0:01:16 > 0:01:22'The heavens, once an object of superstition, awe and fear,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25'now a vast region for growing knowledge -
0:01:25 > 0:01:29'the distance of Venus, the atmosphere of Mars,
0:01:29 > 0:01:33the size of Jupiter and the speed of Mercury.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35'All this and more we know.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40'But the heavens have kept their greatest mystery -
0:01:40 > 0:01:44'what sort of life, if any, inhabits these planets?
0:01:44 > 0:01:50'Human life or life extremely lower in the scale or dangerously higher.
0:01:50 > 0:01:57'Forever seeking the answer to this question is the preoccupation of scientists everywhere -
0:01:57 > 0:01:59'scientists famous and unknown,
0:01:59 > 0:02:04'scientists in great universities and in modest homes...
0:02:08 > 0:02:10'..scientists of all ages.'
0:02:14 > 0:02:17ALARM RINGS
0:02:20 > 0:02:22MUFFLED RINGING
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- What are you doing, darling? - It's all right, Mary.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35I'll put the coffee on. >
0:02:36 > 0:02:38It's four o'clock in the morning!
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- Four o'clock? The alarm went off. - You've been dreaming.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46The alarm's set for 7.30 as usual.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Oh, that boy!
0:02:56 > 0:03:01- David!- Gee, Dad, I didn't mean to wake you.- Do you know the time?
0:03:01 > 0:03:06I know, but Orion's only in the zenith every six years!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Move over!
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Ain't that something?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Boy! That is sure clear.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17You can always spot Rigal and Bellatrix, but nebula...
0:03:17 > 0:03:20< Back to bed!
0:03:20 > 0:03:27- I was just telling him...- So I saw. It's not enough that I married a scientist, my son has to be one too!
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Come on, David.- Can't I stay up a bit longer?- At this hour?!- But...
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Not another peep until your mother gets you up.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43Or your father will! When I get woken early, I sleep late! Night.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- Night, Mom. Night, Dad. - You go to sleep.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I will.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Goodnight, son.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05RUMBLE OF THUNDER
0:04:24 > 0:04:27HIGH-PITCHED BUZZING
0:04:34 > 0:04:37LOW HUMMING
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Gee whiz!
0:04:45 > 0:04:48CRASHING
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Dad! Dad!
0:05:03 > 0:05:11- What is it?- Something landed out in the sandpit - a big light. - What?!- I'll show you.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21- Didn't Mother ask you to stay in bed?- I did! It woke me up.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26There was a bright light and... It landed right out there.
0:05:31 > 0:05:38- You were dreaming. If a meteor fell, you would hear it for miles! - It didn't fall, it landed. I saw it!
0:05:38 > 0:05:45- It was a spaceship or something. - How big was it?- As big as... - An aeroplane?- Bigger!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Well, there's nothing out there now.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- Not now, but there was. - Climb into bed, son.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58THUNDER ROLLS
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- This is all your imagination, son. - I saw it!- What did it look like?
0:06:03 > 0:06:09I can't say exactly. There was this light, then this humming noise.
0:06:09 > 0:06:17- First thing, we'll go and look, and if we find it, we'll call General Mayberry.- But...- In the morning!
0:06:17 > 0:06:18OK.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21That's a fella. Goodnight.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- What's the matter, dear?- You go back to sleep.- Is David OK?- Sure.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Sorry I woke you. - What are you doing up?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Nothing. I'll be back in a few minutes.- George, what is it?
0:07:09 > 0:07:16Well, David said he saw something land out back. He seems so convinced.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21- What does he mean "land"?- Well, he said he saw a bright light and...
0:07:21 > 0:07:28He's not the type to imagine things, and the work at the plant IS secret. We have to report anything unusual.
0:07:28 > 0:07:34- There were rumours...- Rumours? - I can't discuss it. I'll take a look.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47HIGH-PITCHED BUZZING
0:08:26 > 0:08:28George!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34George!
0:08:35 > 0:08:37George!
0:08:45 > 0:08:47George!
0:08:47 > 0:08:49George!
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- Mrs MacLean, where is your son? - He's asleep. I didn't wake him.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Your husband just wandered into the fields and disappeared?
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- It sounds insane, but just look for him.- Did he ever disappear before?
0:09:20 > 0:09:28- Of course not.- No offence, but you know how scientists are...- He is an engineer, not a book professor!
0:09:28 > 0:09:34- Please, if you'll only look... - OK, lady. We need the facts to make a report.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Let's go.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44There ain't nobody here.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Flying saucers, disappearing scientists! What next?!
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- Let's get back. - Suits me. I could use a coffee.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56"George MacLean".
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Then he was out here! - Yeah, you take the north side.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05There goes the coffee!
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Hey, Jackson!
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Jackson!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Hey, Jackson. Where did you go?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Hi, Mom.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45- Did you have a good sleep? - Gosh, yes. What time is it? - Nearly eight.- Where's Dad?
0:10:45 > 0:10:50- He left early.- Oh, gosh... - Don't cuss. I'm tired.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Any chance of a coffee?
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- George, you're safe! I was worried. - I thought he'd gone to the plant?
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- Never mind! What happened? - I went to see Bill Wilson.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- In your pyjamas? - In my pyjamas, obviously.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Period.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- Where's your other slipper? - I said "period"!
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Well, I guess we'd better tell those policemen.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27- What policemen?- I called them. They're out there looking for you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- Call them, David... - Stay where you are!
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Are they out there now?- Yes.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39- What happened?- I wish you'd please learn to mind your own business.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Sorry.- Those policemen...
0:11:42 > 0:11:47- They'll ask questions I can't answer. - Why can't...?- Can I have my coffee?
