Time Travelers

Time Travelers

Year: 1976

Runtime: 78 mins

Language: English

Director: Alexander Singer

Science FictionTV Movie

In 1976 a new virus mirrors one cured by Dr. Henderson in 1871 Chicago, whose research was lost in the Great Chicago Fire. Government agent Jeffrey Adams recruits Dr. Earnshaw to use a time‑travel device to locate Henderson’s notes. A malfunction sends them to the night before the fire, turning their mission into a race against time.

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Timeline & Setting – Time Travelers (1976)

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Time period

1871, 1976

The core events unfold in 1871 Chicago amid the Great Fire, where Henderson’s work centers on a mysterious fever. A future frame arrives in 1976, as Earnshaw and Adams return with a discovered cure and reflections on history. The Mardi Gras moment in New Orleans anchors a brief interlude that links past and present through time travel.

Location

New Orleans, Chicago

The outbreak begins in New Orleans during a vibrant Mardi Gras parade, a city famous for its music, parades, and carnival atmosphere. The story then shifts to Chicago in 1871, a city scarred by the Great Fire that destroys Dr. Henderson’s notes and leaves a single gold pocket watch as evidence. The film uses these two urban backdrops to juxtapose festivity, catastrophe, and a race to uncover a cure.

🌆 Mardi Gras setting 🗺️ 19th-century Chicago

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Main Characters – Time Travelers (1976)

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Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871) — Richard Basehart

A 19th-century physician whose patients survive thanks to a palliative elderberry wine, though he cannot explain why. His notes vanish in the Great Chicago Fire, leaving only a gold pocket watch as evidence of his work. He embodies the tension between empirical science and mysterious healing.

🧬 Scientist 💔 Tragic 📜 Legacy

Dr. Clinton Earnshaw

A modern physician pulled into the past who contracts the virus while helping Henderson's patients. His courage grows as he falls in love with Jane and realizes the linearity—and fragility—of history. He ultimately helps uncover the wine-based cure.

💗 Romantic 🧭 Time Traveler 🧬 Scientist

Jeff Adams

A government agent assigned to the mission with minimal medical training. He provides practical, fearless support and helps verify the travelers’ authenticity. His skepticism drives tension until he accepts the past as a dimension they must navigate.

🧭 Time Traveler 🛡️ Protector 🧪 Scientist

Jane Henderson

Henderson’s niece who becomes entwined with Earnshaw, offering emotional depth to the quest. Her presence anchors the moral costs of altering history and personal loyalty.

💞 Romantic 🧭 Connection 🗺️ Ally

Dr. Amos Cummings

A former NASA physicist and Nobel laureate leading the time-travel project. He champions experimentation and shares the futuristic tools needed for the mission. His willful curiosity propels the team forward even when risks loom.

🧬 Scientist 🧭 Explorer 🕊️ Hope

Dr. Helen Sanders

A physicist partnered with Cummings whose expertise helps decode the equipment and the science behind the journey. She contributes a steady, analytical perspective to the quest and the ethical dimensions of manipulating time.

🧪 Scientist 🧭 Guide ❤️ Loyal

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Major Themes – Time Travelers (1976)

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🕰️ Time Travel

The plot hinges on crossing temporal boundaries to seek a cure, raising questions about fate and the consequences of altering history. Characters confront paradoxes and the personal costs of changing events. A romantic subplot deepens the human stakes of the leap through time.

🗺️ History & Legacy

History exerts a living influence as lost notes and the Great Fire shape the mission. Artifacts like a gold pocket watch tether past and present, reminding characters that memory can determine the future. The story treats history as something to be understood, preserved, and sometimes reconsidered.

🧪 Science & Discovery

Time travel tech, early virology, and a homemade elderberry wine drive the plot. Scientists test patients, chase clues, and push beyond what is known, blurring lines between medicine and miracle. The cure hinges on a simple, overlooked substance rather than sophisticated equipment.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 14:26

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