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Calling Space Control. Calling Space Control.

Satellite SJ1 ready for scheduled report.

Satellite SJ1 ready for scheduled report. Over.

Space Control to SJ 1. Space Control to SJ 1.

We read you. Copy.

Space Control. Space Control. Come in, please. Come in, please.

Something's approaching us!

Space Control. Space Control! Come in, please.

Look at that.

Hey, you! Get on the S.O.S. right away.

- We're being attacked. - Come in--

Space Control! Space Control!

BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE

We're running two minutes late. We'll have to make it up.

Ai Diacho!

Hey! The bridge is out!

These are the headlines on your Tokyo television news this morning.

They are both unexplainable events.

And now, for an even more curious news story...

...we switch you to our reporter in America.

This is your announcer, Thomas Sheldon...

...with a special from New York.

The American freighter, Blue Queen...

...passing through the Panama Canal...

...was destroyed by a waterspout...

...which left her a pile of junk draped on the side of the canal.

The cause of this catastrophe is quite unknown.

And, while you hear my voice, this announcer in Venice, Italy...

...is telling his public about a similar occurrence this morning.

A powerful waterspout lifted tons of water from the canals of the city...

...flooding and destroying many age-old monuments.

In order to investigate these mysterious events...

...the World Council has called an emergency conference...

...to be held at the Space Research Center in Tokyo.

Delegates from various member nations...

...are scheduled to arrive this morning.

How do you do?

- Hi. - How do you do?

Oh, it's so nice to see you again.

It is clear from an examination of the circumstances...

...resulting from these three disasters...

...that there was a common force at work in each instance.

The fact that the survivors were severely frostbitten...

...is of particular significance...

...indicating that extremely low temperatures...

...were somehow produced.

Now, what does this imply?

Simply that by rapidly lowering the temperature of a certain object...

...its gravity would also be decreased.

But isn't it impossible to remove gravity...

...from a stationary object or a certain place?

Yes, you are right.

You see, it's been considered impossible up to now.

But now it has happened right here on Earth.

And my colleagues, Dr. Adachi and Major Katsumiya...

...have a brief analysis of some very interesting data on this subject...

...which I will ask them to explain to you.

As you know, the cause of gravity is the motion of atoms.

And when the atoms of an object have no movement...

...its gravity is correspondingly diminished.

At the temperature known as absolute zero...

...the atomic movement of an object is reduced to a state of rest...

...and it becomes weightless.

Owing to the centrifugal force of the revolving Earth itself...

...the object thus affected would rise up into the air.

We are sure that the recent disasters...

...were caused by an operation from space...

...of some sort of freeze ray, which...

...by reducing temperatures abruptly...

-...was able to destroy the gravity--

- Are you all right?

Don't worry. It's all right.

Hello, Dr. Achmed. Has the conference ended?

Hold on, now. What's this?

It's Dr. Achmed.

Dr. Achmed. Where is he?

Well, he isn't there now. You must be seeing things.

Achmed's at the conference with everybody else.

But I'm sure. He was right there.

- Oh, there you are. Iwomura. - Yeah.

Get the heat-ray gun set up. Firing test.

Okay-

Say, Katsumiya.

I think Etsuko's a little overtired. Try to cheer her up, huh?

If we acknowledge the fact...

...that the Earth has entered upon the space age...

...we must be prepared to admit that...

...just as we can go from Earth to the planets...

...there must be other beings whose intelligence is superior to ours...

...who have solved the problems of space better than we have.

Dr. Adachi, what do you think their purpose is in coming to the Earth?

Wouldn't you say they came here impelled by the same kind of...

...scientific curiosity we might feel about them?

Could it be they plan to conquer the people of Earth?

I only wish I knew the answers to these questions, gentlemen.

I couldn't care to guess what the future holds...

...though I'm sure we all hope that this is a peaceful visit.

Unfortunately, we do not understand their language.

But we should by all means possible continue to urge peace.

On the other hand, however, we should also study...

...measures to repulse them if attacked.

I hereby declare that this meeting is adjourned.

Inspector Iriake of the international police.

Gentlemen, this is our new ray gun.

It produces a narrowband energy radiation...

...of the order of 600 megatherms.

At maximum output...

...it will fire continuously for 20,000 hours...

