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¡Olé!
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¡Olé!
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Warren?
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You'll wake yourself up.
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Mmm. Get your breakfast.
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No time. The meeting starts at 10:00.
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Don't worry about it.
They always have coffee there.
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You're going to fly down?
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I'll check out one of the trainers.
That way, I can get back when I want.
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What are you up to today?
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Shopping. Got to get clothes for the boys.
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They grow so fast.
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Need any money? I cashed a check.
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I had the dream again.
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Always ends at the same place.
I guess that's just as well.
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Sometime I'm going to see that matador,
find out who he is.
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And when I do, that's it.
That's the end of me.
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Don't talk like that.
Now, it's only a dream.
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Maybe I ought to resign.
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What good would that do?
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It'd make the dream go away.
I'm sure of that. They're connected.
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Katie, the dream and...
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what I'm doing.
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Sometimes I feel the only way
I can make it disappear
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is to give it all up, to resign.
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But you can't resign.
You can't give up your whole life.
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You're my life too.
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You and the boys.
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Maybe I have to choose.
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Or maybe it's too late.
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Oh, Warren, don't go. Skip the meeting.
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Tell them my wife insists
I go shopping with her.
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I'll skip the shopping.
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We can have lunch together.
We haven't done that in months.
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A little French restaurant with wine.
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This one's special.
The new secretary's going to be there.
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They're even holding it in the war room
to show how up-to-date we are.
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You could do with a day off.
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In the middle of the week? That's immoral.
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We can go out for dinner.
I'll be back by then.
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If I can get a sitter.
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You got me, you can get anything.
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I don't know what I'd do without you.
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You wouldn't do very well.
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There's no chance of that, is there?
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None at all.
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Two hours ago,
you said 100 million dead.
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Now you say 60 million.
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I say 60 million is perhaps
the highest price
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we should be prepared to pay in a war.
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Well, what's the difference between
60 million dead and 100 million?
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- Forty million.
- Some difference.
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Are you prepared to say the saving
of 40 million lives is of no importance?
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You miss the point, Professor.
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The saving of those 60 million lives
is what's important.
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Face facts, Mr. Foster.
We're talking about war.
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I say every war,
including thermonuclear war,
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must have a winner and a loser.
Which would you rather be?
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In a nuclear war, everyone loses.
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War isn't what it used to be.
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It's still the resolution
of economic and political conflict.
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Well, what kind of resolution
with 100 million dead?
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- It doesn't have to be 100 million.
- Even 60.
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The same as a thousand years ago, sir,
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when you also had wars
that wiped out whole peoples.
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The point is still who wins and who loses —
the survival of a culture.
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A culture?
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With most of its people dead,
the rest dying,
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the food poisoned,
the air unfit to breathe...
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You call that a culture?
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Yes, I do, Mr. Foster.
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I am not a poet.
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I'm a political scientist who would rather
have an American culture survive
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than a Russian one.
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But what would it be like?
I mean, really like.
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Who would survive?
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Who would survive?
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That's an interesting question.
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I would predict...
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convicts and file clerks.
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And the worst convicts —
those deep down in solitary confinement.
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And the most ordinary file clerks,
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probably for large insurance companies,
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because they would be
in fireproofed rooms,
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protected by tons of the best insulator
in the world: paper.
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And imagine what will happen.
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The small group of vicious criminals
will fight the army of file clerks
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for the remaining means of life.
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The convicts will know violence,
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but the file clerks
will know organization.
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Who do you think will win?
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It's all hypothesis, of course,
but fun to play around with.
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And time to go home.
I didn't mean to hold court so long.
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I don't usually come to a supper party
and talk right through to breakfast.
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Nonsense, Professor. We were fascinated.
Hope we didn't keep you from your work.
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Not at all. I've got a ten o'clock meeting
at the Pentagon.
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Plenty of time to get home and change.
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You must come again,
Professor Groeteschele,
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with your wife this time.
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I'd be delighted.
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Thanks again.
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I'm Ilsa Wolfe.
We were introduced before dinner.
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I'd like you to take me home.
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You'll have to give me directions.
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Just stay on this road.
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You could joke about the convicts
and file clerks
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because you know there won't be
any survivors, will there?
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Not many.
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None. None at all.
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That's the beauty of it.
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I've heard nuclear war
called a lot of things, Miss Wolfe —
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never beautiful.
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People are afraid to call it that,
but that's what they feel.
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The beauty of death?
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Don't patronize me.
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What else but that are you selling,
Professor?
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And we all know we're going to die.
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But you make a game out of it,
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a marvelous game
that includes the whole world.
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You make it seem possible.
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It is possible. Even probable.
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You make death an entertainment...
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something that can be played
in a living room.
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As good a place as any.
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No. No, there's an even better place.
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Turn in there.
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This where you live?
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Don't joke.
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Why not? I'm the joker.
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I make death into a game
for people like you to get excited about.
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I watched you tonight.
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You'd love making it possible,
wouldn't you?
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You'd love pressing that button.
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What a thrill that would be.
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Knowing you have to die, to have the power
to take everyone else with you,
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the mob of them,
with their plans, their little hopes,
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born to be murdered
and turning away from it,
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closing their eyes to it.
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And you could be the one to make it true,
do it to them.
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But you're afraid, so you look
for the thrill someplace else.
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And who better
than a man who isn't afraid?
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I'm not your kind.
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- Airman.
- Sir?
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General Bogan should be on his way in.
Tell him I checked out the new computer.
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I'll be back on duty before he leaves
to check it out again with him.
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- Yes, sir.
- I'll be in my quarters if he wants me.
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- Yes, sir. Oh, sir.
- Yes?
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There's a telephone message for you.
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They want you to call right back.
Said it was urgent.
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Line, please.
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Hello.
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Yes, I got the message.
Why do you think I'm calling?
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Well, where did he get the money?
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No, no, no. I'll come myself.
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I'm going into town, Airman.
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That's the address.
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I'll be there about half an hour,
then I'm coming back to the base.
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Yes, sir.
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Better button up
before the general gets here.
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Yes, sir.
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General Bogan's office. Airman Slote.
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No, sir, General, he's just left.
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Damn it, I need him.
Where did he sign out to?
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Conklin, you know where that is?
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Yes, sir. It's on the way to the base.
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Well, get on over there.
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I'll pick him up myself, Airman.
Thank you.
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This is the house, General.
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You sure this is it? You sure there's not
another street by this name?
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Oh, no, sir.
I've lived in Omaha all my life.
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I know this city like the back of my hand.
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Don't bother getting out.
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...spending the money
I send you on this!
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Give me that!
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Raise your hand
against my mother once more —
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Just a drop. Who the hell are you?
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Yeah?
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I'm General Bogan.
I'm looking for Colonel Cascio.
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- He gave this address.
- Oh, sure, now, General.
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- Let the gentleman in, Luke.
- Honored to have you.
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Son always speaks well of you.
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Sorry to bother you, Colonel.
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We have some unexpected VIPs
we have to show around.
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Yes, sir. I'll be right along.
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Why don't you come in, General?
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Thank you, I...
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I just take a drop now and then.
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The boy here,
he gets a little excited, and...
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I'm ready, sir.
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Damned snot-nosed kid.
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It's that Congressman Raskob,
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the one who's been
nosing around the bases.
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Washington wants us
to put his mind at ease.
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He's on one of those committees.
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Yes, sir.
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Gordon Knapp will also be there
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to look over some of that equipment
his company makes.
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He'll be on our side.
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Anyone looks cross-eyed at his stuff,
he goes up like a rocket.
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Yes, sir.
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Time was when I'd say
"goes up like a balloon."
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Times change.
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Yes, sir.
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Ploiesti — that was the rough one.
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We lost half our group.
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Regensburg was the worst one for us.
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I never flew the B-17.
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Only 24s.
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Good airplane, the 24.
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Least you knew you were flying
the airplane, not the other way around,
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like with these things.
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Well, you still have to fly
the Vindicator, Grady.
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We're the last of the lot, Flynn.
Don't kid yourself about that.
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The next airplanes, they won't need men.
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You'll be too old, anyway.
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After us, the machines.
We're halfway there already.
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Look at those kids.
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Remember the crews you had on the 24s?
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Jews, Italians, all kinds.
You could tell them apart.
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They were people.
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These kids, you open them up,
you'll find they run on transistors.
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No, they're good kids, I tell you.
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Sure, sure. You know they're good
at their jobs, but you don't know them.
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How can you?
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We get a different crew
every time we go up.
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That's policy, Grady.
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Eliminates the personal factor.
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Everything's more complicated now.
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Reaction time's faster.
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You can't depend on people the same way.
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Who do you depend on?
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All right, gentlemen. The sky awaits.
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You know something, Billy?
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I like the personal factor.
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Those are Vindicator bombers of
the Strategic Air Command on routine patrol.
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Each one of those planes carries
four Bloodhound air-to-air missiles
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armed with nuclear warheads.
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Those are for use against
attacking enemy fighter planes.
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In addition, each plane carries two
20-megaton hydrogen bombs,
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designed to detonate over enemy targets.
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At any given moment, night or day,
flights of those airplanes are in the air
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in case of any surprise attack
on our bases.
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You can see some of the other groups —
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- Who controls them?
- We do.
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This is the nerve center, Mr. Raskob,
this room.
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All these machines you see
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are constantly receiving information
from all over the world.
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And above it.
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Mr. Knapp's company did the electronic
work on the Argos satellite.
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Would you like to see
what it's photographing right now?
251
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Colonel.
252
00:20:44,036 --> 00:20:46,163
The picture you're about to see,
Mr. Raskob,
253
00:20:46,246 --> 00:20:50,208
is being taken now by a camera
300 miles in the sky
254
00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:52,794
traveling at 20,000 miles an hour.
255
00:20:57,090 --> 00:20:59,217
Can you give us
tighter scale on this, General?
256
00:20:59,301 --> 00:21:00,302
Colonel.
257
00:21:17,152 --> 00:21:19,905
Those are the rocket sites
from 300 miles up.
258
00:21:19,988 --> 00:21:21,823
I'm impressed.
259
00:21:21,907 --> 00:21:23,742
We'll get it sharper than that
before long.
260
00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:26,244
Be able to see the people,
not just the machines.
261
00:21:26,328 --> 00:21:29,247
We'll show you the hair on their head,
Mr. Raskob.
262
00:21:29,331 --> 00:21:31,583
I suppose they're doing the same to us.
263
00:21:31,667 --> 00:21:32,793
You can see for yourself.
264
00:21:32,876 --> 00:21:35,879
Colonel, let's take a look at the Russian
submarines in the Pacific.
265
00:21:35,963 --> 00:21:37,923
Here's the western coast
of the United States,
266
00:21:38,006 --> 00:21:40,217
Hawaiian Islands,
and those are Russian subs.
267
00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:41,760
That close?
268
00:21:41,843 --> 00:21:44,972
Yes, that's about 50 miles
off San Francisco, I'd say.
269
00:21:45,055 --> 00:21:48,225
International waters. Nothing we can do
except keep an eye on it.
270
00:21:48,308 --> 00:21:51,019
Well, that's too damn close.
What's it doing there?
271
00:21:51,103 --> 00:21:53,563
Scanning us, the way we do them.
272
00:21:53,647 --> 00:21:54,815
Is it armed?
273
00:22:11,289 --> 00:22:13,583
We have instruments so good, Mr. Raskob,
274
00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:16,253
they can tell the difference
between a whale breaking wind
275
00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:18,880
and that sub blowing its tanks.
276
00:22:18,964 --> 00:22:20,298
No argument, General.
277
00:22:20,382 --> 00:22:23,010
I'm sure we've got the best
that money can buy.
278
00:22:24,928 --> 00:22:27,180
We're very proud
of what we do here, sir.
279
00:22:27,264 --> 00:22:30,642
- You ought to be, Colonel.
- The money's well spent, Mr. Raskob.
280
00:22:30,726 --> 00:22:33,478
I don't doubt it for a minute.
You don't have to snow me, General.
281
00:22:33,562 --> 00:22:35,897
My committee doesn't deal
with appropriations.
282
00:22:36,398 --> 00:22:38,525
Only with how the appropriations
are spent.
283
00:22:38,608 --> 00:22:40,569
Well, you see it all around you.
284
00:22:40,652 --> 00:22:42,154
Pretty impressive, isn't it?
285
00:22:43,947 --> 00:22:46,700
I'll tell you the truth.
These machines scare the hell out of me.
286
00:22:46,783 --> 00:22:48,869
I don't like the idea that every time
I take off my hat,
287
00:22:48,952 --> 00:22:51,288
some thing up there knows
I'm losing my hair.
288
00:22:51,747 --> 00:22:54,624
I want to be damn sure that thing
doesn't get any ideas of its own.
289
00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:55,876
I see what you mean,
290
00:22:55,959 --> 00:22:58,170
but that's a chance you take
with these systems.
291
00:22:58,253 --> 00:23:00,255
Who says we have to take that chance?
292
00:23:00,338 --> 00:23:03,508
Who voted who the power
to do it this particular way?
293
00:23:03,592 --> 00:23:07,095
I'm the only one around here got elected
by anybody. Nobody gave me that power.
294
00:23:07,179 --> 00:23:10,474
It's in the nature of technology.
Machines are developed to meet situations.
295
00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:12,809
Then they take over.
They start creating situations.
296
00:23:12,893 --> 00:23:13,935
Not necessarily.
297
00:23:14,019 --> 00:23:16,271
There's always a chance.
You said so yourself.
298
00:23:16,354 --> 00:23:18,398
We have checks on everything, Mr. Raskob.
299
00:23:18,482 --> 00:23:21,151
- Checks and counterchecks.
- Yeah, but who checks the checker?
300
00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:24,154
Where's the end of the line, General?
Who's got the responsibility?
301
00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:25,572
- The president.
- No one.
302
00:23:25,655 --> 00:23:27,824
He can't know everything that's going on,
now can he?
303
00:23:27,908 --> 00:23:29,159
It's too complicated.
304
00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:31,953
And if you want to know,
that's what really bothers me.
305
00:23:32,537 --> 00:23:35,832
And the only thing everyone can agree on
is that no one's responsible.
306
00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:42,839
Something wrong, General?
307
00:23:42,923 --> 00:23:45,717
UFO sighted near Hudson's Bay, sir.
308
00:23:46,718 --> 00:23:47,844
What you're seeing, gentlemen,
309
00:23:47,928 --> 00:23:51,264
is an unidentified flying object
picked up by our radar.
310
00:23:51,348 --> 00:23:54,601
Until we get positive identification,
we regard it as hostile.
311
00:23:54,684 --> 00:23:56,186
What do you do about it?
312
00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:59,564
We've gone to Condition Blue,
which is our lowest form of readiness.
313
00:23:59,648 --> 00:24:02,192
At the same time,
we've informed those Vindicator bombers
314
00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:04,152
that you saw in the air before.
315
00:24:05,070 --> 00:24:07,989
They will now start to fly
toward their fail-safe points.
316
00:24:08,907 --> 00:24:10,033
Fail-safe?
317
00:24:11,618 --> 00:24:14,329
Fixed points in the sky
on the perimeter of the Soviet Union,
318
00:24:14,412 --> 00:24:16,123
which are changed from day to day.
319
00:24:16,206 --> 00:24:18,166
Those planes will fly to those points
and orbit
320
00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:20,669
until they get a positive order to go in.
321
00:24:20,752 --> 00:24:22,379
And if they don't get that order?
322
00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:24,589
They return to their normal patrols.
323
00:24:24,673 --> 00:24:28,468
In short, Mr. Raskob, we can't go to war
except on an express order.
324
00:24:28,552 --> 00:24:30,262
How do they get that order, by radio?
325
00:24:30,345 --> 00:24:34,141
Yes, and through a box we call
the fail-safe box aboard each plane,
326
00:24:34,224 --> 00:24:37,227
which can only be activated
at the express order of the president.
327
00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:38,645
Oh, he has to tell them?
328
00:24:39,104 --> 00:24:41,773
Not directly, no.
His voice can be imitated, you know.
329
00:24:41,857 --> 00:24:44,818
He just gives the order,
and the rest is done electronically.
330
00:24:44,901 --> 00:24:47,529
No one can interfere
with the fail-safe box, Mr. Raskob.
331
00:24:47,612 --> 00:24:48,613
No one.
332
00:24:50,866 --> 00:24:52,117
All those new blips you see
333
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,412
are fighter planes
going after the unidentified object.
334
00:24:55,495 --> 00:24:57,998
Colonel Cascio, tight scale, please.
