1 00:00:06,276 --> 00:00:07,760 In the First World War 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,408 and for the first time in the history of man, 3 00:00:09,648 --> 00:00:11,744 nations combined to fight against nations, 4 00:00:11,984 --> 00:00:13,585 using the crude weapons of those days. 5 00:00:13,825 --> 00:00:15,697 The Second World War 6 00:00:15,936 --> 00:00:18,368 involved every continent on the globe, 7 00:00:18,608 --> 00:00:21,216 and men turned to science for new devices of warfare, 8 00:00:21,456 --> 00:00:23,489 which reached an unparalleled peak 9 00:00:23,729 --> 00:00:25,313 in their capacity for destruction. 10 00:00:25,553 --> 00:00:26,561 And now, 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:28,513 fought with the terrible weapons of superscience, 12 00:00:28,753 --> 00:00:31,633 menacing all mankind and every creature on Earth, 13 00:00:31,873 --> 00:00:33,297 comes... 14 00:00:33,537 --> 00:00:34,625 The War of the Worlds. 15 00:01:36,851 --> 00:01:38,640 No one would have believed 16 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,209 in the middle of the 20th century 17 00:01:40,449 --> 00:01:43,248 that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely 18 00:01:43,488 --> 00:01:45,520 by intelligences greater than man's. 19 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,064 Yet across the gulf of space, on the planet Mars, 20 00:01:50,304 --> 00:01:53,649 intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic 21 00:01:53,889 --> 00:01:56,016 regarded our Earth with envious eyes, 22 00:01:56,256 --> 00:02:00,752 slowly and surely drawing their plans against us. 23 00:02:00,991 --> 00:02:04,176 Mars is more than 140 million miles from the sun, 24 00:02:04,416 --> 00:02:05,680 and for centuries 25 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,720 it has been in the last stages of exhaustion. 26 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,464 At night, temperatures drop far below zero, 27 00:02:12,704 --> 00:02:14,000 even at its equator. 28 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,465 The inhabitants of this dying planet 29 00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:17,632 looked across space 30 00:02:17,872 --> 00:02:19,456 with instruments and intelligences 31 00:02:19,696 --> 00:02:21,600 of which we have scarcely dreamed, 32 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,144 searching for another world to which they could migrate. 33 00:02:26,384 --> 00:02:29,345 They could not go to Pluto, outermost of all planets, 34 00:02:29,584 --> 00:02:34,752 and so cold that its atmosphere lies frozen on its surface. 35 00:02:34,991 --> 00:02:37,056 They couldn't go to Neptune or Uranus, 36 00:02:37,296 --> 00:02:40,960 twin worlds in eternal night and perpetual cold, 37 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,065 both surrounded by an unbreathable atmosphere 38 00:02:44,305 --> 00:02:46,465 of methane gas and ammonia vapor. 39 00:02:47,812 --> 00:02:51,264 The Martians considered Saturn, an attractive world, 40 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:54,784 with its many moons and beautiful rings of cosmic dust. 41 00:02:55,024 --> 00:02:59,808 But its temperature is close to 270 degrees below zero, 42 00:03:00,048 --> 00:03:04,800 and ice lies 15,000 miles deep on its surface. 43 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,041 Their nearest world was giant Jupiter, 44 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,080 where there are titanic cliffs of lava and ice 45 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,288 with hydrogen flaming at the tops, 46 00:03:12,528 --> 00:03:15,216 where the atmospheric pressure is terrible, 47 00:03:15,456 --> 00:03:17,680 thousands of pounds to the square-inch. 48 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:19,568 They couldn't go there. 49 00:03:19,808 --> 00:03:23,377 Nor could they go to Mercury, nearest planet to the sun. 50 00:03:23,617 --> 00:03:24,720 It has no air, 51 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,896 and the temperature at its equator 52 00:03:27,135 --> 00:03:29,776 is that of molten lead. 53 00:03:30,015 --> 00:03:31,472 Of all the worlds 54 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:35,056 that the intelligences on Mars could see and study, 55 00:03:35,296 --> 00:03:37,680 only our own warm Earth 56 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,617 was green with vegetation, bright with water 57 00:03:41,857 --> 00:03:44,752 and possessed a cloudy atmosphere 58 00:03:44,992 --> 00:03:47,248 eloquent of fertility. 59 00:03:47,488 --> 00:03:49,071 It did not occur to mankind 60 00:03:49,311 --> 00:03:51,569 that a swift fate might be hanging over us 61 00:03:51,809 --> 00:03:54,768 or that from the blackness of outer space 62 00:03:55,008 --> 00:03:57,968 we were being scrutinized and studied, 63 00:03:58,208 --> 00:04:02,384 until the time of our nearest approach to the orbit of Mars 64 00:04:02,624 --> 00:04:04,266 during a pleasant summer season... 65 00:04:16,915 --> 00:04:18,240 Is that a fireball or something? 66 00:04:18,479 --> 00:04:19,456 Boy, that's big! 67 00:04:19,696 --> 00:04:21,875 Maybe it's a comet. 68 00:04:23,987 --> 00:04:25,312 Boy, that had me scared. 69 00:04:25,551 --> 00:04:26,529 Wonder where it lit. 70 00:04:26,768 --> 00:04:27,712 Miles away, I'll bet you. 71 00:04:27,952 --> 00:04:28,800 Hey, let's go find it. 72 00:04:29,039 --> 00:04:30,369 That probably dropped halfway to Pomona. 73 00:04:30,608 --> 00:04:31,489 Oh, it was nearer than that. 74 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:33,696 I'm gonna see. Who's coming? 75 00:04:33,935 --> 00:04:36,385 This is Pine Summit. I got a smoke. 76 00:04:36,624 --> 00:04:37,792 One-sixty, 30. 77 00:04:38,031 --> 00:04:41,471 Azimuth reading: 160 degrees, 30 minutes. 78 00:04:41,711 --> 00:04:43,136 Big? 79 00:04:43,376 --> 00:04:46,816 I'll bet it's as big as anything that ever lit in California. 80 00:04:47,056 --> 00:04:48,320 You better get something over there. 81 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,701 It's started a blaze already. 82 00:04:55,811 --> 00:04:56,864 Over here, man! 83 00:04:57,104 --> 00:04:58,017 It's burning this way. 84 00:04:58,257 --> 00:05:00,385 You there, with the shovel! 85 00:05:00,624 --> 00:05:01,888 Quick! Fire over there! 86 00:05:02,127 --> 00:05:04,400 All right. Come over here and give us a hand! 87 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,513 Anyone have a flashlight? 88 00:05:08,659 --> 00:05:10,117 Quick! Come on over here! 89 00:05:11,779 --> 00:05:13,856 Let me get in there! 90 00:05:14,096 --> 00:05:15,520 Out of the way! Out of the way! 91 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,248 Which way are you going? Left? 92 00:05:17,488 --> 00:05:19,744 Bring that hose over here. 93 00:05:19,984 --> 00:05:21,664 We're getting it licked, fellas. 94 00:05:21,904 --> 00:05:22,848 Keep at it. 95 00:05:23,088 --> 00:05:24,897 Hey, grab this! 96 00:05:25,137 --> 00:05:28,192 Joe! Joe! Lend a hand over here! 97 00:05:28,432 --> 00:05:31,553 Number three to D.O. Number three to D.O. 98 00:05:31,792 --> 00:05:33,377 D.O. to number three. Come in. 99 00:05:33,616 --> 00:05:34,848 We're getting this under control. 100 00:05:35,088 --> 00:05:36,417 We won't need any more help. Over. 101 00:05:36,657 --> 00:05:38,752 Okay. Send the tanker in, 102 00:05:38,992 --> 00:05:41,568 but you can stand by until that thing cools off. Over. 103 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:43,872 I think somebody ought to check on it. Over. 104 00:05:44,112 --> 00:05:46,400 Well, there's some fellas fishing at Pine Summit. 105 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,440 I think they're scientists. They probably saw it come down. 106 00:05:49,679 --> 00:05:51,552 I'll let them know. What's it look like? 107 00:05:51,792 --> 00:05:53,952 Can't get near enough to see it very well. 108 00:05:54,192 --> 00:05:56,993 It's too hot. But it's a whale of a size. 109 00:06:05,347 --> 00:06:08,032 I got a message for you. 110 00:06:08,271 --> 00:06:09,920 You're the guys from Pacific Tech, ain't you? 111 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,224 Right. 112 00:06:12,464 --> 00:06:13,857 Looks like the fishing was good. 113 00:06:14,097 --> 00:06:15,680 Have some? 114 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,241 Well, I might just do that. 115 00:06:20,195 --> 00:06:22,241 It's about that meteor. 116 00:06:23,460 --> 00:06:25,570 They say it's a whopper. 117 00:06:27,971 --> 00:06:29,184 The district officer phoned us 118 00:06:29,424 --> 00:06:30,815 at the lookout up on the summit. 119 00:06:31,055 --> 00:06:32,128 I thought you might be interested. 120 00:06:32,368 --> 00:06:33,695 It's about ten or 12 miles from here, 121 00:06:33,935 --> 00:06:34,912 over by Linda Rosa. 122 00:06:35,151 --> 00:06:35,985 Are they sure it's a meteor? 123 00:06:36,224 --> 00:06:37,584 It didn't come down like one. 124 00:06:37,824 --> 00:06:38,784 That's right. 125 00:06:39,024 --> 00:06:42,145 Came down in kind of spurts, didn't it? 126 00:06:42,384 --> 00:06:43,777 Well, you fellas will have to figure it out. 127 00:06:44,017 --> 00:06:45,120 You're scientists. 128 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:46,976 All I know is, they say it's as big as a house 129 00:06:47,216 --> 00:06:48,512 and practically red-hot. 130 00:06:48,751 --> 00:06:49,951 I'd like to borrow your car 131 00:06:50,191 --> 00:06:51,296 and take a look at it in the morning. 132 00:06:51,536 --> 00:06:52,352 Well, we ought to get back. 133 00:06:52,591 --> 00:06:54,369 I can fly Bilderbeck down in your plane. 134 00:06:54,608 --> 00:06:56,897 Okay. The insurance is paid up. 135 00:06:57,136 --> 00:06:58,655 Light? 136 00:06:58,895 --> 00:07:00,001 No, I'll smoke it later. 