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A British family living on a farm in an isolated valley in the aftermath of a nuclear war finds that their idyll is shattered when a detachment of American troops arrive.

Once In A New Moon (1935)

Once in a New Moon is a British science fiction film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Eliot Makeham, RENE RAY and Morton Selten. It is a quota quickie (63 minutes), made at Shepperton Studios. It was written by Kimmins based on the 1929 novel Lucky Star by Owen Rutter.

The magnetic pull of a dead star that passes planet Earth dislodges an English town and causes it to break away and become its own miniature globe in orbit around the Earth. The village is now an island, the only land, and the rest of the mini planet is water which can be circumnavigated in a day. Sail straight and you eventually find the town again. The sun rises and sets every few hours and the Earth can be seen as a new moon in the sky. Otherwise, life is as before. As panic sets in, the inhabitants of the village set about forming a government. However, conflicts arise between the local aristocracy and the villagers and lead the population to the brink of civil war.

RENE RAY

BRITISH FILM

One (TV play, 1956)

A man who believes himself to be an active supporter of the "benevolent State" is found guilty of "heresy" by the authorities and accordingly is held captive and receives the State's routine treatment for his allegedly deviant behaviour.

British actor; born March 6, 1928; died September 10, 2004

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