On this day, July 18, 1951, Klaatu and Gort landed on the Ellipse.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Sun Jul 18, 2021, 02:37 PM: On this day, July 18, 1951, Klaatu and Gort landed on the Ellipse.

Jul 18th 1951 - Klaatu finds a laundry ticket with this date on the suit he stole #DayTheEarthStoodStill

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Sat Jul 18, 2020: On this day, July 18, 1951, Klaatu and Gort landed on the Ellipse.

The timeline for that movie is way out of whack. For that matter, so is the trip that Klaatu and Patricia Neal took to get to Professor Barnhardt's home. The way they take makes no sense.

Early on, we are told it is a beautiful spring day in Washington. Later on in the movie, Mr. Carpenter checks a laundry receipt. There is a date on that receipt. Someone took that information and came up with Klaatu and Gort's landing day.

Take it with a grain of salt.

The Day the Earth Stood Still - timeline

1951

Wednesday 18th July: Klaatu arrives on Earth with Gort and a cautionary message to halt experiments with violence, atomic energy, and space travel. (Washington DC)

From my favorite movie:

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The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951 Film Score)

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Let's show the first few minutes:

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) title sequence
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Title sequence from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

I first saw The Day the Earth Stood Still on NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies, in about 1961. The elevator scene still terrifies me.

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Final moments from this 1951 classic B movie starring Michael Rennie.

Does All This Frighten You? - The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
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Barnhardt : Tell me, Hilda, does all this frighten you? Does it make you feel insecure? Hilda : Yes, sir, it certainly does. Barnhardt : That's good, Hilda. I'm glad.

[Alice Kramden]

1. I need to see this movie again!

It was a favorite when we were kids - but I don't remember much of it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. The tweet has been updated for 2022.

Jul 18th 1951 - After arriving in his spacecraft, Klaatu is shot by a nervous soldier. He's taken to hospital, and once recovered, steals a suit with this date on the cleaning ticket #DayTheEarthStoodStill

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