Things to come

Duration: 92 min.

Year Published: 1936

Creator: FESTIV

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Based on H.G. Wells' story of a new Earth when a destructive war wipes out today's civilization. Stars Raymond Massey and Ralph Richardson., Presents an important science fiction film of 1936, based on the H.G. Wells novel, which predicted that World War II would begin in 1940 and last until 1966 and that bombing raids would wreak destruction and drive society back into the dark ages. Explains how this state continues until 2036, when some surviving scientists form a group to restore law and order and civilization. Exemplifies the British attitude before the war. Stars Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, and Cedric Hardwicke.

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Kinonik, University of Maryland 16mm, Visual Studies Workshop

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