Figure 1.-- The futuristic costumes of children after civilization recovers have a rather ancient Greek look. It is interesting how scifi mocie makers often find inspiration for costuming in the ancient world, often Greece. A girl is pictured in a Greek-looking costume in 2065. In the scene here they are looking atvthe world before the wars, but it looks more like America than England.

"Things to Come" is set both in the present (really near future) and in the far furure. Thus we have a wide range of different costumes. The children in Everytown wear typical 1930s clothing as the film was made in 19300s. The boys wear short pants and knee socks even at Christmas time. This was very common at the time. When the continuing wars cause civilization to collapse we see the children in rags. The futuristic costumes of children after civilization recovers have a rather ancient Greek look. It is interesting how scifi movie makers often find inspiration for costuming in the ancient world, often Greece. A girl is pictured in a Greek-looking costume in 2065. Her toy is a doll which makes sence because dolls are some of the toys found in accient archaeological digs. There are some toys that appeal to children throughout the years. We are not sure if Wells himself was the inspiration for the costumes. We note that similar costumes are used in the movie production of another of his books--The Time Machine.

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