Things to Come (1936) - (Movie Clip) Opening, 1940, War

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Gas of Peace

As war-lord "The Boss" (Ralph Richardson) rages, the modern allies of his captive Cabal (Raymond Massey) are dropping giant ping-pong balls containing the sleep-inducing "Gas of Peace," in designer-director William Cameron Menzies' interpretation of H.G. Wells' Things to Come, 1936.

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) 1967, 1970

A brief graphic-text update covering decades of warfare and disease is a prelude to Richard (Derrick De Marney) and Mary (Ann Todd) lamenting the lack of fuel for cars and planes in H.G. Wells' Things to Come, 1936, directed by the celebrated designer William Cameron Menzies.

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Stand to Arms

The citizens of "Everytown" are both warned and reassured as they prepare for attack, while Cabal (Raymond Massey) and wife (Sophie Stewart) muse about their future in H.G. Wells Things to Come, 1936.

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I Want To Make Victorious Peace

Post-apocalyptic war-lord "The Boss" (Ralph Richardson) is irritated with his court and especially with high-tech visitor Cabal (Raymond Massey) in H.G. Wells Things to Come, 1936, directed by William Cameron Menzies.

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Everytown, 2036

In a sequence indicative of a movie directed by a great production designer (William Cameron Menzies), technology rules as the 2036 version of "Everytown" arises in H.G. Wells' Things to Come, 1936.

Things to Come (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Air Raid

Pretty much all action as gas-masks are distributed and "Everytown" is devastated as the much-dreaded war begins in Alexander Korda's production of H.G. Wells' Things to Come, 1936.