No. 69
Sunprobe at final countdown. This massive rocket is fired by remote control from the traction platform.
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No. 70
Lady Penelope's luxurious Rolls Royce FAB 1 conceals a deadly weapon behind the famous radiator.
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No. 71
This multi purpose heavy duty global carrier provides maintenance for the International Rescue organisation.
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No. 72
World T.V. hoverjet projects hyper–space video pictures direct to I.R. headquarters.
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