The Airship Destroyer
This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2014) |
The Airship Destroyer | |
---|---|
Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
Produced by | Charles Urban |
Release date | 1909 |
Running time | 7 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Airship Destroyer (originally titled Der Luftkrieg Der Zukunft, also titled "The Aerial Torpedo", "The Battle of the Clouds" in the United Kingdom and "The Battle in the Clouds" in the United States) is a
.Plot
A fleet of airships begin an attack on
Production
Walter R. Booth, who had a background as a magician, was an early pioneer of special effects in film and also of animation. The airships were created using a mixture of cutout animation and models.[1]
Release
The Airship Destroyer was originally released in 1909. It was re-released in January 1915, during
Reception
Moria Reviews found the movie of interest as a historical curiosity, but found little more to recommend the movie. The effects are primitive and derivative of those by Georges Méliès and that the plot and backstory were weak to non-existent. Further, the movie fails to account for how airplanes would advance. The review does note the Booth was often more interested in the special effects than in any other aspect of film making.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Baker, Simon. "Airship Destroyer, The (1909)". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The Airship Destroyer (1909) Walter R. Booth. YouTube.
- ^ "Airship Destroyer (The Battle in the Clouds) (1909) Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi (DVD)".
- ^ "The Airship Destroyer (1909)". 24 August 2011.
External links
- The short film The Airship Destroyer is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- The Battle in the Clouds at IMDb