A Short Vision (1956)

[cruiser1947]

I saw this on tv when I was a kid. I was shook up for months afterward !!!! I was surprised to see it again. Thanks for posting it.

[InvaderZim897]

My only reaction: YUCK.

[VivaChiba76]

Many thanks for uploading this, been on the look out for it since seeing some stills in an old science fiction book...

...good grief, must have traumitised your average Ed Sullivan viewer!

[HethrinLives]

And when it flew over the mcdonalds...the fat obese man looked up! And the Big mac rolled away from the greasy fingers....and they BOTH hid in fear!

[ramywiles]

I hate that anyone would even dream of inflicting such terrible, absolute, irreversible damage on fellow human beings. The idea of nuclear warfare makes me SICK.

[Tenkagethewise]

Good lord that is horrible

[Harleyquinn191]

* cockroach come out from under a rock*

FUCK YEA!

[saintrupert]

Mighty nice theremin playing!!!

Not like Rockmore or Hoffman.

[brerkris]

Musique fucking rules on this.

[JasperHuxley]

When I was notified that there were troglodytes perusing this forum who were vexed at the very thought of sophisticated verbiage, of course I was greatly amused and felt it quite appropriate to make a comment here, knowing the scoundrels are completely flummoxed, and unable to mount even a barely adequate riposte to such fine words. Have some more high fructose corn syrup, and kindly shuttest thou the fuck up, whoreson knave.

[doobiesmoke15]

If this is supposed to be about the bombing of a European city why did they show a leopard? Why not an animal found in Europe like a lynx or a wolf?

[roylopear]

@doobiesmoke15 It is poetic, dreamlike and surreal, as were most of the depictions of this kind of thing people grew up with, with a few rare exceptions.

[erniehead]

Wow, I thought your body disintegrated into fire and ash during an H-bomb explosion. I didn't know you get to age like the Haunted Mansion portrait! That's cool!!!!

[meanbrew]

@Duvmasta Or you'll do what? Bust a caps lock in my ass?

[Duvmasta]

@meanbrew PLZ FUCK OFF!

[MrDavidHarrison]

@Duvmasta - Idiot. That is all.

[meanbrew]

@Duvmasta Yo homey, word up on dis wack quote from Idiocracy, bitch!

'Unaware of what year it was, Joe wandered the streets desperate for help. But the English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts. Joe was able to understand them, but when he spoke in an ordinary voice he sounded pompous and faggy to them. '

Just to break it down for you: schlupi seems normal and you seem to be a retard. Stick with Beavis & Butthead, m'kay?

[SincereCreature]

A Short Vision - ASV - That's USA in Latvian... hehe

[Jackchat12]

@Duvmasta

Why slag that guy off?

[Togepi440]

Spiffy propaganda lol

[CesarCarranza]

Owl at 4:11: "Thiiiiis is gonna suck..."

[cultofwedge]

A friend told me about this. Its a great period piece, and rather creepy. If you analyse it, the music makes it a lot creepier, and adds to the fear factor. The interesting thing is, there are very little electronics on the soundtrack. The sounds are mostly created by ordinary orchestral instruments. Nice one! Mostly!

Mind you, Im typing this trying not to glance at the visuals, so its doing its job!

[Drramoss1]

I remember seeing this twice on Ed Sullivan as an eight year old. Once the film started it was riveting. The images are intended to immediately grab your visual attention and the sparse, simple narration enhances the effect. I especially remembered the images of the skin peeling off the victims. Seeing it now provides some closure tof my embedded childhood memory, and as an adult and jaded by other visions of horror over the years, it's easier on the psyche now.

[hotelmario510]

Geez, it looks like what Van Gogh saw before he died.

...too soon?

[PalerLaze]

Disturbing... And eerily true...

[Guessmylevel]

I was born in 1997. And I´ve got to say that this is a great piece of art. Especially because this was made 12 years before my DAD was born! (1968)

[knownfireball2]

Sweet Dreams. xD

[superpyromaniac]

at first i was like, "this is gonna end without anything much happening, except "___looked up, and ran in fear" then the guys face melted. and i was like "this?! in 1956?! holy shit..."

[1401JSC]

Simply excellent.

Wonderful crossing of media.

[KyoSohma2211]

3:53 HOLY JEEZUS SHIT D8

[invaderpink]

Yeahhhimmm building a bomb shelter. You know Just in case

[MysteriousDrF]

:o woah...

[SpamNapkin]

This must have been absolutely horrifying to people in the 50s. It's almost like a Francis Bacon painting come to life.

[DirtyNeuron]

I lol'd

[zaengo]

what a cheery fucking movie. ive got to go cry a little bit.

[jimandconnie]

I was 8 when this was showed on TV. Scared the crap out of me, couldn't sleep well for a long time after that.

[feline1973]

THREADS!

[bayernfan1960]

The nuclear umbrella offered by the USA has been able to keep peace in Europe for over 65 years. Before that, Europe had been racked by despots and wars for hundreds of years. Because of the world's nuclear arsenal and the doctrine of mutually assured destruction, Europe and the western world has had an opportunity to build lasting peaceful policitical structures, high living standards, and technological advances the likes of which humankind has never seen.

Anti nukes is shallow thought.

[nidhogge]

@bayernfan1960

No, it hadn't been "racked by despots and wars for hundreds of years." It's been controlled by bankers for hundreds of years, this beginning with Lombard banking. Banker families would marry into royalty and assume control of the money supply. As Mayer Amstel Rothschild stated: "Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws." Every war is funded by the same banksters for both sides, to enrich them further; Hitler, Napoleon, all funded.

[TheMrNamefag]

@bayernfan1960

I think the cold war is a good example of this.

[jsl151850b]

03:46

Was this Lucas' inspiration for the scene in

"Raiders of the Lost Ark"?

It accurately selects an air-burst as a city killer.

The energy of the blast is distributed over a wider area.

Not sure WHERE there are deer eating cats in the suburbs.

[wickedfeylady]

TERRIFYING

[drmilo]

Hello

[RevLouM]

It CAN happen here.

[Emdub06]

i love the art

[turreu]

"and the rrrrat", I thought that was funny.

[ralola1]

its funny how stupid people are for making something that could destroy everything

[bryanxfruit]

WTF??? great story

[albanorkrasniqi]

great film!

[bloodystocking]

I was 14 when we saw it. Blew everyone's minds. Ma just about fainted. Friend of my grandfolks saw it too and went nuts; he built a bomb shelter.

[SanDiegoSongbird]

I was also about 8 at that time, am now 61, and this video has haunted me. I am surprised I found it. To make matters worse for me as a kid, one of my grandfathers was born in the Soviet Union, our Cold War enemy...which really created some emotional confusion in a young kid!

[applecounty]

A threat that is still with us. Only perhaps more so.

[VictoriaGrimalkin]

I saw this as an 8 year old on Ed Sullivan and it really scared me for weeks. I just saw it again as a 61 year old and it seemed pretty tame compared to what's shown now to kids on TV and at the movies. Times do change.

J.J. Dickinson, San Diego

[jlauralee]

Very interesting. Times really have changed.

[Brandtalones]

Murder/suicide... !

Mutually-assured destruction!?

Where is the mind of man?

[richragsdale]

amazing

[schlupi]

It's absolutely horrifying how undiluted the shadow of nuclear arms remains in our day and age. A very stirring piece, indeed.

[Duvmasta]

@schlupi Could you not talk so fancy?

[PhilWithCoffee]

Frightening

[MhicWombat]

shattering ... and still possible :-(

[cypherx82]

@MhicWombat It will always be possible.