How I wish John Williams would conduct a full orchestra to the score of this wonderful memory of my childhood! Could you imagine, the harps, violin, tympami and cello at the start, followed by the heralding trumpets?!?
Good ole George "Honest George Reeves" The People's Friend!!! He was known to be an easy touch and for it was given that nickname by his friends. He was a real Superman. God I pray has rewarded him greatly. Amen!!!
I've been watching The Adventures of Superman since i was 4 years old. Im now 66 and still watching it even though i've seen every episode at least 30 times.
George Reeves’ million dollar smile could light up Metropolis. So sad he didn’t live to see how truly loved he was. As Superman, no other actor could hold his cape.
I totally agree with you, not Christopher Reeves, not any other actor, don't care how many other actors you get to play the man of steel, no other actor could ever light a candle to George Reeves, just my opinion.
I loved this show as a kid and the older I get the more I appreciate George Reeves as Superman. Superman was just good. A good guy who helped people. Reeves was terrific.
"Magnificent" is the only word to describe George Reeves, and his portrayal of the Man of Steel. Even though the funds for special effects was on the slim side, one can truly believe that Reeves could fly, and he played the part as a very exceptional person, and actor, that he was. May he be remembered forever, and god bless him for eternity. RIP, with love from a true fan. Steve Eisen in Md.
Steven Eisen I too a TRUE FAN forever George Reeves was a True SUPERMAN...HE is not forgotten. He sure had his flying down and also his takeoffs and landings. Just great.
Superman is my FAVORITE superhero. He had it all: He could fly; super-strength, xray vision, heat vision and he was invulnerable. In a word: "Jeepers."
Superman is and always will be my favorite superhero. His shows always kept me on the edge of my seat. I just couldn't rest until the bad guy or guys were put away for good. Thank you Superman. You were the best.
The ONLY real Superman EVER was George Reeves! I am just as thrilled as ever watching clips from my favorite tv show ever. Thank you George and God bless.
After watching the adventures of superman when I was about 4. I was convinced I could fly, I was so impressed...in my bedroom I stood up on the edge of my open window ready to fly across the streets, just a short trip. At that exact moment before l leaped out , mom opens my bedroom door, seen where I was and calmly said "come on down Robbie, I have some candy for you. Boy, I didn't know candy could hurt... I wasn't allowed to watch superman again in my youth. Great show for kids and adults...I watch whenever it makes a comeback. Still can't fly through.
What an incredible compilation of Superman flying. Thank you!! I have so many wonderful memories of watching The Adventures of Superman. Superman use to come on around 5 PM when I was 6 years old. I'm now 69 & still love this show just as much after all these years. George Reeves was so charismatic & that smile was precious & looked like he was really enjoying himself in light of some bad scripts. If he had lived George he would have found out how his fans loved him so much & would have probably had a statue erected of him someplace. There will never be another Superman as good as George Reeves. RIP George
I always liked his Clark Kent best, even better than what had originally been portrayed in the comics. Reeves put a lot into his role in this show; especially the take-off and landing scenes. It looked great.
@@JosephRGrych I agree, and I'm happy that George had the presence of mind to play Kent as one of the boys you'd like to shoot pool with. His Kent was understated enough that no one would connect him to Superman, and Kent wouldn't need the fumbling buffoon routine to compensate for the double identity. I'm so sorry that George didn't live long enough to see just how beloved he truly was...and still is.
@@ECO473, yes, Reeve's Kent was sharp, smart, acted sensibly--and had wit. I don't know how much Reeves contributed to the writing, but also I liked the way the character was written; his excuses for not being present were never cowardly, but useful and crucial to resolving the situation. This Clark was respectable as a person.
I rememer watching this every Saturday morning as a kid. I believed it. i believe it all. And when i started hearing that music, I knew Superman was on his way.
I find it sad that George didn't live long enough to experience how extraordinary popular he would have been as his many fans grew into adults. He could have lectured about the show to sold out crowds, signed autographs at $100 a pop and the line would have stretched around the block. His many fans (like me) would have idolized him...oh what might have been.
