The Airship; or, 100 Years Hence (1908)

Directed by

J. Stuart Blackton

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

12 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

playfullightheartedwhimsicalnostalgiccuriousinventive

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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