@@RangerRick57 if you look at the science fiction British movies in the 1950s , Lee and Cushing were making horror movies, not science fiction. More period pieces like in old England or transylvania.
@randyacuna5643 if you are American and love a damn good laugh you should try the Carry On Films.... Tongue in cheek humour that is most iconic British as big Ben. Most excellent films and you would definitely enjoy. There are quite a few of them. From the 70s mainly
Meet George Jetson- George O'Hanlan co-starred on Regal/20th Century Fox's "KRONOS" (1957), later became the voice of "George Jetson" on ABC"s "THE JETSONS" (1962-63) from Hanna-Barbera Productions.
You really had top special effects and technicians and one of the greatest cameramen working in this film. This film probably could have been better. John Emery is always good in his movies.
The opening theme for this film was borrowed from, "It! The Terror from Beyond Space." Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter composed scores and incidental music for Warner Bros. TV shows in the late 1950s and early 1960s. William Lava (his real name) did-so, as well.
How could they in 1957 get a photo blowup back to the U.S. in only a few hours, genius? They would have someone call and describe it to the artist. Give us a break for crying out loud, know-it-all.
According to the movie writers, directors, editors, actors, and fans of the movie. The machine worked just fine. But if you are a critic of Hollywood, then go to bed and don’t watch movies. You will be really disappointed.
i noticed that , sometimes the water is cold in these scenes and they have to pretend it's warm, but yeah, btw, where did she change into her bathing suit, in the car?
good freaky sci-fi movie with epic atomic explosion, when B-52 loaded with bomb gets taken over by alien seeking energy for their planet.. get to see actual hydrogen bomb with death-cap mushroom go off. 🍄 It fails to do any more than Feed the alien contraption just what its looking for! Humans vs odd robotic box sent to Earth to get energy; and runs out of time, movie nears end. Kronos can't succeed due to time factor!! Hooray!!😇
Oh yes. After WWII, we captured a large number of V2 missiles and they were used for space and atmospheric research -- and to intimidate the Russians. Those same V2 rockets (some of the first liquid fuel rockets) appeared in countless sci-fi movies at the time. A large part of the movie is US Army stock footage. See the fictional "Ed Wood" movie for a primer on how this was done. You buy or rent cheap military stock footage (35mm B&W) and hire a "writer" to weave some kind of sci-fi plot around it. Actually, they did an amazing job since it does all seem to flow together. Those were the days, my friend! I saw this movie when I was a little boy and it scared the crap out of me. Those pounding pylons at the base of the cube were somehow terrifying.
Well it is only our imaginations my be its just our Imaginations, Nothing to worry about, That MUST be normal. . I have seen some videos with incredible stuff flying around the Space station and these things were making sharp turns that definately was not normal. OH that was just a Space blanket and exsplanations like that or OH, OH that is just some ice .floating around.
It is utterly surprising that at no point during most of this film is the US Army or Air Force involved in confronting this extraterrestrial entity. But then later a Mexican squadron of planes appears. Go figure.
I like this movie, despite the brain-dead 50's hollywoo scientists, and the laughably tiny splash when the object hit the ocean...any scientist from that period, especially w/ their specialty would know that a sea strike by an asteroid would be catastrophic....it obvoiusly slowed way. way down but that fact isn't mentioned. The late realization that there must be intelligence behind the obhect never fails to make me laugh!
I have waited for years to see this movie again, not since the 60' and 70's have I seen this film!
50’s sci-fi’s, especially in black & white are the best! Some great British sci-fi’s as well, especially with Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing.
@@RangerRick57 if you look at the science fiction British movies in the 1950s , Lee and Cushing were making horror movies, not science fiction. More period pieces like in old England or transylvania.
You should try a excellent British sci fi.... Quatermass.... Or maybe it's spelt different
@retrowatches1655 I love British science fiction movies. The 2 Quatermass movies with Brian Donlevy are my favorites from the 1950s . Both Excellent.
@randyacuna5643 if you are American and love a damn good laugh you should try the Carry On Films.... Tongue in cheek humour that is most iconic British as big Ben. Most excellent films and you would definitely enjoy. There are quite a few of them. From the 70s mainly
Meet George Jetson- George O'Hanlan co-starred on Regal/20th Century Fox's "KRONOS" (1957), later became the voice of "George Jetson" on ABC"s "THE JETSONS" (1962-63) from Hanna-Barbera Productions.
The Jetsons was fantastic , get emotional thinking about it . Yes sad , but true and I am now 64...
These old days of sifie were great 😊
You really had top special effects and technicians and one of the greatest cameramen working in this film. This film probably could have been better. John Emery is always good in his movies.
I love the saucer and the special effects and the score is great too!
I saw this at 'The Linda" in Linda Vista, California when I was 13
Lovely Linda Vista
One of the best documentaries ever.
The opening theme for this film was borrowed from, "It! The Terror from Beyond Space." Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter composed scores and incidental music for Warner Bros. TV shows in the late 1950s and early 1960s. William Lava (his real name) did-so, as well.
I believe it's the other way around. "Kronos" was released in April 1957 and "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" was released in August 1958.
The sound effects used on "KRONOS" was later used in episodes of "THE OUTER LIMITS", in "It Crawled Out Of The Woodwork" and "The Mice" in 1953
This movie is as old as I am.
