FS-1 Flying Sub Filming Miniature

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea | FS-1 Submarine Filming Miniature (With DVD)

Robots, Wizards, Heroes, & Aliens: Contemporary Hollywood Auction, Part I (Evening Sale - Session I) (#3391) 6:00 PM PST 12/14/2023
Lot #71

An original FS-1 submarine filming miniature used in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (20th Century-Fox Television, 1964-1968).

This filming miniature is composed of resin, fiberglass, and wood, painted in yellow, blue, and silver tones. A square-shaped removable panel at the rear of the model was used for special effects sequences. The interior of the model is hollow. Tubular metal openings on both sides of the miniature have wires inserted for flying scenes. This method, known as the Lydecker system, allowed the vessel to fly through the air above the water.

The rigidity of this model allowed for it to be submersed in water. This model was designed so that it could jet out of the water, as depicted in the ending credits of each episode from season two onwards.

The "Flying Sub" makes many appearances in the television series starting in the second season. This type of model is especially noticeable during the season two episode titled, "The Left-Handed Man," when the stingray-shaped submarine vessel is launched from its mothership, the SSRN Seaview.

Includes a DVD of the second season of the series.

8 x 36 x 37 inches

PROVENANCE Lot 311, "Hollywood Auction 62," Profiles in History, December 21, 2013

Sold for $34,925.