Hi Woodsy,
following your mention of Jules Verne, and there is a good clockwork submarine model of the Nautilus. see above.
It doesn't get as much of a mention as 20,000 leagues, but he also wrote two books, Robur the Conqueror and Master of the World, which were filmed in 1961 as "Master of the World" with Vincent Price as mad inventor Robur.
It has a great flying ship, "The Albatross". I would recommend the film, which I think is on YouTube.
Andy B
Since sending this to Woodsy, I have watched the film again. I still think it's worth seeing for the Albatross, although the scenes showing action down on the ground are a bit dodgy- think they are lifted from other films. The view of London from the air may be from Henry V- you can see the Globe Theatre and London Bridge with houses on it!
ReplyDeleteThe submarine has been on the blog before in another guise, as the "UndWunda" toy.