The Catacombs End Titles
SFX footage

SFX footage from the World Backgrounds library. The library contains many alternative takes and longer shots (sometimes including clapperboards). A few examples have appeared on the Network DVDs bonus disc, but many have never been seen. Episode shots are outlined in red, all other shots from the library.

Year 1 titles

Gerry Anderson credit for Year 1 titles. 20 seconds.
Seen in the UK comedy show The Two Ronnies in 1980 and the music video for Calling International Rescue by Fuzzbox (1989)

Year 1 end titles

Special Effects crew credit from end titles. 12 seconds. Eagle is static for first 2 seconds before it starts moving to top left.
Seen in the music video for Calling International Rescue by Fuzzbox (1989)

Unused end credit shot, similar to the blue moon special effects shot. The pink moon is rotating. 10 seconds. In the last few frames, the nebula element disappears, leaving just the moon and planets.
Seen in the music video for Clouds Across The Moon by the Rah Band (1985).

Unused end credit shot. There are "stars" moving outwards, as well as the Moon rotating. Oddly, there's a small planet in front of the Moon, top right. 18 seconds.
Seen in the music video for Calling International Rescue by Fuzzbox (1989).

Cloudy nebulas, some stars moving. 16 seconds.

Nebula rings, with small planets. 20 seconds.

Year 1 end titles

End titles (sound/music editors). 20 seconds

Year 2 titles- textless

Year 2 titles, "Moon Torn Out of Earth orbit...". 15 seconds. The Moon moves smoothly, while in the series it is a series of staccato frames like the typewriter text that appears over. Video


Space: 1999 copyright ITV Studios Global Entertainment