0:11:51 > 0:11:57- Say, Dad, did you see anything? - Let's not start that nonsense again!
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Hey, Dad.- Now, what?
0:12:03 > 0:12:10- What happened to your head?- Nothing. I caught it on a barbed wire fence. - Barbed wire?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- But there isn't... - Barbed wire, I said!
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Now, you get your clothes on.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Yes, David, hurry and get dressed. I want you to do some errands.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- I'm sorry...- Is this your husband?
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Yes, I'm George MacLean. Sorry about the trouble.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Think nothing of it. You feel all right?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50GEORGE: Yes, I'm fine.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Then we won't report this.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58- We'll forget this, won't we, Mary? - Yes. Would you like coffee?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Don't be silly - they have important work to do.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Yeah, you too. - Yes, I know.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07See you around.
0:13:11 > 0:13:18- What are you gaping at?- They talked as though you're in some sort of a plot together!- Don't talk nonsense.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I thought I told you to get dressed!
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Well, what is it?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- I was just looking for Mom. - She's dressing.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- What do you want?- Nothing.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- What are you up to? - Nothing. Just playing.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Go to Andy's house - play there.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19David!
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Come here.
0:14:23 > 0:14:31I want to warn you not to spread stories about things you imagined out in those fields. Understand?
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- What was that?- Your son said he was going to Andy's.
0:14:41 > 0:14:47- Shall we go into town? - Come outside first. There's something I want to show you.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22HE KNOCKS
0:15:22 > 0:15:28- Mrs Wilson, is Mr Wilson home? - Why no, David, he's out of town.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33- Are you sure? My father said he saw him this morning.- You're mistaken.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38- He hasn't been around today. Is something wrong?- Mrs Wilson...
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Kathy's gone! - What are you talking about?
0:15:41 > 0:15:48- Out by the sandpit, something pulled her down. - Talk sense. What happened to her?
0:15:48 > 0:15:53- It's the truth. There's something out there.- Where is she?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05What happened?!
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Nothing, Mother. I just picked you some flowers.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- David, how could you scare me! - I'm sorry, Mrs Wilson.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- I should think so...- I'm sorry.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Mrs Wilson! Mrs Wilson! Your house is on fire!
0:16:21 > 0:16:24David MacLean, I've...
0:16:43 > 0:16:47MRS WILSON: I'll call the fire department!
0:16:47 > 0:16:52HE COUGHS They won't help. Someone's put gasoline down there.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55That's impossible - our gasoline's in the garage.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57There's gasoline there.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00< That's what's burning.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- Kathy, were you in the cellar? - No, Mama.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19State 43559, please.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26PHONE RINGS
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Hello?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Hello, David.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34No, I'm sorry. Professor Kelston is out.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Do you know when he'll be back?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Well, we expect him this afternoon.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Oh, gee. Never mind, thank you.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58OK, Mr Mitchell, thanks. Come back.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Jim! Jim!
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Hello, David.
0:18:02 > 0:18:09- You gotta help. They got Kathy and my dad.- Who? What? - I saw it land...- Wait up.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- "Land"?- A spaceship or something. I saw it!- Are you being funny?
0:18:14 > 0:18:19- No, it's the truth. They did the same to the policemen.- Who did what?
0:18:19 > 0:18:25- Please, Jim, we gotta help Dad. - All right, David, take it easy.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30- Where you going?- I'm going to make a call.- You're going to call Dad! You mustn't!- Don't worry.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I gotta see the chief, right away.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Must be important. - Please, I gotta see him!
0:18:48 > 0:18:53- Settle down. What's the trouble? You can tell me.- I need the chief.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Anyone who wants to see the chief has to tell me why first.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- I can't, there's no time. Besides... Oh, please!- Besides what?
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- You wouldn't believe me. - But the chief will?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08What's the trouble, Mac?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12You got me!
0:19:12 > 0:19:17The kid's got something so important he can only tell you.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Are you the chief?
0:19:19 > 0:19:24- That's me. What can I do for you? - I need to talk to you alone.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26In here.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37What's on your mind?
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- Well, sir, it's kinda hard to explain but...- What's your name?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44David MacLean, sir.
0:19:44 > 0:19:50- Are you George MacLean's boy? - Yes, sir, but don't call my father.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Finlay, come in here.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Just a minute!- Let me outta here!
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Put him in detention. His old man will come and get him.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07What's biting him? He's out of his mind.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Take it easy.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14It's on his neck! Don't let him get my father.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17They'll drag me down like they did to Kathy.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Are you leaving?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Did you lock that kid up? He's really scared.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36His old man will take care of him. I'll get hold of him.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Hello, Doc. Sergeant Finlay.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Come over, will ya? I got a kid - something's eating him.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I don't know, but he's really scared.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Thanks.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Hi.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Who are you? - I'm Doctor Blake, David.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36What kind of doctor? I'm not sick.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Sergeant Finlay said you had a story - a confidential story.
0:21:41 > 0:21:48Doctors are like ministers - you can tell them anything. He thought I might do.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Can I see the back of your neck?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54What nonsense is that?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Sure you can.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Help yourself.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- All right?- Yes, I guess so.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Well?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06I'll only tell YOU.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07All right?
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Sure. We'll get on fine, won't we, David?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13If you have any trouble, just yell.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Now.- It started last night. I was looking through my telescope...
0:22:28 > 0:22:33That's the truth. They're under there but I don't know what they do.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35And then people act differently?
0:22:35 > 0:22:42Gosh, yes. There's no-one like my dad, but today he acted like somebody I never saw before.
0:22:42 > 0:22:48- You ask my mom, she'll tell you. - I had that idea.- You believe me?
