Aerial Anarchists

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Aerial Anarchists
Directed by	Walter Booth
Produced by	Charles Urban
Distributed by	Kineto Film
Release date(s)	October 19, 1911
Running time	15 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent
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Aerial Anarchists is the third and final film in Walter Booth's science fiction series seeking to present a picture of futuristic aerial warfare. It followed on from Aerial Torpedo and Aerial Submarine and is the first real science fiction series made in the United Kingdom. The story focuses on an attack against London by a fleet of airships from an unknown country.

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There is currently no known surviving footage of this film and all information is based upon the original catalog synopsis. The film contains scenes of the bombing and aftermath throughout London and features prominently the bombing of St. Paul's Cathedral and a railway disaster in which a train is seen to leap into a chasm.

It has been suggested by sources including www.silentsf.com that this film is based upon the E. Douglas Fawcett novel Hartmann the Anarchist