The Time Machine

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M.G.M. TRADEMARK A.1

Leo the Lion ROARS over the FANFARE, then

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GLIDING OBJECTS IN A WIDE DARK VOID - (ANIMATION)

Out of the SILENT darkness a short white A

fluted column surmounted by a SUNDIAL

appears. It floats in, waveringly, until

it becomes clearly visible, then drifts

off as though moving in some huge orbit.

Next an HOURGLASS floats in from the left B

of the screen. The faint HISSING OF

RUNNING SAND breaks the stillness of space.

As the hourglass glides across the screen, C

it is met by a GREEK WATER CLOCK accompanied

by the sound OF DRIPPING WATER.

A MEDIEVAL CLOCK with weights arises as its D

horizontal escapement TICKS LOUDLY. Mean-

while the sundial, hourglass and water clock

return, drifting at diverse angles across

the screen.

THE SOUND of the various devices continues to MOUNT.

A FIGURE wheels past, with the face of a E

clock and the body carved like a drummer

of the 14th century, BEATING the hour.

A SMALL CLOCK bears a golden angel with F

hammer in hands as it STRIKES A BELL.

ANOTHER TIMEPIECE, with CHIMES, floats in G

to mingle with all the drifting objects.

The BIG BEN is TOLLING H

Then a GREAT BELL. J

DEAFENING SOUNDS NOW COME FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, as the time K

devices weave across the screen and, reaching CRESCENDO,

STOP abruptly. A mellow VOICE begins to SING THE THEME of L

the picture, "The Land Of The Leal". Simultaneously, the

screen reveals the MAIN TITLE: M

H. G. Wells'

THE TIME MACHINE

"THE LAND OF THE LEAL"

Words & Music by Peggy Lee

When I was a wee lad L

And dark was the night

Afraid I would be

Til the bright morning light

And sometimes...for comfort

Away I would steal Away

I would go to the Land of the Leal.

And soon I would be there

It took me no time

My heart would be soaring

As I made the climb

And there was the green grass

So cool and so sweet

So good to be run through

With happy bare feet!

And who was my teacher

And how did I know?

Just when to be going

And which way to go?

But always when wishing

Away I would steal

Away I would go to the Land of the Leal.

And now that I'm older

I try to be wise

But when I am troubled

I still close my eyes

And just like the wee lad

Away I will steal

Away I will go to the Land of the Leal.

For there are no questions

And there are no lies

And never a storm there

To darken the skies

The birds who are flying

No freer they feel

Than I

When I live in the land of the Leal.

After the CREDIT TITLES, the MUSIC SUBSIDES and we slowly

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