I am sitting at home in the mid 1950s with my older brother watching George Reeves on a 13 inch black and white Philco television amazed to see him fly and rescue people and or animals. Nostalgia or not these were good times.
Life was a tad more pure and innocent. in the 1950s. There was safety in our blankets and pillows as we watched Superman, dressed in what looked to a kid pajamas, jump into the air each week and get the bad guys. I miss those times.
Great job putting together his best flying scenes - I loved this show as a kid....and the kid in me STILL loves Superman - and George Reeves made an imposing Superman for certain. Perhaps some of the flying looks a tad primitive compared with the computerized antics of today, but life was simpler then and the heart of this show did come across with sincerity ~
Great technology for the time period. Season two had the best flying effects. The flying effects were different during the color years as what was done in B&W couldn't be reproduced in color.
@@longstreet47 I certainly agree that season 2's flying effects were the best by far. Also, the closeups showing the intensity in George's face left no doubt that the Super Dude had to get somewhere in a hurry. Bravo, just...bravo!!!
I agree with the gentleman about the episode where Superman (George Reeves) flies around the world with the crippled girl. I still tear up every time I watch it because of how wonderful Reeves acts in the scene. The little girl actress kills it when she kisses Reeves and his always charming smile. He is still the greatest actor to ever portray the role, followed by Christopher Reeves.
Robin Smith Alway liked it when The Superman Theme came on when flying always got me plumped up when it was in tv back in the day I had a superman costume would put it on every show it even had a warning on the bottom of the shirt saying this costume will not make you fly only superman can fly also had a line drawing of superman with his arm around a young man times have changed and not for the better look for Detrotkidsshow.com it has a list of a lot of the tv shows from the 60' S it even has the sign off when tv went on the air for the night back m-t it went off at 1 am Friday and Saturday it went off at 2 or 3 am and didn't came back on till 4 in the morning check it out hope you like it also look up the 1948 superman TH-cam has a post covering superman from 1948 to present Stay the course Bruce
I miss the sound of Superman flying through the air like some guided missile. I miss the Reeves' style of flying, as if aerodynamics were of any consequence. But mostly, I miss Reeves himself. He had this bulked-up look (which certainly wasn't muscle and more likely padding), but he was a consummate actor. And no matter how cheesy the script, he handled each and every episode with grace and sincerity. Many look back at Christopher Reeve as being the embodiment of Superman. Reeve was outstanding, but for many of us George Reeves was the Man.
George Reeves was the best Superman. Even with the poor special effects he really sold that he was the man of steel. It also helped that George Reeves had a smile and charisma that was unstoppable! It never bothered me that he wasn’t all bulked up…Superman got his strength and abilities from the yellow ☀️ and not massive muscles!
George reeves was the best superman. could you imagine how good the series would have been with today's technology advances mind blowing what he could have accomplished
the music and the visuals were ahead of the time.a few more interesting angles as Supes flies than in the later seasons.imagination and talented cast and crew.
Note that when Superman flies from left to right, it's just a mirror reverse of the right to left flight (revealed by the "S" shield on his chest being backwards).
As a kid over fifty years ago, I'd run home from school to watch this show. Panic In The Sky was my favorite episode. Who cared if the asteroid had strings on top of it? Who cared that a bird was chirping on it? It didn't matter. Note how Reeves' breastplate that they used to string him up with guy-wires bulges out when he carries the bomb to the asteroid. They did a special shot for that. Reeves was the first Superman I ever saw. (I saw the serial with Kirk Alyn much later on). To me, he was Superman. Period. Modern day, toss-up between Reeve and Cavill, but this show brings back great memories.
If this didn't move you better check your pulse you have no heart one of the greatest superman episodes ever the other one is when superman crashes thru the wall and Jimmy says theirs a door and superman says yeah but I thought this would be dramatic stay the course Bruce
I think these scenes of Superman flying look so much more realistic than what you see with computer-generated imagery today. Especially the ones of him flying amongst the clouds with the sun shining on him. It just looks so realistic! And done before computers.
Absolutely, for nearly 70 years old, this is pure magic, don't get me wrong, I love the new Superman films. But these guys did the impossible, with nothing, remember no technology in them days. With nothing, they did a damn lot. Is this on DVD?
