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Tomorrow's World
From the seemingly far-flung dystopias where ultraviolent gangs roam post-apocalyptic wastelands, to more immediately recognisable futures in which our megacities grow out of control.
Tomorrow’s World collects the films that imagine our futures for us – shaping our days to come and filling them with fear and wonder. This is perhaps science fiction best understood as what Ray Bradbury described as ‘sociological studies of the future.’
Aerial Submarine A Startling Forecast. Piracy in Sea and AirAerial Submarine A Startling Forecast. Piracy in Sea and Air
Science Fiction 1910 9 minsSilent
Follow two kidnapped children on a surreal pirate adventure in this 'trick' sci-fi fantasy.
The Airship DestroyerThe Airship Destroyer
Science Fiction 1909 10 minsSilent
England faces aerial invasion in this entertaining Edwardian science fiction fantasy.
Ever Been HadEver Been Had
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1917 9 minsSilent
Blackly comic cartoon portrait of an apocalyptic England, destroyed 50 years after signing a premature peace in WWI.
Everything but Everything in Bri-nylonEverything but Everything in Bri-nylon
Industry sponsored film 1959 20 mins
50s fashion meets carpet kitsch in a futuristic fantasy of domestic bliss - courtesy of versatile, magical Bri-Nylon.
Fugitive FuturistFugitive Futurist
Science Fiction 1924 12 mins
An on-the-run inventor claims to have invented a camera which looks into the future, showing a grim destiny for London landmarks like Tower Bridge and Trafalgar Square.
High Treason (sound version)High Treason (sound version)
Science Fiction 1929 68 mins
Extravagantly-mounted futuristic sci-fi, now with added sound, although still with the world's two power blocs at loggerheads.
High Treason (silent version)High Treason (silent version)
Science Fiction 1929 75 minsSilent
A terrorist plot plays out on a backdrop of towering skyscrapers, bullet-railways and silver lamé in this vintage vision of London's future.
The Perfect WomanThe Perfect Woman
Comedy 1949 87 mins
In a bid to improve on nature, a scientist creates a robot female. But the experiment doesn't quite turn out as planned...
Plenty of Time for PlayPlenty of Time for Play
Science Fiction 1935 15 mins
Plastic clothes, video phones, vacuum tube emails - step into the heady, high-tech future world of... 1955!
Rescued in Mid-airRescued in Mid-air
Science Fiction 1906 6 minsSilent
This lively 'trick' film sees an eccentric inventor and his bizarre flying machine save the day when a woman becomes stranded on a church spire.
A Short VisionA Short Vision
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1956 6 mins
The animated short on the terrors of nuclear apocalypse that become a sensation when it played on the Ed Sullivan show, leaving middle America highly disturbed.
The TunnelThe Tunnel
Science Fiction 1936 93 mins
The construction of a transatlantic tunnel linking Britain and America hits trouble in an entertaining slice of speculative fiction.
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