137 00:07:15,203 --> 00:07:16,480 Did you watch it come down? 138 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:17,888 I seen it from our window. 139 00:07:18,128 --> 00:07:19,296 Not just from the window. 140 00:07:19,536 --> 00:07:21,184 The whole house lit right up. 141 00:07:21,424 --> 00:07:23,264 Harold. Harold. Look here a minute. 142 00:07:23,504 --> 00:07:24,737 And step over to your left, 143 00:07:24,976 --> 00:07:26,495 just a little. And hold it. 144 00:07:26,735 --> 00:07:27,680 Smile. 145 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,393 It must've hit way up there 146 00:07:29,632 --> 00:07:30,832 and then skidded along the gully. 147 00:07:31,072 --> 00:07:32,081 After it stopped, 148 00:07:32,321 --> 00:07:33,905 all that loose earth and stuff shook down over it. 149 00:07:34,145 --> 00:07:35,024 Excuse me. 150 00:07:35,264 --> 00:07:36,656 I guess most of it's buried. 151 00:07:36,896 --> 00:07:38,801 That's 12 feet thick, easy. Maybe more. 152 00:07:39,041 --> 00:07:40,272 Meteors always run heavy. 153 00:07:40,512 --> 00:07:44,112 They won't be able to haul this one away to no museum. 154 00:07:44,352 --> 00:07:46,800 It'll be a real good attraction for Sunday drivers. 155 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,376 Better than a lion farm or a snake pit. 156 00:07:49,616 --> 00:07:50,752 We won't have to feed it. 157 00:07:50,992 --> 00:07:52,768 Sure. We can sell the tamales 158 00:07:53,008 --> 00:07:54,239 and the enchiladas and the hot dogs too. 159 00:07:54,479 --> 00:07:55,904 Yeah! Ice cream, cold drinks, souvenirs. 160 00:07:56,144 --> 00:07:58,064 I think we should put up a few picnic tables. 161 00:07:58,304 --> 00:08:00,689 No, no. Then they'd bring their own lunches. 162 00:08:01,859 --> 00:08:03,136 What's the idea, Buck? 163 00:08:03,376 --> 00:08:04,896 Gonna dig for gold? 164 00:08:05,136 --> 00:08:06,432 You think you're kidding? 165 00:08:06,671 --> 00:08:10,041 It's gonna be like having a gold mine in our own backyard. 166 00:08:10,755 --> 00:08:12,512 I'm gonna get a closer look at it. 167 00:08:12,752 --> 00:08:13,985 Yes. 168 00:08:18,467 --> 00:08:20,736 Reckon this is solid all through here? 169 00:08:20,976 --> 00:08:23,136 Lucky it didn't come down in the middle of town. 170 00:08:23,376 --> 00:08:25,025 I wonder who owns this property. 171 00:08:25,264 --> 00:08:27,008 You might be able to make a dime out of this. 172 00:08:27,248 --> 00:08:29,248 That's it over there. 173 00:08:29,488 --> 00:08:31,536 Feels pretty darn hot! 174 00:08:31,775 --> 00:08:33,265 What's the idea of the shovel? 175 00:08:33,504 --> 00:08:35,281 - Be careful, Buck. - Yeah. Watch it, Buck. 176 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:36,848 Easy, Buck, man. 177 00:08:37,087 --> 00:08:37,936 Hey! 178 00:08:38,176 --> 00:08:39,344 That's pretty hot there. 179 00:08:39,584 --> 00:08:41,360 Boy, you can feel the heat from here. 180 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,072 Did you see it come down? 181 00:08:43,312 --> 00:08:44,673 Yes, I was fishing up in the hills. 182 00:08:44,912 --> 00:08:46,752 Well, you must've caught plenty with all that tackle. 183 00:08:46,991 --> 00:08:47,936 Well, there were three of us. 184 00:08:48,176 --> 00:08:50,164 The others flew back in my plane. 185 00:08:50,979 --> 00:08:52,865 I don't understand why a meteor that size 186 00:08:53,104 --> 00:08:54,144 didn't make a bigger crater. 187 00:08:54,384 --> 00:08:55,952 Oh, it hit sideways and skidded in. 188 00:08:56,192 --> 00:08:58,768 At least that's what I think. I don't really know. 189 00:08:59,007 --> 00:09:01,712 But the ranger said a scientist is coming from Pacific Tech. 190 00:09:01,952 --> 00:09:04,240 He'll tell us. Clayton Forrester. Ever hear of him? 191 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,736 What's that fella trying to do, dig it out? 192 00:09:06,976 --> 00:09:09,168 He's top man in astro- and nuclear physics. 193 00:09:09,408 --> 00:09:11,025 He knows all about meteors. 194 00:09:11,906 --> 00:09:13,728 You seem to know all about him. 195 00:09:13,967 --> 00:09:16,288 Well, I did a thesis on modern scientists, 196 00:09:16,528 --> 00:09:17,728 working for my master's degree. 197 00:09:17,967 --> 00:09:19,200 Did it do you any good? 198 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,072 Why, sure. I got it. 199 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:24,640 Say, do you have a match? 200 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,392 No, I'm sorry, I don't smoke. 201 00:09:27,632 --> 00:09:29,504 Forrester's the man behind the new atomic engines. 202 00:09:29,744 --> 00:09:31,328 They had him on the cover of Time. 203 00:09:31,568 --> 00:09:33,088 You know, you've got to rate to get that. 204 00:09:33,327 --> 00:09:34,783 Yeah. He isn't that good. 205 00:09:35,023 --> 00:09:37,472 Well, now, how can you say that when you don't even know him? 206 00:09:37,712 --> 00:09:39,264 Well, I do know him. Slightly. 207 00:09:39,504 --> 00:09:41,120 Oh, what's he like? 208 00:09:41,359 --> 00:09:43,519 Well, he's like, uh... 209 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:46,593 Like, uh... 210 00:09:47,747 --> 00:09:49,183 Oh! 211 00:09:49,423 --> 00:09:51,007 Well, you certainly don't look like yourself 212 00:09:51,247 --> 00:09:52,384 in that getup, Dr. Forrester. 213 00:09:52,623 --> 00:09:54,048 But I'm happy to meet you anyway. 214 00:09:54,287 --> 00:09:55,616 I'm Sylvia Van Buren. 215 00:09:55,855 --> 00:09:58,015 I teach Library Science over at USC. 216 00:09:58,255 --> 00:09:59,424 I didn't know how to stop you. 217 00:09:59,664 --> 00:10:01,600 Well, I might've recognized you without the beard. 218 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,808 And you didn't wear glasses on the Time cover. 219 00:10:04,047 --> 00:10:05,407 Well, they're really for long distance. 220 00:10:05,647 --> 00:10:09,055 When I want to look at something close, I take them off. 221 00:10:16,179 --> 00:10:18,059 Come on, get out! Get up out of there! 222 00:10:23,316 --> 00:10:25,904 Boy, you could fry eggs on that thing! 223 00:10:26,144 --> 00:10:28,369 All that sand will keep the heat in for a long time. 224 00:10:28,608 --> 00:10:31,089 Oh, Uncle Matthew, this is Dr. Clayton Forrester. 225 00:10:31,328 --> 00:10:34,544 My uncle, Dr. Matthew Collins, pastor of the community church. 226 00:10:34,784 --> 00:10:36,720 Well, I... How do you do, Dr. Forrester? 227 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:37,744 How do you do, sir? 228 00:10:37,984 --> 00:10:40,017 Hey, you! 229 00:10:46,131 --> 00:10:47,568 What you got in here, fella? 230 00:10:47,807 --> 00:10:49,553 Ticking like a bomb. 231 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:55,248 This is a Geiger counter for detecting radioactivity. 232 00:10:55,487 --> 00:10:59,728 We did a little bit of surveying while we were up in the hills. 233 00:11:09,203 --> 00:11:10,672 It's that meteor. 234 00:11:10,912 --> 00:11:12,447 It's radioactive? 235 00:11:12,687 --> 00:11:16,545 Yes. Difficult to account for a reaction like that. 236 00:11:21,202 --> 00:11:23,344 Look at this thing. It's going crazy. 237 00:11:23,584 --> 00:11:25,231 Maybe we ought to keep people away from it, huh? 238 00:11:25,471 --> 00:11:26,320 Might be a good idea. 239 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:27,728 I'll post two or three deputies. 240 00:11:27,968 --> 00:11:29,956 They can make sure it doesn't start any more fires too. 241 00:11:31,075 --> 00:11:32,672 You know, that meteor's either very light, 242 00:11:32,912 --> 00:11:33,983 which is unheard of, 243 00:11:34,223 --> 00:11:36,192 or else it's hollow somehow. 244 00:11:36,432 --> 00:11:37,792 If it were heavy and solid, 245 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:41,504 it would have made a tremendous crater when it landed. 246 00:11:41,744 --> 00:11:44,160 I think I'll wait around until it cools off. 247 00:11:44,399 --> 00:11:46,144 If you tell me of a place in town, 248 00:11:46,384 --> 00:11:47,775 I... I could clean up. 249 00:11:48,015 --> 00:11:50,272 I'd be delighted if you'd stay at my house, Dr. Forrester. 250 00:11:50,511 --> 00:11:51,775 Thank you. 251 00:11:52,015 --> 00:11:54,976 Probably won't be cool for another 24 hours. 252 00:11:55,216 --> 00:11:57,152 What do people do around here on a Saturday? 253 00:11:57,392 --> 00:11:58,657 They don't do much of anything. 254 00:11:58,896 --> 00:12:00,923 There's a square dance at the social hall this evening. 255 00:12:02,627 --> 00:12:04,704 ♫ Allemande left And the ladies star ♫ 256 00:12:04,944 --> 00:12:06,271 ♫ Gents walk around But not too far ♫ 257 00:12:06,511 --> 00:12:08,064 ♫ Allemande left And the gentlemen star ♫ 258 00:12:08,304 --> 00:12:09,985 ♫ Ladies walk around But not too far ♫ 259 00:12:11,395 --> 00:12:14,048 ♫ First and third You balance and swing ♫ 260 00:12:14,288 --> 00:12:15,775 ♫ Promenade the outside ring ♫ 261 00:12:16,015 --> 00:12:18,303 ♫ Three-quarter Round the outside ring ♫ 262 00:12:18,543 --> 00:12:19,967 ♫ Through that couple And not too far ♫ 263 00:12:20,207 --> 00:12:21,696 ♫ Meet in the center With a right-hand star ♫ 264 00:12:21,935 --> 00:12:23,424 ♫ Swing your corner With the left hand round ♫ 265 00:12:23,664 --> 00:12:25,575 ♫ It's once and a half On the merry-go-round... ♫ 266 00:12:32,050 --> 00:12:34,881 Well, let's take another look at it. 267 00:13:00,354 --> 00:13:01,631 Almost cold now, ain't it? 268 00:13:01,871 --> 00:13:03,455 It won't start any more fires. 269 00:13:03,695 --> 00:13:04,448 We might as well go home. 270 00:13:04,687 --> 00:13:07,007 Yeah, no sense staying out here. 271 00:13:07,247 --> 00:13:08,832 Let's go. 272 00:13:13,395 --> 00:13:14,256 Hey, 273 00:13:14,496 --> 00:13:16,689 it's moving! 274 00:13:33,138 --> 00:13:34,991 It's a bomb. 275 00:13:35,231 --> 00:13:36,911 It don't go off last night. 276 00:13:37,151 --> 00:13:38,543 Maybe it's gonna go off now, huh? 277 00:13:38,783 --> 00:13:41,488 It's an enemy sneak attack. Let's get out of here. 278 00:13:41,727 --> 00:13:42,575 Wait a minute. 