DVD
The Yesterday Machine (1965)
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- Release date
- Oct 20, 2012
- Studio
- Sinister Cinema
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Single disc (1 DVD-R5)
included · Mechanical
The Yesterday Machine
A Nazi scientist invents a time machine enabling him to go back to alter the events of WWII.
Science Fiction, Horror
Before you choose
What kind of time-travel story is this?
Time travel drives much of the story.
Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.
Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)
Disappearances, trips into several periods and a plan to rescue Hitler make time travel central. Much of the running story is detective work, so the significance is below films dominated by repeated timeline changes.
A scientist constructs a time machine to alter World War II.
Check the supporting sources ↓An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.
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The scores
Titan16.8
Weighted archive score
Time-travel significance7/10
high confidence
Quality consensus3.9/10
Aggregate source ratings
How Titan works
Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.
Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]
This film: 28.38 base × 59.2% weighting.
Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.
The evidence
Research & sources
Research notes may reveal plot details.
These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.
Cast: Tim Holt, Jack Herman, James Britton, Ann Pellegrino, Robert Bob Kelly
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Releases & formats
2 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.
These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.
DVD
Destination Space / The Yesterday Machine (1959-1965)
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- Release date
- Apr 28, 2015
- Studio
- Alpha Video
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Single disc (1 DVD-R5)