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British Sci-Fi

The British can pick and mix their paranoia. In a nation where plague, invasion and tyranny are a constant murmur, science fiction is made with conviction.
The first story - A Message From Mars (1913) – addressed porous borders. One hundred years later, an alien Johannsson wanders Glasgow, stripping victims from their skin. Between them lay a century of invention and ambition, of intent and excess, the milestones of which are collected here.
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Plenty of Time for Play Plenty 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!

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Peter and the Moon Man Peter and the Moon Man

Children's 1929 14 mins Silent

The man in the moon learns about hygiene in this 1929 public information short promoting the benefits of all-electric mod cons.

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Fugitive Futurist Fugitive 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.

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Ever Been Had Ever Been Had

Animation & Artists Moving Image 1917 9 mins Silent

Blackly comic cartoon portrait of an apocalyptic England, destroyed 50 years after signing a premature peace in WWI.

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Automatic Motorist Automatic Motorist

Comedy 1911 6 mins Silent

A leisurely drive turns into an out-of-this-world adventure for a newlywed couple and their robot chauffeur.

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Aerial Submarine A Startling Forecast. Piracy in Sea and Air Aerial Submarine A Startling Forecast. Piracy in Sea and Air

Science Fiction 1910 9 mins Silent

Follow two kidnapped children on a surreal pirate adventure in this 'trick' sci-fi fantasy.

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The Airship Destroyer The Airship Destroyer

Science Fiction 1909 10 mins Silent

England faces aerial invasion in this entertaining Edwardian science fiction fantasy.

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Rescued in Mid-air Rescued in Mid-air

Science Fiction 1906 6 mins Silent

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.