279 00:13:42,815 --> 00:13:43,729 Wait a minute. 280 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:47,584 Bombs don't unscrew. 281 00:13:48,642 --> 00:13:51,377 It's no meteor, that's for sure. 282 00:13:53,075 --> 00:13:56,240 Darnedest thing I ever saw... 283 00:13:56,479 --> 00:13:58,659 the way that's unscrewing. 284 00:14:06,467 --> 00:14:08,799 Thank you, Dr. Forrester. You having fun? 285 00:14:09,039 --> 00:14:11,488 Yup. And you want to know what I was thinking? 286 00:14:11,728 --> 00:14:13,344 If we could gather all the energy expended 287 00:14:13,584 --> 00:14:14,751 in just one square dance, 288 00:14:14,991 --> 00:14:16,929 we could send that meteor back to where it came from. 289 00:15:03,458 --> 00:15:04,879 Must be somebody in there. 290 00:15:05,119 --> 00:15:06,192 Who? 291 00:15:06,432 --> 00:15:07,567 Where do you think they come from? 292 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,008 How would I know? 293 00:15:09,248 --> 00:15:12,144 I read someplace Mars is near the Earth right now. 294 00:15:12,384 --> 00:15:15,920 Happens every 18, 20 years, they say. 295 00:15:16,159 --> 00:15:18,223 Men from Mars. 296 00:15:18,463 --> 00:15:19,824 What do you think? 297 00:15:20,064 --> 00:15:22,768 Maybe these are not men. Not like us. 298 00:15:23,008 --> 00:15:26,192 Everything human doesn't have to look like you and me. 299 00:15:30,291 --> 00:15:32,815 If it's men from Mars, 300 00:15:33,055 --> 00:15:34,384 we ought to let them know we're friendly. 301 00:15:34,624 --> 00:15:37,423 Don't fool around with something when you don't know what it is. 302 00:15:37,663 --> 00:15:39,920 We'd be the first to make contact with them, see? 303 00:15:40,159 --> 00:15:42,000 We'd be in all the papers. 304 00:15:42,239 --> 00:15:43,183 How about that? 305 00:15:43,423 --> 00:15:44,848 We could show them we're friendly, huh? 306 00:15:45,088 --> 00:15:47,439 Uh, walk out there with a white flag. 307 00:15:47,679 --> 00:15:50,928 Here, I-I've got an old sugar sack in my car. 308 00:15:58,818 --> 00:16:01,235 What are we going to say to them? 309 00:16:03,139 --> 00:16:05,057 Welcome to California. 310 00:16:06,019 --> 00:16:08,480 Come on. 311 00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:38,511 We're friends! 312 00:16:38,751 --> 00:16:40,847 Yeah! 313 00:16:41,087 --> 00:16:42,991 Hey, there. Open up. 314 00:16:43,231 --> 00:16:44,671 How they gonna understand us? 315 00:16:44,911 --> 00:16:46,656 We'll talk in sign language. 316 00:16:46,896 --> 00:16:48,223 They'll understand us, all right. 317 00:16:48,463 --> 00:16:50,944 Sure. Sure. 318 00:16:51,184 --> 00:16:52,255 Everybody understands 319 00:16:52,495 --> 00:16:54,432 when you wave the white flag, you want to be friends. 320 00:16:54,672 --> 00:16:55,680 Hey, there. 321 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:56,767 Open up. 322 00:16:57,007 --> 00:16:58,975 Come on out. We're friends. 323 00:16:59,215 --> 00:17:01,936 That's right. We welcome you. 324 00:17:02,175 --> 00:17:03,933 We're friends. Yeah. 325 00:17:08,354 --> 00:17:09,888 Hey! The lights! 326 00:17:16,066 --> 00:17:17,951 Where's the fuse box? 327 00:17:18,190 --> 00:17:20,512 No smooching in the dark, folks. 328 00:17:22,338 --> 00:17:23,711 Any candles around? 329 00:17:23,950 --> 00:17:26,305 Hey, look, look. All the lights in town have gone out. 330 00:17:30,643 --> 00:17:33,520 Somebody's found some candles. 331 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,144 Zippy, call the electric company and see what happened. 332 00:17:36,383 --> 00:17:37,105 Okay. 333 00:17:47,778 --> 00:17:50,527 Hey, the phone's gone dead! 334 00:17:50,767 --> 00:17:52,416 That's funny. The phone's 335 00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:53,984 not on the same circuit as the lights. 336 00:17:54,224 --> 00:17:55,264 What are they saying, honey? 337 00:17:55,504 --> 00:17:57,568 Something's wrong with my hearing aid. 338 00:17:57,807 --> 00:18:01,599 Well, we always play "Good Night, Ladies" at 12:00 anyway. 339 00:18:01,839 --> 00:18:03,200 It must be nearly that now. 340 00:18:05,442 --> 00:18:06,815 My watch has stopped. 341 00:18:07,055 --> 00:18:08,672 Oh, I've got the time. 342 00:18:10,434 --> 00:18:11,839 Huh, mine's stopped too. 343 00:18:12,079 --> 00:18:13,376 So has mine. 344 00:18:13,615 --> 00:18:15,566 Jeepers, mine ain't working. What is this? 345 00:18:19,363 --> 00:18:21,983 Why, they've all stopped at the same time. 346 00:18:22,223 --> 00:18:25,376 There's only one explanation for a thing like this. 347 00:18:25,616 --> 00:18:27,744 Do you have a pin? 348 00:18:37,618 --> 00:18:38,864 Oh, look! 349 00:18:39,104 --> 00:18:40,239 Look! 350 00:18:40,479 --> 00:18:41,647 You see that? 351 00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:43,631 My watch is magnetized. 352 00:18:43,871 --> 00:18:46,848 That's what knocked the phones out too. 353 00:18:47,088 --> 00:18:49,151 How could it happen to everybody's watch all together? 354 00:18:49,390 --> 00:18:50,336 Do you have a pocket compass? 355 00:18:50,576 --> 00:18:51,936 Yeah. 356 00:18:56,258 --> 00:18:58,783 Hey, that needle isn't pointing north. 357 00:18:59,023 --> 00:19:01,203 It's pointing to the gully where that meteor came down. 358 00:19:02,211 --> 00:19:04,736 All right, folks, let me through. Let me through. 359 00:19:14,531 --> 00:19:16,127 Sheriff, what's going on? 360 00:19:16,367 --> 00:19:18,783 I don't know any more than you do, Joe. 361 00:19:19,023 --> 00:19:20,960 Look at the fire out there! 362 00:19:23,219 --> 00:19:26,384 - Boy, is that something! - Let's go see! 363 00:19:52,258 --> 00:19:53,888 The power lines are down. 364 00:19:54,127 --> 00:19:56,001 That explains why the lights went out. 365 00:19:58,546 --> 00:19:59,695 What...? 366 00:19:59,934 --> 00:20:01,487 Hey, look at the car. 367 00:20:01,727 --> 00:20:05,232 Where are the three men you left out here? 368 00:20:08,530 --> 00:20:09,488 Look there! 369 00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:18,175 People in town started to follow us. 370 00:20:18,415 --> 00:20:20,192 Don't let them come anywhere near here. 371 00:20:33,907 --> 00:20:36,640 Jump! Get under cover! 372 00:20:51,346 --> 00:20:53,199 What is that gizmo? 373 00:20:53,438 --> 00:20:56,976 I think that gizmo is a machine from another planet. 374 00:20:58,001 --> 00:21:00,815 We better get word to the authorities. 375 00:21:01,055 --> 00:21:03,313 Look! 376 00:21:06,386 --> 00:21:10,255 Sheriff, you'd better get word to the military. 377 00:21:10,495 --> 00:21:11,792 You're going to need them out here. 378 00:21:30,082 --> 00:21:32,512 Get moving, on the double. 379 00:21:34,418 --> 00:21:36,031 Take cover along the riverbed! 380 00:21:36,271 --> 00:21:38,451 Get those 30s over here. 381 00:21:40,658 --> 00:21:43,823 The area is under control of Marines from El Toro Base, 382 00:21:44,063 --> 00:21:44,977 and the gully is surrounded. 383 00:21:45,217 --> 00:21:46,383 Oh, and here's Professor McPherson 384 00:21:46,623 --> 00:21:48,463 of the Canadian Meteorological Research Council. 385 00:21:48,703 --> 00:21:50,543 Is it true, professor, you've had reports of landings 386 00:21:50,783 --> 00:21:52,239 in other places? In Canada? 387 00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:53,904 Not in Canada yet, 388 00:21:54,144 --> 00:21:55,600 but in Bordeaux, France, 389 00:21:55,839 --> 00:21:57,007 some in Spain. 390 00:21:57,247 --> 00:22:00,879 There's supposed to be one down near the Gulf of Taranto, Italy. 391 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,119 We're trying to locate the second meteor 392 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:05,487 that landed in this vicinity just about midnight. 393 00:22:05,727 --> 00:22:08,015 Well, do you think they come from Mars? 394 00:22:08,255 --> 00:22:10,128 What do you think, Dr. Forrester? 395 00:22:10,368 --> 00:22:11,407 Oh, it's possible. 396 00:22:11,647 --> 00:22:13,344 At least it seems certain they're from some planet 397 00:22:13,583 --> 00:22:16,095 other than our own. 398 00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:17,599 Suppose they are Martians, professor. 399 00:22:17,839 --> 00:22:18,591 What would they look like? 400 00:22:18,830 --> 00:22:20,415 Bigger than us? Smaller? 401 00:22:20,654 --> 00:22:22,271 Well, as to Martians, 402 00:22:22,511 --> 00:22:24,223 our gravitational pull would weigh them down. 403 00:22:24,463 --> 00:22:26,079 Our heavier air would oppress them. 404 00:22:26,319 --> 00:22:28,768 Then you think they'd be breathing creatures, like us. 405 00:22:29,008 --> 00:22:31,199 What about the heart and blood and all that? 406 00:22:31,439 --> 00:22:32,767 Well, if they are Martians, 407 00:22:33,007 --> 00:22:34,239 and if they do have hearts, 408 00:22:34,479 --> 00:22:36,671 they'd almost certainly beat at a slower rate. 409 00:22:36,911 --> 00:22:38,879 Their veins might be distended. 410 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,863 Their senses could be quite different from ours. 411 00:22:41,103 --> 00:22:45,791 They may, for instance, be able to smell colors. 412 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,271 Precedent in our own evolution makes it possible 413 00:22:48,511 --> 00:22:50,415 that they have more than one brain. 414 00:22:50,655 --> 00:22:52,048 You mean two? Three? 415 00:22:52,287 --> 00:22:53,231 Just think of that, folks. 416 00:22:53,471 --> 00:22:54,895 It's only speculation. 417 00:22:55,135 --> 00:22:58,031 Now, Dr. Forrester, what about these meteor machines? 418 00:22:58,271 --> 00:22:59,791 They're probably controlled by jets 419 00:23:00,031 --> 00:23:01,552 after they enter our atmosphere 420 00:23:01,791 --> 00:23:04,239 and navigated by some form of gyroscopic mechanism. 421 00:23:04,479 --> 00:23:06,352 Thank you, Dr. Forrester. 