Captain Pugwash
A cowardly pirate animated with cardboard cut-outs on rods, moved live under the camera.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Captain Pugwash, covering season 1.
It arrived on BBC One in 1957, when This Is Your Life, The Sooty Show and The Sky at Night were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip kept. The one upload is a videotape capture that runs the opening, the closing and the distributor's front matter together.
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