I'm now 76 and saw these when .l was a schoolboy . They are still as enjoyable now as they were then. Just imagine what the origional creators could have done with today's technology. Many thanks for showing.

I think one of the reasons this holds up so well is that everyone, including Charles Middleton, was playing this seriously and not acting like they wished they were someplace else. George Clooney made that mistake whereas Christopher Reeve did not.

Love the colorized version of this early space saga! Who would have thought that Flash Gordon was first filmed in 1936. Impressive for sure.

Evil Chinese, hot blonds, angry lobsters, and space vikings. That movie had it all.

You don't realize how gorgeous those old time actresses are until you see them in color.

I watched the first episode out of curiosity, the second for laughs now I’m hooked on the story.

I watched this series as a young boy at Saturday mornings matinee's back at the beginning of the 1950's it was awe inspiring to watch. I again watched the series on TV back in the 190's and although just a little dated was still very watchable. I've never watched it since it was colourised and no doubt puts a great realism to it. Although made in the 1930's I think all boys and girls would still sit and watch it.

This was a huge success because Jean Rogers was off the charts gorgeous!

Much better colorized Jean Rogers was a beauty.

For 1936, this was ahead of its time. Decent special effects and props, no computers involved!

Jean Rogers....... Nuf said!

we grew up in the very early 50s watching this series as afterschool tv or on kid's saturday morn fare, along with the great cowboy series of the times. thanks for posting flash gordon.,

For some reason adding colour into this really adds another dimension. It just works!

As an ocean lover, I find it really beautiful how they show all the different ocean life.

Even with the pre-historic special effects, there is an innocence and enthusiasm about the Sci-Fi serials of the 1930s that does a better job of capturing the numinous feeling of wonder of science fiction than much more sophisticated stories that came later. It was after all Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon that inspired the boys who put man on the moon 30 years later after they grew to be men.

As a kid growing up in the 50's I loved this stuff.

Jean Rogers (Dale Arden) RAWRRRRRRR

Back in the early 80s, the BBC used to show these chapter serials on BBC2 at 6pm daily, Mon-Fri. Great times.

You can so easily see the influence these serials had on George Lucas. Love it.

Charles Middleton stole every scene he was in. He gave me nightmares back in the 50's.

A cinematic masterpiece - the special effects are right up there with Lucasfilm quality ! The guest appearance by Yul Brynner was also refreshing.

I enjoyed this series many years ago, when I was a child Thank you for uploading and sharing

17:26 Damn, that Jean Rogers! For 1936 this is the closest thing to a thong I sees there, quite daring attire! If I could go back in time, I'm asking her out! THANK YOU for refining this episode especially, not just the coloring, but it's literally the next best thing to watching this in Hi-Def!

"Ya know, I'm going to learn how to operate one of these things. It might come in handy." Flash, you're a bloody genius. 😂

Hoy tengo 77 años y todavía disfruto con este héroe interplanetario.

Wow I remember watching this classic series as a kid. Now I’m amazed how cool the sets, outfits and spaceships are. Musics brilliant too and I love the underwater sound effects, someone blowing bubbles in a glass of water with a straw, hilarious. Also, Dale or Mings daughter? Both proper gorgeous!

Another well restored and colourised print. The dials had their own symbols. Nice touch. "Leika! Bring the helmets!"

Great actors for keeping a straight face in this 😂

Thank you so much for bringing this cult classic to youtube. reminds us how it all started and now everything is CG.

I remember watching this serial on channel 13 in NYC as a kid during the fifties. Ming was one SOB!

Une langouste géante d'un fort beau gabarit.

I used to watch these as a kid in the late 70's on UK television. Some black and white and the later on, in colour. It amazes me how the effects, sets, music, and overall atmosphere were so good back then and dare I say, better than some of the movies we get today.

Sorry, all I keep thinking of is Star Trek: Voyager 😂 - Still this was the inspiration for countless movies and tv shows to come! 👍 - “Flash!....Ahhhhh.....King of the impossible!”

Jean Rogers: SMMMMOKING!!!!!!!!!!!

