A Trip to the Moon (1902)

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Georges Méliès as Professor Barbenfouillis / The Moon

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious...

France • Adventure • Science Fiction

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1. A Trip to the Moon by George Melies

2. The astronomers are assembled in a large hall embellished with instruments.

3. The president and members of the committee enter.

4. Everybody takes his seat.

5. Entrance of six man-servants carrying the telescopes of the astronomers.

6. The president takes his chair

7. and explains to the members his plan for a trip to the moon.

8. The scheme is approved by many.

9. But one member violently opposes same.

10. After some argument,

11. the president throws his papers and books

12. at his head.

13. Upon order being restored,

14. the trip proposed by the president is voted by acclimation.

15. The man-servants bring travelling suits.

16. President Barbenfouillis selects five colleagues

17. to accompany him:

18. Nostradamus, Alcofrisbas, Omega, Micromegas and Parafaragamus.

19. We enter the interior of the workshop where smiths, mechanics, weighers,

20. carpenters, upholsterers, et cetera

21. are working hard at the completion of the machine.

22. Micromegas accidentally falls into a tub of nitric acid.

23. A workman informs the astronomers that if they would ascend to the roof,

24. they will witness a splendid spectacle: the casting of the gun.

25. Against the horizon, the chimneys are seen

26. belching forth volumes of smoke.

27. Suddenly, the flag is hoisted.

28. At the signal, a mass of molten steel is directed

29. from each furnace into the mold for the gun.

30. The mold pours forth flames and vapor.

31. On the top of the roofs of the town, pompous preparations have been made.

32. The shell is in position, ready to receive the travelers.

33. These arrive...

34. respond to the acclamations of the crowd...

35. and finally enter the shell.

36. A marine closes the bridge through which they have passed.

37. A number of gunners are pushing the shell up an incline into the mouth of the gun.

38. The cannon is loaded. The bridge is closed.

39. Everyone is waiting for the signal

40. which starts the shell on its voyage.

41. An officer gives the signal.

42. The gun is fired...

43. and the shell disappears into space.

44. The shell coming closer every minute,

45. the moon magnifies rapidly

46. until finally it attains colossal dimensions.

47. Suddenly, the shell pierces the eye of the moon.

48. The shell comes down with a crash.

49. The astronomers get out

50. and are delighted at the landscape which is new to them.

51. Against the horizon, the Earth is rising slowly into space

52. illuminating the picture with a fantastic light.

53. The astronomers see craters everywhere.

54. Just as they are about to explore,

55. an explosion throws the unfortunate men violently in all directions.

56. The astronomers show signs of fatigue

57. after the rough trip they have just had.

58. They stretch themselves out on the ground and go to sleep.

59. Seven gigantic stars

60. representing the Great Bear appear slowly,

61. and out of the stars come faces of women

62. who seem annoyed

63. at the presence of these intruders in the moon.

64. Then, the stars are replaced by a lovely vision

65. of Phoebes on the crescent,

66. of Saturn in his globe

67. and of charming young girls

68. holding up a star.

69. They decide to punish the terrestrials in an exemplary manner.

70. By order of Phoebes, snow is falling from all quarters,

71. covering the ground

72. with its white coat.

73. The cold becomes unbearable.

74. So the unfortunate voyagers wake up

75. half-frozen.

76. They decide without hesitation and in spite of the danger

77. to descend into the interior of the great crater

78. in which they disappear one-by-one

79. whilst the snowstorm is still raging.

80. The astronomers arrive into the interior of a most curious grotto

81. filled with enormous mushrooms of every kind.

82. One of them opens his umbrella

83. to compare its size with the mushroom,

84. but the umbrella suddenly takes root

85. and transforming itself into a mushroom

86. starts growing

87. attaining gigantic proportions.

88. The astronomers suddenly notice strange beings

89. coming out from underneath the mushrooms

90. while making singular contortions.

91. These are the Selenites,

92. or inhabitants of the Moon.

93. A fantastical being rushes on an astronomer

94. who defends himself

95. and with a stroke of his umbrella

96. the Selenite bursts into a thousand pieces.

97. But the Selenites are arriving in numbers.

98. The astronomers are captured,

99. bound and taken to the palace

100. of the King of the Selenites.

101. On a splendid throne,

102. surrounded by living stars,

103. the Selenite king is seated.

104. President Barbenfouillis makes a dash for the King of the Selenites

105. and lifting him like a feather

106. throws him violently on the ground.

107. The astronomers run away in the midst of the general disorder.

108. The Selenite army is pursuing them.

109. The astronomers run at full speed

110. turning around each time they are pressed too closely

111. and reducing the fragile beings to dust.

112. At last, the astronomers have found the shell

113. and quickly shut themselves in the interior.

114. Thanks to the advance, they have succeeded in getting over their adversaries.

115. Only one, the president,

116. has been left behind.

117. He rushes to the rope

118. which hangs from the point of the shell

119. and letting himself slide down the rope

120. he gives it an impetus which causes the shell to fall off the edge of the moon.

121. The shell falls with sickening rapidity.

122. The sea appears.

123. The shell balances

124. and thanks to the hermetically sealed air in its interior

125. rises slowly to the surface.

126. The shell is picked up by a steamer

127. which tows it to port.

128. The Mayor welcomes the astronomers with a speech,

129. and the general ovation awaits their happy return.