335
00:25:01,293 --> 00:25:03,920
You seem pretty cool about this,
General, Does it happen often?
336
00:25:04,004 --> 00:25:06,089
About six times a month.
337
00:25:06,173 --> 00:25:08,717
Probably an airliner off course.
338
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,385
And if it isn't?
339
00:25:10,468 --> 00:25:12,262
Well, then it's something else.
340
00:25:13,722 --> 00:25:18,351
Well, that means it's at 30,000 feet
going at 525 miles an hour
341
00:25:18,435 --> 00:25:20,979
on a compass heading of one-nine-six.
342
00:25:21,062 --> 00:25:22,564
Headed right for Detroit.
343
00:25:22,647 --> 00:25:24,733
Seven minutes to fail-safe.
344
00:25:28,987 --> 00:25:31,156
Oh, normal procedure, Mr. Raskob.
345
00:25:31,656 --> 00:25:34,159
We start an automatic countdown
at this point.
346
00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:39,706
It's very unlikely the bombers
will even reach their fail-safe points.
347
00:25:39,789 --> 00:25:42,042
I'd say it happens about one time in 20.
348
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:45,378
We usually identify the disturbance
well before that.
349
00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:01,686
Six minutes to fail-safe.
350
00:26:04,981 --> 00:26:07,901
What have you got there, Blackie,
another UFO?
351
00:26:08,985 --> 00:26:12,072
For a dollar — commercial plane
or a flock of birds?
352
00:26:12,614 --> 00:26:14,950
Plane, off course.
353
00:26:15,033 --> 00:26:16,576
You ought to give me odds.
354
00:26:20,956 --> 00:26:24,584
I, uh, read your memo
on counterforce credibility.
355
00:26:25,460 --> 00:26:28,296
I don't think Groeteschele's
going to discuss that today.
356
00:26:29,839 --> 00:26:31,716
You mean you think I should lay off?
357
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,468
Why open a can of peas?
358
00:26:33,551 --> 00:26:36,137
We've got to discuss it
one of these days, Stark.
359
00:26:36,221 --> 00:26:37,597
This whole policy of overkill —
360
00:26:37,681 --> 00:26:40,392
it makes no sense piling up bombs
when we already have the capacity —
361
00:26:40,475 --> 00:26:43,561
Okay, Blackie, just not today?
362
00:26:45,939 --> 00:26:48,608
- Good morning, Mr. Secretary.
- Morning, Mr. Secretary.
363
00:26:48,692 --> 00:26:50,819
- Won't you sit over there?
- Thank you.
364
00:26:54,364 --> 00:26:56,658
- Morning, Mr. Secretary.
- Good morning, gentlemen.
365
00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:08,295
- Everyone here, General Stark?
- Yes, sir.
366
00:27:13,967 --> 00:27:15,844
All right, Professor Groeteschele.
367
00:27:17,512 --> 00:27:21,391
I see we have an alert
to supplement our discussion.
368
00:27:22,142 --> 00:27:25,854
Unfortunately, we settled the question
of accidental war last week,
369
00:27:25,937 --> 00:27:27,939
so we can't make use of it today.
370
00:27:30,191 --> 00:27:32,152
Today, the subject is limited war.
371
00:27:32,694 --> 00:27:34,112
It is not theoretical.
372
00:27:34,738 --> 00:27:38,700
On it depends the kind of weapons we use,
where we locate them, how we use them.
373
00:27:38,783 --> 00:27:40,535
In short, our entire military posture.
374
00:27:40,618 --> 00:27:43,621
So, is limited war possible?
375
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,376
Can we confine the exchange of nuclear
weapons to military targets alone,
376
00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:52,339
or must war lead inevitably
to the destruction of cities?
377
00:27:52,422 --> 00:27:54,924
- It must.
- Why?
378
00:27:55,008 --> 00:27:59,596
Well, the object of war is to inflict
maximum damage on the enemy.
379
00:27:59,679 --> 00:28:01,931
Destroy his ability to resist.
380
00:28:02,015 --> 00:28:05,268
In the last war, both sides
could have used bacterial warfare.
381
00:28:05,352 --> 00:28:06,353
They didn't.
382
00:28:06,436 --> 00:28:10,106
- It wouldn't have been decisive.
- Can you be sure?
383
00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:13,693
Maybe people still couldn't get used
to the idea of killing civilians.
384
00:28:13,777 --> 00:28:15,695
I suggest you take that up
with the civilians
385
00:28:15,779 --> 00:28:18,490
of London, Hamburg, Dresden, or Tokyo
386
00:28:19,115 --> 00:28:21,618
killed by the thousands in bombing raids.
387
00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:23,661
I omit Hiroshima and Nagasaki
388
00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:28,041
since those actions belong more properly
to World War Ill than World War Il.
389
00:28:28,124 --> 00:28:31,669
I still don't see how
we could restrict a war.
390
00:28:31,753 --> 00:28:34,422
We could come to a mutual agreement
with the Russians,
391
00:28:34,506 --> 00:28:37,759
uh, to strike only at missile bases.
392
00:28:37,842 --> 00:28:40,512
What if the missile bases
were near the cities?
393
00:28:40,595 --> 00:28:42,680
They would have an incentive
to move them elsewhere.
394
00:28:42,764 --> 00:28:46,101
They might take such an offer
as a sign of weakness on our part.
395
00:28:46,184 --> 00:28:49,896
- Could be worth a try.
- They've got as much to lose as we have.
396
00:28:49,979 --> 00:28:52,315
We're talking about the wrong subject.
397
00:28:53,608 --> 00:28:55,443
We've got to stop war, not limit it.
398
00:28:56,903 --> 00:29:00,115
That is not up to us, General Black.
399
00:29:00,198 --> 00:29:02,117
We're the ones who know most about it.
400
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,829
You're a soldier, Blackie.
You carry out policy.
401
00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:06,913
You don't make it.
402
00:29:06,996 --> 00:29:08,665
Don't kid yourself, Stark.
403
00:29:08,748 --> 00:29:11,876
The way we say a war can be fought
is making policy.
404
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,046
If we say we can fight a limited war
with nuclear weapons,
405
00:29:15,130 --> 00:29:16,798
all we do is let everyone off the hook.
406
00:29:16,881 --> 00:29:18,466
It's what they want to hear.
407
00:29:19,092 --> 00:29:22,762
We can just keep on doing what we're doing
and nobody really gets hurt.
408
00:29:22,846 --> 00:29:24,806
You can't fight a limited war
and you know it.
409
00:29:24,889 --> 00:29:26,850
On my part, I'm not so sure.
410
00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,727
There's no such thing
as a limited war anymore.
411
00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:31,896
Not with hydrogen bombs, there isn't.
412
00:29:32,772 --> 00:29:35,692
Once those bombs start to drop,
you won't be able to limit a damn thing.
413
00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:41,406
Are you advocating disarmament,
General Black?
414
00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:46,327
I don't know.
415
00:29:46,411 --> 00:29:50,039
Well, it's the logic of your position.
416
00:29:50,123 --> 00:29:53,209
A peculiar reversal.
The press would be interested.
417
00:29:53,293 --> 00:29:57,547
The military man who is the dove
and the civilian who is the hawk.
418
00:30:00,091 --> 00:30:01,342
We're going too fast.
419
00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:06,097
- Things are getting out of hand.
- Can you be more specific, General?
420
00:30:07,515 --> 00:30:10,435
- We're trying to make war more efficient.
- That's our job.
421
00:30:10,518 --> 00:30:11,811
And we're succeeding.
422
00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:15,565
We now have the capacity to blow up
the whole world several times over.
423
00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:18,151
Which does not mean we must do it.
424
00:30:18,234 --> 00:30:22,113
We won't be able to stop from doing it.
That's the logic of your position.
425
00:30:23,781 --> 00:30:25,116
We're setting up a war machine
426
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,244
that acts faster than the ability of men
to control it.
427
00:30:28,328 --> 00:30:31,372
We're putting men into situations that are
getting too tough for men to handle.
428
00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:33,500
Then we must toughen the men.
429
00:30:33,583 --> 00:30:36,002
Suppose they launch a first strike
against us?
430
00:30:36,753 --> 00:30:38,087
Then we retaliate...
431
00:30:39,088 --> 00:30:40,173
and we're all finished.
432
00:30:40,673 --> 00:30:43,927
Well, would you prefer
that only we were finished?
433
00:30:44,010 --> 00:30:45,386
We have to prepare.
434
00:30:47,972 --> 00:30:49,098
We're preparing.
435
00:30:51,059 --> 00:30:52,435
We've got to slow down.
436
00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,480
I disagree. We have got to speed up.
437
00:30:56,147 --> 00:30:58,483
Naturally, that means taking risks,
438
00:30:58,566 --> 00:31:01,444
but our intention is always
to minimize those risks.
439
00:31:02,237 --> 00:31:05,240
Of course, we can only control
our own actions.
440
00:31:05,323 --> 00:31:08,618
Our concept of limited war
is based on an equal rationality
441
00:31:08,701 --> 00:31:10,161
on the part of the Russians.
442
00:31:10,245 --> 00:31:13,331
It also presupposes there will be
no accidents on either side.
443
00:31:14,415 --> 00:31:16,543
But suppose, for an example,
444
00:31:16,626 --> 00:31:20,797
that unidentified flying object
was one of their 50-megaton missiles
445
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,590
that had gotten loose by mistake?
446
00:31:22,674 --> 00:31:23,675
What could be done?
447
00:31:23,758 --> 00:31:25,760
How could they prove
it was really an accident?
448
00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:27,887
Would it make any difference
if they could?
449
00:31:27,971 --> 00:31:32,225
Even if we believed them, should we still
think in terms of limiting our response,
450
00:31:32,308 --> 00:31:34,852
or should we hit them back
with everything we have?
451
00:31:37,021 --> 00:31:39,482
It's gone, General. What happened to it?
452
00:31:39,566 --> 00:31:42,443
Colonel Cascio,
let's go to Condition Yellow.
453
00:31:44,028 --> 00:31:47,282
It's dropped below the level at which
our radar can pick it up. That's all.
454
00:31:47,365 --> 00:31:50,910
- You went to the next state of readiness.
- That's SOP, Mr. Knapp.
455
00:31:50,994 --> 00:31:52,620
It could be a commercial plane
about to crash.
456
00:31:52,704 --> 00:31:55,123
Or an enemy plane
taking evasive action.
457
00:31:55,206 --> 00:31:57,959
Naturally, we prepare for the worst.
458
00:31:58,042 --> 00:32:00,169
Two minutes to fail-safe.
459
00:32:05,133 --> 00:32:07,468
What are those planes following
the bombers, General?
460
00:32:07,552 --> 00:32:09,679
Fighter support. Part of Condition Yellow.
461
00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:11,139
From now on, with tanker refueling,
462
00:32:11,222 --> 00:32:13,141
they'll follow the bombers
as far as they go.
463
00:32:13,224 --> 00:32:15,810
- What comes after Condition Yellow?
- Green.
464
00:32:16,436 --> 00:32:20,398
- And then?
- Red, but we've never gone to Red yet.
465
00:32:20,481 --> 00:32:21,983
Red means war, doesn't it?
466
00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:42,295
- Not an air breather?
- What does that mean?
467
00:32:42,879 --> 00:32:44,714
Jet planes suck air through their engines.
468
00:32:44,797 --> 00:32:47,717
Our warning system can pick up
the turbulence this creates.
469
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,802
Could be a commercial plane
that's lost power.
470
00:32:49,886 --> 00:32:51,804
No turbulence would be created.
471
00:32:51,888 --> 00:32:53,431
Could be a rocket.
472
00:32:53,514 --> 00:32:54,724
Off course?
473
00:32:55,933 --> 00:32:56,976
Maybe on.
474
00:32:57,810 --> 00:32:59,937
One minute to fail-safe.
475
00:33:00,647 --> 00:33:03,816
It could be a Russian rocket coming in low
where our radar can't pick it up.
476
00:33:03,900 --> 00:33:05,735
- Could it be that?
- It could be anything.
477
00:33:05,818 --> 00:33:07,111
How do you find out?
478
00:33:07,195 --> 00:33:09,989
- Our fighters are tracking it.
- Can't wait too long.
479
00:33:10,073 --> 00:33:13,785
... 14, 13, 12, 1 1,
480
00:33:13,868 --> 00:33:18,331
ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
481
00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:22,877
five, four, three, two, one.
482
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,421
All groups at fail-safe point.
483
00:33:25,505 --> 00:33:27,507
Right on the dot. That's flying.
484
00:33:28,466 --> 00:33:30,218
- Colonel Cascio.
- Yes, sir?
485
00:33:30,301 --> 00:33:32,512
- Go to Condition Green.
- Yes, sir.
486
00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:42,522
Tell the planes to keep orbiting until
we get positive identification of the UFO.
487
00:33:42,605 --> 00:33:44,273
They do that anyway.
That's their orders.
488
00:33:44,357 --> 00:33:45,483
- Tell them again.
- Yes, sir.
489
00:33:45,566 --> 00:33:48,194
- I'll have to ask you gentlemen to leave.
- Sorry.
490
00:33:49,070 --> 00:33:52,115
- That is an order, Mr. Raskob.
- You've got the wrong customer, General.
491
00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:54,742
The way I see it, we could be at war
in just about two minutes.
492
00:33:54,826 --> 00:33:57,662
You can't get me back to my family,
so I'm staying and see what happens.
493
00:33:57,745 --> 00:33:59,330
There's no place for you here.
494
00:33:59,414 --> 00:34:01,541
Those bombs go off,
there's no place for me anywhere.
495
00:34:01,624 --> 00:34:04,293
You want me out of here,
you'd better call those MPs.
496
00:34:04,377 --> 00:34:06,045
I think it's coming up again.
497
00:34:06,129 --> 00:34:08,756
- We can't wait any longer, sir.
- Give me tight scale.
498
00:34:22,145 --> 00:34:24,564
...acknowledge at the count of five.
499
00:34:24,647 --> 00:34:29,694
One, two, three, four, five.
500
00:34:40,788 --> 00:34:42,206
That's it.
501
00:34:53,593 --> 00:34:55,178
That's it, gentlemen.
502
00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:57,472
Sorry we alarmed you.
503
00:34:57,555 --> 00:35:00,099
Contact all the planes and have them
resume their normal patrols.
504
00:35:00,183 --> 00:35:01,184
Yes, sir.
505
00:35:09,442 --> 00:35:12,820
- Colonel Grady.
- Yes, what is it, Thomas?
506
00:35:13,529 --> 00:35:16,699
What's the longest you've ever stayed
at these fail-safe points?
507
00:35:17,617 --> 00:35:20,244
The longest I ever stayed
was three minutes,
508
00:35:20,328 --> 00:35:22,997
but I can tell you,
it seems like three years.
509
00:35:23,831 --> 00:35:26,125
- This your first time?
- Yes, sir.
510
00:35:26,793 --> 00:35:28,961
- Nervous?
- No, sir.
511
00:35:29,045 --> 00:35:31,005
It's only natural, you know.
512
00:35:33,049 --> 00:35:35,176
I was just calculating fuel, sir.
513
00:35:39,305 --> 00:35:41,557
How is the group holding formation,
Sullivan?
514
00:35:42,141 --> 00:35:43,935
They're right in orbit, sir.
515
00:35:44,018 --> 00:35:45,603
Even number six is tucked in.
516
00:35:47,313 --> 00:35:48,689
Old Flynn.
517
00:35:49,524 --> 00:35:51,734
Half man, half bird.
518
00:35:54,070 --> 00:35:57,824
Well, thank you very much, General.
I must say it was quite interesting.
519
00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:01,953
- What's that, Colonel?
- I'm checking, sir.
520
00:36:21,264 --> 00:36:22,390
Okay here.
521
00:36:24,225 --> 00:36:25,810
Send in a K-13.
522
00:36:29,397 --> 00:36:32,692
Something blew in the fault indicator.
We're replacing the whole unit.
523
00:36:33,442 --> 00:36:35,987
The fault indicator is our master control.
524
00:36:36,070 --> 00:36:39,073
Tells us if something goes wrong
in any of these other components.
525
00:36:39,156 --> 00:36:42,285
- Did something go wrong?
- No sign of it.
526
00:36:42,368 --> 00:36:44,537
We'll know as soon
as they replace the unit.
527
00:37:02,763 --> 00:37:04,390
Sir, the fail-safe box.
528
00:37:13,524 --> 00:37:16,986
There must be some mistake. Check Omaha.
529
00:37:24,201 --> 00:37:25,536
Can't get through. Interference.
