A Short Vision

The film, inspired by one of Peter's poems, depicts the destruction of the world, including mankind.

A Short Vision was inspired by a poem composed by Peter Foldes while on a boat from Australia in October 1954.

It pans to the sky as the narrator (James McKechnie) recalls the time he looked out his window.

Although It (bearing an uncanny resemblance to the B-2 stealth bomber or black triangle UFO, though likely inspired by the YB-35 or YB-49) was very far away and seemed to move slowly, it came swiftly and was unnoticed.

It produces a mushroom cloud engulfing the city, killing and destroying the wise men, the leaders, the owl, the leopard, the rat and the deer.

The film was very popular, and when it was shown again on 10 June, Sullivan told parents to take children out of the room.

[1] Sullivan was incorrect when he said before the first showing that the film depicts the effects of a hydrogen bomb on an "animal population".