If you're referring to the episode where Superman first commits kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment & finally two counts of manslaughter, when his captives fall to their death, then yes, it was a unique episode!
I always thought it would have made more sense for Superman to wear glasses when he was flying to keep the wind out of his eyes, but.... I sure miss this and wish they would do another series.
George Reeves was the best, Helluva Actor! Great Stories, I've been watching the series since 3or 4 years old back in the early 60's, I was born in 1960. I still watch the show today ! I have the DVD's at home! Fernando Huerta
Things you don't realize when your a kid..its sunny in space, there are birds on a astroid, and win flying to Germany he fly's west instead of east and vice- versa ..and that the daily plants is actually Parker center polices dept and court house..but the music is what gets it, close your eyes and listen and its you dreaming about flying
A lot was made of the flying effects in the superman movies with Christopher Reeves but the flying effects here are surprisingly just as good if not better
How I wish John Williams would conduct a full orchestra to the score of this wonderful memory of my childhood! Could you imagine, the harps, violin, tympami and cello at the start, followed by the heralding trumpets?!?
Good ole George "Honest George Reeves" The People's Friend!!! He was known to be an easy touch and for it was given that nickname by his friends. He was a real Superman. God I pray has rewarded him greatly. Amen!!!
I've been watching The Adventures of Superman since i was 4 years old. Im now 66 and still watching it even though i've seen every episode at least 30 times.
I once watched a good compilation of clips with Reeves/Superman pulling up his underwear every time he "landed".
Since I was five and now I'm 70.
George Reeves’ million dollar smile could light up Metropolis. So sad he didn’t live to see how truly loved he was. As Superman, no other actor could hold his cape.
I totally agree with you, not Christopher Reeves, not any other actor, don't care how many other actors you get to play the man of steel, no other actor could ever light a candle to George Reeves, just my opinion.
@@albertcarr574 I'm with you. George is irreplaceable.
Loved watching Superman in the 50s. George Reeves was the best. And the Superman theme . So super charged. It’s so upbeat.
I loved this show as a kid and the older I get the more I appreciate George Reeves as Superman. Superman was just good. A good guy who helped people. Reeves was terrific.
Loved this show. Superman was great. Heavenly Father and the kids 🙏
"Magnificent" is the only word to describe George Reeves, and his portrayal of the Man of Steel. Even though the funds for special effects was on the slim side, one can truly believe that Reeves could fly, and he played the part as a very exceptional person, and actor, that he was. May he be remembered forever, and god bless him for eternity. RIP, with love from a true fan. Steve Eisen in Md.
Steven Eisen
I too a TRUE FAN forever
George Reeves was a True
SUPERMAN...HE is not forgotten. He sure had his flying down and also his takeoffs and landings.
Just great.
We need a awesome superman today like Reeves to get everyone together with the right mindset again for America 🇺🇸.
Taking the little crippled girl around the world should be one of the greatest scenes in history of film- A Classic Beautiful Scene RIP George Reeves
My favorite episode too!!
I remember that as a kid....am now 75 .....ancient history........
Superman is my FAVORITE superhero.
He had it all: He could fly; super-strength, xray vision, heat vision and he was invulnerable.
In a word: "Jeepers."
Season 1& Season 2 Were the Two Greatest Years Of The Series.
yeah these were the best out of the whole series 3-4-5-6 they took the
action out to it make more kid friendly
Black and white versions were better
He showed superman was a real hero because he had heart. Not just muscle. And George's smile said it all.
Superman is and always will be my favorite superhero. His shows always kept me on the edge of my seat. I just couldn't rest until the bad guy or guys were put away for good. Thank you Superman. You were the best.
With all the countless innovations in television and cinematic technology, I still find George's flying the most interesting
The late great "George Reeves # 1 Superman of all time !
The ONLY real Superman EVER was George Reeves! I am just as thrilled as ever watching clips from my favorite tv show ever. Thank you George and God bless.