530
00:37:25,620 --> 00:37:27,663
What do you mean?
What kind of interference?
531
00:37:27,747 --> 00:37:29,874
I don't know.
It's a kind I've never heard before.
532
00:37:29,957 --> 00:37:32,043
Well, try another band. Try all of them.
533
00:37:37,715 --> 00:37:38,966
Can't get through, Colonel.
534
00:37:40,468 --> 00:37:42,720
They must be trying to keep us
from getting our go signal.
535
00:37:42,803 --> 00:37:44,597
Well, they're too late for that.
536
00:37:45,681 --> 00:37:47,975
Request permission to authenticate
on secondary channel.
537
00:37:48,601 --> 00:37:49,685
Permission granted.
538
00:38:05,034 --> 00:38:08,913
Order confirmed.
Request permission to verify, sir.
539
00:38:10,289 --> 00:38:11,707
Permission granted.
540
00:38:48,202 --> 00:38:51,330
Code sequence correct for today, sir.
Signal is go.
541
00:38:53,749 --> 00:38:57,461
We will now both open
our operational orders.
542
00:39:30,369 --> 00:39:33,080
Ready for approach
and penetration order, sir.
543
00:39:38,127 --> 00:39:40,838
You say these alerts happen
half a dozen times a month?
544
00:39:40,921 --> 00:39:43,257
Oh, about that. Not usually so dramatic.
545
00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:45,259
We rarely get to the fail-safe point.
546
00:39:45,342 --> 00:39:46,594
I'd be a nervous wreck.
547
00:39:47,094 --> 00:39:49,555
So would I
if I had to make a speech in Congress.
548
00:39:49,638 --> 00:39:51,390
- Oh, yeah?
- General Bogan.
549
00:39:51,891 --> 00:39:54,018
That blip up there at ten o'clock...
550
00:39:55,019 --> 00:39:56,520
it's headed into Russia.
551
00:40:02,651 --> 00:40:05,237
That is why some people advocate
a return to manned bombers
552
00:40:05,321 --> 00:40:07,865
for a first-rate retaliation,
rather than missiles.
553
00:40:07,948 --> 00:40:11,827
They are slower and therefore give
more time for evaluation and analysis.
554
00:40:12,369 --> 00:40:15,206
The rockets have the defects
of their virtues. They are too quick.
555
00:40:15,289 --> 00:40:17,249
They allow too little time for thought.
556
00:40:17,708 --> 00:40:19,794
Now, I find this point of view
old-fashioned.
557
00:40:19,877 --> 00:40:23,756
By the very nature of modern warfare —
558
00:40:25,257 --> 00:40:27,009
Put that on the polar projection.
559
00:40:43,109 --> 00:40:47,071
- Colonel Cascio, get me the president.
- Yes, sir.
560
00:40:48,197 --> 00:40:50,324
I'm Buck, the translator.
They sent for me.
561
00:40:50,407 --> 00:40:52,201
May I see your identification, sir?
562
00:40:55,329 --> 00:40:59,041
Your pocket says you have a small scar
on your left wrist. May I see it, please?
563
00:40:59,125 --> 00:41:01,961
Oh, yeah. A dog bit me when I was a kid.
564
00:41:02,044 --> 00:41:03,087
Yes, sir.
565
00:41:15,182 --> 00:41:17,476
Hello, Buck. How's your Russian today?
566
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:18,727
Fine, sir.
567
00:41:20,020 --> 00:41:21,438
I guess.
568
00:41:21,522 --> 00:41:23,190
Good. We may need it.
569
00:41:25,693 --> 00:41:27,987
Hang on, Jennie. It's a long way down.
570
00:41:37,872 --> 00:41:41,208
Tell Joe nothing leaks to the newspapers.
Nothing. Not yet, anyway.
571
00:41:41,292 --> 00:41:43,961
Call the vice president.
Tell him what's up. He'll know what to do.
572
00:41:45,379 --> 00:41:48,132
On second thought,
we'd better tell the press something.
573
00:41:49,717 --> 00:41:52,428
Have Joe tell them it's urgent,
but not a bone-breaker so far.
574
00:41:52,511 --> 00:41:54,221
And off the record. No leaks.
575
00:41:54,305 --> 00:41:57,016
Any leaks on this, the guy and his paper
are dead now and forever.
576
00:41:57,099 --> 00:41:59,101
- You got that?
- I'll tell Joe in just those words.
577
00:41:59,185 --> 00:42:02,521
Who's at the Pentagon briefing today?
I want them in on this.
578
00:42:02,605 --> 00:42:06,108
Mmm, secretary of defense,
chiefs of staff,
579
00:42:06,192 --> 00:42:08,861
that Professor Groeteschele they like
so much. He's giving the lecture.
580
00:42:08,944 --> 00:42:10,237
Is Blackie there?
581
00:42:10,321 --> 00:42:12,615
- There's a General Black.
- That's Blackie. I'm glad he's there.
582
00:42:12,698 --> 00:42:14,533
We went to college together.
583
00:42:14,617 --> 00:42:17,745
He's got a brain and says what he thinks.
That's all for now. Get to work.
584
00:42:17,828 --> 00:42:21,040
Tell them to turn up the air conditioning.
It's hot as hell down here.
585
00:42:22,458 --> 00:42:25,169
We're far enough down. Maybe it is hell.
586
00:42:29,298 --> 00:42:31,634
- You know what's happened, Buck?
- No, sir.
587
00:42:32,259 --> 00:42:35,930
One of our Vindicator groups got
a wrong signal. Took off to bomb Moscow.
588
00:42:36,013 --> 00:42:37,431
We've got to stop it.
589
00:42:38,807 --> 00:42:40,517
Easier said than done.
590
00:42:41,435 --> 00:42:44,605
But we've got a little time.
Not much, but a little. So relax.
591
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:47,858
Easier said than done, sir.
592
00:42:49,318 --> 00:42:52,655
If things get really hot, I might have
to use the direct phone to the Kremlin.
593
00:42:52,738 --> 00:42:53,989
That's where you'll come in.
594
00:42:54,073 --> 00:42:56,242
But let's hope we don't get that far.
595
00:42:56,784 --> 00:42:59,119
I hope not, sir.
596
00:42:59,203 --> 00:43:02,122
- General Bogan from Omaha, sir.
- Put him on.
597
00:43:02,957 --> 00:43:06,502
Group 6 is now about 200 miles
past fail-safe, Mr. President.
598
00:43:06,585 --> 00:43:08,462
We still can't make contact.
599
00:43:08,545 --> 00:43:11,674
- Do you know what went wrong?
- No, sir, we do not.
600
00:43:11,757 --> 00:43:13,717
Why can't you raise them by radio?
601
00:43:14,885 --> 00:43:16,303
We don't know for sure, sir.
602
00:43:16,387 --> 00:43:19,306
We've tried all frequencies.
We just can't make contact.
603
00:43:19,390 --> 00:43:21,016
- Why?
- I don't know.
604
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,602
We had a flash on the board
before it happened,
605
00:43:23,686 --> 00:43:26,188
and the fault indicator blew out
at the same time.
606
00:43:26,272 --> 00:43:27,940
The Russians may be jamming
their reception
607
00:43:28,023 --> 00:43:30,025
with some new device
we know nothing about.
608
00:43:30,109 --> 00:43:32,111
Why would they do that? Is it customary?
609
00:43:32,194 --> 00:43:33,988
No, sir. But it's possible.
610
00:43:34,530 --> 00:43:37,366
In other words,
it's possible the fail-safe mechanism
611
00:43:37,449 --> 00:43:38,909
might be giving them a go signal
612
00:43:38,993 --> 00:43:42,538
at the same time they can't reach you
for positive confirmation.
613
00:43:42,621 --> 00:43:45,040
It's possible. It's not probable, but —
614
00:43:45,124 --> 00:43:46,375
Is it possible?
615
00:43:47,835 --> 00:43:48,836
Yes, sir.
616
00:43:48,919 --> 00:43:51,922
All right.
Now, if we do regain radio contact,
617
00:43:52,006 --> 00:43:54,591
will the bombers respond
to an order to return?
618
00:43:54,675 --> 00:43:56,593
If we can reach them
within the next five minutes.
619
00:43:56,677 --> 00:43:59,805
After that, their orders are to disregard
any verbal command.
620
00:44:00,514 --> 00:44:02,224
If I talk to them? Even from me?
621
00:44:02,766 --> 00:44:04,852
Your voice can be imitated by the enemy.
622
00:44:04,935 --> 00:44:06,645
Our men have been drilled in that.
623
00:44:06,729 --> 00:44:08,314
Once they're beyond a certain point,
624
00:44:08,397 --> 00:44:10,816
they're not to trust
any verbal transmission.
625
00:44:10,899 --> 00:44:13,944
What's our next step then, General,
if we follow standard procedure?
626
00:44:15,112 --> 00:44:17,072
We already have fighter planes in the air.
627
00:44:17,156 --> 00:44:19,825
The next step would be to order
the fighters after the bombers
628
00:44:19,908 --> 00:44:22,745
to raise them visually
and divert them from their course.
629
00:44:22,828 --> 00:44:25,164
What if the bombers don't respond?
Then what?
630
00:44:26,415 --> 00:44:28,584
The fighters would be ordered
to shoot them down.
631
00:44:34,340 --> 00:44:35,341
Who gives that order?
632
00:44:36,925 --> 00:44:37,926
You do, sir.
633
00:44:42,389 --> 00:44:44,099
Thank you, General. I'll be back to you.
634
00:44:46,852 --> 00:44:48,645
Get me Mr. Swenson in the Pentagon.
635
00:45:10,918 --> 00:45:12,252
Swenson here.
636
00:45:12,336 --> 00:45:14,505
Mr. Secretary, I have a decision to make.
637
00:45:14,588 --> 00:45:16,131
It's my decision and I'll make it,
638
00:45:16,215 --> 00:45:19,051
but I want the advice of you
and your people, and I need it fast.
639
00:45:22,429 --> 00:45:26,058
The president says he may have to order
our fighters to shoot down Group 6.
640
00:45:28,477 --> 00:45:29,561
He wants our opinion.
641
00:45:29,645 --> 00:45:32,689
I oppose it, sir,
on the grounds that it's premature.
642
00:45:33,899 --> 00:45:36,568
Our planes have not yet reached
Soviet territory.
643
00:45:36,652 --> 00:45:38,612
They're still hundreds of miles away.
644
00:45:38,695 --> 00:45:41,073
We've got to do it, and fast.
Now, before it's too late.
645
00:45:41,156 --> 00:45:42,783
It might be too late, anyway.
646
00:45:43,450 --> 00:45:46,245
Those fighters swung away from the bombers
when they got the all clear.
647
00:45:46,328 --> 00:45:48,038
They've been flying
in opposite directions.
648
00:45:48,122 --> 00:45:51,625
- But they're faster than the Vindicators.
- Not that much faster.
649
00:45:51,708 --> 00:45:53,544
I'm not sure they can catch up in time.
650
00:45:53,627 --> 00:45:56,296
They can go to afterburners.
That'll increase their speed.
651
00:45:56,380 --> 00:45:59,675
And use up their fuel?
They'll never be able to get back.
652
00:45:59,758 --> 00:46:02,177
- They'll go down in the ocean.
- We've got to try it.
653
00:46:02,261 --> 00:46:05,514
Suppose they do catch up.
Why do they have to attack?
654
00:46:05,597 --> 00:46:06,598
Can't they signal?
655
00:46:06,682 --> 00:46:09,226
Our men have been trained
to expect anything from the enemy,
656
00:46:09,309 --> 00:46:12,104
even sending up his own fighter planes
disguised as ours.
657
00:46:12,187 --> 00:46:13,730
They're good men. We've seen to that.
658
00:46:13,814 --> 00:46:16,775
If their orders are attack, the only way
you're gonna stop them is to shoot them down.
659
00:46:17,359 --> 00:46:19,611
We've got no alternative.
660
00:46:19,695 --> 00:46:23,449
This minute, the Russians are watching their
boards, trying to figure out what we're up to.
661
00:46:23,532 --> 00:46:27,870
If we can't convince them it's an accident
we're trying to correct by any means,
662
00:46:27,953 --> 00:46:30,956
we're going to have something on our hands
that nobody bargained for
663
00:46:31,623 --> 00:46:33,208
and only a lunatic wants.
664
00:46:36,044 --> 00:46:40,674
Mr. President, it is our opinion
that the fighters should be ordered in.
665
00:46:41,216 --> 00:46:42,301
Thank you.
666
00:46:47,681 --> 00:46:49,141
General Bogan, please.
667
00:47:00,861 --> 00:47:01,862
Yes, Mr. President?
668
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:05,699
The fighters are to overtake
the Vindicators
669
00:47:05,782 --> 00:47:07,743
and, if necessary, shoot them down.
670
00:47:09,328 --> 00:47:12,581
Sir, it will be necessary.
671
00:47:12,664 --> 00:47:14,500
I know that, General. Order them in.
672
00:47:25,052 --> 00:47:27,596
Colonel, order the fighters
to attack Group 6.
673
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,518
They haven't a prayer
of catching them, sir.
674
00:47:34,144 --> 00:47:35,687
That is an order, Colonel.
675
00:47:37,064 --> 00:47:39,858
That's the Arctic Ocean
they'll go down in, General.
676
00:47:39,942 --> 00:47:42,069
They'll freeze to death
before they get their chutes off.
677
00:47:44,029 --> 00:47:46,990
Colonel, get on the horn
and give that order.
678
00:47:47,074 --> 00:47:49,618
Every second you wait
takes them farther away.
679
00:47:51,662 --> 00:47:54,248
We're killing them, General,
when they haven't got a chance.
680
00:47:55,374 --> 00:47:56,833
This is Fighter Direction.
681
00:47:56,917 --> 00:47:59,503
We are in voice communication
with Tangle-Able-One.
682
00:47:59,586 --> 00:48:02,422
You can talk to them on Channel 7,
single sideband.
683
00:48:06,301 --> 00:48:08,679
Do I tell them in code or in the clear?
684
00:48:08,762 --> 00:48:09,888
In the clear.
685
00:48:12,182 --> 00:48:14,601
Tangle-Able-One,
this is Colonel Cascio at Ultimate One.
686
00:48:14,685 --> 00:48:17,396
This is Tangle-Able-One.
I read you five by five.
687
00:48:17,479 --> 00:48:19,523
Group 6 has flown through
the fail-safe point
688
00:48:19,606 --> 00:48:21,608
and is on an attack course towards Moscow.
689
00:48:21,692 --> 00:48:24,403
It is a mistake. Repeat, it is a mistake.
690
00:48:24,486 --> 00:48:27,114
Go to afterburners
and overtake and attack Group 6.
691
00:48:29,491 --> 00:48:34,162
Roger. Go to afterburners
and overtake and attack Group 6.
692
00:48:35,956 --> 00:48:37,249
You all hear that order?
693
00:48:39,501 --> 00:48:42,421
Overtake the Vindicators?
Who are they kidding?
694
00:48:43,088 --> 00:48:45,090
All we got
is a 50-mile-an-hour edge on them,
695
00:48:45,173 --> 00:48:46,800
and they're halfway to Moscow already.
696
00:48:46,883 --> 00:48:49,136
You heard the man.
We go to afterburners.
697
00:48:49,219 --> 00:48:51,805
And use what
to run this airplane — spit?
698
00:48:52,598 --> 00:48:56,143
By the time we run out of gas,
they'll only be a thousand miles away.
699
00:48:56,226 --> 00:48:57,853
Man, that's organization.
700
00:48:57,936 --> 00:49:00,022
Cut the chatter.
We're wasting time.
701
00:49:00,105 --> 00:49:02,399
On the mark, go to afterburners.
702
00:49:02,482 --> 00:49:06,820
Five, four, three, two, one. Mark.
703
00:49:14,536 --> 00:49:16,580
Should I alert air-sea rescue, sir?
704
00:49:20,042 --> 00:49:21,877
No. No point.
705
00:49:23,670 --> 00:49:26,506
Bring up the fighters on the board
in tight scale.
706
00:49:26,590 --> 00:49:27,591
Yes, sir.
707
00:49:36,016 --> 00:49:37,142
Beautiful.
708
00:49:43,482 --> 00:49:45,150
Fighters on their way, sir.
709
00:49:48,278 --> 00:49:49,279
Thank you.
710
00:49:52,491 --> 00:49:55,786
Buck, let's hope this all blows over
in the next few minutes.
711
00:49:55,869 --> 00:49:59,873
But if it doesn't, we're going to get
to know each other very well.
