No robots (except in one short film), no aliens, and no obvious science fiction tropes, 1937 was a blinkandyoumissit year for scifi filmmaking. Stop by and explore four liveaction and one animated short from 1937.

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Links for this Episode
Where to watch the science fiction films discussed in this episode:

Disney's Modern Inventions is available on DVD, YouTube, The Internet Archive
   • Donald Duck  Modern Inventions  193...  
https://archive.org/details/DonaldDuc...

Night Key is available on DVD and a colorized version on the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/nightkey...

NonStop New York is available on DVD, YouTube, The Internet Archive
   • NonStop New York (1937)  
https://archive.org/details/NonStopNe...

Sky Racket is available on DVD and YouTube
   • Sky Racket 1937  

S.O.S Coast Guard is available on DVD and YouTube
   • SOS Coast Guard | Full Episodes  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Film 1: Modern Inventions
03:38 Film 2: Night Key
05:59 Film 3: NonStop New York
09:24 Film 4: Sky Racket
12:20 Film 5: S.O.S. Coast Guard
15:19 Science Fiction Literature of xx
17:34 Historical, Cultural, and Scientific Events
22:57 Hollywood and Beyond