20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1916 silent film directed by Stuart Paton. The films storyline is based on the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. It also incorporates elements from Vernes The Mysterious Island.

A strange giant sea creature has been rampaging the seas. The American naval ship Abraham Lincoln is sent to investigate, but is rammed by the creature which turns out to be The Nautilus, the fantastic submarine of the enigmatic Captain Nemo, and Rudderless, the Abraham Lincoln drifts on. Then, in A strange rescue he guides the sub to surface under those pitched overboard and his crew take them, including Professor Aronnax, and his daughter who are French below through a hatch in the surface of the deck. After they pledge not to escape, Nemo shows them the wonders of the underwater world, and even takes them hunting on the sea floor.Meanwhile, soldiers in a runaway Union Army Balloon are marooned on a mysterious island not far from the submarine. They find a wild girl living alone on the island a child of nature. ........

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