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* [[The Waking of the Slate]] - traditional Welsh mining ritual  
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Revision as of 09:05, 22 January 2022

Earliest known promotional art for How Uncanny Was My Valley.
A face mask of the wearer's own face, an inspiration for How Uncanny Was My Valley.

How Uncanny Was My Valley is a 1941 film about the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family on Mars, from the point of view of the youngest child Pkd, who lives with his affectionate and kind parents, and his five brothers, in the Valles Marineris during the early modern era.

The story chronicles life in the Martian colonies, the widening gaps between the "Cannies" (human colonists) and the "Uncannies" (android-Martian hybrids), and its effects on the family.

The Waking of the Slate

The film gives a realistic depiction of the traditional Welsh Waking of the Slate ritual.

Anvils In Flight

The musical anvils band Anvils In Flight appears briefly in a bar fight scene performing the introduction to their hit song "Never Touch Ground" (better known as "Anvils Above").

Origin

The concept originated in a Facebook post on the afternoon of Tuesday June 15, 2020.

In the News

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