News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Monthly

Issue

Issue No.

5

Date Released

15 Jun 1925

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Secrets of Life: A Drop of Water
• 2. Romances of Science: The Sky Splitter
• 3. The Trials of Judge Rummy

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Section Title

Romances of Science

Summary

NoS Summary - An elderly professor harnesses atomic force, but when he applies it to a motor he finds he cannot control it. Further experiments prove successful, and he departs on a voyage of exploration in an airship of his own creation. Again he loses control, and crashes on an inhabited planet.

Keywords

Science and technology; Nuclear energy; Animation

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   28 May 1925, p60.
National Film Archive Catalogue

Story extras:

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British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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