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in Nature's scheme of things there are

certain plants which are carnivorous or

eating plants

the Venus flytrap is one of the best

known of these plants

a fly drawn to the plant by a sweet

syrup brushes against triggered bristles

just how these plants digest their prey

has yet to be explained there is much

still to learn about these fascinating

eating plants this is a newcomer

triphodes celestis brought to Earth on

the meteorites during The Day of the

Triffids

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that the world is witnessing an

unprecedented shower of meteorites

there is no record of a display such as

this and recorded history at

observatories astronomers are noting

this fantastic phenomena

and are carefully calculating the effect

on our solar system the consensus of

opinion is that the meteorites burn up

from the intense heat before they reach

the Earth

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oh yeah

before

the sheriff meteorites continues

unabated

this is a thrilling once-in-a-lifetime

spectacle that simply must be seen once

in a lifetime spectacle free tickets

take any seat in the house

here I am

here's doctor soon to see you Mr Mason

look doctor why can't I take a look at

what's going on outside you can pick the

bandages off in the morning anyway I'm

afraid not Mr Mason after an eye

operation such as yours it's best to

wait the full 10 days 8 o'clock tomorrow

morning that's Jefferson yes doctor

eight o'clock well have a good night Mr

Mason thank you see you in the morning I

hope I hope so

open your mouth please ah

now this should give you a good night's

rest

lie back Mr Mason I'm going to put your

bed down

Miss Jamison

are you really as pretty as they say you

are by tomorrow morning I'll be able to

answer that question for yourself

um tomorrow morning

do you really think I'll be able to see

tomorrow night you'll be in Southampton

on board your ship and ready for you

good night good night

we interrupt our program to remind you

that the spectacular display of

meteorites is still turning the night

sky into a blazing display of fireworks

all over the world at this moment

astonished

look I I can't leave this specimen at

the moment why don't you go up the tower

and have a look it sounds very

spectacular sure it is

um Tobacco Company probably found a new

way to light up the sky to sell more

cigarettes

where did you hide it this time

it's in the cupboard

it's always in the same

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I was hoping we could get back to

dissecting that Stingray this evening

the subject is

Tom Goodwin brilliant marine biologist

I'm bored with stingrays I really don't

care why a stingray stings

what do you care about Tom

you really want me to tell you

you know sooner or later you're going to

have to face the fact

day and night

drunk or sober in a lecture room or a

lab or

a deserted Lighthouse off the coastal

Cornwall the helmet

meteors and all who cares

I care what happens to us

you're a nice girl

Ever Knows how you talk to yourself into

marrying me

what do you want us to do

I don't know what you want to do but I

want to get away from this island look

all this potential doing important

experiments it was your idea remember

six months away from the University a

time to do fieldwork oh let's get out of

here

let me go back where I can buy a bottle

of Scotch whenever I feel I cannot wait

for a rotten boat to bring me a single

bottle every seven days

what about the equipment leave it

what about the fish don't throw them

back in the sea

fine

we'll leave the island tomorrow we'll do

in the morning

will be on the air

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nine

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Miss Jameson

hello

hello

Miss Jameson

Dr somes

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can anybody hear me

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Dr soomes

Bill Mason I'm sorry I just couldn't

wait to get those bandages off you can

see me

yes

but I can't believe what I see

what's happening

please take me to my office

now try the other eye

you certain the beams on the pupil yes

sir

all right

that's enough

is the blind drawn in here yes sir

would you be kind enough to put it up

what is it Dr songs what's happened the

optic nerves are gone the glare doesn't

meteorites last night

they were probably one of the few people

left in London who can still see this

morning this

I don't envy you

I don't think I'd care to see the things

that you're likely to see

in the outer office in my desk you'll

find a black leather kit

would it be good enough to get it for me

of course

no it's not there

ah it is

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should have been here hours ago

there's nothing on the radio either

you've been trying all morning

I suppose you're losing valuable

drinking time

Pete

the entire population of England appears

to be afflicted with blindness as a

result of watching the meteorite shower

last night

this is the Royal dockyard at devonport

a number of Naval Personnel have escaped

blindness

we are trying to set up a rescue center

all those who are still able to see are

urged to make their way to the dockyard

urgent warning

all of England appears to be infested

with a strange new plant that can

inflict a fatal sting

it is also rumored that this plant can

uproot itself and move about

if you are blind stay indoors if you can

see keep a constant Lookout

we will return to the air with further

bulletins

stay tuned to this wavelength blindness

men killing plants I'm a drunker

I wish you were

and how do we get off this island

where would we go

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please remain calm do not move about