...with a single charge of plutonium.

We have lined up a series of targets composed of beryllium 19...

...which is, as you are no doubt aware...

...the hardest metal produced here on Earth.

this same alloy is being used for the skin of the Spip One...

...which is now under construction.

We're ready.

All right. Please stand back, gentlemen.

Here, gentlemen, are the results of the test firing you have witnessed.

These are our spaceships, the Spips.

Were they built in accordance with our original design?

Why, yes, exactly. Why, do you find something wrong?

No, I think they're wonderful.

I have to confess, I am quite surprised.

I didn't think you could build them so quickly.

Well, we didn't do it alone. All the nations in the world did it.

Well, it's marvelous all the same.

Congratulations, doctor. - Yes, congratulations, doctor.

This way, gentlemen, this way.

We're mainly concerned with adjusting the instruments and controls...

...inside the ships. Actual firing is just a question of time now.

What is the deviation on the wave-motion index?

Well, here. I was just checking the figures on that, professor.

It's one to 100,000 in the atmosphere...

...and one to 1,000,000 in outer space.

- Kogure, are you ready? - Ready.

Will you connect the meter leads from the engine room...

...to the master control? Thank you.

- You got it. -Ready.

Now I'll test the motor on Spip number one.

Doctor, I am Inspector Iriake, international police.

- Can you give me some information? - Why, yes, of course.

I'm looking for Dr. Achmed. Can you find him?

I believe so. He's around here somewhere.

Will you find him at once for me, then, please?

There are reasons for my haste which I can't explain at the moment.

Dr. Achmed.

He isn't here, doctor. He didn't come with us.

Yamek. Yamek.

There's something wrong in the gun room.

What's going on here? Stop that.

The ray gun. I caught him. He was trying to steal it.

Achmed, is that true? How could you?

You're under arrest. Come with me.

You wanna get me, eh? Well, come on!

Cowards, all of you. Eventually, you'll be our slaves.

Achmed. No, don't. Wait.

Get back!

Get him!

Look. A flying saucer.

Where did he go?

Here, doctor. Here are the pictures.

It's some kind of radio-controlled apparatus.

How atrocious.

Implanted in Achmed's brain.

It would make him respond to radio-wave impulses.

It is clear that the inhabitants of the planet Natal...

...have established an advance base on our moon.

And they are planning to attack the Earth from this base.

Mankind has lived on the Earth for the past 500,000 years.

Now he must be prepared...

...to resist the attacks of the interplanetary bandits...

...of outer space.

We are going to send two spaceships to the moon.

Dr. Adachi, the eminent scientist...

...will command the crew of the first ship.

Dr. Richardson will command the crew of the second ship.

And now, for the details of the flight.

Dr. Adachi, will you tell us something about that?

Well, of course, we have to consider this...

...as just a reconnaissance flight.

We expect to land at a point...

...100 kilometers north of the Sea of Rains.

Our radio telescopes indicate...

...that mysterious radio signals are being transmitted from that area.

Isn't it beautiful?

And there are creatures up there, about to attack us.

I know.

Yes, but it looks more beautiful...

...when you imagine that there's a--

A prince waiting up there...

...who's going to come down and carry you away, forever.

I think that we humans will gradually lose such feelings of beauty.

Katsumiya.

Isn't there one thing that will always be the same?

There must be one thing.

Don't you understand what I mean?

That there's one thing that we'll never lose.

We'll always love each other, no matter what happens.

On the Earth or on the moon.

Well, I guess...

I wonder...

No. I won't let it. It just can't.

Our love will never change.

Say that you'll love me forever.

Forgive me. I'm sorry. I was just teasing.

Wait. Be careful, darling.

You really had us worried.

And the way you were making your sweetheart cry.

I worry about that.

- You were spying, huh? - Oh, all right.

Let's all go to town. How would you like that?

- Where? - I'd like to have some fun.

There won't be any on the moon, I know.

You can be sure of that.

That's right. So before we go, I'd like to go kiss the girls goodbye.

- Do you want to come along? - Why not?

I don't think so. I'm doing all right here.

Watch out for that guy, Etsuko.

Well, I guess I'll go by myself. See you later.

- Goodbye. - See you later.

Be calm.

It is useless to struggle against us.

