The Airship; or, 100 Years Hence (1908)

Directed by

J. Stuart Blackton

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

12 min

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.

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How it feels

A man from 1908 imagines what air travel will be like 100 years in the future. The short film shows his playful vision of airships and flying machines.

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What happens

The Airship, or 100 Years Hence is an American adventure comedy-drama silent short film written, produced and directed by J. Stuart Blackton. The film stars Blackton and Florence Lawrence. It was released on April 25, 1908 by The American Vitagraph Company; a partial print of The Airship, or 100 Years Hence is preserved in the Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress). The Airship, or 100 Years Hence advertised that it would be "a forecast of a probable means of air navigation in the coming century." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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