the only danger is that you will injure

yourselves or accidentally start fire do

not smoke do not like matches stay clear

of all electrical equipment

we are doing everything possible to get

help

are any trains running I don't know

suddenly it went dark and I can't see

can you help me sir please can you help

please big pardon sir you helped me

excuse me sir I couldn't help over here

to a taxi if you could just make a

telephone call for me to my wife please

help I'm sorry

there are no taxis

and the phones don't work

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come on

come on

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out of my way go away I tell you oh wait

drop that child

see your feet

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we're in that train all by yourself I

was in the luggage van what are you

doing in there I ran away from that

stupid boarding school

what are your parents I haven't any I'm

part of an estate the bank in London

takes care of me

well the banks are closed

I don't know well we find out

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that's done come on

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stay here

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come on let's go down to my ship

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wait here

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let's see if we can find some rocks come

on

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really hot

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what's he saying

all services stopped

will continue sending as long as he can

help

approximately 400 miles east of

you read me come in please

as infinite recording mayday mayday if

you read me come in please SS Midland

calling mayday

yes what is it the passengers have

started to panic sir

can't you contact the doctor poster

this is the captain speaking attention

all passengers there is no one on board

who can help you we're radioing for a

rescue vessel the only immediate danger

is that you may injure yourselves by

moving around

everyone stay where you are

and if there is anyone who can see even

a child

please

come up on the bridge

a disaster

can see we could just make contact

Flight 356 from

emergency landing

please talk us down Tara can you read me

Tower can you read me mayday mayday

Tower please come in

please talk us down

please talk us down

there are still no reviser keep trying

it was just about ganza how much longer

any moment now sir

can you read

I've got the passengers quiet again sir

but it won't last much longer they want

to know what's happening I've got to

tell them something

tell them

tell them everything's all right and not

to worry tell them to fasten their

safety belts and we're coming into land

yes sir

ladies and Gentlemen please pardon your

safety belt as we are about to land

I assure you everything's all right

thank you

fasten your safety belts please

fasten your safety belt to no smoking

please

the belt all right the pilot is he blind

too blind no Debbie sillies

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please come in

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there's one of those plants growing out

there where it's on the ledge by the

code

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how about this

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I'm coming with you

keep behind me there's no sense in

getting killed by a plant

I don't but I picked a much Pleasant

don't want to die

Tom

it was here

I know it was here

come on let's get back inside

wow

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oh oh

it's all wrong

in English because of worldwide

disruption it is impossible for

delegates to gather Paris itself with

its millions of helpless inhabitants has

become dangerous this will be our last

broadcast there is no one here who can

see there is no one left

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there's nothing bill

we lost aren't we though

let me see that map again

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but you are not Mr Cocker you can see

you too

well do you live near here five

kilometers who show us the way

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how many blind people do you have here

about 40.

but you must be very hungry

my sister and I were touring France we

collided with Mr rand's car both our

cars were ruined no one was badly hurt

but we were all three under sedation

that night thanks to Mr Rand the chef

became a hospital yeah it's a tragic

irony the sick stayed well and the

healthy became blind

your daughter is very sleepy

come along my dear

good night Daddy

how old is your daughter Miss Mason well

Susan is not my daughter we found each

other in London and since then we've

sort of been stuck with each other

to be afraid of we're all friends here

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she's an English girl who's just arised