422 00:23:06,591 --> 00:23:08,879 Oh, colonel, can you tell us anything 423 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:10,288 about this plane that's coming over? 424 00:23:10,527 --> 00:23:11,567 It will drop a flare. 425 00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:13,264 That's the only way we dare put a light on them. 426 00:23:13,503 --> 00:23:14,927 Then Air Force cameramen will get pictures. 427 00:23:15,167 --> 00:23:17,839 That was Marine Colonel Ralph Heffner. 428 00:23:18,079 --> 00:23:20,495 There's been a lot of mysterious activity around the machine. 429 00:23:20,734 --> 00:23:23,279 Lights and dust, as if they're digging themselves out. 430 00:23:23,519 --> 00:23:24,912 And there it comes again! 431 00:23:26,593 --> 00:23:27,839 If this keeps up, 432 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:30,400 it'll be a guide for the plane when it comes over. 433 00:23:37,602 --> 00:23:39,488 Is that the plane now? Yes. He's signaling. 434 00:23:39,727 --> 00:23:40,959 The pilot has just blipped his motor. 435 00:23:41,198 --> 00:23:42,559 That means he's dropped the flare. 436 00:23:42,799 --> 00:23:44,767 He's flying high, so it'll take a few seconds to come down. 437 00:23:45,007 --> 00:23:45,823 When it does burst, 438 00:23:46,063 --> 00:23:47,328 we shall be the first men on Earth 439 00:23:47,567 --> 00:23:49,440 to get a real look at these invaders from space. 440 00:24:04,818 --> 00:24:07,233 They're after the plane with their ray! 441 00:24:09,842 --> 00:24:11,261 Take cover! Jump for it! 442 00:24:17,681 --> 00:24:18,896 Here we are in... 443 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:22,255 Hey! 444 00:24:22,495 --> 00:24:23,375 They cut me off! 445 00:24:23,615 --> 00:24:24,784 They got my truck! 446 00:24:27,346 --> 00:24:29,775 It looks like they're gonna come out of that gully pretty soon. 447 00:24:30,015 --> 00:24:32,591 We'll have to rush our defenses to be ready when they do. 448 00:24:32,830 --> 00:24:34,479 You're going to need plenty of reinforcements. 449 00:24:34,719 --> 00:24:35,440 We'll get them. 450 00:25:18,386 --> 00:25:20,496 They got the fire road blocked. 451 00:25:20,735 --> 00:25:22,702 A truck turned over. 452 00:25:22,942 --> 00:25:24,815 The troops are certainly moving in here. 453 00:25:25,055 --> 00:25:26,943 I know you sent word to the Sixth Army Command. 454 00:25:27,183 --> 00:25:28,543 No, I just told them the local situation. 455 00:25:28,783 --> 00:25:30,112 Colonel Heffner's in charge. 456 00:25:32,706 --> 00:25:34,623 Never know where you're going to wind up 457 00:25:34,863 --> 00:25:36,159 when you go to a square dance, do you? 458 00:25:36,398 --> 00:25:37,791 Runner? Where's a runner? 459 00:25:38,031 --> 00:25:38,959 That's D-24. 460 00:25:39,199 --> 00:25:41,775 Correct. 461 00:25:42,014 --> 00:25:44,495 Now, locate your observation post on this hill. 462 00:25:44,735 --> 00:25:47,279 Position your recoilless 75s back here. 463 00:25:47,518 --> 00:25:48,463 Carbon Canyon. 464 00:25:48,703 --> 00:25:49,423 Yes, sir. 465 00:25:49,663 --> 00:25:51,023 I want your battery here. 466 00:25:51,262 --> 00:25:52,847 You may find, at daylight, you're too exposed, 467 00:25:53,087 --> 00:25:55,087 so keep your prime movers ready to pull you out fast. 468 00:25:55,327 --> 00:25:56,654 But you'll get first crack at them. 469 00:25:56,894 --> 00:25:58,415 Suits me. Will that be all? Colonel Heffner? 470 00:25:58,655 --> 00:26:00,399 Yes, report when you're set up. 471 00:26:03,473 --> 00:26:05,583 Heffner. 472 00:26:05,823 --> 00:26:07,055 Half-tracks? Okay. 473 00:26:07,295 --> 00:26:09,887 Get in back of hill three. 474 00:26:10,127 --> 00:26:11,743 Repeat, hill three. 475 00:26:11,983 --> 00:26:14,815 If it's a moving target, follow up from there. 476 00:26:15,054 --> 00:26:16,607 Number six, do you hear me? Right. 477 00:26:16,847 --> 00:26:19,359 Anybody get a look at the Martians yet? 478 00:26:19,598 --> 00:26:22,367 They've located that second meteor. 479 00:26:22,607 --> 00:26:24,415 What's your range? 480 00:26:24,654 --> 00:26:26,974 Mark it up. 481 00:26:27,214 --> 00:26:28,719 Weapons truck turned over on the road. 482 00:26:28,959 --> 00:26:29,679 Take action and report. 483 00:26:29,919 --> 00:26:31,791 Company tactical net out of action. 484 00:26:32,030 --> 00:26:32,943 No radio. 485 00:26:33,183 --> 00:26:35,503 Three. One. Eight. Zero. 486 00:26:35,743 --> 00:26:37,423 There's one, there's the other. 487 00:26:37,663 --> 00:26:39,023 Here we are right between them. 488 00:26:39,262 --> 00:26:41,615 So is the town, I notice. 489 00:26:41,855 --> 00:26:43,503 I warned them to be ready if they have to evacuate. 490 00:26:43,743 --> 00:26:44,687 I just came to tell you 491 00:26:44,927 --> 00:26:45,807 everyone has been alerted. 492 00:26:46,047 --> 00:26:47,823 Hup! As you were. 493 00:26:48,063 --> 00:26:49,262 General Mann. I was told to expect you, sir. 494 00:26:49,502 --> 00:26:50,222 I'm Colonel Heffner. 495 00:26:50,462 --> 00:26:51,438 I'm here to make up a report, 496 00:26:51,678 --> 00:26:53,358 not to interfere with the operations you've set up. 497 00:26:53,598 --> 00:26:54,318 You're still in command. 498 00:26:54,558 --> 00:26:55,663 Clayton Forrester. 499 00:26:55,903 --> 00:26:56,975 I haven't seen you since Oak Ridge. 500 00:26:57,215 --> 00:26:58,031 Good to see you, general. 501 00:26:58,271 --> 00:26:59,567 Oh, this is Pastor Collins. Hi, sir. 502 00:26:59,807 --> 00:27:01,583 Sheriff Bogany, head of local control. Sure. 503 00:27:01,823 --> 00:27:02,895 Miss Van Buren. 504 00:27:03,135 --> 00:27:04,367 Miss Van Buren. How do you do, general? 505 00:27:04,607 --> 00:27:05,999 Would you care for some coffee? Thank you. 506 00:27:06,238 --> 00:27:08,399 General Mann is in charge of Intelligence 507 00:27:08,639 --> 00:27:10,591 for the Pacific area. 508 00:27:10,831 --> 00:27:11,935 That's their position. 509 00:27:12,175 --> 00:27:14,143 Well, you've certainly got them surrounded. 510 00:27:14,382 --> 00:27:17,087 I suppose they've neutralized all communications here. 511 00:27:17,327 --> 00:27:18,399 Not all, sir. 512 00:27:18,639 --> 00:27:20,191 Radio's out but our field phones are okay so far. 513 00:27:20,431 --> 00:27:22,719 Well, they'll go the minute there's another heat ray. 514 00:27:22,959 --> 00:27:24,735 "Cylinder reported down by Huntington Beach." 515 00:27:24,975 --> 00:27:26,175 Well, that's a job for the Navy. 516 00:27:26,415 --> 00:27:27,295 Any news from abroad? 517 00:27:27,535 --> 00:27:28,575 Washington is in constant touch 518 00:27:28,815 --> 00:27:31,167 with the military of other nations. 519 00:27:31,406 --> 00:27:33,151 Apparently, they're coming down all over. 520 00:27:33,391 --> 00:27:36,798 South America. Santiago has two cylinders. 521 00:27:37,038 --> 00:27:38,815 They're outside London. 522 00:27:39,055 --> 00:27:40,831 They're in Naples. 523 00:27:41,071 --> 00:27:43,039 We've got them between here and Fresno, 524 00:27:43,278 --> 00:27:44,575 outside Sacramento, 525 00:27:44,815 --> 00:27:45,791 two on Long Island. 526 00:27:46,031 --> 00:27:47,407 They're just coming down at random. 527 00:27:47,647 --> 00:27:48,943 No. 528 00:27:49,183 --> 00:27:51,439 According to information from foreign sources, 529 00:27:51,679 --> 00:27:54,223 they're working to some kind of a plan. 530 00:27:54,463 --> 00:27:56,111 Now, what it may be isn't clear yet, 531 00:27:56,351 --> 00:27:58,399 simply because once they begin to move, 532 00:27:58,638 --> 00:28:01,952 no more news comes out of that area. 533 00:28:04,193 --> 00:28:07,407 We've been getting reports of destruction, massacre. 534 00:28:07,647 --> 00:28:09,007 Here's an instance: 535 00:28:09,246 --> 00:28:10,799 "Town of Saint-Julien, south of Bordeaux, 536 00:28:11,039 --> 00:28:12,911 "wiped out by ray of undetermined nature. 537 00:28:13,151 --> 00:28:15,503 Local reports say nothing remains." 538 00:28:15,743 --> 00:28:17,263 Nothing remains. What do you make of that? 539 00:28:17,503 --> 00:28:18,990 All we've seen is the heat ray they use. 540 00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:20,814 Well, some of our newest weapons are in here. 541 00:28:21,054 --> 00:28:22,159 We want to be sure to stop them. 542 00:28:22,399 --> 00:28:23,343 We will, sir. 543 00:28:23,583 --> 00:28:25,343 Now, from the data from that picture 544 00:28:25,583 --> 00:28:27,455 the Air Force took earlier tonight, 545 00:28:27,694 --> 00:28:30,943 what we've got out there is the original pilot ship. 546 00:28:31,182 --> 00:28:32,575 On the basis of its observations, 547 00:28:32,815 --> 00:28:34,591 the others were guided down. 548 00:28:34,831 --> 00:28:37,471 Pattern-wise, one lands, then two, 549 00:28:37,711 --> 00:28:39,870 making groups of threes, joined magnetically. 550 00:28:40,110 --> 00:28:41,855 Is that possible? If they do it, it is. 551 00:28:42,094 --> 00:28:43,135 My orders are not to go into action 552 00:28:43,375 --> 00:28:45,151 unless they move out of the shelter of that gully. 553 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:47,391 Meanwhile, we'll have a chance to observe them. 554 00:28:47,631 --> 00:28:49,726 Now, this is the only place we've had time to surround them 555 00:28:49,966 --> 00:28:51,390 with sufficient force to contain them. 556 00:28:51,630 --> 00:28:54,558 What happens here will be a guide to all other operations. 557 00:28:54,798 --> 00:28:55,775 Now, the minute action begins 558 00:28:56,015 --> 00:28:57,662 and a pattern of defense develops, 559 00:28:57,902 --> 00:28:59,712 I'll get my report to Washington. 560 00:29:00,738 --> 00:29:02,175 You've deployed your forces well. 561 00:29:02,414 --> 00:29:03,135 Thank you, sir. 562 00:29:03,374 --> 00:29:04,095 If they start anything, 563 00:29:04,334 --> 00:29:05,886 we can blast them right off the Earth. 564 00:29:06,126 --> 00:29:10,590 Mortar company, all units set and ready. 565 00:29:10,830 --> 00:29:14,815 Seventy-five, all units set and ready. 