Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
- Original title
- Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere
- Directed by
- Wallace Grissell, Spencer Gordon Bennet
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 4h 47m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A villain from another world tries to take over Earth by messing with the weather. A TV hero and his team race to stop him in a series of short chapters.
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What happens
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere is an American adventure horror science fiction film 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures in 1951. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Wallace A. Grissel with a screenplay by Royal G. Cole, Sherman I. Lowe and Joseph F. Poland, based on a treatment by George H. Plympton. The serial is unique for several reasons--- in particular, it is the only film serial ever based on a television program, Captain Video and His Video Rangers. In this film, an extraterrestrial dictator plans to conquer the planet Earth by orchestrating climate change on a planetary scale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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