A Hundred Yards Over the Rim story
In the year 1847, a pioneer traveling west with his family and friends scouts ahead for food and water and finds himself in the year 1961. Directed by: Buzz Kulik. Story by: Rod Serling.
9 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| past point of view | choice | Chris, who was from the year 1847, was bewildered by what he found in the year 1961. For example, he mistook a truck driving down the highway for a monster out to get him, he had no idea what to make of a jukebox, and he skeptical when told that there were no hostile "Indians" around. |
| what if I found myself in the future | choice | In crossing over the rim of a New Mexican hill, Chris was somehow transported from the year 1847 to straight through to modern times. |
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | major | Chris was desperate to save his young son who was likely dying from pneumonia. |
| life in the American Wild West | major | The story opened and closed with depicting the trials of tribulations of a wagon convoy crossing the New Mexican desert en route to California in the year 1847. |
| time travel | major | In crossing over the rim of a New Mexican hill, Chris was somehow transported from the year 1847 to straight through to modern times. |
| father and son | minor | Chris was desperate to save his young son who was likely dying ill with pneumonia. |
| husband and wife | minor | Chris and Martha Horn. Charlie and Mary Lou. |
| mother and son | minor | Chris' wife Martha was shown caring for their young son who was likely ill with pneumonia. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | minor | Nobody in the year 1961 bought that Chris was from the year 1847 as he insisted. They were at a loss to better explain his presence, however. |