566 00:29:15,055 --> 00:29:17,760 They'll probably move at dawn. 567 00:29:56,688 --> 00:29:58,952 There's something moving in the gully. 568 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:33,853 Look at it, will you? 569 00:30:34,093 --> 00:30:37,502 Beings from another world. 570 00:30:44,832 --> 00:30:46,206 Is that some kind of a flying machine? 571 00:30:46,445 --> 00:30:48,669 No, no. It's supported from the ground by rays, 572 00:30:48,909 --> 00:30:50,910 probably some form of magnetic flux, 573 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:52,574 like invisible legs. 574 00:30:52,813 --> 00:30:55,645 This is amazing. 575 00:30:55,885 --> 00:30:57,661 They must keep the opposing poles in balance 576 00:30:57,901 --> 00:30:59,902 and lift the machine. 577 00:31:00,141 --> 00:31:01,983 Stand by to fire. 578 00:31:03,168 --> 00:31:06,111 All command posts, stand by to fire. 579 00:31:11,264 --> 00:31:14,557 But, colonel, shooting's no good. 580 00:31:14,797 --> 00:31:16,701 It's always been a good persuader. 581 00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:18,781 Shouldn't you try to communicate with them first 582 00:31:19,021 --> 00:31:21,439 and shoot later if you have to? 583 00:31:45,568 --> 00:31:47,229 Target as indicated. 584 00:31:47,469 --> 00:31:50,110 Repeat, target as indicated. 585 00:31:56,032 --> 00:31:57,277 The 75s report 586 00:31:57,517 --> 00:31:58,878 they've got them under open sights, sir. 587 00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:01,117 I think we should try to make them understand 588 00:32:01,357 --> 00:32:02,654 we mean them no harm. 589 00:32:02,893 --> 00:32:05,342 There's another machine coming out. 590 00:32:12,672 --> 00:32:15,406 They are living creatures out there. 591 00:32:15,646 --> 00:32:17,133 But they're not human. 592 00:32:17,373 --> 00:32:18,222 Dr. Forrester says 593 00:32:18,461 --> 00:32:19,917 they're some kind of advanced civilization. 594 00:32:20,157 --> 00:32:22,254 If they're more advanced than us, 595 00:32:22,493 --> 00:32:24,397 they should be nearer the Creator 596 00:32:24,637 --> 00:32:26,189 for that reason. 597 00:32:26,429 --> 00:32:27,597 It'll be a moving target. 598 00:32:27,837 --> 00:32:30,094 Prepare to follow up. 599 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,526 No real attempt has been made to communicate with them, you know? 600 00:32:36,766 --> 00:32:39,038 Let's go back inside, Uncle Matthew. 601 00:32:40,144 --> 00:32:43,086 I've done all I can in there. You go back. 602 00:32:43,326 --> 00:32:47,053 Sylvia, I like that Dr. Forrester. 603 00:32:47,293 --> 00:32:49,133 He's a good man. 604 00:32:49,373 --> 00:32:50,893 Attention, all batteries, 605 00:32:51,133 --> 00:32:52,846 prepare for volley fire. 606 00:32:53,086 --> 00:32:56,046 Repeat, prepare for volley fire. 607 00:33:13,776 --> 00:33:15,822 Who's that? 608 00:33:21,024 --> 00:33:22,815 What does he think he's doing? 609 00:33:25,185 --> 00:33:26,494 Uncle! Uncle Matthew! 610 00:33:26,734 --> 00:33:27,933 It's too late now. He's too far away. 611 00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:29,470 Stop him! 612 00:33:29,709 --> 00:33:31,086 Though I walk through the valley 613 00:33:31,325 --> 00:33:32,142 of the shadow of death, 614 00:33:32,381 --> 00:33:34,093 I will fear no evil. 615 00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:36,846 Stop him! 616 00:33:37,085 --> 00:33:38,798 It's seen him. 617 00:33:42,592 --> 00:33:45,902 Thou anointest my head with oil. 618 00:33:46,142 --> 00:33:47,790 My cup runneth over. 619 00:33:52,257 --> 00:33:57,758 And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 620 00:34:04,416 --> 00:34:05,694 Let 'em have it! 621 00:34:05,933 --> 00:34:06,494 Fire! 622 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:29,709 Those shells can't get through to them. 623 00:34:29,949 --> 00:34:32,412 They've put out some sort of electromagnetic covering, 624 00:34:32,652 --> 00:34:34,143 a protective blister. 625 00:35:45,008 --> 00:35:46,461 That skeleton beam must be what they used 626 00:35:46,701 --> 00:35:47,629 to wipe out the French city. 627 00:35:47,869 --> 00:35:49,261 It neutralizes mesons somehow. 628 00:35:49,501 --> 00:35:51,645 They're the atomic glue holding matter together. 629 00:35:51,884 --> 00:35:53,613 Cut across their lines of magnetic force, 630 00:35:53,853 --> 00:35:56,125 and any object will simply cease to exist. 631 00:35:56,365 --> 00:35:57,949 Take my word for it, general. 632 00:35:58,189 --> 00:36:00,925 This type of defense is useless against that type of power. 633 00:36:01,165 --> 00:36:03,422 You'd better let Washington know. Fast! 634 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,278 Hold 'em as long as you can. Right, sir. 635 00:36:19,791 --> 00:36:22,206 Aarggh! 636 00:36:29,968 --> 00:36:31,501 Order all command posts. 637 00:36:31,741 --> 00:36:34,302 Everything pulled back north of highway 60 tunnel bunker! 638 00:36:34,541 --> 00:36:35,614 Right. 639 00:36:44,272 --> 00:36:46,030 Aarrggh! 640 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,172 Everybody out of here! Everybody out! 641 00:37:06,412 --> 00:37:08,701 The Air Force will take care of these babies now. 642 00:37:08,941 --> 00:37:10,653 Dr. Forrester, get out of here! 643 00:37:10,893 --> 00:37:13,006 Everybody, out of here! Everybody... 644 00:37:13,245 --> 00:37:14,926 Aarggh! 645 00:37:41,344 --> 00:37:43,774 You'll hit something. Can't you go higher? 646 00:37:44,013 --> 00:37:46,061 No, the air will be full of jets in a minute. 647 00:37:46,301 --> 00:37:47,176 There they are. 648 00:38:33,952 --> 00:38:36,861 All about the Martian invasion! 649 00:38:37,101 --> 00:38:39,069 They're in New York and Miama! 650 00:38:39,309 --> 00:38:42,157 Fighting outside Los Angeles! 651 00:38:42,397 --> 00:38:43,855 All about it! 652 00:39:02,656 --> 00:39:04,413 Hold it right there, general, please. 653 00:39:04,653 --> 00:39:06,029 You're the gentlemen I asked to come here. 654 00:39:06,269 --> 00:39:08,461 Get Washington. What do you think of this? 655 00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:09,549 Clear the way. 656 00:39:09,789 --> 00:39:11,149 Is it your opinion the Army can hold them? 657 00:39:11,389 --> 00:39:12,589 Sorry, I have no time. 658 00:39:12,829 --> 00:39:14,989 You've got guns and equipment going out there all night. 659 00:39:15,229 --> 00:39:18,318 Come on. Break it up. 660 00:39:18,557 --> 00:39:20,621 The way he's hedging, maybe the Army didn't hold them. 661 00:39:20,861 --> 00:39:22,477 I've seen news off the Pacific cables: 662 00:39:22,717 --> 00:39:23,693 Sydney, Australia. 663 00:39:23,933 --> 00:39:25,165 Pinang. Rangoon, India. 664 00:39:25,405 --> 00:39:27,341 From what's coming through, nobody's stopped them yet. 665 00:39:27,581 --> 00:39:29,853 I want to know, if the city must be evacuated... 666 00:39:30,093 --> 00:39:32,541 We're ready. Lots of people have already moved out. 667 00:39:32,781 --> 00:39:34,781 We've mobilized emergency cars and buses in the yards. 668 00:39:35,021 --> 00:39:36,477 The Red Cross is standing by. 669 00:39:36,717 --> 00:39:37,453 Now, for your information, 670 00:39:37,693 --> 00:39:39,789 the enemy is 25 or 30 miles outside Los Angeles. 671 00:39:40,028 --> 00:39:41,836 Not down in full force yet, but developing. 672 00:39:42,076 --> 00:39:43,213 It can happen any minute. 673 00:39:43,453 --> 00:39:44,334 The crisis will come 674 00:39:44,573 --> 00:39:45,933 if they move toward the metropolitan area. 675 00:39:46,173 --> 00:39:48,364 Now, we've got to... Washington is on the line, sir. 676 00:39:48,604 --> 00:39:50,606 General Mann. 677 00:39:51,984 --> 00:39:53,356 I'd say our effective losses 678 00:39:53,596 --> 00:39:56,333 were nearly 60 percent men, 90 percent materiel. 679 00:39:56,573 --> 00:39:59,213 Well, the jets went in, but not one of them came out. 680 00:39:59,453 --> 00:40:01,517 High-level bombers dropped everything they can carry. 681 00:40:01,756 --> 00:40:04,013 They were knocked out of the sky. Bombs did nothing. 682 00:40:04,253 --> 00:40:05,436 Nothing was effective against them. 683 00:40:05,676 --> 00:40:08,124 Yes, they have some sort of electronic umbrella. 684 00:40:08,364 --> 00:40:09,469 It's quite impenetrable. 685 00:40:09,709 --> 00:40:11,453 Dr. Forrester believes they generate atomic force 686 00:40:11,693 --> 00:40:12,957 without the heavy screening we use. 687 00:40:13,197 --> 00:40:15,615 That's where they get the power for their rays. 688 00:40:17,312 --> 00:40:18,845 Very well, sir. Call Victorville. 689 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:20,669 Tell them I want the fastest plane they've got. 690 00:40:20,908 --> 00:40:22,942 You'll get further instructions from Sixth Army Command. 691 00:40:23,181 --> 00:40:24,605 I'll make a statement to those reporters. 692 00:40:24,844 --> 00:40:26,142 Right. 693 00:40:29,888 --> 00:40:33,629 All right, fellas. The general will see you now. 694 00:40:33,869 --> 00:40:36,029 General, we heard that Dr. Clayton Forrester 695 00:40:36,268 --> 00:40:37,261 was out there with you. 696 00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:38,636 What's he think about this? 697 00:40:38,876 --> 00:40:40,733 Ask him. He's back at Pacific Tech. 698 00:40:40,973 --> 00:40:42,813 No, he's not. We tried to get him there. 699 00:40:43,053 --> 00:40:44,043 He hasn't shown up. 700 00:41:41,615 --> 00:41:43,534 Wake up. 701 00:41:48,144 --> 00:41:50,734 Let's get moving, huh? 702 00:41:55,855 --> 00:41:57,083 Are you all right? 703 00:41:58,576 --> 00:41:59,996 Is that machine...? It's gone. 704 00:42:00,236 --> 00:42:02,716 And where are we? Southwest of Corona somewhere. 705 00:42:02,956 --> 00:42:04,828 There must have been another cylinder down here. 706 00:42:05,068 --> 00:42:08,349 They've been through this whole area and cleared everybody out. 707 00:42:08,588 --> 00:42:09,853 There's a farmhouse out there. 