0:22:48 > 0:22:54I don't know. It sounds so unbelievable and yet...
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- Wait here, David.- Don't leave me!
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I'll be right back.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Don't lock it - I won't run away.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I know, but I have to obey the rules.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Well?- It's a new one on me.
0:23:18 > 0:23:25Did two policemen report George MacLean's disappearance and the search behind his house?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26No.
0:23:26 > 0:23:34- But wouldn't they have to report it, even if he turned up?- You have to report everything...in quintuplicate!
0:23:36 > 0:23:41- Is the chief in? - No, he's not back yet.- Can I use his phone?- Help yourself.- Thanks.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- I'm Mrs MacLean. - Well, I'm glad you're here.
0:24:09 > 0:24:17- I saw Chief Barrows at the bank. He said David was here.- He's here. He had a little scare. I'll get him.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Hello, Stu?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Hi, Pat.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Well, sure I know David.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33He just called me, but I was out. He used to use our telescope before things got so "hush-hush"!
0:24:36 > 0:24:41Well, no, not David. He's a pretty realistic young fella.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Sure you can, Pat. I'll wait.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47David tells me he's seen a spaceship!
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Mom! Mom!
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Come, David.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- No!- Stop this foolishness!- You've caused enough trouble. Come on.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Just a minute! Sergeant, that boy is not to leave.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20- Who are you?- I'm Doctor Blake and your son is in my care.- He is not.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Chief Barrows told... - I don't care. He stays here.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30Has he been talking about those science fiction magazines? He's out of control.
0:25:30 > 0:25:37Your son has a high temperature and his heart action is abnormally fast.
0:25:37 > 0:25:44- He has every symptom of polio. I'm having him removed to the isolation ward.- No, he has to go with us.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45We'll see tomorrow.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54Now you listen to me - we don't want you telling those idiotic stories. Understand?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- George, we can't leave him...- Sssh!
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Never mind, it can't be helped now. Come on.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Mom, too.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10That's the coldest pair I ever saw.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15They're not - they're wonderful. They've done something awful to 'em.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19All right, son. I'll take you to the hospital.
0:26:19 > 0:26:25It's OK, he's fine. It's a good thing I spoke to Stuart Kelston and he said you're the scientific type.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- You know Dr Kelston? - He's my favourite astronomer.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37- Let's go before we get into trouble. - But the chief...- Say he's in my care.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Hello, operator - Kelston, priority 8-14.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Close circuit, Coral Bluffs-127.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- What is all this?- Are you going to do something for my folks, sir?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54I hope so, David. I hope so.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Hello.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00General Mayberry.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Oh.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Will you tell him to call the moment he comes in?
0:27:05 > 0:27:09This is WJ-738. Thank you.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I was afraid maybe you'd laugh at me.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I'm not laughing, David.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18What do you think it's all about?
0:27:18 > 0:27:19What David thought it was?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Possibly.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- A spaceship!- But from where?
0:27:26 > 0:27:30From outer space. Come here, let me show you.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38This part of the universe contains at least 22 planetary systems
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- conceivably within reach of us. - Where's the sun?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Our sun? It isn't shown here.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49- If it were, it would be about this size.- That small?- That's right.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53You see, we're not very much in the overall scheme of things, Pat.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Let's take the star Wolf-359.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00It has an Earth of its own, and it's only a few billion miles away.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02That's hardly round the corner.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It doesn't seem possible that a spaceship could get here from there.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Could be they don't need any fuel.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12That's right, David. It's quite possible that they have a means of power unknown to us.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16- What is that?- Saturn! The spaceship could stop on Saturn first
0:28:16 > 0:28:19and use it as a base of operations.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Jupiter would be a more likely spot, David.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Or even the moon. It's nearer.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27But if a spaceship landed on the moon, couldn't we see it?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Not if it landed on the far side.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31We can only see the face of the moon.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34The other side has always been a dark secret.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Pat, I mention these other solar systems merely to indicate
0:28:40 > 0:28:44that life can and does exist on other planets as well as our own.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50If at the present moment we have invaders from outer space,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53they've probably come from one of the nearer planets.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- Mars?- That's a reasonably safe assumption, David.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Here's one of our artists' conception of a Martian landscape.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Grass, lakes, vegetation.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08They've got oxygen in their atmosphere, and water vapour too.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- And ice caps at either pole, just as we have.- What's the temperature?
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Oh, it may go up to about 50 during the day,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17and drops considerably below zero at night.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19What does all of this mean?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22That some sort of life exists on Mars.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25But it looks so bleak and deserted.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27On the surface, yes.
0:29:27 > 0:29:33You see, Mars is an old and perhaps dying world.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37There was life on Mars a long time before there was life on Earth.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Do you think there are people actually living there,
0:29:40 > 0:29:41watching us and spying on us?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44It's the firm belief of many scientists that the Earth
0:29:44 > 0:29:47has been under systematic and close-range observation
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- for more than 200 years. - But do you think so?
0:29:50 > 0:29:53People the world over have been reporting unidentifiable objects
0:29:53 > 0:29:55in the sky since the time of George Washington.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58As we know, in recent years, the sightings have become more numerous.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Remember the strange object we saw that night through the telescope?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04After one of our rockets was fired off?
0:30:04 > 0:30:05I certainly do, David.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Perhaps our distant neighbours are becoming alarmed.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14It's only recently that we've begun experimenting with these rockets.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17David, about that object that you saw this morning.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Approximately how large was it?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Maybe 150 feet in diameter - maybe bigger.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26That could be what we call Type 2.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28You speak as though there were known spaceships.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- Do you recall ever seeing anything like this?- No.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33What are they? Meteors?
