The Flying Torpedo (1916)

overview : In the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American officials, coming to the realisation that the country is basically defenceless, offer $1,000,000 to anyone who can come up with a weapon to defeat the invaders. Winthrop Clavering, a writer and inventor, hears of the reward and tells his friend Bartholomew Thompson, a scientist and inventor who has been working on developing flying torpedo. However, enemy agents have also heard about Thompson's project, and set out to kill him and steal his plans. This film is now considered lost.

Release Date : Mar 12, 1916

Runtime : 50m

Genre : War  Drama  Science Fiction  

Companies : Fine Arts Film Company

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : inventor, silent film, lost film