The 1960 film The Time Machine was based on H.G. Wells' 1895 story of the same name. If you were a child when you first saw it, you were so wrapped up in the story that you didn't think about the spectacular effects. If you were an adult, you may have dismissed the effects as old-fashioned, but they were way ahead of their time in 1960. You may be surprised to learn that The Time Machine was made on a shoestring budget, and what effects were pulled off were a result of hard work and clever workarounds. Parts of the story itself were reworked from the original, because in 1960 we had the threat of nuclear annihilation looming over us, adding a terrifying taste of realism to the apocalyptic storyline.
There were 65 years between the published story and the movie. Now the movie itself is 65 years old, which seems weird for a movie set in the Victorian era about time travel that spans close to a million years. And in case you now want to see the entire movie again, it's available for free at YouTube.