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Meteors flying in formation?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Those are the Lubbock Lights. Countless people saw them.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44They flew in over Texas, turned in unison and flew away.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Their speed was incredible. Their flight was controlled.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Here, I'd like you to take a look at these newspaper clippings.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00There we are. The Lubbock Lights, two photos.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Taken by different people.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08- I saw this picture in the Herald. - Spaceships in formation?
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Gee, lookit here!
0:31:11 > 0:31:16There's three above that Air Force captain, Captain Mantell.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19He was in a plane over Kentucky when he practically ran into a saucer.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22January 7, 1948.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25A round object, estimated to be at least 250 feet in diameter.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29He radioed in and chased it. Kept calling in all the time. Then...
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Then what?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34His plane just blew up. Blown to pieces!
0:31:35 > 0:31:39Disintegrated. The wreckage was scattered nearly a mile.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Disintegrated? How? What happened?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Nobody knows, Pat. Not even the military.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48I don't care what anybody says. The guys in that saucer had a ray gun.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50They got scared of Mantell, that's what.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Why should anybody be afraid of him?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54I couldn't say, Pat.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57They were trying to avoid Mantell's plane, but he kept after them.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01His last radio report indicated that he was within close range.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04It's amazing, these saucers.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09Spotted by sane, competent observers in every quadrant of the globe.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12These are all reports that no expert has been able to explain.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Look! The US Coastguard took this saucer photo.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Here's one of the same type, taken over Germany.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Yes, that's the most common type reported. We've designated it Type 1.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Here, let me show you.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30It's a simple type of disc, clean, with no fins or canopy.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33It's considered to be non-pilot-carrying,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36equipped with some kind of radar or a viewing transmitter.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- It isn't the kind I saw.- No?
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Let's see if we can find the clipping concerning Captain Clarence Childs
0:32:43 > 0:32:46and his co-pilot. I think it's dated sometime in July 1948.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- It's back further. You're in 1950. - Yes, sir.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Here it is.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57"Burning object hurtles over Robins Air Force base, Macon, Georgia."
0:32:57 > 0:33:02It was a projectile-like craft trailing a varicoloured exhaust.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04"Seen by scores of people on the ground,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07"and observed an hour later by two pilots flying towards Atlanta."
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Here's what they saw.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Jiminy! Where did you get these? - They were sent to me by a friend,
0:33:12 > 0:33:15who confidentially is the security officer for Project Saucer.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Say, this is slick. Those pilots really saw this?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21According to the story, it almost ran into them.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23That's the model for Type 3.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25It's been seen a number of times.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26It isn't the one I saw.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Neither is that one.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Stu, how could a thing like this fly? It's not possible.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35The pattern has been seen by too many reliable people, and described,
0:33:35 > 0:33:37for us to deny its existence.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I bet they know how to set up a whole magnetic field or something.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43According to these stories, they can do anything.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45There's another type. They're called...
0:33:45 > 0:33:46That's it!
0:33:48 > 0:33:50That's exactly what I saw, Dr Kelston.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Same shape, colour - even the bubble!
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- You're positive, David? - Yes, sir. Absolutely!
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Our research radar has spotted a ship like this twice in six weeks.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03PHONE RINGS
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Hello? Kelston speaking.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16The General hasn't called in yet?
0:34:18 > 0:34:19That's strange.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Yes.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26- Yes, perhaps you'd better try to locate him.- Stu?
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Where DO you think the spaceship that David saw came from?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It could be from a mother ship.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39In a free orbit, just above the Earth's atmosphere.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40But where's this mother ship from?
0:34:41 > 0:34:44David, from the Earth's point of view,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- which planet is nearest to us right now?- Venus?
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Correct. But I should have said, which planet is nearest to us
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- in its particular orbit?- Mars.- Right.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Only about 30 million miles away.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- And here we are, moving around the sun.- Going 100,000 miles an hour!
0:35:01 > 0:35:05If we ever left our orbit, we could reach Mars within a few days.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Let's take a look through the telescope.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10If Mars ever left their orbit, they could reach us.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13100,000 miles an hour - wouldn't the friction burn them up?
0:35:13 > 0:35:17In space there's no atmosphere, so no friction.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19But a spaceship - where could it go?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- It went right in the ground, I saw it!- It can't be underground.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25"Can't" is what our grandparents said about the airplane.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Besides, we know nothing about these people. If they are people.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30What do you mean?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32There we are.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20I'm not allowed to look through a telescope any more.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Special occasions make special conditions.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38We do know this. There isn't enough oxygen on Mars,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42and the surface is too cold to support human life as we know it.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48There is a theory, consequently, that their cities are underground,
0:36:48 > 0:36:53near some central core of heat, or that they live in spaceships.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- You don't believe that. - I'm a scientist.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- But it can't be proved. - It can't be disproved, either.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Could you disprove, for example, that the Martians have bred a race
0:37:03 > 0:37:06of synthetic humans to save themselves from extinction?
0:37:06 > 0:37:07Synthetic humans?!
0:37:07 > 0:37:09The theory calls them "mutants".
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Mutants? What would they want here?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Coral Bluffs?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16There you are. It's focused now.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25A rocket? I thought they were testing some sort of atomic device.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27It is an atomic device.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29The highest-powered rocket ever conceived.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32You see, once we can shoot a rocket far enough into space,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35it will just anchor there.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Then, it's only a matter of time before we set up
0:37:37 > 0:37:41interplanetary stations equipped with atomic power
0:37:41 > 0:37:42and operated by remote control.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46And if any nation dared attack us, just by pushing a few buttons
0:37:46 > 0:37:48we could wipe them out in minutes.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- And you think it's on account of the rocket...?- Well,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54put the shoe on the other foot. Say you're a Martian.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57With the aid of these mutants, you've developed a way of life
0:37:57 > 0:38:02to save your race. Giant ships floating in space
0:38:02 > 0:38:04with sufficient oxygen to sustain life.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Then the inhabitants of another planet
0:38:07 > 0:38:10start shooting powerful rockets, endangering your zone of survival.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Wouldn't you want to do something?