right hello Susan

hello I brought it to you Bettina

because she still feels strange here and

you speak English

I'll call by later I'm tuck him in

but you can see

how can you tell I'm finding I can tell

about many things

I think it's the way people react when

you touch them

let's see if I can tell anything more

about you can you tell how old I am

you're 13. I'm only 12. but you're a

very grown-up twelve aren't you I think

I am

blonde hair right

and the brown eyes

that's right

you've got a good sense of humor too

I can tell because you've got the nicest

love lines around your mouth I'll tell

you something else too

good friends

until things get back to normal you are

welcome to stay here and help us

the past few days I've seen London Paris

and a lot in between

things are never going back to normal so

I've tried to impress on Mr Rand I have

faith Mr Mason faith is fine Mr Right

but we need a lot more than that if

we're going to survive why shouldn't we

survive

in France alone there's over 50 million

people almost every one of them blind

is going to be starvation fire

pestilence anyone caught in the middle

of it doesn't stand a chance

I think we ought to get out of here and

go on to Spain how can you know it's any

better

I don't and even so

how could we get all the people there

we couldn't Mr Mason you are just

running away

look Mr Ryan I've told you what things

are like

if you sit here with your eyes closed

let this thing run over you you're the

one who's running away

perhaps you'll change your mind

I hope you and Susan will decide to stay

and help us

good night

good night

a warm generous Hearted Woman but I'm

afraid very stubborn

the lights are on the game yes they've

got the electricity going

friends is back to normal

maybe I can reach some wine on the phone

do you have the lights on yes isn't it

wonderful

hello

hello where you won't get an answer Mr

Right

why are you so sure I won't get an

answer I put some fuel in the auxiliary

motor for the generator and as long as

it lasts we'll have light

but there's nothing I can do about the

phone

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cortex of the root system

it's good to see you looking again Tom I

assure you it's not for the greater

glory of science I just want us to

survive

we will

damn it all I'm not even a botanist

the plant you're an animal

who knows

it doesn't seem to have any central

nervous system

no circulation then how does it move

all plants move

they don't usually pull themselves out

of the ground and chase you

we could find out how this thing

functions

we might figure out an easier way of

killing it

you must get some sleep

there's no time

just an hour

then I'll wake you I promise

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you really must get some sleep

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sleep now

you in an hour

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it got out it came to life and it got

out

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regenerate it's like Anna looks like

worms cut them in half and you can't

kill them there's no telling how many of

them are out there get the hammer and

nails

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Medina what are you doing out here I

wanted to talk to you Mr Mason but you

shouldn't be wandering around by

yourself but I had to talk to you just

for a minute

is it true you're going to leave us

to go to Spain

yes but what about the rest of us

container the only way I can help is to

try to find some real help

and I can't do it by staying here

then you're coming back to us

yes

if I can

I hope you do come back

come on I better get your back inside

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the original triffid the kind I saw in a

greenhouse several years ago

was known to have come to Earth in the

meteorite

this reappearance must have been caused

by the meteorite explosion of the other

night

why should they attack people

most plants thrive on animal waste but

I'm afraid this mutation possesses an

appetite for the animal itself

this must be how they propagate

millions of them one light wind and

they're everywhere

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Susan where's Mr Ryan

no wait there's something I've got to

tell you later soon Mr right give me a

moment Mr Mason please sit down now look

Mr round now whether you like it or not

we're going to have to pack up and leave

did you bring some more supplies

you're telling Mr Coker Mason's quite

right Mr Rand in the next 24 hours the

vicinity will be swarming with TripIt

but I cannot leave all these people here

to die I grew up with them they are my

friends don't you understand this

but it's a pain again it's back it's

over here before bill that's what I

wanted to tell you

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come on Coker

he's saying something about too long the

Naval Base being a rescue center too

long

of course the French base and the

Mediterranean near marsai yes

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what's the matter what's going on

what is it some men convicts I think

they've taken all the girls in there and

made them dance with them

they brought all kinds of food and

whiskey how many are they I don't know

but there's a lot and they can see yes

where's Mr right she's in there with

them

but Bill they said they'd kill anyone

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my scissors out the car

thank you

you are not one of us

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I had no right to see them

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makes you feel any better I probably

would have said the same thing under the

circumstances

Maybe

you know why

why

because you survived

the Tina Coker and all the rest dead

and you're alive and you wonder why

that's exactly right

I know the feeling

in the war you get a ship shot up I'm

Gonna Leave You

all your friends gone only a handful

left

you ask yourself why me why not someone

better

where will we go in Spain

well there's a big American naval base

in southern Spain nicodis

cook for disaster they get supplies a

discipline

so we are the French at Tulum

negative

five percent nitric acid solution

negative

it's not that I expected a miracle

I didn't think we'd find a Magic Bullet

but nothing absolutely nothing seems to

affect this tissue

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absorb and expend energy

no matter what they're made of there

must be something that'll interrupt

their life cycle

fundamentally it's a simple problem like

finding a weed killer

no help out there being nothing in the

air for days

can't help thinking about that last

radio call from Devon

the way the place caught fire and blew

up like that it was

like listening to the end of the world

well it's not the end of the world not

quite yet there's an answer here in

front of us there has to be

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if we're going to find the answer we

better find it pretty soon what are they

doing

I'm staring in it is like

guards outside a condensed cell let's

get through this checklist again

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you're a good horse you must be tired