712
00:49:59,956 --> 00:50:01,958
I want you to listen
to every conversation I have.
713
00:50:02,042 --> 00:50:03,960
Try to get to know how I think.
714
00:50:04,044 --> 00:50:06,421
- It might come in handy.
- Yes, sir.
715
00:50:10,384 --> 00:50:12,469
How did General Bogan sound to you?
716
00:50:12,552 --> 00:50:13,553
Sir?
717
00:50:14,262 --> 00:50:17,933
Did he sound worried, confident, scared?
718
00:50:18,684 --> 00:50:22,604
Well, not scared.
A little worried, I guess.
719
00:50:22,688 --> 00:50:26,066
Bogan's an old-time flier, but he's
not afraid of all this new equipment.
720
00:50:26,149 --> 00:50:27,609
If he's worried, I'm worried.
721
00:50:28,944 --> 00:50:32,030
Do you know Mr. Swenson,
the secretary of defense?
722
00:50:32,114 --> 00:50:33,907
I've read about him, sir.
723
00:50:33,990 --> 00:50:36,952
You won't be able to tell much
from his voice. He's hard as a rock.
724
00:50:37,035 --> 00:50:38,745
But we listen to him, Buck.
725
00:50:39,955 --> 00:50:41,707
He gives advice, we take it.
726
00:50:42,249 --> 00:50:43,250
Yes, sir.
727
00:50:48,380 --> 00:50:49,840
Yes, sir.
728
00:50:49,923 --> 00:50:51,591
Put the War Conference Room
at the Pentagon
729
00:50:51,675 --> 00:50:54,428
and General Bogan in Omaha
on a conference line with me.
730
00:50:54,511 --> 00:50:55,512
Yes, sir.
731
00:50:58,223 --> 00:50:59,307
Ready, sir.
732
00:50:59,891 --> 00:51:00,892
Mr. Swenson.
733
00:51:00,976 --> 00:51:02,185
Yes, Mr. President?
734
00:51:02,269 --> 00:51:05,856
If our fighters have to shoot down
the Vindicators, the worst is over...
735
00:51:07,107 --> 00:51:08,358
for us, anyway.
736
00:51:09,317 --> 00:51:12,571
I want your people now to consider
what we do if they can't shoot them down.
737
00:51:12,654 --> 00:51:13,780
I'm putting you on the intercom
738
00:51:13,864 --> 00:51:16,199
so everything you say
can be heard here and in Omaha.
739
00:51:16,283 --> 00:51:20,078
General Bogan has Mr. Knapp
of Amalgamated Electronics
740
00:51:20,162 --> 00:51:21,913
and Congressman Raskob with him.
741
00:51:23,165 --> 00:51:26,001
They have my permission to listen in
and say anything they want.
742
00:51:26,084 --> 00:51:27,169
Right, sir.
743
00:51:30,338 --> 00:51:34,593
Gentlemen, we've got four questions
to answer in not a hell of a lot of time.
744
00:51:35,135 --> 00:51:36,428
First, what happened?
745
00:51:36,511 --> 00:51:38,221
Second, what do we do about it?
746
00:51:38,722 --> 00:51:40,557
Third, what are the Russians
going to think of all this?
747
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:42,976
And fourth, what are they going
to do about it?
748
00:51:43,810 --> 00:51:46,062
Please keep the discussion
to those points.
749
00:51:47,481 --> 00:51:50,734
Mechanical failure, that's what happened.
750
00:51:50,817 --> 00:51:54,237
A double mechanical failure?
Do you know the odds against that, sir?
751
00:51:54,321 --> 00:51:57,199
- Maybe someone went berserk.
- It doesn't matter.
752
00:51:58,033 --> 00:52:01,745
Something failed — a man, a machine.
It was bound to happen, and it did.
753
00:52:02,370 --> 00:52:04,247
Maybe we'll never know why or what.
754
00:52:05,415 --> 00:52:06,541
It doesn't matter now.
755
00:52:06,625 --> 00:52:08,585
- Mr. Secretary.
- Yes, General Bogan?
756
00:52:08,668 --> 00:52:11,379
Mr. Knapp here knows as much
about electronic gear as anyone.
757
00:52:11,463 --> 00:52:12,714
He'd like to say something.
758
00:52:12,798 --> 00:52:15,967
The more complex
an electronic system gets,
759
00:52:16,635 --> 00:52:18,553
the more accident-prone it is.
760
00:52:18,637 --> 00:52:21,139
- Sooner or later, it breaks down.
- What breaks down?
761
00:52:21,223 --> 00:52:24,768
A transistor blows,
a condenser burns out...
762
00:52:24,851 --> 00:52:27,646
Sometimes they just get tired,
like people.
763
00:52:27,729 --> 00:52:30,774
Uh, Mr. Knapp overlooks one factor.
764
00:52:30,857 --> 00:52:33,068
The machines are supervised by humans.
765
00:52:33,151 --> 00:52:37,239
Even if the machine fails, the human being
can always correct the mistake.
766
00:52:37,322 --> 00:52:39,157
I wish you were right.
767
00:52:39,241 --> 00:52:42,744
The fact is, the machines work so fast,
768
00:52:42,828 --> 00:52:44,454
they are so intricate,
769
00:52:44,538 --> 00:52:47,332
the mistakes they make are so subtle,
770
00:52:47,415 --> 00:52:49,960
that very often a human being
just can't know
771
00:52:50,043 --> 00:52:52,128
whether a machine is lying
or telling the truth.
772
00:52:52,212 --> 00:52:54,422
Or maybe this time
there wasn't any failure.
773
00:52:56,383 --> 00:52:59,594
Maybe the Russians have come up with a way
to mask the real position of Group 6.
774
00:52:59,678 --> 00:53:02,305
Maybe Group 6 is flying back to the States
right this minute.
775
00:53:02,389 --> 00:53:04,516
Then what's on the board, Northern Lights?
776
00:53:04,599 --> 00:53:07,352
Maybe a group of Soviet planes up there
for just that reason —
777
00:53:07,435 --> 00:53:10,188
to convince us we've accidentally
launched a bomber group against them.
778
00:53:10,272 --> 00:53:12,440
- For what purpose?
- As an excuse to retaliate.
779
00:53:12,524 --> 00:53:15,277
If they wanted to do that, they wouldn't
need an excuse. They'd simply attack.
780
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:17,404
This way, they've made us
commit a group of fighter planes,
781
00:53:17,487 --> 00:53:18,655
our first line of defense.
782
00:53:19,656 --> 00:53:21,074
And made us kill our own men.
783
00:53:21,157 --> 00:53:23,118
I disagree with Colonel Cascio's analysis.
784
00:53:23,201 --> 00:53:26,413
I think we have to assume that
it is our accident and not their plan.
785
00:53:26,496 --> 00:53:29,499
I go along with you, General.
Yes, Saunders?
786
00:53:29,583 --> 00:53:31,835
Report on what the Russians
have in the air, sir.
787
00:53:31,918 --> 00:53:33,837
- Seven bomber groups.
- Is that unusual?
788
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:36,423
No, that's normal for them, about like us.
789
00:53:36,506 --> 00:53:37,883
What kind of course are they on?
790
00:53:37,966 --> 00:53:40,468
Normal patrol patterns
inside their own borders.
791
00:53:41,428 --> 00:53:44,890
They do have a large number of fighters
in the air, sir. Abnormally large.
792
00:53:44,973 --> 00:53:46,516
Almost half their fighter strength.
793
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:49,811
They're having the same problem
with Group 6 that we had with the UFO.
794
00:53:49,895 --> 00:53:53,106
They don't know what it is,
why it's there, or who it belongs to.
795
00:53:53,189 --> 00:53:55,525
My guess is that they know
all about Group 6.
796
00:53:55,609 --> 00:53:56,985
They saw it fly to the fail-safe point.
797
00:53:57,068 --> 00:53:59,487
They've seen that happen plenty of times.
They know the procedure.
798
00:53:59,571 --> 00:54:00,780
So far, no sweat.
799
00:54:00,864 --> 00:54:02,407
And when they saw it fly past...
800
00:54:02,490 --> 00:54:05,118
They sent up their fighter planes
just in case.
801
00:54:05,201 --> 00:54:07,662
I don't think they'll take any action
unless their border is crossed.
802
00:54:07,746 --> 00:54:08,914
Agreed.
803
00:54:10,206 --> 00:54:12,000
That puts it up to the fighters.
804
00:54:16,338 --> 00:54:18,506
In my opinion,
they will take no action at all.
805
00:54:19,758 --> 00:54:22,218
They're not going
to just sit there, Professor.
806
00:54:22,302 --> 00:54:24,763
I think if our bombers get through,
the Russians will surrender.
807
00:54:24,846 --> 00:54:27,307
Who's this professor, Mr. Secretary?
What's he doing there?
808
00:54:27,390 --> 00:54:30,852
Professor Groeteschele is a civilian
adviser to the Pentagon, General.
809
00:54:31,478 --> 00:54:34,064
Will you explain your statement,
Professor?
810
00:54:34,147 --> 00:54:36,816
The Russian aim is to dominate the world.
811
00:54:36,900 --> 00:54:38,944
They think that Communism
must succeed eventually
812
00:54:39,027 --> 00:54:41,613
if the Soviet Union
is left reasonably intact.
813
00:54:41,696 --> 00:54:44,574
They know that a war would leave
the Soviet Union utterly destroyed.
814
00:54:44,658 --> 00:54:45,825
Therefore, they would surrender.
815
00:54:45,909 --> 00:54:48,703
But suppose they feel they can
knock us off first?
816
00:54:48,787 --> 00:54:51,206
They know we might have a doomsday system,
817
00:54:51,289 --> 00:54:54,876
missiles that will go into action days,
even weeks, after a war is over,
818
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:58,463
and destroy an enemy even after that enemy
has already destroyed us.
819
00:54:58,546 --> 00:55:00,674
Maybe they think even capitalists
aren't that insane,
820
00:55:00,757 --> 00:55:03,301
to want to kill after they themselves
have been killed.
821
00:55:03,385 --> 00:55:06,012
These are Marxist fanatics,
not normal people.
822
00:55:06,096 --> 00:55:08,640
They do not reason the way you reason,
General Black.
823
00:55:08,723 --> 00:55:12,227
They are not motivated by human emotions
such as rage and pity.
824
00:55:12,310 --> 00:55:13,812
They are calculating machines.
825
00:55:13,895 --> 00:55:16,481
They will look at the balance sheet
and they will see they cannot win.
826
00:55:16,564 --> 00:55:18,108
Then you suggest doing what?
827
00:55:21,111 --> 00:55:23,446
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
828
00:55:23,530 --> 00:55:27,534
The Russians will surrender and the threat
of Communism will be over forever.
829
00:55:28,076 --> 00:55:30,245
That's a lot of hogwash.
Don't kid yourself.
830
00:55:30,328 --> 00:55:32,455
There'll be Russian generals
who'll react just as I would.
831
00:55:32,539 --> 00:55:34,082
The best defense is a good offense.
832
00:55:34,165 --> 00:55:36,418
They see trouble coming up,
take my word, they'll attack.
833
00:55:36,501 --> 00:55:37,919
They won't give a damn what Marx said.
834
00:55:38,003 --> 00:55:39,379
Mr. Secretary,
835
00:55:39,462 --> 00:55:43,216
I am convinced that the moment the
Russians know bombs will fall on Moscow,
836
00:55:43,299 --> 00:55:44,634
they will surrender.
837
00:55:45,093 --> 00:55:48,513
They know that whatever they do then,
they cannot escape destruction.
838
00:55:49,097 --> 00:55:51,433
Don't you see, sir? This is our chance.
839
00:55:51,516 --> 00:55:53,601
We never would have made
the first move deliberately.
840
00:55:53,685 --> 00:55:56,396
But Group 6 has made it for us
by accident,
841
00:55:56,479 --> 00:55:58,023
and we must take advantage of it.
842
00:55:58,106 --> 00:55:59,441
History demands it.
843
00:55:59,524 --> 00:56:02,485
We must advise the president
not to recall those planes.
844
00:56:05,613 --> 00:56:06,614
They're flaming out.
845
00:56:12,203 --> 00:56:13,580
He's firing anyway.
846
00:56:20,879 --> 00:56:22,088
No chance.
847
00:56:43,818 --> 00:56:45,487
There goes number two.
848
00:57:26,694 --> 00:57:30,323
Mr. President,
the fighters have not succeeded.
849
00:57:31,658 --> 00:57:33,535
They've gone down into the sea.
850
00:57:41,417 --> 00:57:43,878
What are the chances of our bombers
getting through to Moscow?
851
00:57:46,923 --> 00:57:49,634
We've made the calculations
a hundred times —
852
00:57:49,717 --> 00:57:53,221
what they have in the way of defenses,
what our planes are capable of doing.
853
00:57:54,097 --> 00:57:55,515
The Vindicators fly so fast,
854
00:57:55,598 --> 00:57:58,768
the Russians won't be able to use
all their defensive apparatus.
855
00:58:01,104 --> 00:58:03,439
One or two of the bombers
will get through.
856
00:58:06,192 --> 00:58:07,193
Thank you.
857
00:58:12,157 --> 00:58:15,493
Buck, I'm going to talk
to the Soviet premier now.
858
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:18,788
You'll translate what he says to me.
859
00:58:18,872 --> 00:58:20,790
He'll have his own translator
telling him what I say.
860
00:58:20,874 --> 00:58:24,627
- But I want something more from you.
- Yes, sir. Whatever I can do.
861
00:58:24,711 --> 00:58:27,881
I think the premier will be saying
what he means. He usually does.
862
00:58:27,964 --> 00:58:32,635
But sometimes there's more
in a man's voice than in his words.
863
00:58:32,719 --> 00:58:35,805
There are words in one language that
don't carry the same weight in another.
864
00:58:35,889 --> 00:58:37,682
- Do you follow me?
- Why, I think so, sir.
865
00:58:37,765 --> 00:58:40,351
It's very important
the premier and I understand each other.
866
00:58:40,435 --> 00:58:41,769
I don't have to tell you how important.
867
00:58:41,853 --> 00:58:44,856
So I want to know
not only what he's saying,
868
00:58:44,939 --> 00:58:46,191
but what you think he's feeling.
869
00:58:46,274 --> 00:58:49,319
Any inflection of his voice, any tone,
870
00:58:49,402 --> 00:58:52,614
any emotion that adds to his words,
871
00:58:52,697 --> 00:58:54,240
I want you to let me know.
872
00:58:54,324 --> 00:58:55,491
Yes, sir. I'll do my best.
873
00:58:55,575 --> 00:58:58,036
I know you will, Buck.
It's all any of us can do.
874
00:58:58,661 --> 00:59:00,872
Now, don't be afraid
to say what you think.
875
00:59:00,955 --> 00:59:03,416
Don't be afraid
all this is too big for you, Buck.
876
00:59:04,584 --> 00:59:08,213
It's big all right, but it still depends
on what each of us does.
877
00:59:09,589 --> 00:59:11,424
History lesson number one.
878
00:59:14,052 --> 00:59:15,887
I'll talk to Moscow now.
879
00:59:57,637 --> 01:00:00,306
It's the premier, sir.
880
01:00:00,848 --> 01:00:03,810
Mr. Chairman, this is
the president of the United States.
881
01:00:03,893 --> 01:00:05,436
Do you hear me clearly?
882
01:00:08,773 --> 01:00:12,568
Fine, Mr. President. How are you?
883
01:00:12,652 --> 01:00:16,197
Mr. Chairman, I am calling you
on a matter of great urgency.
884
01:00:16,281 --> 01:00:19,367
I hope it turns out to be a small matter,
885
01:00:19,450 --> 01:00:23,663
but it's the first time it's happened,
and if it's misunderstood, it could be —
886
01:00:23,746 --> 01:00:28,960
Does it have to do with the aircraft
we have detected flying towards Russia?
887
01:00:29,043 --> 01:00:30,336
Yes, Mr. Chairman.
888
01:00:33,423 --> 01:00:38,511
I suppose it's another of your off-course
reconnaissance flights.
889
01:00:39,637 --> 01:00:42,473
Mr. President, we have warned you
again and again
890
01:00:42,557 --> 01:00:44,600
that this constant flying
of armed aircraft —
891
01:00:44,684 --> 01:00:48,146
- This is a mistake. A serious mistake.
- ...over Soviet territory cannot —
892
01:00:48,229 --> 01:00:50,023
I say it's a mistake.
893
01:00:53,443 --> 01:00:56,404
Very well, tell me. Tell me the mistake.
