Word: wellsian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...like the working of a Wellsian time machine," wrote Henry R. Luce. "I found myself living in the year 1923. It all seemed to be as real and immediate as today's newspaper...
...killed, while 500 po licemen and 5,000 National Guardsmen struggled vainly to contain their fury. Hour after hour, the toll mounted: 27 dead at week's end, nearly 600 injured, 1,700 arrested, property damage well over $100 million. Minute by minute, police radios logged a Wellsian cata logue of carnage: "Manchester and Broadway, a mob of 1,000 . . . Shots at Avalon and Imperial . . . Vernon and Central, looting . . . Yellow cab over turned . . . Man pulled from car on Imperial Highway . . . 88th and Broad way, gun battle . . . Officer in trouble." The riot was the worst in the city...
...mighty battle to save the Eloi, particularly a charming little cutlet named Weena (Yvette Mimieux), then chugs off to 1900 in time for dinner. Later that night he heads back to 802,701 taking with him three books to re-educate the Eloi. The film ends with an appropriately Wellsian riddle: Which three books...