I watched these on rerun as a kid in the 70's on Saturday mornings

Thanks so much for posting. I remember as a kid first watching this, I was enthralled. and especially by Jean Rogers as the most beautiful girl in the world and with those blonde curls flowing down, it was (and still is) just too much for a little boy.

My grandfather had a huge collection of Flash Gordon comics from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. They were pristine in condition. When he passed away in 1991, they thought of all those as junk and disposed them away.

Loved this as a kid when everything was black & white. Fell in love with Liszt's Les préludes.

Love these old serials!

Still cool after all these years.

When I was a kid back around 1970 or so my dad took us to see a Flash Gordon episode at a small local movie theatre. The place was packed and the kids all sat on the floor up front. It was an episode where they were on a spaceship on the way to the moon or somewhere. Ming had hidden himself on board and at some point appeared with a lit bomb, with the fuse sizzling away. After a dramatic struggle with the fuse getting shorter and shorter, Flash was able to subdue Ming and wrestle the bomb from him. He ran to the door of the ship, wrenched it open, hurled the bomb out into space in the nick of time, and then staggered back into Dale's arms as they panted in horror and relief. Us kids all rolled on the floor screaming with laughter. On the way home we were still howling over Flash Gordon flinging open the door of the spaceship to save everyone, and my dad said, "Boy, when I was a kid that show wasn't funny, it was EXCITING!" One of my favorite childhood memories. :o)

Loved these as a kid. These were shown on UK TV in the early 70's.

"Well, they went that way." Classic!

It's an OCTOSACK. Only Buster Crabbe can handle one of those! He wins '32 LA Olympics swimming 200 Gold and Hollyweird grabs him only to never get him any decent directing. He was better than anyone knew. A true serial action star.

Dale is beyond hot, and plenty of action, easy to see why this series was popular. Sets and props range from really pretty good, down to acceptable.

The tinfoil boxershorts at 15:00 are sensational! The series was top class camp and Buster Crabbe an super hunk.

An octopus would be boring, but an octosack is exciting!

بعد اذنك اين الترجمة كنت اعتقد الحلقات مجرمة الى الغة العربية على العموم الف الف شكر الى رقي شخصك الجميل

Viví todas estas historias por los relatos que mi papá me hacía. Soy del tiempo de héroes que luchan por la justicia y la paz.

I grew up watching these Flash Gordon shows on Saturday mornings on TV.

The Legendary BUSTER CRABBE!!! ✊ Eat your heart out Sam J Jones.

C'est vraiment bien joué au lieu d'avoir de nombreux effets spéciaux. Il y a de vrais personnages.

GRAZIE PER I SOTTOTITOLI IN ITALIANO!!!!😄👍👍👍

Its interesting to see how acting and film set technology has advanced from the 1930s.

Great reprint . I watched some of the older prints on TCM but this was outstanding

I realize Jean Rogers was a tiny lady, but Buster Crabbe picked her up and ran down those stairs like she was a feather and he didn't even seem to be breathing hard. Jean Rogers was gorgeous.

I use to watch this in the early 1980s on Tiswas!

Love Flash Gordon what a memories ..

i wonder if Ming walked around looking like that when he wasnt filming? lmao

He actually aimed the rifle unlike modern movies. Where they wave a gun in the air and bad guy just falls down. This is better in color. Imo.

I saw these on TV as a kid in the 50's ....Buster Crabbe was cool. he played the Sci Fi hero Buck Rogers as well....later on he had a TV series with his son as a Foreign Legionnaire .

Ok I’ll sign up for Buster’s Crabs 🦀 ,….please add extra butter and lemon . And two large “baked potato “ with cream!! LOL !

My grandmother would tell me about going to see Flash Gordon on Saturdays when she was a girl. This must have been mind-blowing in 1936.

Muchas gracias!! Excelente movie serial y fantásticamente coloreada.

Just realized, the robe worn at 6:35 indicates that Ming is only a Baron. One of the lowest Royal Ranks in england. The amount of rows of ermine tails on Coronation Robes indicates rank in the Royal Line. Thats funny...

I think the stairway set at 5:25 was the same one used for Henry Frankenstein's lab in the 1932 "Frankenstein".