894
01:00:57,071 --> 01:01:01,034
A group of our bombers, each loaded
with two 20-megaton bombs
895
01:01:01,117 --> 01:01:02,702
is flying towards your country.
896
01:01:05,997 --> 01:01:10,335
We shall watch with great interest
while you recall them.
897
01:01:10,418 --> 01:01:13,129
So far, we have been unable
to recall them.
898
01:01:18,092 --> 01:01:21,596
Uh, are the planes being flown
by crazy men?
899
01:01:21,679 --> 01:01:25,224
We're not sure.
It might be a mechanical failure.
900
01:01:25,308 --> 01:01:27,560
All I can tell you
is that it's an accident.
901
01:01:27,643 --> 01:01:31,689
It's not an attempt to provoke war.
It's not part of a general attack.
902
01:01:34,984 --> 01:01:38,821
How do I know you do not have
hundreds of other planes...
903
01:01:39,822 --> 01:01:42,450
coming in so low
our radar cannot pick them up?
904
01:01:43,576 --> 01:01:46,287
Because I hope to prove to you
that it's an accident,
905
01:01:46,371 --> 01:01:48,039
that we take full responsibility,
906
01:01:48,122 --> 01:01:50,583
that we're doing everything we can
to correct it.
907
01:01:52,585 --> 01:01:53,586
Go on.
908
01:01:53,669 --> 01:01:57,298
You must have seen that we sent fighter
planes to shoot down the bombers.
909
01:01:59,425 --> 01:02:02,929
American fighters to shoot down
American bombers?
910
01:02:03,012 --> 01:02:04,180
That is correct.
911
01:02:06,015 --> 01:02:08,351
- And you gave that order?
- I did.
912
01:02:10,812 --> 01:02:15,817
How do I know the planes
were not simply diving to a low altitude
913
01:02:16,359 --> 01:02:17,360
to escape our radar?
914
01:02:17,443 --> 01:02:18,444
On our plotting board,
915
01:02:18,528 --> 01:02:21,739
the action could only be interpreted
as planes out of control.
916
01:02:21,823 --> 01:02:24,659
You have the same equipment we do.
What did it tell you?
917
01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:30,498
It did not tell us what is in your mind,
Mr. President.
918
01:02:30,581 --> 01:02:31,958
I'm telling you that.
919
01:02:34,127 --> 01:02:35,795
And you ask me to believe you?
920
01:02:35,878 --> 01:02:37,380
You must believe me.
921
01:02:38,631 --> 01:02:40,758
You ask for belief at a curious time.
922
01:02:41,259 --> 01:02:43,302
If we don't trust each other now,
Mr. Chairman,
923
01:02:43,386 --> 01:02:45,138
there may not be another time.
924
01:02:48,516 --> 01:02:52,228
We saw your planes fall into the sea.
925
01:02:53,938 --> 01:02:57,066
I wanted only to hear your explanation...
926
01:02:58,109 --> 01:03:00,361
and whether it was done at your own order.
927
01:03:02,864 --> 01:03:06,325
It is a hard thing to order men
to their death, is it not?
928
01:03:06,409 --> 01:03:07,410
It is.
929
01:03:12,498 --> 01:03:16,002
Someone's trying to persuade him
it's a trick.
930
01:03:16,085 --> 01:03:18,004
They want him to strike back at once.
931
01:03:19,755 --> 01:03:23,593
Soviet airspace has still
not been violated, Mr. President.
932
01:03:25,136 --> 01:03:28,055
But if it is, we will be forced
to shoot down your bombers,
933
01:03:28,848 --> 01:03:32,852
and then we will come to full alert
with all our missiles and planes.
934
01:03:32,935 --> 01:03:34,145
I understand that.
935
01:03:34,228 --> 01:03:36,772
I hope you're able
to shoot down our bombers.
936
01:03:37,815 --> 01:03:41,444
But I urge you not to take any steps
that cannot be recalled.
937
01:03:43,738 --> 01:03:45,615
You know we must protect ourselves.
938
01:03:45,698 --> 01:03:48,910
You also know that if you launch missiles,
we must do the same.
939
01:03:48,993 --> 01:03:52,330
If that happens,
there'll be very little left of the world.
940
01:03:54,665 --> 01:03:58,169
I understand.
Is there anything more you wish to say?
941
01:03:58,252 --> 01:04:00,254
If I may make a suggestion...
942
01:04:01,255 --> 01:04:04,926
I will arrange to open the conference line
between our headquarters in Omaha
943
01:04:05,009 --> 01:04:07,553
and your similar officials
in the Soviet Union.
944
01:04:08,095 --> 01:04:10,223
We will do all we can to help you.
945
01:04:12,850 --> 01:04:17,230
We do not need your help. We are perfectly
capable of defending our country.
946
01:04:17,813 --> 01:04:21,317
As you wish. But I must tell you
what my people tell me.
947
01:04:21,901 --> 01:04:23,569
No matter what you do,
948
01:04:23,653 --> 01:04:27,198
at least one of the planes
will get through to the target.
949
01:04:28,699 --> 01:04:29,909
What is the target?
950
01:04:29,992 --> 01:04:31,118
Moscow.
951
01:04:33,871 --> 01:04:37,208
I'll call you back when I see
what our fighters do.
952
01:05:32,888 --> 01:05:34,890
How's the formation holding, Sullivan?
953
01:05:35,808 --> 01:05:37,393
Everyone in line, sir.
954
01:05:38,060 --> 01:05:40,354
- How far from the border?
- Two minutes.
955
01:05:41,564 --> 01:05:45,026
We'd better start spreading out.
956
01:05:46,485 --> 01:05:48,321
Number six plane in the lead.
957
01:05:49,447 --> 01:05:51,449
- Flynn?
- Right here, Colonel.
958
01:05:55,661 --> 01:05:57,455
- Go to work.
- Roger.
959
01:05:58,164 --> 01:06:00,291
Project the Soviet fighter planes.
960
01:06:01,375 --> 01:06:03,502
Give me tight scale on the Russian border.
961
01:06:08,716 --> 01:06:09,884
That does it.
962
01:06:09,967 --> 01:06:11,719
They've crossed the border.
963
01:06:13,971 --> 01:06:16,474
Well, Buck, we're into Soviet territory.
964
01:06:20,770 --> 01:06:23,022
A technical state of war now exists.
965
01:06:28,361 --> 01:06:30,321
Give me Enemy Defense Performance.
966
01:06:30,863 --> 01:06:33,032
This is Enemy Defense
Performance Desk, General Bogan.
967
01:06:33,115 --> 01:06:34,325
How do you read the situation?
968
01:06:34,408 --> 01:06:37,119
Our number six plane, carrying defensive
equipment and masking devices,
969
01:06:37,203 --> 01:06:38,371
has moved into the lead.
970
01:06:38,454 --> 01:06:40,748
All those new little blips you see
are decoys that it's dropped.
971
01:06:40,831 --> 01:06:42,667
Have the Russian fighters
launched any missiles yet?
972
01:06:42,750 --> 01:06:45,252
Not yet. You'll see their missiles
on your scope as tiny dots
973
01:06:45,336 --> 01:06:47,171
that appear suddenly and then disappear.
974
01:06:47,254 --> 01:06:48,881
Ah, there go some of them now.
975
01:06:48,964 --> 01:06:50,508
You can see they're confused
by the decoys.
976
01:06:50,591 --> 01:06:52,968
They're still not grouping
where the real planes are.
977
01:06:53,844 --> 01:06:57,223
Can you wipe the decoys off the screen,
so that we see just their planes and ours?
978
01:06:57,306 --> 01:06:58,516
There you are, General.
979
01:07:00,059 --> 01:07:02,895
They're still going after the decoys.
Our boys aren't making it easy for them.
980
01:07:02,978 --> 01:07:03,979
Good.
981
01:07:05,523 --> 01:07:07,358
They've picked up one of our planes now.
982
01:07:07,441 --> 01:07:09,735
Get them. Get them.
983
01:07:22,373 --> 01:07:24,250
Knock that off!
984
01:07:25,126 --> 01:07:27,962
This isn't some damn football game.
Remember that.
985
01:07:29,296 --> 01:07:30,881
That plane's in trouble.
986
01:07:43,060 --> 01:07:45,646
It looks like the Soviets
have a very slow missile
987
01:07:45,730 --> 01:07:48,566
with a much longer range
than we thought they had.
988
01:07:48,649 --> 01:07:52,820
The slowness of speed made our missile
calculate they must be drones or decoys,
989
01:07:52,903 --> 01:07:55,322
so it ignored them
and went after the fighters.
990
01:07:56,574 --> 01:07:59,452
We can compensate for that.
The adjustment is minor.
991
01:08:05,374 --> 01:08:07,293
The premier is on the line, sir.
992
01:08:08,586 --> 01:08:10,921
Yes, Mr. Chairman?
993
01:08:14,133 --> 01:08:17,136
We have only
a little time left, Mr. President.
994
01:08:18,721 --> 01:08:21,015
His voice is different, sir. Uh...
995
01:08:21,682 --> 01:08:23,350
He's not angry. He's subdued.
996
01:08:24,894 --> 01:08:26,812
How shall we use this time?
997
01:08:28,105 --> 01:08:31,984
He sounds sorrowful, unhap — sad.
998
01:08:32,067 --> 01:08:33,903
What luck are your fighters having?
999
01:08:36,113 --> 01:08:38,824
Luck? No luck at all.
1000
01:08:39,700 --> 01:08:41,827
We have shot down
only one of your bombers.
1001
01:08:41,911 --> 01:08:43,579
Well, what about the other five?
1002
01:08:45,080 --> 01:08:47,500
Uh, maybe yes, maybe no.
1003
01:08:49,084 --> 01:08:52,046
Your masking devices are better
than we had thought.
1004
01:08:53,589 --> 01:08:55,925
Hundreds of targets have appeared
on the radar.
1005
01:08:56,759 --> 01:08:59,887
Perhaps they are decoys,
perhaps they are real bombers.
1006
01:08:59,970 --> 01:09:02,807
Many of my experts are convinced
that they are real.
1007
01:09:04,308 --> 01:09:06,685
They urge me to release
our own bombers at once.
1008
01:09:06,769 --> 01:09:07,812
Why don't you then?
1009
01:09:09,480 --> 01:09:12,107
- Good question.
- Why haven't you counterattacked?
1010
01:09:13,651 --> 01:09:15,611
I am gambling that you are sincere.
1011
01:09:17,696 --> 01:09:20,157
My generals are not so happy with me
about this,
1012
01:09:20,241 --> 01:09:24,411
as... as I'm sure your generals
are not so happy with you.
1013
01:09:24,495 --> 01:09:26,288
But there is time for common sense.
1014
01:09:28,791 --> 01:09:30,793
I must have proof, Mr. President.
1015
01:09:31,502 --> 01:09:33,212
Neither of us wants war,
1016
01:09:33,295 --> 01:09:37,758
but we must be convinced
that this is truly a mistake,
1017
01:09:37,842 --> 01:09:41,095
that your intentions are not hostile,
and that there is a chance for peace.
1018
01:09:41,178 --> 01:09:43,806
Mr. Chairman, let me ask you something.
1019
01:09:44,723 --> 01:09:48,102
Just before our planes took off
from their fail-safe point,
1020
01:09:48,185 --> 01:09:51,188
there was a white flash
on our plotting board.
1021
01:09:51,814 --> 01:09:54,775
We think this is connected
to some mechanical failure
1022
01:09:54,859 --> 01:09:56,652
that might have activated their go signal.
1023
01:09:56,735 --> 01:10:00,281
Could this have been caused
by your radio interference?
1024
01:10:01,657 --> 01:10:03,492
They're arguing with him again, sir.
1025
01:10:04,285 --> 01:10:06,871
They're telling him not to answer.
The information is too secret.
1026
01:10:07,371 --> 01:10:11,041
Was it your jamming that kept us
from getting through to our planes?
1027
01:10:13,711 --> 01:10:16,046
I do not know about this jamming.
1028
01:10:16,130 --> 01:10:17,464
I think he does.
1029
01:10:18,674 --> 01:10:21,468
We cannot be responsible
for your mechanical failures.
1030
01:10:21,552 --> 01:10:23,721
Is it possible? Could it have happened?
1031
01:10:28,350 --> 01:10:31,604
You asked for proof, Mr. Chairman.
This could be it.
1032
01:10:33,856 --> 01:10:35,357
Arguing back and forth.
1033
01:10:35,816 --> 01:10:37,192
Don't trust you...
1034
01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:39,653
Have to trust you...
1035
01:10:40,613 --> 01:10:41,697
It's a trick...
1036
01:10:42,323 --> 01:10:45,826
We are paying for our mutual suspicions,
Mr. Chairman. I realize that.
1037
01:10:45,910 --> 01:10:48,871
But the wall must be broken.
We have to break it down now.
1038
01:10:48,954 --> 01:10:51,081
We can't afford not to trust each other.
1039
01:10:55,085 --> 01:10:59,173
We jammed your radios
with a special device
1040
01:10:59,256 --> 01:11:00,591
even I did not know about.
1041
01:11:02,134 --> 01:11:05,304
I suppose I must be very proud
of our scientists.
1042
01:11:05,387 --> 01:11:08,724
It was more effective than anyone dreamed.
1043
01:11:08,807 --> 01:11:10,851
But why? Why this time?
1044
01:11:12,186 --> 01:11:15,564
We have computers like yours.
1045
01:11:15,648 --> 01:11:19,276
They computed that this time
your alert might be real.
1046
01:11:19,985 --> 01:11:21,362
On what grounds?
1047
01:11:23,614 --> 01:11:26,116
Probability. The law of averages.
1048
01:11:27,701 --> 01:11:29,078
They have their own logic.
1049
01:11:29,161 --> 01:11:31,372
It is not — It is not human,
1050
01:11:31,455 --> 01:11:34,166
but it is positive, so we listen.
1051
01:11:34,249 --> 01:11:37,461
Will you lift the jamming so I can talk
to the group commander?
1052
01:11:39,296 --> 01:11:41,799
- Will he return on your command?
- There's a chance.
1053
01:11:42,967 --> 01:11:44,009
I give that order.
1054
01:11:45,219 --> 01:11:46,553
General Bogan.
1055
01:11:46,637 --> 01:11:47,638
Yes, Mr. President?
1056
01:11:47,721 --> 01:11:49,348
Put me through to Group 6, fast.
1057
01:11:49,431 --> 01:11:50,516
Right away, sir.
1058
01:11:51,725 --> 01:11:54,269
- What's the group commander's name?
- Colonel Jack Grady, sir.
1059
01:11:54,353 --> 01:11:55,396
Does he have a wife?
1060
01:11:55,479 --> 01:11:56,772
I'll see, sir.
1061
01:11:56,855 --> 01:11:59,608
Turkey One, this is Ultimate One.
Can you hear me?
1062
01:11:59,692 --> 01:12:02,444
Turkey One, this is Ultimate One.
Can you hear me?
1063
01:12:02,528 --> 01:12:03,570
Yes, sir, he does.
1064
01:12:03,654 --> 01:12:06,323
Find her.
If I can't persuade him, maybe she can.
1065
01:12:06,407 --> 01:12:07,950
- Yes, sir.
- Turkey One, this is Ultimate One.
1066
01:12:08,033 --> 01:12:09,201
Can you hear me?
1067
01:12:09,284 --> 01:12:11,370
Turkey One, this is Ultimate One.
Can you hear me?
1068
01:12:11,453 --> 01:12:13,789
I have an important message.
Turkey One, can you hear me?
1069
01:12:17,084 --> 01:12:19,878
...me? Turkey One, can you hear me?
1070
01:12:20,713 --> 01:12:23,424
Turkey One, can you hear me?
This is Ultimate One. Can you hear me?
1071
01:12:23,507 --> 01:12:24,925
They've stopped jamming us.
1072
01:12:25,926 --> 01:12:29,388
This is Turkey One. Turkey One.
I am not authorized to receive messages.
1073
01:12:29,847 --> 01:12:33,350
Colonel Grady, this is the president
of the United States.
1074
01:12:33,934 --> 01:12:37,896
The mission you are flying has been
triggered by a mechanical failure.
1075
01:12:37,980 --> 01:12:39,481
It is a mistake.
1076
01:12:39,565 --> 01:12:43,402
I order you and the other planes
to return to your base at once.
1077
01:12:43,485 --> 01:12:45,029
Do you hear? At once.
1078
01:12:47,197 --> 01:12:50,075
Colonel Grady, I repeat,
this is the president.
