Figure 1
Preview of coming attractions: New York City is vaporized by an alomic blast in
Invasion
U.S.A. (1952)
Figure 2
New York City as atomic wasteland:
Invasion
U.S.A (1952)
Figure 3
The war of the past: Mutual Assured Destruction.
The Last War
(1961; original title
Sekai daisenso
, 1961)
Figure 4
The Arc de Triomphe is destroyed in
The Last War
(1961; original title
Sekai daisenso
, 1961)
Figure 5
Manhattan, before the collapse of the World Trade Center, is decimated by a nudear attack in
The Last War
(1961;original. title
Sekai daisenso
, 1961)
Figure 6
The city collapses in Tidal Wave (1973; original title
Nippon chinbotsu
, 1973)
Figure 7
Airborne firefighters attempt to halt the rampaging fire that engulfs the failing metropolis in
Tidal Wave
(1973; original title
Nippon chinbotsu
, 1973)
Figure 8
Skyscrapers collapse from the intense heat in
Tidal Wave
(1973; original title
Nippon chinbotsu
, 1973)
Figure 9
The end of the world occurs through natural catastrophe in
When Worlds Collide
(1951)
Figure 10
Survivors carry on with the tasks of civilization in
The Bed Sitting Room
(1969)
Figure 11
The city is leveled by earthquake in
San Francisco
(1936)
Figure 12
The ruins of Manhattan in
Deluge
(1993)
Figure 13
Tragedy on a human scale in
The Day the Sky Exploded
(1961;
la Morte viene dallo spazio
, 1958)
Figure 14
The staging of Armageddon; synthetic destruction in
Hooper
(1978)
Figure 15
Transportation becomes superfluous in
The Last Days of Man on Earth
(1973; orignal title
The Final Programme
, 1973)