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- But Stu, it's fantastic!- So was the aeroplane. But look how it adds up.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- What's David's father?- He's an engineer over at the plant.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22What's made at that plant, David?
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Gosh, I don't know. Dad won't ever talk.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Because the plant your dad works at is where the whole motor assembly
0:38:29 > 0:38:33- for that rocket was made.- What did they want with little Cathy Wilson?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Nothing, David.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- But Cathy's father is Dr William Wilson.- The physicist?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43The man who conceived that rocket, and whose house was burned down.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47What did they do to Cathy? How did they make her set fire to her house?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49What have they done to my mother and father?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Dr Kelston, you know them. You know how nice they are.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I don't know the answer to that one, David.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Not yet. But we'll find out.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Now, let's take a look at the place you saw that light disappear.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08The fence, the wooden fence!
0:39:08 > 0:39:11It used to stretch all the way across the sandpit.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13I hadn't noticed it before - it's gone!
0:39:13 > 0:39:15I'll increase the magnification.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17The path stops too!
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Dad!
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Closer, Dr Kelston!
0:39:28 > 0:39:29What?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- It's General Mayberry!- The one you tried to get on the telephone?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Yes, he's in demand at Coral Bluffs.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Dad sent for him. He's trying to stop the Martians.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- Dad! Oh, Dad! Just like Cathy. - Oh, not his father.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47They have got his father. Now they've got General Mayberry!
0:39:54 > 0:39:59Kelston. Priority A-14. Coral Bluffs, 127. And hurry.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Colonel Fielding, please.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Right.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Get me the Chief of Staff at the Pentagon. Be back in a second.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Two more companies for the plant.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Three more at Coral Bluffs.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Two more at the magnesium works.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Good. I want you personally...
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Yes, sir. Anything else, sir?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Right, sir.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Get me the Chief of Police.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46I don't know, Colonel. The Chief left here some time ago
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and we haven't been able to contact him since.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51We've been trying to reach his car by shortwave.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54No, sir. Officers Blaine and Jackson are out of circulation too.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56I don't know where they are.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Yes, sir. It'll be handled in strictest confidence.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Thank you, sir.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08That was Colonel Fielding, in charge of the taskforce at Coral Bluffs.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Off the record, he's ordered an all-points alarm on MacLean,
0:41:12 > 0:41:16the chief, MacLean's wife, Blaine and Jackson, and General Mayberry.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21You know, I'm awful glad I don't have to pick up the general.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Generals can get awful unpleasant.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27MUSIC PLAYS
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Then you came, sir, and that's all.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Thank you, David. That was a very clear account.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Now, can you tell us where we can find the little Cathy girl?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57The one who set fire to her house? Where does she live?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Just down the road. It burned down.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- Mr Turner would know where they are, though. He's their neighbour.- Good.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05I'd like you all to come with me.
0:43:08 > 0:43:15Poor woman, she's almost out of her mind. She loses her home, then her little girl, just like that!
0:43:15 > 0:43:23- She died instantly?- Yes. One minute she was playing, next, she keeled over, as if she'd been poleaxed!
0:43:23 > 0:43:28- OK, thank you.- Wait. What was the report on the cause of her death?
0:43:28 > 0:43:34- Cerebral haemorrhage.- I see. Thank you, Mr Turner.- Where's Rinaldi?
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Still in the house, sir.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41Colonel, I'd like to look at that girl.
0:43:41 > 0:43:48Cerebral haemorrhage doesn't make sense for a young child like that, but if she has a scar on her neck...
0:43:48 > 0:43:55Yes. I'll have my driver take you. Any authority you need to get past the police, Jones will be it.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- We'll be at MacLean's.- Thank you.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05ENGINE STARTS
0:44:08 > 0:44:11- Did you get that order through? - Yes, sir.
0:44:30 > 0:44:35- There it is - where the fence ends. - Try to be exact.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38Just where in relation to the fence?
0:44:38 > 0:44:42- I don't know...- It's hard to tell. We saw General Mayberry disappear from another angle.
0:44:42 > 0:44:50- I'll show you...- We're as close to that spot as anyone's going for now. See if these will help.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55Yes. Yes, that's the spot.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58A path used to go across the sandpit too, just like the fence.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02- That's where they got Kathy too. - Can I look, sir?
0:45:03 > 0:45:05There.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12- You suppose there could be a trap door?- If there is, it's well-concealed!
0:45:12 > 0:45:20No, sir, there's no trap door. Something would show - a crack or something. There's nothing out there.
0:45:20 > 0:45:25- What do you think?- Do you mean, do I think a spaceship crashed there?
0:45:25 > 0:45:29- Yes.- Let me ask YOU a question -
0:45:29 > 0:45:32how would it get underground without smashing?
0:45:32 > 0:45:37- Well, if they had some sort of ray...- Like an X-ray?- Uh-huh.
0:45:37 > 0:45:44- Some radioactive ray that could eat through the earth. - Well, we'll soon find out. Rinal...
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Where did Rinaldi...?
0:46:03 > 0:46:07Hello, Clary, are you all briefed?
0:46:07 > 0:46:09- Yes, but...- No "buts", it's all true.
0:46:09 > 0:46:14- Hello, Roth.- Hello, sir.- Captain Roth is our electronics expert.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25Dr Kelston thinks the spaceship is underground. Is it possible?
