The time period of the setting is identified as "France 1916," during a wide angle shot (that slowly pans from right to left) of a large courtyard, where a unit of armed soldiers marches in formation up o a baroque building.” He apologized, but then warned her that she""d be banned from the ballpark for any further intrusions into the locker room.[These mutants would become the ancestors of the mutants inBeneath the Planet of the Apes (1970).] It was a ""living hell"" of radiation.When the trio from Ape City passed a sensor (F-6) on their way to the Archives Section, an alarm beeped in the central command area, noted by one of the survivors Alma (France Nuyen).[Note: The film""s plot about the identity of "Kris Kringle" paralleled and retold the last year of the life of Jesus when he was tried before Pontius Pilate.Back in the office of theDaily Planetin Metropolis, Lois, Jimmy, and Perry White were speaking about Superman""s unusual "disappearing act" (with Lois uncertain about where he was since he left her to return to the Fortress), when suddenly, the trio of Kryptonite villains (accompanied by Luthor) crashed in and smashed up the offices and furniture.