I would watch these as a little kid scared the hell out of you Ming was a real monster Dale was stunning

I used to watch these in the early 50's when I was a kid and they were on TV. THEY were on every day. I loved Flash Gordon ! In fact my sister and I would play Flash Gordon. I loved Ming as the villan.

La gran expresividad en los actores,hace pensar en resabios del cine mudo,gracias excelente capítulo.

This oozes rainy (or even sunny) Sunday afternoon vibes.

All the great ideas were there in its infancy, even if primitively executed. We thank these great pioneers of film.

7:07 "Flash!" ... ***splash***

Seriously best movie ever ,.. ,..to make fun of !

thank you for posting! glad to enjoy this with all. ¡Gracias por tu publicación! feliz de disfrutar esto con todos.

*GODDAMN!! THAT WAS DAMN GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* *SEEING IT IN COLOR LIKE THIS, REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!!!!! - EVEN THOUGH THIS IS FAKE COLOR, NOT REAL!* *BUT STILL , IT LOOKS GOOD!!!!* . *I SAW 'BUSTER CRABBE' BEFORE, IN A, I THINK A ``BUCK ROGERS`` MOVIE FROM THE 1930s* -- *BECAUSE CRABBE PLAYED BOTH CHARACTERS IN THE 1930s! --- AND I NOTICED THEN, THAT HE WAS HANDSOME! -AND THAT WAS IN BLACK & WHITE.* *BUT SEEING HIM IN COLOR, JUST MAKES HIM EVEN MORE HANDSOME!* *AND THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE DAMN GOOD!!!!!!!!!! & IN THAT 'BUCK ROGERS' MOVIE TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!* *THIS LOOKS & FEELS LIKE = WATCHING SOMETHING FROM THE* **1960s or even1970s** *!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* . *THAT BLOND WOMAN , KIND OF LOOKS LIKE 'DREW BARRYMORE' OR SOMEONE!!!HAHAHAAAHAHAA, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS FAR GREATLY OLDER THAN 'DREW BARRY MORE' !!* . *THIS IS AMAZING!!!!. GOOD JOB!!!!*

oh, ce bordel ! ces monstres, et cette musique ! il fallait preciser, que c'etait un film comique 😂

Watched this as a ten year old in 70's on a black and white TV, the special effects held up better than most of TV sci fi being made at the time. The only thing that seemed incongruous was Flash out and about in his underpants!

Even as a little kid in the 70s Ming scared the shit outta me lol

Flash needs to make calamari of that octopus!

Dang, Flash just straight up strangled that defenseless gong guy. A tap on the shoulder and taking his mallet away probably would have sufficed.

When I was ten and watching Saturday morning Flash Gordon Serials I had a moonshot crush on Jean Rogers like boys in 70s had that crazy crush on Princess Leia. Good times.

Had this serial been edited into a full length movie and come out in theaters in 1936, I think it would have both been a really big hit and go down as 1 of the greatest adventure movies of all time. It would have been really long, but totally worth it

Ming the Merciless

I just subscribed!!

2:30 - where George Lucas got his Rancor vs Luke fight from. Literally.

The adventures of Flash Gordon featuring Hot Dale!

The worst imaginable acting, I love it.

Wow this must have been earth shattering when was released. This digital makeover is impressive.

Saturday morning pictures, ahhh those were the days...

Loved seeing Flash Gordon at the cinema club on Saturday morning as a kid

Que excelente ambientación, calidad de imagen (supongo que retocadas a color y mejoradas en HD en este tiempo) y los efectos especiales tan practicos pero únicos.

Flash running in the direction of the lagust monster was really a interesting revelation.

It's not the color. It's the quality of the print.

I was expecting the sharkmen to have a fin on their back and a prosthetic shark head, would have been cool! BTW Dale Arden, yowza!

5:50 is she hypnotized? the gun is right there to help Flash save her

Used to watch these on TV as a kid in glorious B&W. Wanted to take Jean Rogers home.

Oh wowee! Flash and Dale ...niiice 👌

Watched this over and over as a kid, absolutely brilliant 🤙🇬🇧

Buster Crabbe was working over-time in that 20 some minutes, but Jean Rogers was worth it! What a babe!

You can really see Buster Crabbe thinking, how do i act myself out of this Tunnel of Terror. Please, one more gong shot !