0:46:25 > 0:46:32- Theoretically, but we can't harness infra-red waves on this planet...- We assume they're not from this planet.
0:46:37 > 0:46:43We'll see if they have a transmitter that can generate infra-red rays, like we generate short wave radio.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47They could melt right through the earth or anything else.
0:46:47 > 0:46:52- That would be a destructive weapon. - And there would be no effective counter-weapon.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14May I ask, what are our orders?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17To secure all installations here against attack.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20And to explore beneath that sandpit out there.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24Where was it General Mayberry disappeared?
0:47:24 > 0:47:29- Right there, where that fence ends. Take a look with these.- Thank you.
0:47:34 > 0:47:39- There's Sergeant Rinaldi out there! - He's always sticking his neck out.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42You'd think he'd know better!
0:47:42 > 0:47:44HIGH-PITCHED BUZZING
0:47:47 > 0:47:48That sound!
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Here, give me these!
0:48:03 > 0:48:05GUNSHOT
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Aaagh.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Aaaaaaagh!
0:48:13 > 0:48:17- They've got him! He's gone! - You can't go out there!
0:48:17 > 0:48:22- Rinaldi's been with me 20 years. - Let him be the last one they get.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25We may have no counter-weapon, but they'll get a fight!
0:48:31 > 0:48:33INAUDIBLE
0:48:58 > 0:49:04As soon as the rest of the lights arrive, I want three more trained on that spot. Keep it surrounded.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07No-one goes near there until I give the word.
0:49:07 > 0:49:14- Sweep the entire area. Those devils might pop up somewhere else! - CAR APPROACHES
0:49:14 > 0:49:19Sergeant, I thought I issued orders no-one is allowed to...
0:49:19 > 0:49:24- It's you, Doctor! Find anything? - Yes, very interesting.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28The autopsy showed this - it WAS cerebral haemorrhage.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31What do you make of this?
0:49:31 > 0:49:36It's seems to be a crystal attached to platinum.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40- Where was it?- In the skull. It exploded, causing a haemorrhage.
0:49:40 > 0:49:45- That's what killed her.- Mom. Dad.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48Son, such a complicated device isn't just to kill people.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51It involves surgery we've never known possible.
0:49:51 > 0:49:56I think this device attached to the brain could be a method of control.
0:49:56 > 0:50:01We've made white mice follow directional impulses with high-frequency oscillation...
0:50:01 > 0:50:03The Martians could be giving instruction to people
0:50:03 > 0:50:07they've operated on and they'd do exactly as they're told?
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Possibly. And when they've served their purpose,
0:50:09 > 0:50:13- they could loose a wave that would detonate that bulb in the brain.- No!
0:50:13 > 0:50:15His parents have been operated on.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19- Colonel, I think we can reproduce this.- What for?
0:50:19 > 0:50:24- We could get in on their wavelength. - And intercept the messages?
0:50:24 > 0:50:26No, they would be meaningless to us,
0:50:26 > 0:50:31- but we could locate their point of origin.- Well, get going!- Yes, sir.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Please, sir, please hurry!
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Colonel.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43Fielding here.
0:51:43 > 0:51:48- INDISTINCT VOICE ON PHONE - Great.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51No, nothing else.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56The Armistead plant has just been blown up.
0:52:02 > 0:52:10SIREN WAILS
0:52:19 > 0:52:21Halt!
0:52:24 > 0:52:28Stand back! Don't touch him! Let's go.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31What happened to him? He was all right and then...
0:52:39 > 0:52:43Yes, go on. No, take them to the morgue.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47They got Jackson and Blane, the two cops.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49They had that thing in their necks.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53- They're the ones that blew up the plant.- Were they killed?
0:52:53 > 0:52:56No. They died like the little girl.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Please, God, let them find Mom and Dad before they do something awful.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04I don't want them to die too.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41WHISTLE BLOWS
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Halt!
0:53:51 > 0:53:55Halt or I fire! Give 'em a near miss.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57GUNSHOT
0:53:57 > 0:53:59You idiots, I'm General Mayberry!
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Suffering cats! It is!
0:54:01 > 0:54:05We got orders to bring you in, so drop what you got and hands up, both of you.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18Holy mackerel, what was that?!
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Those suitcases must've been loaded with nitro-glycerine!
0:54:21 > 0:54:24CAR APPROACHES
0:54:24 > 0:54:27For you, Colonel.
0:54:27 > 0:54:28Fielding here.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33Both of them blown to bits.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Yes, sir, the rocket's OK. Any further orders?
0:54:36 > 0:54:39No, no further orders, just carry on.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43- Our men just got... - ENGINES ROAR
0:54:50 > 0:54:54Tanks - in a normal war, they're a beautiful sight!
0:55:05 > 0:55:12Major Clary, if they've got a ray down there, I don't know what our tanks will do, but we'll find out.
0:55:12 > 0:55:19Have them surround the whole area. Tell Lieutenant Blair to plant C2 charges where Rinaldi disappeared.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28Colonel's orders - surround field, all tanks surround field.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00ALL ENGINES SHUT DOWN
0:57:21 > 0:57:22Right here.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25All right, men, start digging.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40Yes, Brandon, what is it?
0:57:40 > 0:57:44Nothing, Doctor Wilson, I just didn't expect you to be here. >
0:57:44 > 0:57:50Sir, we're all deeply sorry about little Kathy. What can one say? >
0:57:50 > 0:57:55Thank you, Brandon. Are you sure you want to work? >
0:57:55 > 0:57:59You wouldn't rather... > Be somewhere else?
