1. A Trip to the Moon
by George Melies
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2. The astronomers are assembled in a
large hall embellished with instruments.
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3. The president and members
of the committee enter.
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4. Everybody takes his seat.
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5. Entrance of six man-servants carrying
the telescopes of the astronomers.
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6. The president takes his chair
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7. and explains to the members
his plan for a trip to the moon.
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8. The scheme is approved by many.
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9. But one member violently opposes same.
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10. After some argument,
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11. the president throws
his papers and books
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12. at his head.
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13. Upon order being restored,
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14. the trip proposed by the president
is voted by acclimation.
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15. The man-servants bring travelling suits.
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16. President Barbenfouillis
selects five colleagues
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17. to accompany him:
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18. Nostradamus, Alcofrisbas, Omega,
Micromegas and Parafaragamus.
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19. We enter the interior of the workshop
where smiths, mechanics, weighers,
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20. carpenters, upholsterers, et cetera
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21. are working hard at the completion
of the machine.
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22. Micromegas accidentally falls
into a tub of nitric acid.
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23. A workman informs the astronomers
that if they would ascend to the roof,
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24. they will witness a splendid spectacle:
the casting of the gun.
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25. Against the horizon,
the chimneys are seen
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26. belching forth volumes of smoke.
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27. Suddenly, the flag is hoisted.
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28. At the signal, a mass of
molten steel is directed
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29. from each furnace
into the mold for the gun.
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30. The mold pours forth
flames and vapor.
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31. On the top of the roofs of the town,
pompous preparations have been made.
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32. The shell is in position,
ready to receive the travelers.
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33. These arrive...
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34. respond to the acclamations
of the crowd...
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35. and finally enter the shell.
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36. A marine closes the bridge
through which they have passed.
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37. A number of gunners are pushing the shell
up an incline into the mouth of the gun.
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38. The cannon is loaded.
The bridge is closed.
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39. Everyone is waiting for the signal
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40. which starts the shell on its voyage.
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41. An officer gives the signal.
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42. The gun is fired...
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43. and the shell disappears into space.
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44. The shell coming closer every minute,
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45. the moon magnifies rapidly
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46. until finally it attains
colossal dimensions.
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47. Suddenly, the shell pierces
the eye of the moon.
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48. The shell comes down with a crash.
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49. The astronomers get out
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50. and are delighted at the landscape
which is new to them.
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51. Against the horizon, the Earth
is rising slowly into space
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52. illuminating the picture
with a fantastic light.
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53. The astronomers see craters everywhere.
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54. Just as they are about to explore,
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55. an explosion throws the unfortunate men
violently in all directions.
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56. The astronomers show signs of fatigue
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57. after the rough trip they have just had.
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58. They stretch themselves out on the ground
and go to sleep.
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59. Seven gigantic stars
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60. representing the Great Bear
appear slowly,
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61. and out of the stars come
faces of women
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62. who seem annoyed
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63. at the presence of these intruders
in the moon.
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64. Then, the stars are replaced
by a lovely vision
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65. of Phoebes on the crescent,
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66. of Saturn in his globe
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67. and of charming young girls
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68. holding up a star.
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69. They decide to punish the terrestrials
in an exemplary manner.
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70. By order of Phoebes, snow
is falling from all quarters,
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71. covering the ground
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72. with its white coat.
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73. The cold becomes unbearable.
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74. So the unfortunate voyagers wake up
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75. half-frozen.
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76. They decide without hesitation
and in spite of the danger
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77. to descend into the interior
of the great crater
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78. in which they disappear one-by-one
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79. whilst the snowstorm is still raging.
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80. The astronomers arrive into the interior
of a most curious grotto
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81. filled with enormous mushrooms
of every kind.
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82. One of them opens his umbrella
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83. to compare its size with the mushroom,
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84. but the umbrella suddenly takes root
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85. and transforming itself into a mushroom
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86. starts growing
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87. attaining gigantic proportions.
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88. The astronomers suddenly
notice strange beings
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89. coming out from underneath
the mushrooms
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90. while making singular contortions.
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91. These are the Selenites,
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92. or inhabitants of the Moon.
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93. A fantastical being rushes
on an astronomer
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94. who defends himself
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95. and with a stroke of his umbrella
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96. the Selenite bursts
into a thousand pieces.
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97. But the Selenites are arriving
in numbers.
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98. The astronomers are captured,
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99. bound and taken to the palace
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100. of the King of the Selenites.
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101. On a splendid throne,
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102. surrounded by living stars,
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103. the Selenite king is seated.
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104. President Barbenfouillis makes a dash
for the King of the Selenites
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105. and lifting him like a feather
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106. throws him violently on the ground.
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107. The astronomers run away in the midst
of the general disorder.
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108. The Selenite army is pursuing them.
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109. The astronomers run at full speed
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110. turning around each time
they are pressed too closely
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111. and reducing the fragile beings to dust.
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112. At last, the astronomers
have found the shell
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113. and quickly shut themselves
in the interior.
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114. Thanks to the advance, they have
succeeded in getting over their adversaries.
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115. Only one, the president,
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116. has been left behind.
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117. He rushes to the rope
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118. which hangs from the point of the shell
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119. and letting himself slide down the rope
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120. he gives it an impetus which causes
the shell to fall off the edge of the moon.
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121. The shell falls with sickening rapidity.
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122. The sea appears.
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123. The shell balances
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124. and thanks to the hermetically
sealed air in its interior
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125. rises slowly to the surface.
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126. The shell is picked up by a steamer
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127. which tows it to port.
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128. The Mayor welcomes the astronomers
with a speech,
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129. and the general ovation awaits
their happy return.
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