Have courage.

This will not hurt very much.

Now it is over.

We have implanted our life in your brain.

And you are now our slave.

Hereafter, you will do what we tell you to do.

We welcome you as a new servant...

...of the glorious planet Natal.

Now, go.

Go!

Hey, you.

Get a move on. You can't park your car here.

What's wrong with you?

Your forehead's bleeding. What happened?

There's a tremendous crowd here today...

...waiting for that moment when a brilliant new chapter...

...will be recorded in the annals of mankind.

Far across the spacious grounds of the Science Center...

...I can see the spaceships standing silently on their launching pads...

...waiting for the moment when they'll carry aloft...

...the hopes of the world.

Present...

...arms!

Order...

...arms!

The commander of the first ship will be Professor Richardson.

While Dr. Adachi commands the second ship.

Each crew consists of nine specialized technicians.

The launching pad. The cars have stopped...

...and the crews are about to enter the elevators in the gantries.

The fueling of the ships has been completed.

Everything is in readiness for the takeoff.

In a few moments, the countdown will begin...

Everything is ready, sir.

Thank you. Please be seated, gentlemen.

Report when ready for pref light checkout procedures.

Let him know that we are ready.

We are ready and starting countdown.

- Are you all right? - Yeah, I'm all right.

Would you request a report from number two ship?

You can say the second Spip is ready.

We are ready and counting.

Fueling completed.

Fueling number one completed, also. Remove gantry.

Fifty seconds.

Forty seconds.

Ignite your primary burners on your own command.

Ignite your primary burners on your own command.

First stage, full power.

Full power. Mooring safeties released.

Ten, nine, eight, seven...

...six, five, four, three, two, one.

Fire.

- Good. Start space procedures. - Space procedure.

- Reduce thrust to zero. - Thrust to zero.

Well, gentlemen. Looks like it's a success.

- International teamwork... - Thank you.

Feels good.

You can release your belts now.

What happened? Well, don't just stand there, help me down.

You have to remember, there's no gravity on this ship.

- Yes, sir. - You gotta be careful.

Put everyone on space procedure.

Well, doesn't this weightless feeling feel strange, Sylvia?

It certainly does, Roger.

Calling Spip number two. Come in, please.

I want your cruising report. Over.

Spip number two calling Spip number one.

Skin temperature 361.

Normal fuel consumption. Everything okay.

Space radar ready and go.

Space radar number one, space radar number one.

Unidentified object bearing 321, second quadrant.

This is radar two. We have unidentified object on same bearing.

What is it, doctor? Are they enemy saucers?

We can't be sure yet. Check it on the space scope.

Very well, sir. Get that scope out.

-321, second quadrant. -321, second quadrant.

It's what's left of the satellite.

Let us say a prayer for them.

At 42 hours...

...the present position of our Spip...

...is 306,000 kilometers...

...and the attraction is .17.

Good.

How far to the moon?

Ten more hours, at the current rate.

It's 70,000 kilometers to the moon.

I get a signal from the moon.

And radar, how about it?

I don't have anything.

- What's wrong? - Iwomura.

Iwomura.

What's wrong with him?

Hey. I've got something here. Two pips.

I've got them on the space scope too, sir.

They're dead ahead. They're gonna crash into us.

- Get the ray gun ready! - Ray gun.

Ready, sir.

- What could they be? - Some sort of guided missile.

Keep tracking closely, and fire when they're in range.

- Very good, sir. - Prepare the ray gun.

It's ready, sir.

This is Spip number two. We are prepared to give battle.

Contact.

Contact.

Listen, earthling.

Cut the power to the heat-ray gun.

Cut the power to the heat-ray gun.

Where's Iwomura? I must have some help.

Okada. See what's happened to Iwomura.

Yes, sir.

More raiders coming in.

I've got them on the scope...

...and there are two saucers behind them.

Hey. Iwomura.

What are you doing? Hey, wait!

Fire!

- What's wrong with that ray gun? - I can't locate the trouble.

What's happened to your power? Check the oscilloscope.

We'll switch to the auxiliary generator.

What's wrong, number two?

They're going to ram you, they're going to ram you.

It's no use, doctor. Prepare for evasive action.

- Very good. - Get tied down.

- Correct our deviation at once. - Yes, sir.