0:57:59 > 0:58:04No, thank you, Brandon. I always work at night. I must go on.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Goodnight, Brandon.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Goodnight, sir. >
0:58:27 > 0:58:35- You can't park here, lady. - Something's wrong with the car. Could you see if a wire's loose?
0:58:35 > 0:58:39I'm no mechanic, but I'll take a look.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44Put your foot on the starter.
0:58:44 > 0:58:48- ENGINE STRAINS Is your ignition on?- Oh, I'm sorry!
0:58:51 > 0:58:53Keep that motor running!
0:59:22 > 0:59:25GUNSHOT, SMASHING GLASS
0:59:25 > 0:59:29SIREN WAILS
0:59:47 > 0:59:49TYRES SQUEAL
1:00:40 > 1:00:43Step on it, Corporal. Get them to hospital.
1:01:24 > 1:01:27It's a chamber. Give me a flashlight.
1:01:27 > 1:01:29- Let me go first.- I give the orders!
1:01:29 > 1:01:32The rest of you can follow me!
1:01:37 > 1:01:39- Are you all right, Colonel? - I think so.
1:01:40 > 1:01:43Come down by rope. It's a long drop.
1:01:50 > 1:01:51All right!
1:02:04 > 1:02:11- What do you make of it?- They must have a ray - one that blasts through the earth and fuses it as well!
1:02:11 > 1:02:19- The earth's almost phosphorescent. - But it's fading.- Maybe the ray's losing power.- So where's Rinaldi?
1:02:19 > 1:02:22They must have made a tunnel and sealed it up again.
1:02:22 > 1:02:26Which leaves us knowing as little as we did when we got in here.
1:02:26 > 1:02:31All right, get ready to haul away! OK, come on!
1:02:41 > 1:02:45They've moved from here. Did you have any luck?
1:02:45 > 1:02:50We've rigged the original crystal to a variable oscillator. Here.
1:02:50 > 1:02:55If it hasn't been damaged, it should give off some vibration.
1:02:57 > 1:03:00- Hell, they can't be very far away. Try it.- Yes, sir.
1:03:11 > 1:03:14PHONE BUZZES
1:03:14 > 1:03:18WXBY. Sergeant Funstan here. Go ahead.
1:03:18 > 1:03:22- Hold it. I'll find out. Dr Blake here?- I'm Dr Blake.
1:03:22 > 1:03:23This is for you.
1:03:26 > 1:03:29Dr Blake... Oh, who's operating?
1:03:29 > 1:03:33Good. He knows how the wires are attached.
1:03:33 > 1:03:35Call me the minute it's over, will you?
1:03:42 > 1:03:48- David's parents are in the operating room. I think I'd better tell him?- Yes, I think you should.
1:03:51 > 1:03:55- Getting cold, David? - I'm all right, if only...
1:03:55 > 1:03:58If only you get news of your mother and father, hmm?
1:03:59 > 1:04:01Let's take a little walk, David.
1:04:11 > 1:04:16- They've found your parents.- Where? Are they OK? They're not like Kathy?
1:04:16 > 1:04:23- No, they're not dead. - Can I see them?- Not yet. Dr Metzler's going to operate.
1:04:23 > 1:04:25- He's a fine brain surgeon. - Brain surgeon?!
1:04:25 > 1:04:28There's no reason why he shouldn't be able to remove the crystal.
1:04:28 > 1:04:31And they'll be safe and nothing can happen to them,
1:04:31 > 1:04:34- like what happened to Kathy! - They'll be all right.
1:04:34 > 1:04:39- When'll I know?- Dr Metzler's not there yet.- Not there yet?!
1:04:39 > 1:04:44- You have to be patient. He has to come all the way from Middletown.- That's an hour away!
1:04:44 > 1:04:49- No-one here can do the operation. - In an hour, the Martians could...
1:04:49 > 1:04:52David, try not to think about it. They'll be all right.
1:05:00 > 1:05:04Nobody's getting anywhere out there! They can't locate anything...anybody!
1:05:04 > 1:05:06The Martians, we've got to stop the...
1:05:06 > 1:05:12LOUD HUMMING
1:05:17 > 1:05:21Run! Fielding! Over here! Over here!
1:05:23 > 1:05:25Colonel, quickly! Over here!
1:05:35 > 1:05:37Mutants!
1:05:37 > 1:05:39Agh!
1:05:59 > 1:06:02- Agh! No!- No, let me go!
1:06:06 > 1:06:09- Want us here, sir? - Just wait a minute.
1:06:09 > 1:06:12Let me go! Let me go! Stop!
1:06:12 > 1:06:13Colonel Fielding!
1:06:51 > 1:06:56- Keep trying. They can't have gone very far.- Nothing here. They've already gone.
1:06:56 > 1:06:59They disappeared? They were here just a minute ago!
1:06:59 > 1:07:03We won't save them by blasting more holes when the Martians have already left. Come on.
1:07:10 > 1:07:11Agh!
1:07:19 > 1:07:21Stop! Let me go! Let me go!
1:07:55 > 1:07:58- We've located them.- Lieutenant, set off your charges there.
1:07:58 > 1:08:02Major, I want your tanks to fire shells from the opposite side of that field. Make lots of noise.
1:08:02 > 1:08:07- Let them think that's where we're hunting them.- Yes.- Maybe they'll still be here when we blast.
1:08:21 > 1:08:22Sergeant Rinaldi!
1:08:39 > 1:08:41What is your name?
1:08:41 > 1:08:44David. You know me.
1:08:44 > 1:08:50- Not you. YOU - what is your name? - But you know - I'm Dr Blake.
1:08:56 > 1:08:58What are they doing up above?
1:08:58 > 1:09:03LOUD EXPLOSIONS
1:09:14 > 1:09:16What are they doing?