708 00:42:10,093 --> 00:42:13,246 Let's see if we can find something to eat, huh? 709 00:42:21,024 --> 00:42:22,909 We're doing all right. 710 00:42:23,149 --> 00:42:25,342 You know, I almost forgot when I ate last. 711 00:42:27,136 --> 00:42:29,374 Hey, that looks good. 712 00:42:30,592 --> 00:42:31,837 You know, mostly I get my meals 713 00:42:32,076 --> 00:42:33,501 in coffee shops and restaurants. 714 00:42:33,741 --> 00:42:34,877 Don't you live at home? 715 00:42:35,117 --> 00:42:35,997 No, on the campus. 716 00:42:36,237 --> 00:42:38,076 I haven't any family. 717 00:42:38,316 --> 00:42:40,221 I come from a big one. 718 00:42:40,461 --> 00:42:44,061 There's nine of us. All in Minnesota... except me. 719 00:42:44,300 --> 00:42:46,349 I have no close folks. 720 00:42:46,589 --> 00:42:49,133 My parents died when I was a kid. 721 00:42:49,373 --> 00:42:52,013 A big family must be fun. I imagine... 722 00:42:52,253 --> 00:42:54,412 I imagine it makes you feel you belong to something. 723 00:42:54,652 --> 00:42:57,437 Oh, it does. Maybe that's why I feel kind of lost right now. 724 00:42:57,677 --> 00:43:00,029 We'll get out of here safely. 725 00:43:00,269 --> 00:43:02,621 Don't worry. 726 00:43:02,861 --> 00:43:05,053 But they seem to murder everything that moves. 727 00:43:05,293 --> 00:43:08,509 If they're mortal, they must have mortal weaknesses. 728 00:43:08,749 --> 00:43:11,550 They'll be stopped. Somehow. 729 00:43:12,624 --> 00:43:14,221 I've been as close to them as anyone, 730 00:43:14,461 --> 00:43:16,141 and never close enough for any real observation. 731 00:43:16,381 --> 00:43:19,565 I feel like I did one time when I was small, 732 00:43:19,805 --> 00:43:22,348 awful scared and lonesome. 733 00:43:22,588 --> 00:43:26,157 I'd wandered off. I've forgotten why. 734 00:43:26,396 --> 00:43:28,909 But the family and whole crowds of neighbors 735 00:43:29,149 --> 00:43:30,701 were hunting for me. 736 00:43:30,940 --> 00:43:33,837 They found me in a church. 737 00:43:34,076 --> 00:43:36,557 I was afraid to go in anyplace else. 738 00:43:37,616 --> 00:43:39,949 I stayed right by that door, 739 00:43:40,188 --> 00:43:41,517 praying for the one who loved me best 740 00:43:41,756 --> 00:43:43,438 to come and find me. 741 00:43:48,048 --> 00:43:50,222 It was Uncle Matthew who found me. 742 00:43:51,584 --> 00:43:53,085 I liked him. 743 00:43:53,935 --> 00:43:55,790 He liked you. 744 00:43:56,752 --> 00:43:58,701 Oh, I could bawl my head off. 745 00:43:58,940 --> 00:44:01,212 But you're not going to. You're not the kind. 746 00:44:01,452 --> 00:44:03,805 Look, you're tired. You've been up all night. 747 00:44:04,044 --> 00:44:06,109 You cracked up in a plane, slept in a ditch. 748 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,573 You wanna know something? 749 00:44:09,632 --> 00:44:12,829 It doesn't show on you at all. 750 00:44:23,936 --> 00:44:26,094 Get down! 751 00:44:59,919 --> 00:45:01,708 How long was I out? Hours. 752 00:45:01,947 --> 00:45:03,148 Oh, I've been so scared. 753 00:45:03,388 --> 00:45:04,492 They're right outside. 754 00:45:04,732 --> 00:45:07,022 Several of them came down together. 755 00:45:23,919 --> 00:45:26,845 There's a machine standing right alongside of us. 756 00:46:40,864 --> 00:46:44,317 Electronic eye. 757 00:46:44,557 --> 00:46:46,494 Like a television camera. 758 00:46:49,183 --> 00:46:51,358 It's looking for us. 759 00:47:16,576 --> 00:47:19,869 Maybe they're not too sure we're here. 760 00:47:23,231 --> 00:47:27,485 They could be as curious about us as we are about them. 761 00:47:27,724 --> 00:47:29,406 Maybe. 762 00:47:30,815 --> 00:47:33,662 Maybe they want to take us alive. 763 00:47:46,271 --> 00:47:47,933 It's pulling out. 764 00:48:04,832 --> 00:48:06,300 Can't we get out of here? 765 00:48:06,540 --> 00:48:08,221 Shh... 766 00:48:17,550 --> 00:48:19,982 Something moved out there. 767 00:48:21,391 --> 00:48:22,732 There's nothing there now. 768 00:48:22,972 --> 00:48:24,845 It was one of them. 769 00:48:25,085 --> 00:48:25,996 What was it like? 770 00:48:26,235 --> 00:48:28,540 I couldn't see much in the dark, but it was one. 771 00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:29,693 We're right in a nest of them. 772 00:48:29,933 --> 00:48:32,477 I've got to get a good look at them. 773 00:48:42,047 --> 00:48:43,693 They've blocked it. 774 00:48:43,933 --> 00:48:45,453 It's blocked here too. 775 00:48:45,692 --> 00:48:49,293 They've pushed earth or something all around outside. 776 00:48:49,532 --> 00:48:50,892 Here. This way. 777 00:48:51,132 --> 00:48:53,230 The stairway up to the attic. 778 00:49:13,999 --> 00:49:16,109 Look out! 779 00:50:40,816 --> 00:50:43,134 Your scarf. 780 00:50:45,023 --> 00:50:47,037 It's wet. 781 00:50:50,335 --> 00:50:52,413 Blood. 782 00:50:54,783 --> 00:50:57,115 No! No! No! 783 00:50:57,355 --> 00:50:58,268 Stop it! 784 00:50:58,508 --> 00:51:00,861 Stop it! Stop it! No, please! No blood! 785 00:51:29,695 --> 00:51:32,189 We gotta make a run for it. Come on. 786 00:51:39,583 --> 00:51:41,468 The Martians had calculated their descent 787 00:51:41,708 --> 00:51:42,684 upon our Earth 788 00:51:42,924 --> 00:51:44,829 with amazing perfection and subtlety. 789 00:51:45,068 --> 00:51:46,204 As more of their cylinders 790 00:51:46,444 --> 00:51:48,444 came from the mysterious depths of space, 791 00:51:48,684 --> 00:51:49,915 their war machines, 792 00:51:50,155 --> 00:51:52,476 awesome in their power and complexity, 793 00:51:52,716 --> 00:51:54,396 created a wave of fear 794 00:51:54,636 --> 00:51:56,284 which swept into all corners of the world. 795 00:51:56,524 --> 00:51:57,628 In every country, 796 00:51:57,868 --> 00:51:59,708 government officials met in desperate conclave, 797 00:51:59,948 --> 00:52:02,076 seeking ways to coordinate their defenses 798 00:52:02,316 --> 00:52:04,237 with those of other nations. 799 00:52:06,191 --> 00:52:08,044 The government of India, driven from New Delhi, 800 00:52:08,284 --> 00:52:09,644 met in a railroad coach, 801 00:52:09,884 --> 00:52:11,868 while massive Hindu populations 802 00:52:12,108 --> 00:52:14,172 streamed for the imagined safety 803 00:52:14,412 --> 00:52:16,204 of the faraway Himalayas. 804 00:52:16,443 --> 00:52:18,493 The redoubtable Finnish and Turkish armies, 805 00:52:18,733 --> 00:52:20,764 Chinese battalions and Bolivians 806 00:52:21,004 --> 00:52:23,052 worked and fought furiously. 807 00:52:23,292 --> 00:52:25,453 Every effort against the tremendous power 808 00:52:25,692 --> 00:52:27,117 of their other-world antagonists 809 00:52:27,356 --> 00:52:29,629 ended in the same frantic rout. 810 00:52:32,783 --> 00:52:35,084 As the Martians burnt fields and forests 811 00:52:35,324 --> 00:52:36,860 and great cities fell before them, 812 00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:39,852 huge populations were driven from their homes. 813 00:52:40,091 --> 00:52:43,228 A stream of flight rose swiftly to a torrent. 814 00:52:43,468 --> 00:52:46,781 It became a giant stampede without order and without goal. 815 00:52:47,020 --> 00:52:50,332 It was the beginning of the rout of civilization, 816 00:52:50,572 --> 00:52:52,269 of the massacre of humanity. 817 00:52:57,887 --> 00:53:00,540 A great silence fell over half of Europe 818 00:53:00,780 --> 00:53:03,613 as all communication was disrupted. 819 00:53:04,863 --> 00:53:06,588 When the last wire photo out of Paris 820 00:53:06,828 --> 00:53:09,052 reached the French cabinet, exiled in Strasbourg, 821 00:53:09,292 --> 00:53:12,797 they hit upon the idea of using super-speed jets as couriers. 822 00:53:13,036 --> 00:53:15,900 Stripped of armament and loaded with extra fuel, 823 00:53:16,140 --> 00:53:17,597 these planes maintained connection 824 00:53:17,836 --> 00:53:18,940 with the Scandinavian countries, 825 00:53:19,180 --> 00:53:20,860 North Africa, the United States, 826 00:53:21,100 --> 00:53:23,036 and especially with England. 827 00:53:23,276 --> 00:53:25,372 It was plain the Martians appreciated 828 00:53:25,612 --> 00:53:29,244 the strategic significance of the British Isles. 829 00:53:29,484 --> 00:53:32,413 The people of Britain met the invaders magnificently, 830 00:53:32,653 --> 00:53:35,293 but it was unavailing. 831 00:53:35,533 --> 00:53:37,453 As Martians swept northward toward London, 832 00:53:37,692 --> 00:53:39,244 the British cabinet stayed in session, 833 00:53:39,484 --> 00:53:41,996 coordinating every item of information 834 00:53:42,235 --> 00:53:43,500 that could be gathered, 835 00:53:43,740 --> 00:53:46,540 passing it on to the United Nations in New York. 836 00:53:46,780 --> 00:53:49,037 From there, the news was forwarded to Washington, 837 00:53:49,277 --> 00:53:51,468 because here was the only remaining 838 00:53:51,708 --> 00:53:53,612 unassailed strategic point. 839 00:53:53,852 --> 00:53:55,532 Forty-eight north, two west. 840 00:53:55,772 --> 00:53:57,836 Thirty-one east. Anchored on Cairo. 841 00:53:58,076 --> 00:54:00,044 Checking. Dover blanked out. 842 00:54:00,283 --> 00:54:01,996 Brazil, checking. 843 00:54:02,236 --> 00:54:05,358 Urgent. Major Bentley Dawson, report to General Mann. 844 00:54:09,552 --> 00:54:11,820 Eighty west by 38 north. 845 00:54:12,060 --> 00:54:13,708 Twenty-two south? Okay. 846 00:54:13,948 --> 00:54:16,626 Make every effort to contact the civil authorities... 847 00:54:21,327 --> 00:54:23,629 Now, this much is certain: 848 00:54:24,751 --> 00:54:25,773 It's vital to prevent 849 00:54:26,013 --> 00:54:27,660 the Martian machines from linking up. 850 00:54:27,900 --> 00:54:31,052 Once they do, they adopt an extraordinary military tactic. 851 00:54:31,292 --> 00:54:33,516 They form a crescent. 852 00:54:33,756 --> 00:54:37,612 They anchor it at one end and sweep on, 853 00:54:37,852 --> 00:54:39,628 until they've cleared a quadrant. 854 00:54:39,868 --> 00:54:42,396 Then they anchor the opposite end 855 00:54:42,636 --> 00:54:44,924 and reverse direction. 