And find out what happened to that ray-gun generator.

Get the controls off the line.

- Over. - Pull over.

What happened to him?

Okada,

what's wrong with him?

I caught him working on the ray-gun generator.

He was shutting off the power.

What?

Put him here till he wakes up.

You earthmen are fools.

We warn you. Do not approach the moon.

Do not approach the moon.

If you do, you will surely die.

Dr. Richardson, did you hear that?

Of course I did, but we can't very well turn back.

I agree with you that we must persevere.

To turn back now would mean complete defeat.

Listen well, earthmen.

We repeat our warning.

Do you want to die?

Obey our command and return to Earth.

- To your stations, men. - Yes, sir.

They're running back to their moon base.

- Hadda. - Yes, sir.

Iwomura seems to be in shock.

Try to make him comfortable, at least.

Right.

We're in the moon's gravity field now.

Start your reverse.

Full reverse thrust. Stop and turn around.

How can I? We'll be a perfect target for those enemy missiles.

I know that. Notify number two.

Hello, number two.

We're going to reverse propellant.

Hold on.

This is Adachi, professor.

The fate of the entire world depends on us.

We must proceed with our landing on the moon.

Roger.

Excuse me, sir. In order to escape radar detection...

...we'd better land as close as possible to the mountain in section six.

Yes, you're right.

We are changing our point of impact...

...to the east side of the mountain in section six. Do you agree? Over.

Very well, then. The east side of the mountain in section six. Over.

Roger. Over and out.

Landing stations.

- He's out of harm's way now. - Good, strap in.

Yes, sir.

Rate of descent, zero.

Azimuth, 1-0.

We are directly above the mountain.

Altitude, down and slow.

Roger.

Reverse altitude.

Altitude, 105.

Our approach angle is 109.

Increase thrust, 10 G.

She's down.

Secure the ship and prepare to land.

Cut your turbines, Okada.

- Okada. - Huh?

Make sure Iwomura can't do any harm.

Do you want me to tie him up?

- It would be better for everyone. - All right.

- Check your oxygen. - Don't worry, I checked. It's all right.

- Turn around, let me check yours. - It's all right, isn't it?

- Good shape. - Just a minute, check the radio.

Radio working? Can you hear me?

- Yes, I hear you. - Very well, then, let's go.

Dr. Adachi, what was the matter with Iwomura?

He is a victim of the enemy's brain wave. We have to leave him here.

Welcome!

Oh, look, the Earth!

Oh! Help, help!

Help me! Help me!

Look, you have to be careful. I told you.

The gravity here is much less than it is on Earth.

Well, Dr. Adachi, we finally made it.

Yes, we finally did, but our work is just beginning now.

We've got to find those flying saucers so we can destroy them.

So good hunting, and let's keep together.

We're ready.

Wake up. Wake up.

You haven't completed your mission yet. Wake up!

I get a radio bearing...

...almost due north of here.

Good.

- Try to keep track of it. - Let's go after it.

Yes. New heading, 30 degrees fight.

Get in the observation dome.

Ground car to Spip One. Is everything in order?

Everything in order here, sir.

Listen well, earthman.

Your mission is to blow up these spaceships.

You must blow them up.

Do it quickly!

Flying saucers!

They must be watching us now. Be careful.

Right.

- Get number two car. - Yes, sir.

Did you see the flying saucers?

Yes, we just saw them now. They seem to be following us. Be careful.

Don't worry, we will.

Dr. Adachi, have you noticed the barometer?

- Look at the atmospheric pressure.

Check the air-cushion system.

Air-cushion system okay.

Cushions on.

- Hello, doctor. - Hello, professor.

You must hurry.

Time is running out.

Flying saucers! Take cover!

They've come from a station hidden on the other side of those mountains.

Yes.

The only thing is, we'll have to find out where it is.

We'd better go on foot.

We'll have to leave the cars here...

...and go on foot to search for the enemy base.

Reactor working.

Radar working.

- How much further is it? - I don't know, let me see.

- Here's where we are. - Another thousand yards.

Close the cooler valve.

And now the other one.

Hey! Look at that. It's a tunnel!

Look in there! This must go right through the mountain.

It must be an entrance to the enemy base.

Kogure!

