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Some books are missing in the bookshelf of the Time Traveller.
Presumably the Time Traveller picked up a few books in order to rebuild the civilization and "returned" to 802701, the future when the Time Traveller "found" decaying remnants of books……

I found my bookshelf was no longer crammed full of books, and a scene emerged from "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells.

While not being a time traveller, my mind frequently goes back to the past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1gAokjZj0Y

The full movie is here⬇️ Its ending does not contain the scene of picking up books. The scene was not used in the final version.
Nonetheless, the scene of a few books missing in his bookshelf is certainly etched in my memory.
The following short video explains the reason why the final scene of
"returning to the future with 3 books - Medicine, Engineering and History"
was not adopted:
Another annotation says it remains unclear which book the Time Traveler brought back to the future.
The reason why the ending was altered is worth revisiting especially in this political juncture…
I did not know the newer film introduced in the following article, which effectively tells that I live in the past:
Now that my life is getting shorter, I've started giving my personal library to friends as a part of End-of-Life Preparations.
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P.S. I am grateful for the following article:
