H G Wells - Things To Come (1936 War & Pro-Globalisation Propa

H.G. Wells - Things to Come (1936 War & Pro-Globalisation Propaganda Movie) Things to Come is a 1936 British Science-Fiction film written by H. G. Wells and is a loose adaptation of his own 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come. The film is notable for predicting World War II and the devastation of strategic bombing on civilian populations. Christopher Frayling of the British Film Institute calls Things to Come "a landmark in cinematic design." Things to Come opens with a near-future forecast of Christmas 1940 in the metropolis of Everytown, a city threatened by world war. Pacifist intellectuals try to turn the tide but their efforts go unheeded, and war arrives with tanks and aeroplanes and gas bombs. The war lasts for decades, long enough for the remaining survivors to have forgotten the reasons for it in the first place. Strategic bombing is so successful that civilization on both sides are totally devastated. Humanity falls into a new dark age where the technology level is reduced to that of medieval times and a medieval-type plague sweeps through the land known as "the wandering sickness." In 1970, Everytown is run by a local warlord called Rudolf who consolidated his power over Everytown after having eradicated disease by shooting all those infected. One day a strange craft appears and the pilot John Cabal (played by Raymond Massey) proclaims that the last surviving band of scientists have formed a society known as 'Wings Over the World', based in Basra, Iraq. This is an enlightened society that has renounced war and has outlawed independent nation-states. Cabal promises the people a new, superior civilization "of law and sanity" but only if the people put their faith in Science rather than in the Boss and his kind. Naturally this doesn't sit well with the Boss who takes Cabal prisoner. It is not long before mammoth flying fortresses from 'Wings Over the World' appear over Everytown, defeat the Boss's forces, and drop Peace Gas which knocks out the populace. The people of Everytown awaken to the birth of a new planned society of reason. In an impressive sequence, we witness the next 70 years pass in a montage as Mankind's immense machines rebuild the world from the ashes of ruination. By 2036, mankind lives in gigantic underground cities and the first flight to the Moon is about to be launched from a space gun nearby. However, Luddites among the population fear this new technology, lead by a sculptor who claims mankind needs a "rest" from further technological development. They start a riot, flocking to the Space Gun with metal clubs like villagers from a Frankenstein film. But just in time the head scientist (Cabals Grandson) launches the space ship with his daughter and the daughter's boyfriend as the crew, and the blast from the launch knocks the crowd back Directed by: William Cameron Menzies Produced by: Alexander Korda Starring: Edward Chapman, Margaretta Scott, Ralph Richardson, Raymond Massey Crew: Arthur Bliss, Charles Crichton, Francis Lyon, Georges Perinal Copyright: Public Domain Format: Black + White Duration: 92 mins Year: 1936 Tags: Bombing, Iraq, korda, Menzies, Sci-fi, Science Fiction, War, Wells, World War II ------------------------------------------ Tech specs: General #0 Format : MPEG-4 Format/Info : ISO 14496-1 Base Media Format/Family : MPEG-4 File size : 898 MiB PlayTime : 1h 32mn Bit rate : 1352 Kbps StreamSize : 3.10 MiB Movie name : Things_To_Come.mpeg / Things_To_Come.mpeg Performer : created.with.SUPER(C).v2006.19 Screenplay by : created.with.SUPER(C).v2006.19 Encoded date : UTC 2006-11-27 01:14:32 / created.with.SUPER(C).v2006.19 Tagged date : UTC 2006-11-26 16:14:32 Writing application : Video #0 Codec : H.264 Codec/Info : H.264 (3GPP) PlayTime : 1h 32mn Bit rate : 1197 Kbps Width : 416 pixels Height : 320 pixels Aspect ratio : 4/3 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.359 StreamSize : 795 MiB Encoded date : UTC 2006-11-26 16:14:32 Tagged date : UTC 2006-11-26 16:14:32 Audio #0 Codec : AAC Codec/Family : AAC PlayTime : 1h 32mn Bit rate : 150 Kbps Bit rate mode : CBR Channel(s) : 2 channels Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize : 99.9 MiB =============================================================================== Learn the true nature of the world, come visit our huge dedicated e-library and forums @ http://conspiracycentral.net:6969/index.html http://conspiracycentral.info/index.php ===============================================================================

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MileHighManc (2007-04-18)

You might want to update your tech specs there to mention THERE'S A GLOWING BLUE F*CKING URL on top of the Black and White movie for the entire f*cking runtime.
Great thing to do for "a landmark in cinematic design."
@sshats!

pyrotica (2007-05-23)

OR, to get this without that crap, go to the internet archive and just download it...

duhprane (2007-07-11)

Hey Mr KNOWITALL "KRUGE" - you need to watch this piece of shit before you definitively declare with an authoritative voice this crap ISN'T propaganda.
In high school in 1987, I was told that Globalization was a racist conspiracy theory, just like the newspapers said it was..... FU

the-chojin (2008-05-04)

its an anti war film like all quiet on the western front
it shows you how pointless war is.
war propaganda movies show war as being on winning sides and glory in war.this film is completly difrent to that.
its just like calling battleship potemkin an anti comie movie.
and just for the record things to come has now been digitaly remasterd restored with more lost footage which brings it closer to its original runn time of 1hr 57min i think the new run time is 105min

Vikingman1111 (2008-11-16)

Just take a look at grinreaper_CCE's offerings on the web and you'll know where he is coming from (not quite a full deck).