After watching the adventures of superman when I was about 4. I was convinced I could fly, I was so impressed...in my bedroom I stood up on the edge of my open window ready to fly across the streets, just a short trip. At that exact moment before l leaped out , mom opens my bedroom door, seen where I was and calmly said "come on down Robbie, I have some candy for you. Boy, I didn't know candy could hurt... I wasn't allowed to watch superman again in my youth. Great show for kids and adults...I watch whenever it makes a comeback. Still can't fly through.
What an incredible compilation of Superman flying. Thank you!! I have so many wonderful memories of watching The Adventures of Superman.
Superman use to come on around 5 PM when I was 6 years old. I'm now 69 & still love this show just as much after all these years. George Reeves was so charismatic & that smile was precious & looked like he was really enjoying himself in light of some bad scripts. If he had lived George he would have found out how his fans loved him so much & would have probably had a statue erected of him someplace. There will never be another Superman as good as George Reeves.
RIP George
George Reeves is just irreplaceable, and I miss him. God love him!
I always liked his Clark Kent best, even better than what had originally been portrayed in the comics. Reeves put a lot into his role in this show; especially the take-off and landing scenes. It looked great.
@@JosephRGrych I agree, and I'm happy that George had the presence of mind to play Kent as one of the boys you'd like to shoot pool with. His Kent was understated enough that no one would connect him to Superman, and Kent wouldn't need the fumbling buffoon routine to compensate for the double identity. I'm so sorry that George didn't live long enough to see just how beloved he truly was...and still is.
@@ECO473, yes, Reeve's Kent was sharp, smart, acted sensibly--and had wit. I don't know how much Reeves contributed to the writing, but also I liked the way the character was written; his excuses for not being present were never cowardly, but useful and crucial to resolving the situation. This Clark was respectable as a person.
@@ECO473 he played Clark Kent better than Christopher Reeves not so nerdy
@@wb9506 I couldn't agree more.
Even though I was 12 when Superman the movie came out, I still consider this the Superman I grew up with as a toddler through mid childhood....
superman, everybodys hero. We need him now more than before.
sadly realty is not in tv
I've always loved this Superman. Loved watching it growing up in the late 50's and early 60's
I rememer watching this every Saturday morning as a kid. I believed it. i believe it all. And when i started hearing that music, I knew Superman was on his way.
I still enjoy Superman today even at almost 68 years old
I find it sad that George didn't live long enough to experience how extraordinary popular he would have been as his many fans grew into adults. He could have lectured about the show to sold out crowds, signed autographs at $100 a pop and the line would have stretched around the block. His many fans (like me) would have idolized him...oh what might have been.
George Reeves was great! I miss the old days of hurrying home from first grade to watch re-runs in the afternoon! The best of times.
I am sitting at home in the mid 1950s with my older brother watching George Reeves on a 13 inch black and white Philco television amazed to see him fly and rescue people and or animals. Nostalgia or not these were good times.
up up and away
A sequence of memories defines a life. These were good ones.
Life was a tad more pure and innocent. in the 1950s. There was safety in our blankets and pillows as we watched Superman, dressed in what looked to a kid pajamas, jump into the air each week and get the bad guys. I miss those times.
Amen
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Great job putting together his best flying scenes - I loved this show as a kid....and the kid in me STILL loves Superman - and George Reeves made an imposing Superman for certain. Perhaps some of the flying looks a tad primitive compared with the computerized antics of today, but life was simpler then and the heart of this show did come across with sincerity ~
Great technology for the time period. Season two had the best flying effects. The flying effects were different during the color years as what was done in B&W couldn't be reproduced in color.
@@longstreet47 I certainly agree that season 2's flying effects were the best by far. Also, the closeups showing the intensity in George's face left no doubt that the Super Dude had to get somewhere in a hurry. Bravo, just...bravo!!!
George Reeves was absolutely, unequivocally the best SUPERMAN ever ~
You the (Super)man, George Reeves. RIP.
Must have been a big hit on television 📺
I agree with the gentleman about the episode where Superman (George Reeves) flies around the world with the crippled girl. I still tear up every time I watch it because of how wonderful Reeves acts in the scene. The little girl actress kills it when she kisses Reeves and his always charming smile. He is still the greatest actor to ever portray the role, followed by Christopher Reeves.
