And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
A Trip to the Moon, the groundbreaking sci-fi short directed by Georges Méliès, premiered in France on September 1, 1902.
I have never liked the part about the direct hit in the eye. I find the gun crew makes me smile, though.
ReplyDeleteI read Mr. Wells story many, many moons ago. As a pre-teen almost 2 decades before Apollo I found it intriguing.
ReplyDeleteNASA should immediately outfit all their employees in garb shown in that GIF. It would be HILARIOUS!
ReplyDeleteWhere's the Amazon logo?
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