1:09:16 > 1:09:20- MORE EXPLOSIONS - Who is he?
1:09:20 > 1:09:24Mankind - developed to his ultimate intelligence.
1:09:24 > 1:09:28These are his slaves - existing only to do his will.
1:09:28 > 1:09:30Just as you will.
1:09:30 > 1:09:36- What are they doing up there? - I don't know.- You will tell him in a few moments.
1:09:36 > 1:09:38Let's go.
1:09:38 > 1:09:43EXPLOSIONS
1:09:59 > 1:10:00Agh!
1:10:02 > 1:10:04Let her go!
1:10:04 > 1:10:06Let her go!
1:10:06 > 1:10:09If you've done anything to my Mom and Dad, I'll...
1:10:26 > 1:10:28Come on, step on it! On the double!
1:10:34 > 1:10:36EXPLOSION
1:10:39 > 1:10:40Stop! Let me go!
1:10:44 > 1:10:46Stop! Stop...!
1:11:05 > 1:11:07Let me go!
1:11:28 > 1:11:30Colonel Fielding! Colonel Fielding!
1:11:30 > 1:11:34RUMBLING EXPLOSIONS
1:11:41 > 1:11:45Colonel Fielding! Colonel Fielding! Colonel Fielding!
1:11:45 > 1:11:49- Colonel Fielding! Colonel Fielding! - It's the boy! Come on!
1:12:07 > 1:12:09What in the name of time is that?
1:12:17 > 1:12:18Blast it!
1:12:39 > 1:12:40Come on!
1:13:20 > 1:13:22Aagh!
1:13:27 > 1:13:28Come on!
1:13:55 > 1:13:56Aagh!
1:14:05 > 1:14:06Get clear!
1:14:16 > 1:14:19- Pat, are you all right?- Unnh...
1:14:23 > 1:14:28LOUD HUMMING
1:14:30 > 1:14:34They're getting ready to take off. Set up enough charges to blow this thing back to Mars.
1:14:55 > 1:14:58- Where's David?- And Rinaldi... - I don't know.
1:14:58 > 1:15:03Form as many squads as it takes, comb every tunnel leading out of here.
1:15:03 > 1:15:08We'll give you a signal. As soon as the charges are set, this ship goes sky-high.
1:15:08 > 1:15:10- I'll take her topside.- Right.
1:15:21 > 1:15:23Colonel Fielding! Colonel Fielding!
1:15:34 > 1:15:36Colonel Fielding!
1:16:01 > 1:16:05Come on! Step on it! Search every tunnel! We've got to find Rinaldi and the kid.
1:16:05 > 1:16:08When the colonel gives the signal, get back here on the double!
1:16:19 > 1:16:22Colonel Fielding! Colonel Field...!
1:16:49 > 1:16:52- Hold it!- What is it, sir?
1:16:52 > 1:16:55I thought I heard something.
1:16:55 > 1:16:56Go ahead.
1:17:08 > 1:17:11This place is crawling with them big apes!
1:17:14 > 1:17:17Get everyone out. Everyone out but Jack!
1:17:17 > 1:17:20You and I will try and hold 'em. Warn the colonel.
1:17:22 > 1:17:24HE BLOWS WHISTLE
1:17:24 > 1:17:27That's emergency retreat. How much longer?
1:17:27 > 1:17:29We're set, sir. When shall I set it for to fire?
1:17:29 > 1:17:32Six minutes, that'll give us time to get above.
1:17:33 > 1:17:35Let's move!
1:17:55 > 1:17:57Let's seal it up. Give me a grenade.
1:18:07 > 1:18:08If there's any of those apes left,
1:18:08 > 1:18:11they won't get in to that detonator now.
1:18:28 > 1:18:32Colonel Fielding! They've sealed the escape tunnel!
1:18:32 > 1:18:36If we don't release the detonator, we'll be blown to smithereens.
1:18:36 > 1:18:38But we can't get back in the spaceship!
1:18:38 > 1:18:41- How much longer, Lieutenant? - Three minutes.- Start digging!
1:18:52 > 1:18:56You got to hit 'em right in the puss with the grenades if you want to stop them, Major.
1:18:56 > 1:18:58Just blow 'em apart.
1:18:58 > 1:19:00Here they come! >
1:19:33 > 1:19:35Hold it! It's the kid! Come on!
1:19:35 > 1:19:38A couple more and we're blowing this place up. We've got to get out of here!
1:19:41 > 1:19:44- It's Rinaldi. He's alive! - Take him, but hurry!
1:19:44 > 1:19:48- Why the hurry? There's no way out. - There is - with this.
1:20:07 > 1:20:09- How much longer? - Just under two minutes.
1:20:14 > 1:20:17- How much time now?- 90 seconds.
1:20:17 > 1:20:21He's just out, Colonel. Stay with him.
1:20:21 > 1:20:25- Can you work it, David?- Yes, sir. - Give him a hand. All right, stand clear!
1:20:43 > 1:20:45Come on!
1:20:47 > 1:20:52Hurry up, everybody! All right, send the boy up first. Easy!
1:20:54 > 1:20:59- I'll take Rinaldi.- Get back! The whole thing's going to blow! - Let's go!
1:22:17 > 1:22:20EXPLOSIONS SUBSIDE
1:22:24 > 1:22:27Oh, David, with the control point destroyed,
1:22:27 > 1:22:29nothing can happen to your mother and father now.
1:22:29 > 1:22:32- They're going to be all right. - Gee, thanks.
1:22:39 > 1:22:42- Goodnight, David.- Shh, the little man has had a busy day.
1:22:43 > 1:22:45THUNDER RUMBLES
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