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  • 2016-12-14T00:00:00Z on DuMont Television Network
  • 30m
  • 10h (20 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
"Guardian of the Safety of the World", private citizen-scientist Captain Video, assisted by his teenage helper The Ranger and an army of Video Rangers, preserves the peace in the far-off future, fighting the evil Dr. Pauli of the Astroidal Society and a bunch of other baddies (Nargola, Mook, Kul, Clysmok). The show appeared nightly Mon-Fri, featured many outlandish weapons and techno-gimmicks, and was run on a minuscule prop budget.

21 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-12-14T00:00:00Z

1x01 Captain Video Prepares to Visit Regus

Series Premiere

1x01 Captain Video Prepares to Visit Regus

  • 2016-12-14T00:00:00Z30m

1x04 Episode dated 16 July 1951

  • 1951-07-16T23:00:00Z30m

1951-08-13T23:00:00Z

1x05 The Power of Leonis

1x05 The Power of Leonis

  • 1951-08-13T23:00:00Z30m

1951-09-03T23:00:00Z

1x06 The Space Hawk

1x06 The Space Hawk

  • 1951-09-03T23:00:00Z30m

The Captain and Video Ranger learn that the infamous Space Hawk and his assistant have set up a base on a peaceful world where the residents have legislated that violence is illegal. Dr. Pauli learns that ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs indicate the unnamed planet 1-X-7 is the location of a hugely destructive force. Meanwhile, Dr. Kodiak has nefarious plans for control of the dark side of Earth's moon, and the Captain is summoned by the ruler of Metispherous, a planet where the oceans are inexplicably beginning to rise. Captain Video faces a life-or-death battle on the ...

1x07 Episode dated 17 September 1951

  • 1951-09-17T23:00:00Z30m

Secrets revealed in ancient Egyptian heiroglyphics describe the existence of an extremely destructive force, and Dr. Pauli of the Astroidal Society journeys to Planet 1-X-7 to harness it for his own purposes.

1x08 Episode dated 1 October 1951

  • 1951-10-02T00:00:00Z30m

Dr. Kodiak plans to set up a base on the dark side of the Moon, and Captain Video sets out to block this threat to Earth.

1x09 Episode dated 3 December 1951

  • 1951-12-04T00:00:00Z30m

Episode dated 3 December 1951
The planet Metispherous is suddenly and inexplicably threatened by massive flooding, and Captain Video's help is sought to assist in solving the crisis.

1x10 Episode dated 19 December 1951

  • 1951-12-20T00:00:00Z30m

Dr. Clysmok, the sinister ruler of Marine City, threatens Captain Video with death on the ocean floor.

1x11 Episode dated 14 January 1952

  • 1952-01-15T00:00:00Z30m

Captain Video is asked to investigate the disappearance of a large quantity of the extremely-rare mineral bollarium.

1x12 Episode dated 28 January 1952

  • 1952-01-29T00:00:00Z30m

Science has discovered a medical breakthrough. A number of human illnesses are able to be treated through the use of byproducts from nuclear power, and Captain Video meets with a research scientist on the possibilities therewith.

1x13 Episode dated 4 February 1952

  • 1952-02-05T00:00:00Z30m

Professor Locke, an enemy of Captain Video, has vowed revenge against him and thereby jeopardizes the lives of non-related individuals.

1x14 In the Clutches of the Klaw

  • 1952-02-19T00:00:00Z30m

The Klaw uses creative new technology to abscond with the Captain's friends and allies, and abandon them on Mercury.

1952-03-04T00:00:00Z

1x15 Shipwrecked

1x15 Shipwrecked

  • 1952-03-04T00:00:00Z30m

The Captain's longtime craft the X-9 crashes on an asteroid while on a passenger-transport mission to the colony for rehabilitated prisoners on Ganymede, and the damages are determined to be beyond repair.

1952-03-25T00:00:00Z

1x16 Birth of the 'Galaxy'

1x16 Birth of the 'Galaxy'

  • 1952-03-25T00:00:00Z30m

A newly-discovered, erratic comet appears to be on a collision course with Pluto. The crew aboard the Captain's new ship the 'Galaxy' mutinies en route, and the efforts to destroy the errant comet are thereby disrupted.

1952-04-21T00:00:00Z

1x17 Operation Micromail

1x17 Operation Micromail

  • 1952-04-21T00:00:00Z30m

Members of an organized gang work to destroy a fledgeling interplanetary micromail system between Earth and the distant outer planets of the Solar System.

1952-05-12T23:00:00Z

1x18 Episode dated 12 May 1952

1x18 Episode dated 12 May 1952

  • 1952-05-12T23:00:00Z30m

While on a mission to rescue a scientist lost among the asteroids, Captain Video encounters the infamous space pirate Gunther on the bleak asteroid Plutonia.

1952-05-16T23:00:00Z

1x19 Operation Venus

1x19 Operation Venus

  • 1952-05-16T23:00:00Z30m

Venus is the next destination of the 'Galaxy', as the Captain and Video Ranger are assigned to calm a worsening rebellion among native inhabitants, one that the Solar Council fears could spread and ignite a space war.

1952-07-07T23:00:00Z

1x20 Space Race

1x20 Space Race

  • 1952-07-07T23:00:00Z30m

Twenty-five spaceships compete in a race to determine which ship and crew will represent the North American Federation in the upcoming Interplanetary Olympics.

1x21 The Threat of the Rogue World

  • 1952-07-25T23:00:00Z30m

A wandering planet with a powerful magnetic field becomes a threat when it crosses the space lanes.

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