Go bring up the number one car!

Okay-

Very good, Iwomura.

Now do the same to the other ship.

Blow it up, keep moving, go ahead!

This is the base from which they plan to launch their attack on Earth.

Then we must destroy it.

It doesn't seem to be completed yet.

There must be some way to destroy it, if we could only find out how.

Doctor, let me try to sneak in.

That's out of the question.

I could destroy at least a part of it.

He's right, and I want to go with him.

The longer we wait, the less chance we have of succeeding.

Let me go with them.

Let's go.

Tell Kogure to get the heat-ray cannon up here right away.

All right.

And be careful, please.

I will.

I'm going to move in on their base now, all right, doctor?

No, not yet. Wait until the heat-ray cannon gets here.

- I heard Etsuko scream. - You better go after her.

Yes, sir.

Katsumiya! Save yourself!

Etsuko!

Let her go!

Etsuko! Where are you!

Here.

Come this way!

No, no, save yourself!

Earthmen, you have ignored our warning.

Now you can no longer return home.

You shall become our slaves.

Lay down your arms and surrender.

Yourself!

The dog! I'll make it stop! I'll kill it!

No, wait. The fire from your gun won't help us very much.

This is your last chance.

We will attack...

...if you do not surrender...

...within 10 seconds of Earth time.

One.

- Two. - Out of the way! Get back.

Three.

Careful, now.

Fire!

Four.

Now, hurry.

You haven't much time.

- Let's get out of here! - Everyone, back to the car.

- Let's go! - Quickly, give me a hand!

Hey, doctor!

Captain! Look at that!

It's burning inside.

It's the other car. Katsumiya!

He did it! He destroyed the dome!

What's that? What should I do?

What"?

What did I do?

- Oh, Etsuko!

- Katsumiya is waiting. - Very good! Come along!

There's no time to lose.

Hurry, hurry!

- Here they come. Quickly. - Move it out!

- Go on, quickly, move it out! - This way! This way!

-Into the cars, move. - Easy, easy, watch it.

- Careful with the guns. - Move those guns into the cars!

- Anybody left in there? - Come on, come on, get in.

Come on, doctor, get in.

I wonder what happened to those saucers that flew away.

There isn't very much to worry about there with their home base destroyed.

I only hope they don't get to our ships before we do.

- The air pressure's dropping. - You're right.

Twenty-three, two, one.

Twenty. Nineteen.

We're going down.

Saucers! Behind that peak up ahead there!

What's wrong?

Number two car is disabled.

Cut your power.

We'll have to pick them up.

Hurry! Come on, come on.

Get them in, quickly!

Come on, come on.

- Come on, hurry. Hurry! - Wait for me!

- Come on, hurry! - All here, sir.

- You fought well, Kogure. - Thank you, sir.

Back to the ships. Quickly!

Can you contact either ship?

No one answers.

Look.

They've been here.

I wonder why they didn't wreck the other one.

Maybe they were driven off.

Doctor, what do you think could have become of Iwomura?

I don't know, but I doubt if he's alive.

You men investigate the ship.

- Yes. - Prepare the elevator to hoist the car.

- But above all, be careful. - Yes, sir.

Here they come! Get inside, quick!

Kogure! Take cover, run!

Look!

It's Iwomura! Over there.

It's Iwomura.

Iwomura!

Katsumiya! I blew up the ship.

Forgive me. They had me in their power. But now I'm free.

Now I'll stay here and hold them back...

-...while you, go on, blast off! - Iwomura!

Goodbye, all of you. Good luck!

Goodbye, Katsumiya! Etsuko, goodbye!

I wish you happiness. Goodbye, doctor and all my friends.

Good luck to all of you.

It's so sad.

Iwomura had to die...

...to help us get away.

No. We can never bring him back...

...but now we can fight.

An explosion accompanied the return of the surviving spaceship to Earth.

An explosion accompanied the return of the surviving spaceship to Earth.

An explosion that was to rock the course of humanity...

...and change the entire Earth into a fighting organism...

...with but one single point of view.

All over the world, people of all nations flocked together...

...to seek safety in a common union.

They insisted that their leaders should all work together...

...against this common enemy...

...and for the defense of the Earth.

From country to country the cry was taken up.

And it echoed across the surface of the Earth...