Christopher REEVE.
Superman was definitely part of my childhood and I am so grateful to have that is a part of my childhood thank you Superman
Robin Smith Alway liked it when The Superman Theme came on when flying always got me plumped up when it was in tv back in the day I had a superman costume would put it on every show it even had a warning on the bottom of the shirt saying this costume will not make you fly only superman can fly also had a line drawing of superman with his arm around a young man times have changed and not for the better look for Detrotkidsshow.com it has a list of a lot of the tv shows from the 60' S it even has the sign off when tv went on the air for the night back m-t it went off at 1 am Friday and Saturday it went off at 2 or 3 am and didn't came back on till 4 in the morning check it out hope you like it also look up the 1948 superman TH-cam has a post covering superman from 1948 to present Stay the course Bruce
Hello Robin. I'm Gene. I was born in ,1953,,, I'm single
The greatest superman ever made
I miss the sound of Superman flying through the air like some guided missile. I miss the Reeves' style of flying, as if aerodynamics were of any consequence. But mostly, I miss Reeves himself. He had this bulked-up look (which certainly wasn't muscle and more likely padding), but he was a consummate actor. And no matter how cheesy the script, he handled each and every episode with grace and sincerity. Many look back at Christopher Reeve as being the embodiment of Superman. Reeve was outstanding, but for many of us George Reeves was the Man.
Very well stated...and I agree!
Amen, Thor. George IS the standard that no one can touch.
Very kind words for one of the real childhood heroes. If there was a "Hall of Fame" for childhood heroes, Reebes would be #1.
george reeves was superman and clayton moore was the lone ranger. don' accept any substitute.
George Reeves was the best Superman. Even with the poor special effects he really sold that he was the man of steel. It also helped that George Reeves had a smile and charisma that was unstoppable! It never bothered me that he wasn’t all bulked up…Superman got his strength and abilities from the yellow ☀️ and not massive muscles!
George Reeves, The one, the only greatest Superman ever to portray the "Man Of Steel"
I had a great flight!
starting at 1:44 the greatest superman scene ever filmed.
The spirit of George reeves and his character Superman!
Superman flies so children can walk.
George reeves was the best superman. could you imagine how good the series would have been with today's technology advances mind blowing what he could have accomplished
Wow...especially the "Panic In The Sky" clip....extraordinary extended flying sequence and special music...
Flight around the world with the little girl. Heartwarming.
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I like the wind speed sounds! That is something missing from recent movies!
the music and the visuals were ahead of the time.a few more interesting angles as Supes flies than in the later seasons.imagination and talented cast and crew.
"fighting a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
the little girl is priceless
Superman flying the little girl with the leg brace. The theme song is playing and I'm crying because it's so beautiful.
The black & white flying scenes were so much better than the color episodes.
They slacked up when they went to color
So was the background music especially season 1
Brutal stitching job on the outfit at 2:43.
I've always wanted to fly like that. I still have dreams sometimes where I'm able to. Great video.
i remember running and doing the jumping with a towel thinking that i was Superman ha!
to my generation George Reeves was Superman and always will be
Note that when Superman flies from left to right, it's just a mirror reverse of the right to left flight (revealed by the "S" shield on his chest being backwards).
George Reeves Was One Cool 😎 SUPERMAN, Yes He Was!!
Superb.
As a kid over fifty years ago, I'd run home from school to watch this show. Panic In The Sky was my favorite episode. Who cared if the asteroid had strings on top of it? Who cared that a bird was chirping on it? It didn't matter. Note how Reeves' breastplate that they used to string him up with guy-wires bulges out when he carries the bomb to the asteroid. They did a special shot for that.
Reeves was the first Superman I ever saw. (I saw the serial with Kirk Alyn much later on). To me, he was Superman. Period. Modern day, toss-up between Reeve and Cavill, but this show brings back great memories.
There is a repair in the armpit of Superman's shirt at 2:44.
I wasn't born in the 1950's but I love this show
This was a head of its time
The music is awsome I rather watch this then todays superman
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Every once in a while, when flying from left to right, you can see the "S" on his chest is backwards.