1079
01:12:50,159 --> 01:12:52,578
I can no longer receive
tactical alterations by voice.
1080
01:12:52,661 --> 01:12:53,912
I know that, but —
1081
01:12:53,996 --> 01:12:56,582
What you're telling me
I've been specifically ordered not to do.
1082
01:12:56,665 --> 01:12:58,625
Damn it, Grady, this is the president!
1083
01:13:11,722 --> 01:13:13,057
He's still on, sir.
1084
01:13:23,317 --> 01:13:28,238
Mr. Chairman, I think it would be wise
for you to remove yourself from Moscow
1085
01:13:28,322 --> 01:13:30,074
so that you'll be out of danger.
1086
01:13:31,033 --> 01:13:35,329
That will allow us to continue negotiations
even if the worst happens.
1087
01:13:37,623 --> 01:13:39,833
I have made those arrangements.
1088
01:13:39,917 --> 01:13:41,585
That voice is tougher.
1089
01:13:43,879 --> 01:13:47,216
Unfortunately, we cannot remove Moscow.
1090
01:13:49,134 --> 01:13:53,222
It remains here, open to your bombs,
and when it is destroyed,
1091
01:13:54,056 --> 01:13:56,892
its people dead because there is no time
to evacuate them...
1092
01:13:59,228 --> 01:14:00,979
where shall we negotiate, Mr. President?
1093
01:14:01,063 --> 01:14:04,775
Shall I come to Geneva, hat in hand,
begging for peace?
1094
01:14:04,858 --> 01:14:06,485
I offered you help. You refused it.
1095
01:14:06,568 --> 01:14:09,113
I offer it again.
We will help you shoot down the planes.
1096
01:14:12,783 --> 01:14:14,368
Set up your conference line.
1097
01:14:14,451 --> 01:14:17,579
I'll come back on the phone
when I'm a safe distance from Moscow.
1098
01:14:18,705 --> 01:14:22,042
Will you activate the Ultimate One,
Red One touch phone, please?
1099
01:14:25,379 --> 01:14:27,005
Can we stop them, sir?
1100
01:14:44,982 --> 01:14:49,862
Fire. Fire... before he gets off
one of those slow ones.
1101
01:14:49,945 --> 01:14:54,324
Colonel, knock that off,
or I'll have you taken out of this room.
1102
01:15:04,918 --> 01:15:07,671
Two down, four to go.
1103
01:15:25,397 --> 01:15:26,940
- Excuse me, sir.
- Yes?
1104
01:15:27,566 --> 01:15:29,943
Every minute we wait works against us.
1105
01:15:30,027 --> 01:15:35,032
Now, Mr. Secretary. Now is when
we must send in the first strike.
1106
01:15:35,115 --> 01:15:37,451
We don't go in
for sneak attacks.
1107
01:15:37,534 --> 01:15:39,703
We had that done to us at Pearl Harbor.
1108
01:15:39,786 --> 01:15:42,206
And the Japanese were right to do it.
1109
01:15:43,832 --> 01:15:46,460
From their point of view,
we were their mortal enemy.
1110
01:15:46,543 --> 01:15:49,546
As long as we existed,
we were a deadly threat to them.
1111
01:15:49,630 --> 01:15:52,883
Their only mistake was that they failed
to finish us at the start.
1112
01:15:52,966 --> 01:15:54,760
They paid for that mistake at Hiroshima.
1113
01:15:54,843 --> 01:15:57,137
You're talking about
a different kind of war.
1114
01:15:57,221 --> 01:16:01,016
Exactly.
This time, we can finish what we start.
1115
01:16:01,099 --> 01:16:04,978
And if we act now, right now,
our casualties will be minimal.
1116
01:16:05,062 --> 01:16:06,688
Do you know what you're saying?
1117
01:16:11,318 --> 01:16:14,446
Do you believe that Communism
is not our mortal enemy?
1118
01:16:14,529 --> 01:16:16,031
You're justifying murder.
1119
01:16:16,949 --> 01:16:20,285
Yes. To keep from being murdered.
1120
01:16:20,369 --> 01:16:23,413
In the name of what? To preserve what?
1121
01:16:23,497 --> 01:16:27,042
Even if we do survive, what are we?
Better than what we say they are?
1122
01:16:27,668 --> 01:16:29,544
What gives us the right to live then?
1123
01:16:29,628 --> 01:16:31,755
What makes us worth surviving,
Groeteschele,
1124
01:16:31,838 --> 01:16:33,840
that we are ruthless enough
to strike first?
1125
01:16:33,924 --> 01:16:35,050
Yes!
1126
01:16:36,051 --> 01:16:40,806
Those who can survive
are the only ones worth surviving.
1127
01:16:40,889 --> 01:16:42,849
Fighting for your life
isn't the same as murder.
1128
01:16:42,933 --> 01:16:45,852
Where do you draw the line
once you know what the enemy is?
1129
01:16:45,936 --> 01:16:48,063
How long would the Nazis have kept it up
1130
01:16:48,146 --> 01:16:51,024
if every Jew they came after had met them
with a gun in his hand?
1131
01:16:51,108 --> 01:16:55,237
But I learned from them, General Black.
Oh, I learned.
1132
01:16:55,320 --> 01:16:58,198
You learned too well, Professor.
1133
01:16:58,282 --> 01:17:00,993
You learned so well that now
there's no difference between you
1134
01:17:01,076 --> 01:17:02,619
and what you want to kill.
1135
01:17:26,143 --> 01:17:27,519
Yes, Mr. President?
1136
01:17:29,146 --> 01:17:31,565
Contact our ambassador to Moscow...
1137
01:17:32,733 --> 01:17:35,527
also the Soviet delegate
to the United Nations.
1138
01:17:36,069 --> 01:17:37,487
Hook them onto my line.
1139
01:17:39,156 --> 01:17:42,743
When the Soviet premier comes back
on the phone, put us all on together.
1140
01:17:43,452 --> 01:17:44,911
Yes, Mr. President.
1141
01:17:44,995 --> 01:17:48,999
Is the touch phone open between Omaha
and the Soviet command headquarters?
1142
01:17:49,082 --> 01:17:50,959
- Yes, sir. All ready.
- Keep it open.
1143
01:18:05,098 --> 01:18:06,391
General Black.
1144
01:18:07,768 --> 01:18:08,894
Yes, Mr. President?
1145
01:18:09,936 --> 01:18:11,063
Blackie...
1146
01:18:12,731 --> 01:18:14,399
remember your Old Testament?
1147
01:18:15,317 --> 01:18:16,360
A little.
1148
01:18:18,362 --> 01:18:20,489
Remember the story
of the sacrifice of Abraham?
1149
01:18:20,572 --> 01:18:25,243
Old what's-his-name used to use it
in chapel at least twice a year.
1150
01:18:27,871 --> 01:18:29,039
I remember, sir.
1151
01:18:29,956 --> 01:18:32,000
Keep it in mind the next few hours.
1152
01:18:32,876 --> 01:18:34,044
Blackie, I need your help.
1153
01:18:35,754 --> 01:18:37,589
Get out to Andrews Field right away.
1154
01:18:37,672 --> 01:18:39,549
Orders will be waiting for you there.
1155
01:18:40,342 --> 01:18:41,385
Yes, sir.
1156
01:18:42,803 --> 01:18:45,430
Blackie, are Katherine and the kids
in New York?
1157
01:18:47,516 --> 01:18:48,517
Yes, sir.
1158
01:18:50,352 --> 01:18:52,646
I may be asking a great deal of you.
1159
01:18:56,108 --> 01:18:57,234
I'll do whatever you say.
1160
01:19:02,197 --> 01:19:03,448
Good luck, Blackie.
1161
01:19:05,158 --> 01:19:06,368
General Bogan.
1162
01:19:06,910 --> 01:19:08,370
Yes, Mr. President?
1163
01:19:08,453 --> 01:19:11,081
I've activated the touch phone between you
and the Soviet command.
1164
01:19:11,164 --> 01:19:13,291
- Will you test it, please?
- Yes, sir.
1165
01:19:46,074 --> 01:19:49,828
This is General Bogan
of Strategic Air Command, Omaha.
1166
01:19:49,911 --> 01:19:52,414
I am the translator for Marshal Nevsky.
1167
01:19:53,915 --> 01:19:56,042
Marshal Nevsky sends his greetings.
1168
01:19:57,919 --> 01:19:59,087
The same to him.
1169
01:19:59,171 --> 01:20:02,340
Our reception is five by five.
How do you read us?
1170
01:20:02,424 --> 01:20:04,593
We read you five by five.
1171
01:20:04,676 --> 01:20:06,011
One moment, please.
1172
01:20:06,094 --> 01:20:08,388
- Mr. President, we're through to them.
- Thank you, General.
1173
01:20:08,472 --> 01:20:11,683
Will you put me on your public address
system so everyone can hear what I say?
1174
01:20:11,766 --> 01:20:14,019
I want the Russians to be able
to hear as well.
1175
01:20:14,102 --> 01:20:15,270
Yes, sir.
1176
01:20:16,104 --> 01:20:17,189
Ready, sir.
1177
01:20:23,528 --> 01:20:26,781
Gentlemen, this is the president
of the United States.
1178
01:20:28,200 --> 01:20:31,286
Whatever orders I give
to American personnel...
1179
01:20:32,329 --> 01:20:35,749
are to be considered direct orders
from the commander in chief.
1180
01:20:36,500 --> 01:20:41,880
They are to be obeyed fully,
without reservation, and at once.
1181
01:20:43,465 --> 01:20:48,136
We must do everything we can to prevent
our planes from attacking Moscow.
1182
01:20:49,763 --> 01:20:51,890
The Soviet premier has behaved
1183
01:20:51,973 --> 01:20:54,643
as I believe I would
under similar conditions.
1184
01:20:55,685 --> 01:21:00,148
He has delayed retaliation.
I think he believes this is an accident.
1185
01:21:00,774 --> 01:21:05,695
But we must convince him
and his chief advisers that it is.
1186
01:21:06,821 --> 01:21:09,950
I therefore order every American
1187
01:21:10,033 --> 01:21:13,328
to cooperate fully with Soviet officers...
1188
01:21:14,329 --> 01:21:17,457
in shooting down our invading planes.
1189
01:21:19,417 --> 01:21:22,295
You are to give
whatever information they request.
1190
01:21:23,505 --> 01:21:27,551
Any hesitation,
any withholding of information...
1191
01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:31,346
can have the most tragic consequences.
1192
01:21:32,180 --> 01:21:34,933
I cannot emphasize this too strongly.
1193
01:21:36,768 --> 01:21:37,894
Are there any questions?
1194
01:21:41,064 --> 01:21:44,776
Gentlemen, I expect you
to conduct yourselves as patriots...
1195
01:21:47,070 --> 01:21:48,905
and I wish you success.
1196
01:21:55,370 --> 01:21:57,205
Do the missiles on these bombers
1197
01:21:57,289 --> 01:22:00,500
have both
infrared and radar-homing capabilities?
1198
01:22:00,584 --> 01:22:03,753
A number of our fighter planes
have been destroyed by a missile
1199
01:22:03,837 --> 01:22:08,258
that seems to home not on the infrared
source, but on the radar transmitter.
1200
01:22:08,341 --> 01:22:11,344
- Is it possible?
- Colonel Cascio will answer your question.
1201
01:22:13,597 --> 01:22:15,181
Answer the question, Colonel.
1202
01:22:17,267 --> 01:22:21,021
That is a direct order. An order.
1203
01:22:23,023 --> 01:22:24,024
Colonel!
1204
01:22:26,276 --> 01:22:28,445
Just a moment, please. Major Handel.
1205
01:22:32,282 --> 01:22:33,700
General Bogan.
1206
01:22:34,659 --> 01:22:36,411
Sergeant Collins! On the double!
1207
01:22:39,789 --> 01:22:41,833
You're backup man on fire control,
aren't you?
1208
01:22:41,916 --> 01:22:42,917
Yes, sir.
1209
01:22:43,001 --> 01:22:46,880
Do our Vindicator missiles have both
infrared and radar-seeking capacity?
1210
01:22:48,632 --> 01:22:49,841
Yes, sir.
1211
01:22:49,924 --> 01:22:52,636
Loud and clear!
They've got to know we're on the level.
1212
01:22:55,055 --> 01:22:57,599
It has both capacities, sir.
1213
01:22:57,682 --> 01:22:59,726
Can the radar-seeking mechanism
be overloaded
1214
01:22:59,809 --> 01:23:01,770
by increasing the strength of a signal?
1215
01:23:02,979 --> 01:23:04,314
Tell them!
1216
01:23:05,398 --> 01:23:06,608
Yes, sir...
1217
01:23:07,859 --> 01:23:12,739
it can be overloaded
by increasing the power output
1218
01:23:12,822 --> 01:23:16,534
and sliding through radar frequencies
as fast as possible.
1219
01:23:17,285 --> 01:23:20,664
What happens is the firing mechanism
reads the higher amperage
1220
01:23:20,747 --> 01:23:25,502
as proximity to the target
and detonates the warhead.
1221
01:23:29,923 --> 01:23:32,467
Thank you, General Bogan.
We will be back to you.
1222
01:23:34,260 --> 01:23:35,720
That's all, Sergeant.
1223
01:23:52,654 --> 01:23:53,780
What does it mean?
1224
01:23:54,864 --> 01:23:57,826
We've told them how to blow up
our air-to-air missiles.
1225
01:23:58,785 --> 01:23:59,953
And with them...
1226
01:24:01,329 --> 01:24:02,747
our planes.
1227
01:24:10,964 --> 01:24:12,590
They're picking us up.
1228
01:24:13,883 --> 01:24:17,178
Thomas, send out the code
for the alternate flight plan.
1229
01:24:17,262 --> 01:24:19,264
We're going down to the floor.
1230
01:24:37,282 --> 01:24:40,910
They're trying to avoid the fighters
by going too low for their radar.
1231
01:24:45,790 --> 01:24:48,501
I'm sorry, General.
I don't know what happened.
1232
01:24:48,585 --> 01:24:52,630
I just couldn't do it. It was, like,
I don't know, a fit or something —
1233
01:24:52,714 --> 01:24:53,757
Colonel, I...
1234
01:24:56,342 --> 01:24:57,343
Forget it.
1235
01:25:00,138 --> 01:25:02,557
Who could have expected this situation?
1236
01:25:03,558 --> 01:25:05,393
General — General, I —
1237
01:25:06,352 --> 01:25:08,104
I think this is all a trap.
1238
01:25:09,939 --> 01:25:11,983
They-They wanted this to happen.
1239
01:25:13,276 --> 01:25:16,279
We know they've been trying
to foul up our fail-safe signal.
1240
01:25:17,322 --> 01:25:22,035
I think that we should tell the president
it's a trap.
1241
01:25:22,118 --> 01:25:24,120
They're just using the time
to get their missiles ready
1242
01:25:24,204 --> 01:25:26,372
and fly their bombers into position.
1243
01:25:26,456 --> 01:25:28,374
We have no evidence of that.
1244
01:25:28,458 --> 01:25:30,877
They could be flying their bombers
in the grass.
1245
01:25:31,377 --> 01:25:33,046
They could have fired missiles already
1246
01:25:33,129 --> 01:25:35,131
and put them up in the orbit
of known satellites
1247
01:25:35,215 --> 01:25:36,257
where we couldn't detect them.
1248
01:25:36,341 --> 01:25:37,634
Remember, we computed that problem.
1249
01:25:37,717 --> 01:25:40,261
We decided satellites could be used
to mask missiles.
1250
01:25:40,345 --> 01:25:42,430
We've computed a lot of problems.
1251
01:25:42,514 --> 01:25:45,099
I'm not reporting anything
I don't know for sure.
1252
01:25:47,101 --> 01:25:49,103
I think we should recommend
a full-strength attack.
1253
01:25:49,187 --> 01:25:52,398
- That is not our decision. The Pentagon —
- They don't know what we know.
1254
01:25:52,482 --> 01:25:55,735
They're not soldiers anymore.
They're politicians.
1255
01:25:56,653 --> 01:25:58,571
They don't care what happens to us.
1256
01:25:59,906 --> 01:26:02,033
They make a mistake, that's politics.
1257
01:26:02,867 --> 01:26:05,620
They send out men to be killed, General,
for what?
1258
01:26:06,412 --> 01:26:09,249
To make some lousy deal? To sell us out?
1259
01:26:10,500 --> 01:26:12,836
Save the world. Save us.