...until it was heard in the halls of the Untied Nations.

We must check...

...by every means at our disposal...

...the barbarous ambitions of the Natal spacemen.

They are bound to fall upon us with renewed attack...

...after reinforcing their base.

Doctor, can you estimate...

...how big a lead they have over us in their space technique?

Well, theirs is quite advanced when compared to ours. At least from...

...the time viewpoint.

While their theoretical knowledge may not be very far ahead of ours...

...it is clear that we should be ready to resist their attack...

...in the best way we can. I suggest that the small scouting craft...

...we now have undergoing trials...

...should be converted into fighter ships...

...to intercept the attacking saucers outside our atmosphere.

Gentlemen, we are at war with the planet Natal.

I am sure each and every one of us agrees...

...that diplomatic procedures can be bypassed in the present emergency.

And we should mobilize.

An emergency order for the construction of fighter rockets...

...was issued to all advance factories throughout the world.

Day and night, men and machines struggled...

...to complete production schedules in time.

The fate of the world hung in the balance.

On the cold Siberian plains, fighter-rocket bases...

...mushroomed into growth...

...to be followed quickly by similar launching sites...

...on the plains of Texas and at the Science Center base in Japan.

Unidentified object approaching from fourth sector, range, 8000 miles.

That would put them about here.

Stay with them, on red alert.

Yes, sir. Red alert.

- Check on Siberia. - Siberia here.

- And Texas, is it ready? - Ready in Texas.

Ready in Tokyo?

This is Space Control calling Russia, over.

Immerman speaking. My first fighter squadron is now taking off.

We've done our best, professor. There really isn't much more to say.

It better work the first time. We won't be able to send anyone else out.

That's so.

Rocket one to Space Control.

Rocket one calling Space Control.

Space Control to rocket one, come in please, over.

Cruising in E sector. Objects approaching on course.

Looks like it might be the enemy.

We're moving in to investigate.

It's a large force of enemy saucers.

They're escorting a mother ship with space torpedoes.

- We are going in after them. - An all-out offensive.

Attention, emergency.

Enemy forces are approaching.

All defense units report to E sector to repel invaders.

- Four, three... - Prepare to launch.

Fire!

This is group B. Altitude, 4000 kilometers.

We'll rendezvous in 30 seconds.

This is the captain of the reinforcement group.

Altitude, 5000 kilometers.

I have the enemy in sight and am preparing to attack. That is all.

Get them.

They've fired a space torpedo at Earth.

This is group leader A.

Space torpedoes approaching Earth.

You must leave your sector and go after them and destroy the torpedoes.

Right.

The mother ship has gotten through, escorted by six saucers.

Get them.

They're in the second sector...

...on a gradual approach. We will track.

- Don't let them get away. - We will hold them, sir.

One saucer is approaching Earth behind several space torpedoes.

Mother ship is approaching Tokyo with escort.

Mother ship is approaching Tokyo with escort.

Mother ship is approaching Tokyo with escort.

Group A reporting.

We have destroyed the bulk of the enemy fleet with two exceptions:

The mother ship and one saucer.

Keep out of the way, then. We'll take over now.

Enemy coordinates are 30 degrees north of the space terminal...

...and seven miles high.

Ray gun ready?

Stand by!

- Fire! - Fire!

This is group A reporting.

We are very low on fuel, and we must return to base.

It's up to you now.

The enemy saucer and mother ship are nearing your position.

Well done, group A.

Katsumiya.

- Prepare to fire! - Ready!

Contact.

- Ready, two? - Two, ready.

Fire.

- Beat them all. - Very good!

Here is a report from Space Radar Search, commander.

No indication of further enemy activity.

Dr. Adachi, we did it.

Congratulations!

Grandpa!

- Well done, major. - Commander, here's the colonel's son.

Come on, now.

Listen, Papa, how many enemy saucers were there?

Well, you can read all about it in the paper.

- Well, goodbye, commander. - Goodbye, and have a nice trip.

You can terminate the alert.

Yes, sir, I will give the order.

All stations, the alert is over. Conditions green.

We're free! We're safe!

We're free! We're safe!

Katsumiya, I'd like you to come along with me.

- I'm going to talk to the rocket pilots. - Right, sir.

Let's go.