The ending of "The Birthday Letter" is still the best!!!
If this didn't move you better check your pulse you have no heart one of the greatest superman episodes ever the other one is when superman crashes thru the wall and Jimmy says theirs a door and superman says yeah but I thought this would be dramatic stay the course Bruce
I think these scenes of Superman flying look so much more realistic than what you see with computer-generated imagery today. Especially the ones of him flying amongst the clouds with the sun shining on him. It just looks so realistic! And done before computers.
To be so old, these effects actually look pretty good.
Thanks for the compilation.
I can't believe the save that test footage from 70 years ago. That is fantastic
awesome wish they put it on the dvds
Glad you deleted your comment as it was not the least bit necessary!!!!
robert szvetics
THEY DID YEARS AGO
ALL THE SEASONS. I HAVE THEM .
It is 2021. How come we all can't do this now? I loved this as a kid and assumed some day we could all do it.
We sure need Superman these days,,,
George Reeves: "No one can do what Superman does"
Christopher Reeve: "Its possible for a person to fly"
Definitely as a young kid my first childhood hero
Wow his takes offs are fantastically performed by him I guess wearing in those Keds can do wonders when you need that extra bounce to take off
2:30 My favorite.
Did anyone else notice at 2:43 that Supermans costume needed some stitching?!
They didn't have the special effects and budget of today, they used imagination!!
He was a great superman...better than all
Absolutely, for nearly 70 years old, this is pure magic, don't get me wrong, I love the new Superman films. But these guys did the impossible, with nothing, remember no technology in them days. With nothing, they did a damn lot. Is this on DVD?
Which is just Plain lacking to day!!
I dunno. I think the special effects look pretty good myself for it to be so old.
THE ONE AND ONLY SUPERMAN.
George Reeves was, is, and will always be the only REAL Superman!!🇺🇸📺🎬🦅✈S🇺🇸
George Reeves was the one and only original greatest superman of all time..class at it's very best
This was the greatest èver done of all time
My favorite is : Superman in exile
The one and only the original greatest of all time
The rear screen projection looked really good. 1:53 Wish they used it more.
George reeves #1
The STOLEN COSTUME EPISODE was A CLASSIC AMONG CLASSICS!!!
If you're referring to the episode where Superman first commits kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment & finally two counts of manslaughter, when his captives fall to their death, then yes, it was a unique episode!
Loved it
The "S" on his shirt is backwards when he flys left to right on th screen
life in the fifty's was great for most kids watching tv no more ww2 no more dads dieing
George Reeves was never nerdy playing Clark Kent probably of the era manly both characters
yep men back then ,i put on gloves once my dad said whats with the gloves .
I always thought it would have made more sense for Superman to wear glasses when he was flying to keep the wind out of his eyes, but.... I sure miss this and wish they would do another series.
Thank you Johnny
George Reeves was the best, Helluva Actor! Great Stories, I've been watching the series since 3or 4 years old back in the early 60's, I was born in 1960. I still watch the show today ! I have the DVD's at home! Fernando Huerta
Everyone always forget about Mr. Kirk Alyn, he did the serials at the movies. They wouldn't him do Tv show.
Looks like actual test footage from the actual show... Funny to see him talking to someone in that first clip.
exelent serie.
Things you don't realize when your a kid..its sunny in space, there are birds on a astroid, and win flying to Germany he fly's west instead of east and vice- versa ..and that the daily plants is actually Parker center polices dept and court house..but the music is what gets it, close your eyes and listen and its you dreaming about flying
i love orange county back in those days LA was cool to
I could just imagine how many people hopped out the window that year. Oh Geez..
Vfx was awesome considering that time.
Love how, even though he has super powers, he has to work at it to right the plane at 3:09. Laws of physics still apply to the Man of Steel.
Time 1:42 it doesn't get any better than this.
Super man my favorite superhero
If I was that little girl flying with Superman I would black out from fear.
2:42 anyone noticed the stitches on his left torso?
A lot was made of the flying effects in the superman movies with Christopher Reeves but the flying effects here are surprisingly just as good if not better