856 00:54:45,164 --> 00:54:48,156 They slash across country like scythes, 857 00:54:48,396 --> 00:54:50,365 wiping out everything that's trying to get away from them. 858 00:54:50,604 --> 00:54:51,996 That explains why communication is cut 859 00:54:52,236 --> 00:54:53,532 the moment their machines begin moving. 860 00:54:53,772 --> 00:54:55,676 Montreal's blacked out. 861 00:54:55,915 --> 00:54:56,893 Nothing more's come through. 862 00:54:57,132 --> 00:54:58,652 Same thing that happened on the Pacific coast. 863 00:54:58,891 --> 00:55:00,604 Anything from them yet? No, Mr. Secretary. 864 00:55:00,844 --> 00:55:03,068 We've had nothing from San Francisco for over five hours. 865 00:55:03,308 --> 00:55:06,667 Excuse me, gentlemen. Here's that Los Angeles picture, sir. 866 00:55:06,907 --> 00:55:09,228 This is a sonic radar picture taken from extreme altitude. 867 00:55:09,468 --> 00:55:10,636 It shows full details 868 00:55:10,876 --> 00:55:12,620 of the Martian nest outside Los Angeles. 869 00:55:12,860 --> 00:55:16,331 Their machines appear as round blobs. 870 00:55:16,571 --> 00:55:18,668 Newly fallen cylinders are elongated. 871 00:55:18,907 --> 00:55:20,011 Mm-hm. 872 00:55:20,251 --> 00:55:22,349 We know there are three cylinders to each group 873 00:55:22,588 --> 00:55:24,589 and three machines to each cylinder. 874 00:55:29,583 --> 00:55:32,621 All right. I've seen enough. 875 00:55:34,511 --> 00:55:36,827 There's only one thing that'll stop the Martians. 876 00:55:37,067 --> 00:55:38,236 We've held back because of the danger 877 00:55:38,476 --> 00:55:39,804 of radiation to civilians. 878 00:55:40,044 --> 00:55:41,980 Now there's no choice. 879 00:55:42,220 --> 00:55:44,892 The White House will confirm an order to use the atom bomb. 880 00:55:45,131 --> 00:55:46,556 Then our first target will be 881 00:55:46,795 --> 00:55:48,988 the initial landing place outside Los Angeles. 882 00:55:49,228 --> 00:55:50,396 First thing you get there, 883 00:55:50,635 --> 00:55:52,828 arrange for the Pacific Tech scientists to monitor the drop. 884 00:55:53,068 --> 00:55:54,236 I'll send wire orders ahead of you 885 00:55:54,475 --> 00:55:56,285 and have the area clear all round. 886 00:55:58,718 --> 00:56:01,916 We've still time to hit them before dark. 887 00:56:02,155 --> 00:56:05,596 Then we'll blast them all over the world. 888 00:56:11,359 --> 00:56:13,596 Forrester, everybody's been looking for you. 889 00:56:13,836 --> 00:56:15,388 I know. We've walked halfway from Corona. 890 00:56:15,628 --> 00:56:17,436 Finally found an abandoned truck. 891 00:56:17,676 --> 00:56:19,068 This is Miss Van Buren. 892 00:56:19,308 --> 00:56:22,300 Dr. Gratzman, Dr. Pryor. James, Bilderbeck. 893 00:56:22,540 --> 00:56:23,644 What's this I hear about the A-bomb? 894 00:56:23,883 --> 00:56:25,116 We've been assigned as special detail. 895 00:56:25,356 --> 00:56:27,036 We're going in right afterwards, study its effect. 896 00:56:27,276 --> 00:56:28,348 We're leaving in half an hour. 897 00:56:28,587 --> 00:56:30,268 What's that? King-size fish eye? 898 00:56:30,507 --> 00:56:31,771 This is an electronic eye. 899 00:56:32,011 --> 00:56:34,236 The Martians modeled it after their own eye. 900 00:56:34,476 --> 00:56:36,571 They use it the way we use a periscope. 901 00:56:36,811 --> 00:56:37,723 It'll tell us a lot 902 00:56:37,963 --> 00:56:38,796 about their metals and alloys. 903 00:56:39,035 --> 00:56:40,364 If this is actually a lens, 904 00:56:40,603 --> 00:56:42,188 we can find out about their optics. 905 00:56:42,427 --> 00:56:43,820 Interesting. Very interesting. 906 00:56:44,060 --> 00:56:45,515 And this... 907 00:56:45,755 --> 00:56:48,173 The blood of a Martian. 908 00:56:49,551 --> 00:56:52,428 I don't remember ever seeing blood crystals 909 00:56:52,668 --> 00:56:54,859 as anemic as these. 910 00:56:55,099 --> 00:57:00,268 They may be mental giants, but by our standards, 911 00:57:00,508 --> 00:57:04,332 physically they must be very primitive. 912 00:57:04,572 --> 00:57:06,572 Isn't it curious how everything about them 913 00:57:06,812 --> 00:57:08,332 seems to be in threes? 914 00:57:08,572 --> 00:57:09,676 Their eyes have three lenses, 915 00:57:09,915 --> 00:57:12,428 three distinct pupils. A strong light shocks them. 916 00:57:12,668 --> 00:57:13,676 They're not accustomed to it. 917 00:57:13,916 --> 00:57:15,181 Sunlight on Mars 918 00:57:15,420 --> 00:57:17,356 is approximately half as strong as we get it. 919 00:57:17,595 --> 00:57:19,307 Add their clouds and dust, 920 00:57:19,547 --> 00:57:22,766 it amounts to no more than our twilight. 921 00:57:24,079 --> 00:57:26,573 Now, if you'll step over here, please. 922 00:57:27,535 --> 00:57:29,133 We've rigged the epidiascope 923 00:57:29,372 --> 00:57:32,045 to reflect whatever the Martian lens picks up. 924 00:57:35,759 --> 00:57:38,382 Move in a little. Thank you. 925 00:58:10,094 --> 00:58:11,533 There's how the Martians see us. 926 00:58:24,015 --> 00:58:27,181 Evidently there's a shift in their spectrum. 927 00:58:29,231 --> 00:58:32,301 Their color absorption must be different from ours. 928 00:58:38,671 --> 00:58:40,173 Let's see why they were so curious about you, 929 00:58:40,412 --> 00:58:41,837 Miss Van Buren. 930 00:58:49,695 --> 00:58:51,996 Time to get started, gentlemen. 931 00:58:52,235 --> 00:58:53,917 Let's go. 932 00:58:56,415 --> 00:58:57,932 That Martian blood, 933 00:58:58,172 --> 00:59:00,107 let them make a quick analysis of it to see what we've got. 934 00:59:00,347 --> 00:59:01,388 It might give us something. 935 00:59:01,628 --> 00:59:02,668 Something we could use. 936 00:59:02,908 --> 00:59:03,851 Oh, let it go. 937 00:59:04,091 --> 00:59:05,356 If you're interested in Martian blood, 938 00:59:05,596 --> 00:59:07,699 you'll get all you want right after the plane drops the bomb. 939 00:59:08,750 --> 00:59:11,101 The Flying Wing is gonna carry it. 940 00:59:20,430 --> 00:59:21,771 Hello, tower, 941 00:59:22,011 --> 00:59:24,140 this is Air Force Flying Wing, ready for takeoff, over. 942 00:59:24,380 --> 00:59:25,867 Flying Wing, this is the tower. 943 00:59:26,107 --> 00:59:27,307 Clear for take-off, over. 944 00:59:27,547 --> 00:59:31,117 Wish us luck, roger. 945 00:59:55,727 --> 00:59:57,292 The target for the A-bomb 946 00:59:57,532 --> 01:00:00,364 is this nest of Martian machines in the Puente Hills, 947 01:00:00,603 --> 01:00:02,092 where more of these meteor-cylinders 948 01:00:02,332 --> 01:00:03,980 came down early last evening. 949 01:00:04,220 --> 01:00:06,187 A plane will pinpoint the target for the drop 950 01:00:06,427 --> 01:00:07,820 from six miles up. 951 01:00:08,060 --> 01:00:10,955 Now, we've been warned that this bomb is ten times more powerful 952 01:00:11,195 --> 01:00:13,083 than anything previously used. 953 01:00:13,323 --> 01:00:15,420 It's the latest thing in nuclear fission. 954 01:00:15,659 --> 01:00:17,915 Nothing like this has ever been exploded before, 955 01:00:18,155 --> 01:00:20,155 and we're gonna be pretty darn close. 956 01:00:20,395 --> 01:00:23,260 But there are observers down in the valley in a forward bunker. 957 01:00:23,500 --> 01:00:25,659 Well, they'll be a lot nearer than us. 958 01:00:25,899 --> 01:00:27,644 The whole world is waiting, 959 01:00:27,883 --> 01:00:30,428 for this will decide the fate of civilization 960 01:00:30,667 --> 01:00:32,348 and all humanity. 961 01:00:32,587 --> 01:00:36,636 Whether we live or die may depend on what happens here. 962 01:00:36,875 --> 01:00:38,332 Attention, please. 963 01:00:38,572 --> 01:00:41,563 Four minutes to bomb time. 964 01:00:41,803 --> 01:00:44,572 There must be a couple of million people back of us 965 01:00:44,811 --> 01:00:47,964 in the shelter of the San Gabriel hills, waiting. 966 01:00:48,203 --> 01:00:50,908 Waiting to find out whether they can go home again. 967 01:00:51,148 --> 01:00:52,892 Everywhere, all around the world, 968 01:00:53,132 --> 01:00:54,844 people have been driven from their homes. 969 01:00:55,084 --> 01:00:56,315 Direct cable communication 970 01:00:56,555 --> 01:00:58,203 is being maintained with Washington, 971 01:00:58,443 --> 01:01:00,252 but there's no radio at all. 972 01:01:00,492 --> 01:01:03,676 Not even with the bombing plane that's coming over. 973 01:01:03,915 --> 01:01:06,747 All radio is dead. 974 01:01:06,987 --> 01:01:09,963 Which means that these tape recordings I'm making 975 01:01:10,203 --> 01:01:14,028 are for the sake of future history... if any. 976 01:01:15,167 --> 01:01:17,436 "Future history," he said. 977 01:01:19,295 --> 01:01:21,148 Yes, if any. 978 01:01:30,623 --> 01:01:33,275 Bilderbeck has calculated how long we have got 979 01:01:33,515 --> 01:01:35,739 until Martians take over the entire world. 980 01:01:35,979 --> 01:01:38,347 If the A-bomb fails, that is. 981 01:01:38,587 --> 01:01:42,363 The Martians can conquer the Earth in six days. 982 01:01:42,603 --> 01:01:45,325 The same number of days it took to create it. 983 01:01:51,231 --> 01:01:53,083 Attention, please. 984 01:01:53,323 --> 01:01:55,195 Two minutes to bomb time. 985 01:01:55,435 --> 01:01:57,245 Prepare to take shelter. 986 01:01:59,118 --> 01:02:01,707 If you have no goggles, turn away. 987 01:02:01,947 --> 01:02:04,587 Remember, the heat flash and compression that follow 988 01:02:04,827 --> 01:02:05,964 are dangerous. 989 01:02:20,702 --> 01:02:22,669 Fifty seconds. 990 01:02:24,366 --> 01:02:26,701 There's the plane. Right. 991 01:02:27,918 --> 01:02:30,029 Forty seconds. 992 01:02:32,654 --> 01:02:35,053 We've sighted the plane, sir. Right. 993 01:02:37,454 --> 01:02:38,988 Thirty seconds. 994 01:02:39,228 --> 01:02:42,347 Look. Look! 995 01:02:42,587 --> 01:02:45,356 They're using those protective blisters again. 996 01:02:45,596 --> 01:02:46,956 Twenty seconds. 997 01:02:47,195 --> 01:02:49,260 Attention. Stand by. 998 01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:51,484 Fifteen seconds. 999 01:02:53,790 --> 01:02:55,435 Ten seconds. 