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Go to HomepageReel Number: H1079-49
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1936
Country: England,United Kingdom
Location:
TC Begins: 02:43:34
TC Ends: 02:44:10
Duration: 00:00:36
British Inventor Creates Death-Ray To Abolish War (1936) 02:43:42 Two men in protective suits & goggles ride science fiction looking ray projector out. Projector turned. Three men similarly dressed at control panels put on rubber gloves & throw large toggle switches. Ray is “fired”, dials turned, electrical charge explodes. Note: This could have been a publicity story tied to the US release of Things To Come. Tesla also was working on death rays. See NY Times article 11Jul36 “Tesla, 80, Reveals New Power Device.” Inventions; Electricity; Safety; Danger; Oddities; Gags;