The screen fades in, revealing nothing but simple waves lapping silently as an echo of time itself. A figure in a bowler hat slips precariously, missing the inevitable splash by questionable fate alone. Tides laugh quietly at his narrow escape.
Intertitle: "Man vs. Tide: The Awaiting Odyssey"
The clock strikes the hour—witness how it does nothing for our protagonist, caught in an endless loop of trousers misfortune. Irony, here, palpable especially as he seems to stay oblivious to the steady onslaught of the clocks' relentless march.