The Airship Destroyer (1909) Walter R. Booth

Filmed in Britain in 1909 this very old film depicts as you may have guessed from the title a war of airships. This is an example of early Science Fiction at it's best.

[@Nietsnebarg]

First cruise missle!

[@Setebos]

Thanks for uploading this. An early example of SF film I've always wanted to see.

[@Izumi-sp6fp]

Amazingly prescient!

[@steveparady]

May be based on H G Wells' "The War in the Air"

[@jerzypoprawa7107]

Better than Phantom Menace.

[@emitindustries8304]

Could you believe that all this was made using CG? Every bit of it was done on a primative, steam powered computer, as big as a SUV. It took months, but, as you can see, it was worth the time. Amazing!!! And the budget was an astronomical, for that time, $75.38.
It's unfortunate that the producer and director died shortly after its release. This was caused by the the toxic fuel burned to make the steam for the steam powered computer. Not enough ventilation in the cramped studio, which was actually in the basement of the producer's mom's house. She felt terribly guilty about it, but she did get paid $12.18 for renting the basement to her son. She refused to have her name on the credits, she wrote later.

[@claymiller9707]

lmao what

[@NoName-gj5cz]

What are you talking about?

[@THEMONEGASQUE]

What in the fuck?

[@spinningballwithcurvedwater]

🤣

[@Oxillious]

lol

[@LuisSantos-hs8ur]

World's first SAM Kill

[@jsl151850b]

Have the dialog cards been edited out?

[@stevejauncey3086]

Shame no one made a film of War of The World's.

[@Rickyrab]

World War I, before it happened :)

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

2

[@kaitag]

even before titanic

[@youngsteph1]

Pre Flash Gordon.

[@greycatturtle7132]

2:12 that car was trying to shoot ? Or its just some weird design ?

[@Magnetron33]

5 years before WW1

[@JohrDasat]

Too cool