1260
01:26:12,919 --> 01:26:17,549
Save our country... before they destroy it
with their stinking politics.
1261
01:26:18,508 --> 01:26:20,301
Order a first strike, General.
1262
01:26:20,385 --> 01:26:23,513
Put an end to it once and for all.
You have the power. You can do it.
1263
01:26:23,596 --> 01:26:24,722
Colonel!
1264
01:26:26,224 --> 01:26:28,142
You are talking treason.
1265
01:26:28,226 --> 01:26:30,562
Stop it now,
or I'll have you put under arrest.
1266
01:26:31,479 --> 01:26:35,108
- General Bogan, this is Marshal Nevsky.
- Yes, Marshal?
1267
01:26:35,191 --> 01:26:38,987
Can you give us the longitude and latitude
of the three planes left in the air?
1268
01:26:39,070 --> 01:26:40,613
We can do that,
but we can't give you their altitude.
1269
01:26:40,697 --> 01:26:42,490
The signals we're getting now
are too distorted.
1270
01:26:42,574 --> 01:26:45,159
Will you please give us the position
of the three planes?
1271
01:26:45,243 --> 01:26:47,537
We can fly fighters at various altitudes.
1272
01:26:47,620 --> 01:26:48,872
Can do.
1273
01:26:50,790 --> 01:26:53,209
Gentlemen, I am taking over command
of this post
1274
01:26:53,293 --> 01:26:55,879
at the specific order of the president
of the United States.
1275
01:26:55,962 --> 01:26:58,506
He has long been aware that General Bogan
is mentally unbalanced
1276
01:26:58,590 --> 01:27:00,633
and has warned me to observe him closely.
1277
01:27:00,717 --> 01:27:03,052
The negotiations which General Bogan
has been conducting with the enemy
1278
01:27:03,136 --> 01:27:04,888
are the acts of a lunatic.
1279
01:27:04,971 --> 01:27:06,723
By the direct authority of the president,
1280
01:27:06,806 --> 01:27:09,601
I now command you
to take all orders from —
1281
01:27:09,684 --> 01:27:12,687
Colonel. We got orders, Colonel.
1282
01:27:12,770 --> 01:27:14,522
You make a fuss, we'll kill you.
1283
01:27:16,733 --> 01:27:19,777
You're a traitor.
You're worse than anybody.
1284
01:27:19,861 --> 01:27:22,280
You wear the uniform.
You have men under your command.
1285
01:27:22,363 --> 01:27:25,783
You're in the field, but you want them
dead before they find you out.
1286
01:27:25,867 --> 01:27:27,327
You want me dead!
1287
01:27:27,911 --> 01:27:30,413
I saw it this morning when you found me
with those people.
1288
01:27:33,249 --> 01:27:35,376
I'm better than you are!
1289
01:27:37,045 --> 01:27:40,381
It's a mistake.
1290
01:27:40,465 --> 01:27:44,344
You're betraying us all.
You're making a mistake.
1291
01:27:44,969 --> 01:27:48,139
I'm better than you are. You're a traitor.
1292
01:27:48,222 --> 01:27:50,600
You're betraying us all.
1293
01:28:01,444 --> 01:28:03,780
- Marshal Nevsky.
- Here, sir.
1294
01:28:05,073 --> 01:28:07,951
I am now prepared to give you
the longitude and latitude of our bombers
1295
01:28:08,034 --> 01:28:09,786
in accordance with your request.
1296
01:28:09,869 --> 01:28:12,497
I was aware of your difficulty,
General Bogan.
1297
01:28:12,580 --> 01:28:14,540
We have had such problems ourselves.
1298
01:28:14,624 --> 01:28:16,084
I await your information.
1299
01:28:16,167 --> 01:28:17,293
Major Handel.
1300
01:28:29,764 --> 01:28:32,892
- General, you'd better have a doctor.
- They've got another one.
1301
01:28:35,436 --> 01:28:37,730
Well, sit down, anyway.
That was a bad knock.
1302
01:28:41,359 --> 01:28:43,903
Anyone could crack under this strain.
1303
01:28:43,987 --> 01:28:47,782
- If you ask me, he was a boy on the edge —
- He was a good soldier.
1304
01:28:58,501 --> 01:29:00,378
The Soviet premier
is coming back on the line, sir.
1305
01:29:00,461 --> 01:29:02,714
The ambassador and the Soviet delegate
are already on.
1306
01:29:02,797 --> 01:29:05,174
- Have they been told?
- Yes, sir. As you said.
1307
01:29:05,258 --> 01:29:06,259
Good.
1308
01:29:08,052 --> 01:29:09,345
Jay, where are you?
1309
01:29:09,429 --> 01:29:12,056
On the top floor of the embassy in Moscow,
Mr. President.
1310
01:29:12,140 --> 01:29:15,810
- Where are you, Mr. Lentov?
- I'm in the UN Building in New York.
1311
01:29:18,312 --> 01:29:22,900
I suppose there is a reason
for your ambassador
1312
01:29:22,984 --> 01:29:24,736
and Comrade Lentov to join us.
1313
01:29:24,819 --> 01:29:26,279
There is, Mr. Chairman.
1314
01:29:28,156 --> 01:29:29,991
Then let's get on with it.
1315
01:29:31,200 --> 01:29:34,203
His voice is firmer, sir.
1316
01:29:34,287 --> 01:29:36,998
Final, like he's made up his mind.
1317
01:29:38,833 --> 01:29:42,295
In a few minutes,
the bombs may be falling.
1318
01:29:44,422 --> 01:29:48,051
I have brought our forces
to a condition of full readiness.
1319
01:29:49,969 --> 01:29:53,139
Unless we can satisfy one another,
I must release those forces.
1320
01:29:54,015 --> 01:29:56,309
So what do you propose, Mr. President?
1321
01:29:56,392 --> 01:30:00,063
Do your people think there is still
a chance of bringing down the bombers?
1322
01:30:02,940 --> 01:30:04,525
There is always a chance...
1323
01:30:05,485 --> 01:30:07,570
but I am asking you, what if they cannot?
1324
01:30:10,156 --> 01:30:13,618
What will you do?
Have you made a decision?
1325
01:30:14,202 --> 01:30:15,328
Yes.
1326
01:30:16,746 --> 01:30:20,500
It's my decision,
and I take full responsibility.
1327
01:30:21,876 --> 01:30:23,753
Mr. Swenson, are you on the line?
1328
01:30:24,420 --> 01:30:25,588
Yes, Mr. President.
1329
01:30:25,671 --> 01:30:27,799
- General Bogan.
- Here, sir.
1330
01:30:29,842 --> 01:30:33,763
This is what will happen if even one
of the bombers gets through.
1331
01:30:34,347 --> 01:30:38,643
It will drop two 20-megaton bombs
on Moscow.
1332
01:30:39,352 --> 01:30:41,395
- Jay.
- Yes, Mr. President?
1333
01:30:41,479 --> 01:30:45,108
You might hear the sound of the engines
just before the bombs drop.
1334
01:30:45,191 --> 01:30:48,986
Maybe not. In any case, you'll hear
the defensive missiles going off.
1335
01:30:49,570 --> 01:30:52,573
Right after that, the bombs will explode.
1336
01:30:53,199 --> 01:30:58,663
I'm told that what we will hear
at this end will be a high, shrill sound.
1337
01:30:59,497 --> 01:31:04,001
That will be the ambassador's phone
melting from the heat of the fireball.
1338
01:31:05,002 --> 01:31:07,255
When we hear that sound...
1339
01:31:08,840 --> 01:31:10,675
the ambassador will be dead.
1340
01:31:11,926 --> 01:31:16,180
Do you understand, Mr. Ambassador,
you're to stay exactly where you are?
1341
01:31:16,264 --> 01:31:17,974
Yes, Mr. President.
1342
01:31:18,432 --> 01:31:19,976
He's got to attack.
1343
01:31:21,727 --> 01:31:23,312
Is this your proposal?
1344
01:31:24,605 --> 01:31:27,567
To sacrifice one American
for five million Russians?
1345
01:31:27,650 --> 01:31:29,235
- No, no, no!
- Is this what you mean?
1346
01:31:29,318 --> 01:31:30,528
Listen to me. Listen.
1347
01:31:32,196 --> 01:31:35,783
I've ordered a Vindicator bomber
into the air from Washington.
1348
01:31:35,867 --> 01:31:39,203
In a few minutes,
it will be flying over New York City.
1349
01:31:39,287 --> 01:31:42,456
It is carrying two 20-megaton bombs.
1350
01:31:43,457 --> 01:31:46,252
The moment I know
that Moscow's been hit...
1351
01:31:47,336 --> 01:31:49,881
I will order that plane to drop its bombs.
1352
01:31:50,423 --> 01:31:53,634
It will use the Empire State Building
for ground zero.
1353
01:31:54,719 --> 01:31:57,930
When we hear the shriek
of Mr. Lentov's phone melting...
1354
01:32:00,641 --> 01:32:02,393
we will know that he is gone...
1355
01:32:03,394 --> 01:32:05,104
and with him, New York.
1356
01:32:08,107 --> 01:32:09,192
Holy Mother of God.
1357
01:32:09,817 --> 01:32:11,152
No.
1358
01:32:13,905 --> 01:32:15,615
He can't do it.
1359
01:32:17,116 --> 01:32:18,659
What else can he do?
1360
01:32:21,746 --> 01:32:23,831
I don't know any other way, Mr. Chairman.
1361
01:32:23,915 --> 01:32:29,295
Unless... unless you feel
the offer itself is enough.
1362
01:32:30,129 --> 01:32:31,672
Showing our intentions.
1363
01:32:34,342 --> 01:32:35,843
Would you think it enough?
1364
01:32:37,553 --> 01:32:41,224
If Russian bombers were flying
against New York...
1365
01:32:43,809 --> 01:32:46,062
could you accept only my good intentions?
1366
01:32:47,980 --> 01:32:49,023
No.
1367
01:32:50,566 --> 01:32:52,944
I believe this was an accident.
1368
01:32:54,987 --> 01:32:58,991
But I also believe your action
is the only way out.
1369
01:33:01,410 --> 01:33:04,789
I ask you to believe
I wish it were not so.
1370
01:33:06,249 --> 01:33:07,250
Yes.
1371
01:33:08,668 --> 01:33:12,171
Well, we can still hope
I won't have to take that action.
1372
01:33:37,280 --> 01:33:38,656
How close to target?
1373
01:33:40,116 --> 01:33:41,659
Fourteen minutes, sir.
1374
01:33:41,742 --> 01:33:43,035
How many planes left?
1375
01:33:43,786 --> 01:33:45,705
Just us and number six.
1376
01:33:50,126 --> 01:33:51,127
Flynn.
1377
01:33:51,877 --> 01:33:53,129
Still here, Grady.
1378
01:33:53,212 --> 01:33:54,380
What's your condition?
1379
01:33:55,464 --> 01:33:57,758
Slight wing damage from ordinary flack.
That's all.
1380
01:33:57,842 --> 01:33:59,927
Speed down to 1, 350, drag even.
1381
01:34:00,803 --> 01:34:03,139
How many of your decoys do you have left?
1382
01:34:03,222 --> 01:34:04,432
How many do you need?
1383
01:34:05,516 --> 01:34:07,435
Well, I've got the bombs, you don't.
1384
01:34:07,518 --> 01:34:10,438
I want you to take
some of those fighters off my tail.
1385
01:34:10,521 --> 01:34:11,772
Will do.
1386
01:34:11,856 --> 01:34:13,524
- Billy.
- Yeah?
1387
01:34:14,483 --> 01:34:16,027
I depend on you.
1388
01:34:21,198 --> 01:34:23,951
General Bogan,
can you explain this maneuver?
1389
01:34:24,035 --> 01:34:26,078
One of your planes
has just appeared again.
1390
01:34:26,162 --> 01:34:28,039
It's standard procedure, Marshal Nevsky.
1391
01:34:28,122 --> 01:34:30,333
That's our number six plane,
the decoy plane.
1392
01:34:30,416 --> 01:34:34,295
It's just trying to draw your fighters away
from our other plane carrying the bombs.
1393
01:34:34,378 --> 01:34:35,880
I see.
1394
01:34:35,963 --> 01:34:38,841
It carries only defensive equipment.
You don't have to worry about it.
1395
01:34:39,342 --> 01:34:42,178
Thank you.
We shall try for a kill in any case.
1396
01:34:43,137 --> 01:34:46,515
You'll scatter your forces, Marshal.
You don't have time for that.
1397
01:34:49,060 --> 01:34:53,230
I tell you, it doesn't carry any bombs.
You don't have to worry about it.
1398
01:34:55,983 --> 01:34:58,194
You're letting our other plane
get through!
1399
01:35:04,075 --> 01:35:05,659
I told you!
1400
01:35:08,579 --> 01:35:10,206
There has been a...
1401
01:35:10,831 --> 01:35:12,958
Marshal Nevsky has collapsed.
1402
01:35:14,502 --> 01:35:17,338
It appears... Well, I don't know.
1403
01:35:18,297 --> 01:35:20,633
General Koniev is now in command.
1404
01:35:21,926 --> 01:35:23,219
Bogan, what's happened?
1405
01:35:23,844 --> 01:35:28,015
Marshal Nevsky sent his fighters
after a plane that carried no bombs.
1406
01:35:28,849 --> 01:35:32,269
That means our number one plane
will almost certainly get through.
1407
01:35:33,187 --> 01:35:36,148
The Marshal realized that.
It was too much for him.
1408
01:35:36,232 --> 01:35:38,818
General Bogan, this is General Koniev.
1409
01:35:38,901 --> 01:35:40,861
Do you have the remaining plane
on your screen?
1410
01:35:40,945 --> 01:35:42,321
No, sir. We do not.
1411
01:35:42,405 --> 01:35:47,159
We cannot see it on radar and it is flying
so fast, our anti-aircraft is useless.
1412
01:35:47,243 --> 01:35:50,079
- I must assume the plane will get through.
- Yes.
1413
01:35:50,162 --> 01:35:52,331
I intend to focus
all our remaining rockets
1414
01:35:52,415 --> 01:35:54,333
on the estimated path of the plane
1415
01:35:54,417 --> 01:35:56,335
and fire them all off at once.
1416
01:35:56,419 --> 01:36:01,215
Our hope is to set up a thermonuclear
barrier that nothing can penetrate.
1417
01:36:01,882 --> 01:36:03,884
That might work. It's worth a chance.
1418
01:36:15,813 --> 01:36:17,898
You speak English very well, General.
1419
01:36:18,858 --> 01:36:22,027
I was liaison to your headquarters
in London during the war.
1420
01:36:23,612 --> 01:36:25,823
I was stationed right outside of London.
1421
01:36:26,323 --> 01:36:29,285
Yes, I know. With the 8th Air Force.
1422
01:36:30,161 --> 01:36:31,537
Did you like London?
1423
01:36:33,122 --> 01:36:34,415
Very much.
1424
01:36:37,543 --> 01:36:38,794
So did I.
1425
01:36:39,670 --> 01:36:42,756
The great cities are those
where one can walk.
1426
01:36:43,966 --> 01:36:45,968
I would walk all the time in London.
1427
01:36:46,677 --> 01:36:48,220
Wherever you turn, there's history.
1428
01:36:50,514 --> 01:36:52,391
General, are you in Moscow now?
1429
01:36:52,975 --> 01:36:56,729
No. I was ordered to leave.
1430
01:36:57,480 --> 01:36:58,898
Is your...
1431
01:37:04,570 --> 01:37:05,988
It's a hard day.
1432
01:37:08,741 --> 01:37:09,992
Yes, it's a hard day.
1433
01:37:12,286 --> 01:37:13,621
Goodbye, my friend.
1434
01:37:15,706 --> 01:37:17,208
Goodbye, my friend.
1435
01:37:20,628 --> 01:37:22,713
- Colonel Grady, sir.
- What is it, Thomas?
1436
01:37:22,796 --> 01:37:24,632
The infrared indicator
shows a large number
1437
01:37:24,715 --> 01:37:26,717
of ground-to-air rockets
ignited ahead of us.
1438
01:37:26,800 --> 01:37:28,552
They should show on the scope anytime now.
1439
01:37:28,636 --> 01:37:30,596
What do you know about those rockets?
1440
01:37:30,679 --> 01:37:32,181
They're no different from ours, sir.
1441
01:37:32,264 --> 01:37:35,809
Designed to home in on
heat-producing engines. Like an airplane.
1442
01:37:37,102 --> 01:37:40,314
They can't be aiming them at us.
We're too low. They'd blow themselves up.