Some the ideas in this film made their way into Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Thank you
I remember seeing this on TV and being utterly terrified when that thing started stomping across the beach.
George Jettson’s voice the lab scientist
got a little milton berle in there too.
I turned 11 years old in 1957😊
By 1967 your just in time for the Vietnam war draft 🎉
@lance8080 I'm not American
Do you know if this movie come out before or after Sputnik? If before, the science in this is pretty forward looking for a low budget.
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 Kronos was April 1957 and Sputnik October 1957
Gosh, I haven't seen this in ages. As a little kid, it scared me quite a bit. All things considered, not a bad effort for the times.
Great entertaining story ❤
Only last week I met Jeff's brother Too the very next day
"Here's an artist conception because no one in Mexico has a camera "
That's actually true..I have wonderful memories of a family vacation to Mexico,beautifully captured on a series of black velvet oil paintings.
@@BobCrabtree-ev4rz people type "lol" but i actually LAUGHED OUT LOUD !
@paul-u2y9y Thank you.With a godawful name like mine,you gotta have a sense of humour.
@@BobCrabtree-ev4rz but still, velvet paintings, that killed me .
How could they in 1957 get a photo blowup back to the U.S. in only a few hours, genius? They would have someone call and describe it to the artist. Give us a break for crying out loud, know-it-all.
The machine can’t go anywhere! The vertical movement of the legs has the same result as jogging in place!
It moves the same way the football players worked in the old vibrating football games. But it has to generate its own vibrations to the ground.
Super Bariometric Levitation make frontal axial movement posible. 🤨👍
Super Bariometric Levitation make frontal axial movement posible.🤨👍
Plse keep in mind tt this movie was FM 1957. Do not judge it by modern standards.
It was a good movie of its time. IMHO.😊
According to the movie writers, directors, editors, actors, and fans of the movie. The machine worked just fine. But if you are a critic of Hollywood, then go to bed and don’t watch movies. You will be really disappointed.
At 32:29 Jeff Morrow runs into the ocean like a little girl.
i noticed that , sometimes the water is cold in these scenes and they have to pretend it's warm, but yeah, btw, where did she change into her bathing suit, in the car?
Just got to that bit..rewound it and watched it twice!
It wasn't him. It was a stunt double and he was embarrassed by it.
Shock therapy every day would turn his brain into oatmeal
good freaky sci-fi movie with epic atomic explosion, when B-52 loaded with bomb gets taken over by alien seeking energy for their planet.. get to see actual hydrogen bomb with death-cap mushroom go off. 🍄
It fails to do any more than Feed the alien contraption just what its looking for! Humans vs odd robotic box sent to Earth to get energy; and runs out of time, movie nears end.
Kronos can't succeed due to time factor!! Hooray!!😇
The aircraft was a B - 47.
B 47
Was that rocket a V2?
Oh yes. After WWII, we captured a large number of V2 missiles and they were used for space and atmospheric research -- and to intimidate the Russians. Those same V2 rockets (some of the first liquid fuel rockets) appeared in countless sci-fi movies at the time. A large part of the movie is US Army stock footage. See the fictional "Ed Wood" movie for a primer on how this was done. You buy or rent cheap military stock footage (35mm B&W) and hire a "writer" to weave some kind of sci-fi plot around it. Actually, they did an amazing job since it does all seem to flow together. Those were the days, my friend!
I saw this movie when I was a little boy and it scared the crap out of me. Those pounding pylons at the base of the cube were somehow terrifying.
How did three boxes four poles and a glass dome scare me so much????
Title graphics is very Saul Bass
Not unlike Oblivion, with the theme of harvesting the Earth.
A pity that it didn't have at least 10 times the budget ( $ 160,000 )
Well it is only our imaginations my be its just our Imaginations, Nothing to worry about, That MUST be normal. . I have seen some videos with incredible stuff flying around the Space station and these things were making sharp turns that definately was not normal. OH that was just a Space blanket and exsplanations like that or OH, OH that is just some ice .floating around.
It is utterly surprising that at no point during most of this film is the US Army or Air Force involved in confronting this extraterrestrial entity. But then later a Mexican squadron of planes appears. Go figure.
Dr Elliot was played by Walt Disney LOL
kinda yeah,
Intergalactic triple A to the rescue LOL
Kronos, with the super-bad (that means cool to you GenZers and millennials) "pound walk."
Asteroid?
Never seen this movie
I wonder how this movie would look if it was remade by Christopher Nolan?
Or Netflix 😂
😊😊😊😊😊
2:30
Oh snap
35:05 👽
I like this movie, despite the brain-dead 50's hollywoo scientists, and the laughably tiny splash when the object hit the ocean...any scientist from that period, especially w/ their specialty would know that a sea strike by an asteroid would be catastrophic....it obvoiusly slowed way. way down but that fact isn't mentioned. The late realization that there must be intelligence behind the obhect never fails to make me laugh!
Yikes! Distorted for your viewing pleasure. Why not the original 4:3 TV Aspect? Dumb!
The credits say "RegalScope," which was another name for anamorphic CinemaScope. This is in the correct original aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
@@scotpens Yes, I see that now. My apologies to the channel.