| Accurate Prophet: Jules Verne Foresaw 20th Century Advance | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1748 |
| Catalog #: | 426251 | |
| Clip Number: | 426251-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-033-03 | |
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| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Impersonations EXHIBITIONS: Cultural EXHIBITIONS: Museum, Misc INVENTIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris OCCUPATIONS: Writer / Author | |
| Description: | In Paris an exhibition of the idea of the Father of Science-Fiction writers, Jules Verne, is a big hit. A remarkable display of drawings show Verne as the greatest of 19th century visionaries, anticipating the inventions of the 20th century from the atom bomb to television. Establishing shot - Visitors see Jules Verne prophesies told in his stories and drawings. MS - Illustrations from the works and mind of Jules Verne are shown. CU - Portrait of Jules Verne. CU - A schooner that is a drawn of Jules Verne foreseeing a 20th century ocean liner. CU - An amphibian vehicle compared to today’s hover craft. CU - Drawing of the Nautilus compared to today’s submarine. Verne's own porthole was his own imagination. MS - The helicopter (Marines) first took shape in the mind of Jules Verne and he also described how it worked and functioned. CU - A telephone that would transmit pictures and a television that would follow 50-years later. MS - The atomic bomb exploding, the rocket bearing a close resemblance to today’s rockets at Cape Kennedy and he foretold how they would land in the water. CUS - A Jules Verne drawing of his rocket reaching the moon. Also a drawing of Jules Vern's capsule orbiting the earth. CU - A Jules Vern drawing of his space capsule floating in water and men in long boats rowing out to retrieve the capsule and the occupants | |
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