1000 01:02:55,675 --> 01:03:02,091 Nine... Eight... Seven... Six... Five... 1001 01:03:02,331 --> 01:03:06,941 Four... Three... Two... One... 1002 01:03:38,062 --> 01:03:39,515 Hello! 1003 01:03:39,755 --> 01:03:41,645 Hello. Hello, there. What can you see? 1004 01:03:51,230 --> 01:03:52,524 There's something moving! 1005 01:04:03,374 --> 01:04:05,277 They haven't even been touched! 1006 01:04:15,118 --> 01:04:16,492 It didn't stop them. 1007 01:04:16,731 --> 01:04:20,636 Guns, tanks, bombs, they're like toys against them! 1008 01:04:20,875 --> 01:04:24,268 It'll end only one way. We're beaten. 1009 01:04:25,134 --> 01:04:27,147 No. 1010 01:04:27,387 --> 01:04:29,196 Not yet. 1011 01:04:30,926 --> 01:04:32,235 Washington issued orders. 1012 01:04:32,475 --> 01:04:33,675 In event the A-bomb failed, 1013 01:04:33,914 --> 01:04:35,531 evacuate all cities in danger of attack. 1014 01:04:35,771 --> 01:04:37,660 They'll be moving on Los Angeles now. 1015 01:04:37,899 --> 01:04:38,876 We'll establish a line 1016 01:04:39,115 --> 01:04:42,364 and fight them all the way back to the mountains. 1017 01:04:42,603 --> 01:04:45,835 Our best hope lies in what you people can develop to help us. 1018 01:04:46,075 --> 01:04:48,811 All right, on the double. Get me back to Sixth Army headquarters. Hurry up! 1019 01:04:49,051 --> 01:04:51,531 Six days, you said? 1020 01:04:51,771 --> 01:04:53,835 Six days. 1021 01:04:54,074 --> 01:04:55,788 They'll stamp the city flat. 1022 01:04:58,958 --> 01:05:00,587 We'll take all our instruments 1023 01:05:00,827 --> 01:05:03,147 and establish a base laboratory in the Rocky Mountains. 1024 01:05:03,387 --> 01:05:04,363 It'll give us time to search out 1025 01:05:04,603 --> 01:05:05,772 some weakness in the Martians. 1026 01:05:06,012 --> 01:05:08,203 Forlorn hope, but there is a chance. 1027 01:05:08,443 --> 01:05:10,316 We may get a lead from that anemic blood. 1028 01:05:10,556 --> 01:05:12,875 You mean by some biological approach? 1029 01:05:13,114 --> 01:05:15,948 We know now that we can't beat their machines. 1030 01:05:16,910 --> 01:05:18,828 We've got to beat them. 1031 01:05:33,294 --> 01:05:35,676 Everybody, listen carefully. 1032 01:05:35,915 --> 01:05:38,075 The Martians are coming this way. 1033 01:05:38,315 --> 01:05:40,251 We must evacuate the city. 1034 01:05:40,491 --> 01:05:43,580 Take food and water and extra clothing with you. 1035 01:05:43,820 --> 01:05:46,444 All major highways have been marked 1036 01:05:46,684 --> 01:05:48,443 to lead you to shelter and welfare centers 1037 01:05:48,683 --> 01:05:49,500 in the hills. 1038 01:05:58,079 --> 01:06:00,284 Come on. Come on. 1039 01:06:00,523 --> 01:06:01,819 Keep going. 1040 01:06:02,059 --> 01:06:04,221 Keep going. Keep moving. 1041 01:06:09,022 --> 01:06:11,500 Keep them rolling, there. 1042 01:06:11,739 --> 01:06:15,228 Keep going. Come on. Come on! 1043 01:07:19,406 --> 01:07:21,739 Gratzman, did you get those biotics? 1044 01:07:21,979 --> 01:07:23,659 No. I thought you had them. 1045 01:07:23,899 --> 01:07:24,972 Never mind, I'll get them. 1046 01:07:25,211 --> 01:07:28,268 You get in the school bus. Sylvia will drive you. 1047 01:08:43,870 --> 01:08:45,995 Let me up. 1048 01:08:46,235 --> 01:08:47,275 Get off, buster! 1049 01:08:47,514 --> 01:08:48,971 I'll give you $500 for your place. 1050 01:08:49,211 --> 01:08:50,828 I'll make it a thousand. 1051 01:08:51,068 --> 01:08:52,924 Money's no good anymore, Mac! 1052 01:08:59,774 --> 01:09:02,331 Here comes another truck! 1053 01:09:02,570 --> 01:09:03,995 Throw that guy off there! 1054 01:09:04,234 --> 01:09:05,500 Get him out of there! 1055 01:09:06,494 --> 01:09:07,707 Stop, you fools! 1056 01:09:07,947 --> 01:09:09,227 Get over! Butt out! 1057 01:09:09,467 --> 01:09:12,108 Come on. Can't you fools...? 1058 01:09:34,269 --> 01:09:35,835 Quick, help me! We've got to stop them! 1059 01:09:36,074 --> 01:09:37,659 We can't stop them. The law's no good here now. 1060 01:09:37,898 --> 01:09:39,003 They're thieves, robbers, worse. 1061 01:09:39,243 --> 01:09:41,371 Wouldn't leave with the rest. It's like this all over. 1062 01:09:41,611 --> 01:09:44,364 They've gotta be stopped! Those instruments! 1063 01:09:50,637 --> 01:09:52,796 Hold it! Hold it a minute! 1064 01:09:54,350 --> 01:09:56,330 We've gotta get those instruments. 1065 01:09:56,570 --> 01:09:57,885 They're our only chance! 1066 01:10:21,838 --> 01:10:24,491 Did that mob grab the trucks ahead of me? 1067 01:10:24,730 --> 01:10:26,443 There were Pacific Tech people with those trucks. 1068 01:10:26,683 --> 01:10:27,595 Did you see them? 1069 01:10:27,835 --> 01:10:29,195 I don't know anything about other trucks. 1070 01:10:29,434 --> 01:10:30,795 There's been fighting on all the streets. 1071 01:10:31,035 --> 01:10:32,844 The school bus. A girl was driving. Did they get that? 1072 01:10:33,084 --> 01:10:35,227 If they saw it, they took it. They'll grab anything on wheels. 1073 01:10:35,467 --> 01:10:38,268 You can't buy a ride for love or money. 1074 01:11:42,015 --> 01:11:45,851 Gratzman! Bilderbeck! 1075 01:11:46,090 --> 01:11:49,532 Sylvia! 1076 01:12:18,574 --> 01:12:20,234 Hey, you, better get out of here! 1077 01:12:20,474 --> 01:12:22,732 I'm looking for some Pacific Tech professors! 1078 01:12:22,971 --> 01:12:24,811 There's nobody left around here now! 1079 01:12:25,051 --> 01:12:27,018 We had a chance. We could've stopped them. 1080 01:12:27,258 --> 01:12:30,763 The mob stole all the trucks, smashed everything up. 1081 01:12:31,002 --> 01:12:32,907 The fools! They cut their own throats! 1082 01:12:33,147 --> 01:12:35,516 He's nuts. Come on. Jump in. 1083 01:12:47,166 --> 01:12:48,731 Hurry up! Jump in! 1084 01:12:48,971 --> 01:12:51,003 There was a girl with them. If I could find them... 1085 01:12:51,243 --> 01:12:52,699 Come on. Jump in, will you? 1086 01:12:52,938 --> 01:12:54,411 She's kind of lost. 1087 01:12:54,650 --> 01:12:57,003 You look kind of lost yourself. 1088 01:12:57,243 --> 01:13:00,123 But I think I know where she'll be. 1089 01:13:00,362 --> 01:13:01,259 Come on, come on. 1090 01:13:01,499 --> 01:13:03,499 It's your last chance to get out of here. 1091 01:13:47,071 --> 01:13:52,652 ♫ Amen ♫ 1092 01:13:54,877 --> 01:13:58,876 We humbly beseech thy divine guidance, O Lord. 1093 01:13:59,966 --> 01:14:01,179 Deliver us from the fear 1094 01:14:01,419 --> 01:14:03,484 which has come upon us... 1095 01:14:04,734 --> 01:14:07,740 from the evil that grows ever nearer... 1096 01:14:09,245 --> 01:14:12,219 from the terror that soon will knock upon 1097 01:14:12,459 --> 01:14:16,124 the very door of this, thy house. 1098 01:14:18,430 --> 01:14:22,587 O Lord, we pray thee, 1099 01:14:22,826 --> 01:14:26,940 grant us the miracle of thy divine intervention. 1100 01:14:32,110 --> 01:14:34,538 Don't go, son. Stay with us. 1101 01:14:34,778 --> 01:14:37,611 No, I... I'm looking for someone. 1102 01:14:37,851 --> 01:14:39,916 She'll be in a church, near the door. 1103 01:15:43,421 --> 01:15:44,955 Forrester! 1104 01:15:45,195 --> 01:15:46,491 Duprey, Bilderbeck, 1105 01:15:46,731 --> 01:15:48,028 are you...? 1106 01:15:49,054 --> 01:15:50,299 Where are the others? 1107 01:15:50,538 --> 01:15:52,250 A mob attacked us. 1108 01:15:52,490 --> 01:15:54,426 We don't know what happened to the rest. 1109 01:15:54,666 --> 01:15:56,106 I... 1110 01:15:56,346 --> 01:15:56,955 I got... 1111 01:15:57,195 --> 01:16:00,092 I got knocked under our truck. 1112 01:16:02,014 --> 01:16:04,411 Du... Duprey pulled me out. 1113 01:16:04,651 --> 01:16:06,619 What happened to Sylvia? 1114 01:16:06,859 --> 01:16:09,340 We never did see her again. 1115 01:16:44,717 --> 01:16:46,955 In our peril, we plead, 1116 01:16:47,195 --> 01:16:50,155 succor and comfort us in this hour. 1117 01:16:51,469 --> 01:16:53,131 Please, God. 1118 01:17:07,950 --> 01:17:09,644 Sylvia! 1119 01:17:19,918 --> 01:17:21,324 Sylvia! 1120 01:17:28,190 --> 01:17:29,467 Sylvia! 1121 01:17:32,670 --> 01:17:34,603 Here! Here! 1122 01:17:34,843 --> 01:17:36,620 Sylvia! 1123 01:17:45,661 --> 01:17:48,123 Let me through, please! 1124 01:18:25,502 --> 01:18:27,834 Almighty and most merciful Father, 1125 01:18:28,074 --> 01:18:29,883 we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. 1126 01:18:30,123 --> 01:18:32,699 We have followed too much the devices 1127 01:18:32,939 --> 01:18:34,683 and desires of our own hearts. 1128 01:18:34,923 --> 01:18:38,042 We have offended against thy holy laws. 1129 01:18:38,282 --> 01:18:42,171 We have left undone those things which we ought to have done. 1130 01:18:42,411 --> 01:18:44,411 And we have done those things which we ought not to have done. 1131 01:18:44,651 --> 01:18:46,556 Maybe they've gone another way. 1132 01:18:56,605 --> 01:18:58,011 Let's go see. 1133 01:18:58,251 --> 01:19:01,082 Do you see anything outside? 1134 01:19:01,322 --> 01:19:03,233 It must be all right. 1135 01:20:08,173 --> 01:20:09,580 Something's happening to them. 1136 01:20:28,877 --> 01:20:31,244 It's dead. 1137 01:20:46,189 --> 01:20:49,484 We were all praying for a miracle. 1138 01:21:01,437 --> 01:21:03,035 The Martians had no resistance 1139 01:21:03,275 --> 01:21:04,731 to the bacteria in our atmosphere, 1140 01:21:04,971 --> 01:21:07,034 to which we have long since become immune. 1141 01:21:07,274 --> 01:21:09,147 Once they had breathed our air, 1142 01:21:09,386 --> 01:21:12,570 germs which no longer affect us began to kill them. 1143 01:21:12,810 --> 01:21:14,971 The end came swiftly. 1144 01:21:15,211 --> 01:21:16,123 All over the world, 1145 01:21:16,363 --> 01:21:19,259 their machines began to stop and fall. 1146 01:21:19,499 --> 01:21:22,202 After all that men could do had failed, 1147 01:21:22,442 --> 01:21:25,563 the Martians were destroyed and humanity was saved 1148 01:21:25,802 --> 01:21:27,803 by the littlest things, 1149 01:21:28,043 --> 01:21:30,683 which God, in his wisdom, had put upon this Earth. 1150 01:21:30,923 --> 01:21:37,562 ♫ In this world and the next ♫ 1151 01:21:37,802 --> 01:21:41,122 ♫ Amen ♫