I'm going to find you some fresh green

grass

still now go and look at the fair all

right but don't wander off if we can

find something we're gonna eat right

away hmm

oh I'm sorry did I burn you no it's it's

nothing

thank you

do

you think we have a chance

once you taste this coffee of mine

you'll know nothing worse can happen

your coffee is very good in fact you're

a handyman in a kitchen

been doing for myself a long time

you have never been married

no why guess I've never been one spot

long enough to get caught

and now you are settled with a family

it might have its points

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Susan

look what I found

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we could use it we'll take it

course we can't leave him well we live

in the field somewhere I only have

plenty of food you'll be fine

Susan be reasonable we can't take him

with us

I mean he doesn't have any rice but it

is not built for Susan he's only doing

what's right for all of us he'll never

hurt you never if he can't help it you

know that

I know

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are they on the right Road for kids

I think so

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I don't know when we find out

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hello is anybody here

thank you

please please come in come in oh God

Teresa

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Arigato hence

I knew it that's my rope

Luis De la Vega I'm Bill Mason this is

Susan and Mr rap

but please

Teresa three guests

this is my wife Teresa welcome

now we know that we are not the only two

people left in this part of the world I

believe that someone with a right to

help us why I put up the rock you see we

are expecting a baby and we need someone

who can help perhaps the two ladies

could

you can't see

both seem so natural my wife has been

blind for many years now she's teaching

me how to get around

but you ladies will stay and help her of

course we will

we were trying to get to Cadiz but you

don't know about that

you know about what they had to evacuate

the naval base

well they did huh by submarine I I heard

it on my radio

some submarines that were submerged

during the night of the meteorites their

entire Crews were all right I tried to

contact them with my transmitter but

something went wrong I can neither

transmit nor receive

let's take a look at it maybe I can fix

it oh are you familiar yes it's the

first mate I have to at least have a

working knowledge of it

from the Gibraltar Rescue Center

final Survivor pickup will be on

Saturday at Alicante

we repeat our warning

vast bands of Triffids are roaming the

area

do not travel at night barricade all

doors

we repeat our warning do not travel at

night barricade all doors

final Survivor pickup will be on

Saturday at Alicante

but it's tomorrow

we'll leave the first thing in the

morning

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turned on

well it works

fine soon you can turn it off now

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baby born

yes it's a boy

how is he fine

my mother she's weak but I suppose

that's to be expected

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hey that's Susie

look

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Susan got one on the switch

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don't have enough power

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come on

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keep the engine running

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why do they keep coming back I don't

know Susan

there must be some reason

up

maybe they can hear us huh

hey maybe that's it

maybe it's sound that attracts them

that generator

come on Susan

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you're right

it's sound that attracts them

the Tom leads them to us

they can lead them away too

nice

yeah

yeah like the Pied Piper

Susan you've heard come on

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now when they've gone open up the gates

and take off but until then no noise at

all all right hey come on

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what about you

I'll see you in Alicante

when is happening

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thank you

thank you

time to get a baldness we're sailing

the submarine will depart in five

minutes our life rafts will continue to

search for survivors

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hey

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this is the Gibraltar rescue center for

the Mediterranean area

our pickup at Alicante has been made on

schedule

this is the final rescue operation for

the present

stay tuned to this wavelength for

further bulletins

repeat

stay tuned to this wavelength for

further bulletins

how far is Gibraltar

too far to swim let's get back to work

get away from that window stop staring

at them

I'm sorry Karen I'm sorry

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away

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ready

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and dissolving let's see what is

dissolving them

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thank you

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two-thirds of the Earth is covered with

it

a new search and all the world the

answers

right in front of you

a simple method had been found to

destroy the trivets

sea water

from which life on Earth had sprung

became the means of preserving life on

Earth

mankind survived and once again

had reason to give thanks

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