Land of the Giants Promo Film

Hi

Here is a most interesting promotional film from the 1960s for the latest Irwin Allen TV series, Land of the Giants. Found on You Tube, although it looks as though it might be an extra from a DVD release ? Just under nine minutes. There is no footage at all from the series itself, everything is shown using early concept art. The Spindrift is totally different to what we see in the programme, and looks to be the Jupiter 2 from Lost in Space - why waste old footage ? The characters and names are different in some cases. The clip ends with actor Dan Matheson, who played Mark Wilson, stating that this is the story for the first episode of the new series - and then encountering a giant cat.

Land of the Giants, promo film (1967) - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

THE SPINDRIFT AT NIGHT

Hi,

Started reading the Land of the Giants TV tie in novels. In the first one, Spindrift is prepped for launch at night. Decided to see if I could recreate that. This is what I managed.

Take care,

Kevin D

UK

QUESTION ABOUT THE LAND OF THE GIANTS.

Reader Eb Dawson has asked this question about Land of the Giants on TV:

Does anyone know what model car Inspector Kobick drives with the SID sign on the door?

kevin's polar lights spindrift model

Inspired by the recent reruns of Land of the Giants, I bought the Polar Lights kit and built it (adding internal lighting). It's not a bad little model.

Kevin D

land of the giants mystery toy truck

Just watching an excellent episode of Land of the Giants called Ghost Town.

Basically its about a model town where an eccentric but affable old man keeps his 'little people' captive. The tension is created by his very sadistic Granddaughter Pandora, who likes to set fire to the streets.

One of the model cars used in the episode is this robust looking light blue pick-up seen here.

The same vehicle also appears life-size too.

Anyone know what the vehicle is and the make of the toy?