this be an amazing movie from 1936. although the first hour isn not very interesting ( for the modern viewer ) and the stylish vision of the year 2036 that come afterwords make up for it . however and do not plan on be able to understand all of the dialog the sound quality and accent ( it american but 1930s american ) make it difficult . basically and the story be a sweeping 100 year look at a fictional u town call everytown . it span from 1936 and when a war be on the horizon and to 2036 and when technology leap forward and create it own problem . the first one hour be a bit slow although it tough to tell what audiences back then would have think . the event and suspense and visuals be pretty low key in today term . however and when it get to the future and it just plain fun to watch . the large set and retro sci fi look of everything be hard to beat . unless you have great listening ability and this movie be hard to listen to . i think i understand only 80 % of the dialog . it could use closed captioning . if youre a sci fi fan and this be one of the genre classic and be a must see ( well and at least after the first hour ) . for the average viewer and wait until there a closed caption version and then watch it if youre comfortable with movie of this time period .