Description: SCIENCE FICTION. RICHARD DIX, LESLIE BANKS, MADGE EVANS, HELEN VINSON, C AUBREY SMITH, BASIL SYDNEY, HENRY OSCAR, HILDA TREVELYAN, CYRIL RAYMOND, JIMMY HANLEY, WALTER HUSTON, GEORGE ARLISS. SET IN THE FUTURE, THE PLOT DEALS WITH WITH AN UNDERSEA TUNNEL BEING CONSTRUCTED BENEATH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHICH WOULD CONNECT ENGLAND AND THE US. DESPITE THE TIME THE FILM WAS MADE, THE SPECIAL EFFECTS LEND REALITY TO THE EFFORT, SHOWING HOW AIR LOCKS SHUT DOWN CRITICAL SECTIONS OF THE TUNNEL DURING A DISASTER, HOW PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INSIDE FOREVER, AND OTHER TROUBLES FACED DURING CONSTRUCTION. THE PROCESS IS SHOWN TO AN ATTENTIVE PUBLIC VIA WORLDWIDE TV AND SOME SCENES - SUCH AS THOSE SHOWING SURVIVORS OF AN UNDERSEA DISASTER AND THEIR RELATIVES GRIEVING AT A HOSPITAL - ARE STARKLY REALISTIC. DIX IS THE DESIGNER OF THE TUNNEL, WHO GETS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIS FAMILY ONLY THROUGH TV OR TELEPHONE. BANKS PROVIDES A WILLING SHOULDER FOR DIX'S WIFE. A FUTURISTIC DISASTER MOVIE.
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