1443
01:37:40,397 --> 01:37:41,899
What are they doing with them?
1444
01:37:43,359 --> 01:37:44,652
- General Bogan.
- Yes?
1445
01:37:44,735 --> 01:37:46,820
They found Mrs. Grady. She's standing by.
1446
01:37:47,530 --> 01:37:50,950
- Mr. President, we have Grady's wife.
- Can we get through to him?
1447
01:37:51,033 --> 01:37:54,078
If he follows procedure, he'll contact us
when he gets within range of the target.
1448
01:37:54,161 --> 01:37:56,622
Those are his orders,
so we know how to evaluate the strike.
1449
01:37:56,705 --> 01:37:59,750
- Well, he's been following orders so far.
- Yes, sir.
1450
01:37:59,833 --> 01:38:01,335
Keep your fingers crossed.
1451
01:38:02,378 --> 01:38:04,171
- Thomas.
- Yes, sir?
1452
01:38:05,005 --> 01:38:06,882
Would their rockets follow missiles too?
1453
01:38:06,966 --> 01:38:09,218
I don't see why not.
A missile produces heat.
1454
01:38:10,094 --> 01:38:11,845
I think I know what they're going to do.
1455
01:38:11,929 --> 01:38:15,558
Explode the rockets on top of us,
hope to knock us down with a blast.
1456
01:38:15,641 --> 01:38:16,642
They can do it too.
1457
01:38:16,725 --> 01:38:18,561
How many air-to-air missiles we got left?
1458
01:38:18,644 --> 01:38:19,853
- Two.
- Okay.
1459
01:38:19,937 --> 01:38:22,856
Now, the minute you see
those rockets ignite on the scope,
1460
01:38:22,940 --> 01:38:26,360
you fire our missiles and guide them
for maximum elevation straight up.
1461
01:38:26,443 --> 01:38:27,444
- Straight up?
- Yeah.
1462
01:38:27,528 --> 01:38:31,156
Maybe our rockets will follow
the missiles, explode too high to hurt us.
1463
01:38:31,240 --> 01:38:32,491
Yes, sir.
1464
01:38:34,076 --> 01:38:36,829
Colonel Grady, we're in range.
We have to report in.
1465
01:38:37,329 --> 01:38:38,414
Watch that scope.
1466
01:38:40,416 --> 01:38:41,625
Ultimate One, this is Turkey One.
1467
01:38:41,709 --> 01:38:43,627
Ultimate One, this is Turkey One.
Can you hear me?
1468
01:38:43,711 --> 01:38:47,172
Grady, this is General Bogan.
Keep receiving, no matter what you hear.
1469
01:38:47,256 --> 01:38:49,008
Do you understand? Keep receiving.
1470
01:38:49,091 --> 01:38:52,636
Jack. Jack, this is Helen.
1471
01:38:53,429 --> 01:38:56,599
Jack, it's Helen.
Do you recognize my voice?
1472
01:38:56,682 --> 01:38:59,518
It's not a trick. It's me.
1473
01:38:59,602 --> 01:39:02,563
Jack, you must turn back.
1474
01:39:02,646 --> 01:39:05,733
You mustn't drop those bombs.
Do you hear me?
1475
01:39:05,816 --> 01:39:07,610
Is it really your wife?
1476
01:39:07,693 --> 01:39:09,820
- They've started their rockets.
- You've got to believe me.
1477
01:39:09,903 --> 01:39:11,196
Fire one.
1478
01:39:11,280 --> 01:39:14,074
Jack, do you hear what I'm saying? Jack!
1479
01:39:14,158 --> 01:39:15,409
Fire two.
1480
01:39:18,495 --> 01:39:20,748
Keep them at least 2,500 feet
above the rockets.
1481
01:39:20,831 --> 01:39:22,333
- Yes, sir.
- Jack...
1482
01:39:22,416 --> 01:39:26,587
There's no war! We're fine.
1483
01:39:28,005 --> 01:39:29,923
You must turn back.
1484
01:39:30,799 --> 01:39:33,177
- They're at 18,000.
- Go, go!
1485
01:39:33,844 --> 01:39:35,262
- Nineteen.
- It's not a trick.
1486
01:39:35,346 --> 01:39:37,723
- 20,000 feet.
- The rockets are following them!
1487
01:39:37,806 --> 01:39:39,975
Give them as much boost as you can.
The higher the better.
1488
01:39:40,059 --> 01:39:43,145
- I've never lied to you, have I?
- Forty. 50,000.
1489
01:39:43,228 --> 01:39:45,356
I couldn't, no matter what anybody
did to me. I wouldn't.
1490
01:39:45,439 --> 01:39:49,068
- Please, you've got to believe me.
- Seventy. 80,000 feet.
1491
01:39:49,151 --> 01:39:50,736
- Ninety.
- Jack, there isn't any war.
1492
01:39:50,819 --> 01:39:52,529
- A hundred.
- They're slowing down.
1493
01:39:52,613 --> 01:39:54,531
- 130.
- We're all fine.
1494
01:39:54,615 --> 01:39:56,700
- 140.
- We'd better get some altitude.
1495
01:39:56,784 --> 01:40:00,412
- Jack, please answer me! Please!
- 160. 170,000.
1496
01:40:00,496 --> 01:40:04,917
Jack, do you... Answer me, please.
1497
01:40:05,000 --> 01:40:07,044
You can't trust it sir.
We gotta get out of here.
1498
01:40:07,127 --> 01:40:10,172
No!
1499
01:40:12,675 --> 01:40:13,717
Hang on.
1500
01:40:16,595 --> 01:40:18,138
Their rockets are catching up!
1501
01:40:18,222 --> 01:40:20,349
We're going to catch some of it,
so hold tight.
1502
01:40:21,767 --> 01:40:22,851
There they go!
1503
01:40:33,112 --> 01:40:34,655
Think we'll make it now.
1504
01:40:37,366 --> 01:40:38,992
How many minutes to Moscow?
1505
01:40:39,660 --> 01:40:41,161
Seven minutes, sir.
1506
01:40:41,995 --> 01:40:47,584
Look, we have our choice about
what altitude to drop the bombs from.
1507
01:40:47,668 --> 01:40:49,920
It's about the only choice we do have now.
1508
01:40:51,505 --> 01:40:53,716
The blast gave us enough radiation.
1509
01:40:53,799 --> 01:40:56,593
At best, we'd only last a couple of days.
1510
01:40:58,637 --> 01:41:00,389
So I'm taking her in low...
1511
01:41:01,390 --> 01:41:03,142
when we're over the target...
1512
01:41:04,393 --> 01:41:06,478
climbing to 5,000 feet.
1513
01:41:07,813 --> 01:41:10,274
The bombs are set to go at 5,000.
1514
01:41:12,609 --> 01:41:13,902
We'll go with them.
1515
01:41:18,157 --> 01:41:19,241
Okay?
1516
01:41:25,581 --> 01:41:29,042
What the hell, there's nothing
to go home to, anyway.
1517
01:41:40,262 --> 01:41:44,224
General Stark, are there any papers
or documents in New York
1518
01:41:44,308 --> 01:41:48,520
which are absolutely essential
to the running of the United States?
1519
01:41:49,980 --> 01:41:51,106
General Stark.
1520
01:41:52,691 --> 01:41:53,692
No, sir.
1521
01:41:54,610 --> 01:41:59,323
There are important documents,
but none of them absolutely essential.
1522
01:42:01,366 --> 01:42:02,993
Will there be any warning given?
1523
01:42:04,328 --> 01:42:07,206
A lot of lives could be saved
if people had a few minutes.
1524
01:42:07,289 --> 01:42:10,459
On this short notice, an alert to a big
city would do more harm than good.
1525
01:42:10,542 --> 01:42:11,960
All you'd produce is panic.
1526
01:42:15,923 --> 01:42:17,090
What about this?
1527
01:42:27,559 --> 01:42:32,272
Maybe... Maybe he doesn't know
his wife is there.
1528
01:42:34,149 --> 01:42:35,192
He knows.
1529
01:42:42,032 --> 01:42:43,742
Gentlemen, we are wasting time.
1530
01:42:46,161 --> 01:42:48,247
I've been making a few rough calculations
1531
01:42:48,330 --> 01:42:51,792
based on the effect of two 20-megaton
bombs dropped on New York City
1532
01:42:51,875 --> 01:42:53,627
in the middle of a normal workday.
1533
01:42:54,753 --> 01:42:57,506
I estimate the immediate dead
at about three million.
1534
01:42:57,589 --> 01:43:00,801
I include in this figure those buried
beneath the collapsed buildings.
1535
01:43:02,094 --> 01:43:03,887
Wouldn't make any difference,
Admiral Wilcox,
1536
01:43:03,971 --> 01:43:06,265
whether they reached a shelter or not.
1537
01:43:06,348 --> 01:43:08,016
They would die just the same.
1538
01:43:09,351 --> 01:43:12,896
Add another million or two
who'll die within about five weeks.
1539
01:43:15,065 --> 01:43:16,984
Our immediate problem
would be the joint one
1540
01:43:17,067 --> 01:43:18,861
of fire control and excavation.
1541
01:43:19,570 --> 01:43:22,698
Excavation, not of the dead —
the effort would be wasted there.
1542
01:43:23,448 --> 01:43:26,243
But even though there are no irreplaceable
government documents in the city,
1543
01:43:26,326 --> 01:43:29,204
many of our largest corporations
keep their records there.
1544
01:43:30,205 --> 01:43:31,832
It will be necessary to...
1545
01:43:35,168 --> 01:43:37,796
rescue as many of those records as we can.
1546
01:43:44,219 --> 01:43:46,388
Our economy depends on this.
1547
01:43:52,477 --> 01:43:54,313
Economy depends on this.
1548
01:44:01,612 --> 01:44:03,488
And the Lord said, gentlemen...
1549
01:44:05,282 --> 01:44:09,828
"He who is without sin,
let him cast the first stone."
1550
01:44:19,588 --> 01:44:20,589
Sir.
1551
01:44:24,509 --> 01:44:26,470
- May I have a drink, please?
- Oh.
1552
01:44:37,272 --> 01:44:39,107
How'd you ever get to be
a translator, Buck?
1553
01:44:39,191 --> 01:44:41,485
You don't seem the academic type.
1554
01:44:43,153 --> 01:44:46,698
I guess I've got this talent
for languages, sir.
1555
01:44:47,824 --> 01:44:50,077
I hear a language once,
I pick it right up.
1556
01:44:50,744 --> 01:44:52,412
I don't even know how.
1557
01:44:54,581 --> 01:44:56,833
When they found out about it
in the army...
1558
01:44:56,917 --> 01:44:58,669
You sound sorry they did.
1559
01:44:58,752 --> 01:45:01,088
No, no. It's a very interesting job.
1560
01:45:03,674 --> 01:45:06,301
I mean, sometimes.
1561
01:45:07,135 --> 01:45:09,429
Well, you did a good job today, Buck.
1562
01:45:10,764 --> 01:45:14,601
Thank you, sir.
All I did was repeat what he said.
1563
01:45:15,560 --> 01:45:18,355
You didn't freeze up.
Another man might have.
1564
01:45:20,816 --> 01:45:22,442
You're the one who didn't, sir.
1565
01:45:27,239 --> 01:45:30,242
I wonder what it's like out.
It looked like rain before.
1566
01:45:32,369 --> 01:45:34,955
The radio said it would clear
by the afternoon.
1567
01:45:40,419 --> 01:45:42,546
The premier, sir.
1568
01:45:43,463 --> 01:45:45,090
Yes, Mr. Chairman?
1569
01:45:47,884 --> 01:45:50,804
Mr. President...
1570
01:45:53,515 --> 01:45:57,352
I have ordered our long-range missiles
to stand down from their alert.
1571
01:46:01,148 --> 01:46:03,650
Only that part of our defense
1572
01:46:03,734 --> 01:46:08,280
that has a chance of shooting down
your bomber is still active.
1573
01:46:09,448 --> 01:46:12,242
We do not think we have much of a chance.
1574
01:46:13,368 --> 01:46:14,411
I know.
1575
01:46:16,663 --> 01:46:19,624
And yet this was nobody's fault.
1576
01:46:19,708 --> 01:46:20,959
I don't agree.
1577
01:46:22,711 --> 01:46:24,671
No human being did wrong.
1578
01:46:26,590 --> 01:46:28,383
No one is to be blamed.
1579
01:46:28,467 --> 01:46:30,343
We're to blame, both of us.
1580
01:46:30,427 --> 01:46:32,554
We let our machines get out of hand.
1581
01:46:34,598 --> 01:46:37,517
Still, it was an accident.
1582
01:46:38,143 --> 01:46:41,688
Two great cities may be destroyed,
millions of innocent people killed.
1583
01:46:41,772 --> 01:46:44,483
What do we say to them, Mr. Chairman?
"Accidents will happen"?
1584
01:46:44,566 --> 01:46:45,901
I won't accept that.
1585
01:46:49,821 --> 01:46:54,242
All I know is that as long
as we have weapons —
1586
01:46:54,326 --> 01:46:56,495
All I know is that men are responsible.
1587
01:46:56,578 --> 01:46:58,830
We're responsible for what happens to us.
1588
01:46:59,623 --> 01:47:01,374
Today we had a taste of the future.
1589
01:47:01,458 --> 01:47:04,461
Do we learn from it,
or do we go on the way we have?
1590
01:47:04,544 --> 01:47:06,630
What do we do, Mr. Chairman?
1591
01:47:06,713 --> 01:47:08,381
What do we say to the dead?
1592
01:47:11,718 --> 01:47:13,720
I think, if we are men...
1593
01:47:15,013 --> 01:47:19,476
we must say this will not happen again.
1594
01:47:21,436 --> 01:47:23,021
But do you think it possible...
1595
01:47:24,314 --> 01:47:25,816
with all that stands between us?
1596
01:47:25,899 --> 01:47:28,568
We put it there, Mr. Chairman,
and we're not helpless.
1597
01:47:28,652 --> 01:47:31,279
What we put between us, we can remove.
1598
01:47:34,324 --> 01:47:36,952
- Mr. President.
- Yes, Jay?
1599
01:47:37,786 --> 01:47:40,997
I can hear the sound of explosions
from the northeast.
1600
01:47:41,498 --> 01:47:43,792
The sky is very bright, all lit up —
1601
01:48:01,685 --> 01:48:03,353
Put me through to General Black.
1602
01:48:16,199 --> 01:48:17,617
Yes, Mr. President?
1603
01:48:18,702 --> 01:48:19,911
Blackie...
1604
01:48:20,412 --> 01:48:21,788
Yes, Mr. President?
1605
01:48:22,873 --> 01:48:24,749
Moscow's been destroyed.
1606
01:48:25,876 --> 01:48:27,878
Drop your bombs according to plan.
1607
01:48:29,462 --> 01:48:30,463
Yes, sir.
1608
01:48:40,307 --> 01:48:41,892
You've all been briefed
on the mission,
1609
01:48:41,975 --> 01:48:43,643
so there's nothing more to say.
1610
01:48:45,520 --> 01:48:47,147
I have only one last order.
1611
01:48:48,940 --> 01:48:54,654
Nobody else is to have anything to do
with the dropping of the bombs.
1612
01:48:56,823 --> 01:49:01,453
Repeat, I will fly the plane
and release the bombs.
1613
01:49:04,331 --> 01:49:06,416
The final act is mine.
1614
01:49:06,499 --> 01:49:09,628
On course, sir. Approaching target.
1615
01:49:12,088 --> 01:49:14,466
Countdown from ten.
Give me the signal.
1616
01:49:19,179 --> 01:49:21,973
- Now.
- Ten, nine, eight,
1617
01:49:22,057 --> 01:49:25,977
seven, six, five, four,
1618
01:49:26,061 --> 01:49:28,855
three, two, one.
1619
01:49:28,939 --> 01:49:29,940
Mark.
1620
01:49:36,571 --> 01:49:38,073
General Black!
1621
01:49:38,865 --> 01:49:41,368
Katie, the dream...
1622
01:49:42,619 --> 01:49:43,995
the dream...
1623
01:49:47,290 --> 01:49:48,750
the matador...
1624
01:49:50,669 --> 01:49:52,045
the matador...
1625
01:49:53,755 --> 01:49:55,173
the matador...
1626
01:49:57,926 --> 01:49:58,969
Me!
1627
01:50:00,262 --> 01:50:01,263
Me.
1628
01:50:25,787 --> 01:50:27,455
¡Olé!
1629
01:50:30,500 --> 01:50:32,419
¡Olé!