1 00:02:30,170 --> 00:02:31,171 Mr.Charles,... 2 00:02:31,728 --> 00:02:32,829 The project entrance is 3 00:02:32,854 --> 00:02:34,001 half a mile further on. 4 00:02:34,133 --> 00:02:38,367 I know, Mrs. Sorenson. I wanted to stop here to take a better look at that. 5 00:02:38,913 --> 00:02:41,908 That's your drill tower, isn't it? 6 00:02:41,908 --> 00:02:43,033 Yes, it is. 7 00:02:43,058 --> 00:02:44,885 What's that missile doing up there? 8 00:02:44,910 --> 00:02:46,912 I thought we came here to discuss with your husband 9 00:02:46,912 --> 00:02:49,907 the posibbility of using an atomic warhead. 10 00:02:49,912 --> 00:02:51,906 Half a missile, Sir Charles. 11 00:02:51,906 --> 00:02:53,910 If you look closely, you'll see it's not armed. 12 00:02:58,908 --> 00:02:59,913 I'm sure Dr. Sorenson 13 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:01,911 will be able to explain it to your satisfaction. 14 00:03:02,060 --> 00:03:04,055 Yes, I'm quite sure he will. 15 00:03:46,098 --> 00:03:47,550 This way. 16 00:04:10,913 --> 00:04:13,256 This will take us down to Center of Operations. 17 00:04:16,908 --> 00:04:18,908 Dr. Sorenson will meet you there. 18 00:04:23,912 --> 00:04:26,908 We prepared a demonstration, a progress report 19 00:04:26,908 --> 00:04:28,409 and what we have to acheive. 20 00:04:28,434 --> 00:04:29,911 Tell us, Mrs. Sorenson 21 00:04:29,911 --> 00:04:31,549 your husband feels that the project 22 00:04:31,574 --> 00:04:32,912 finally is about to prove itself. 23 00:04:32,912 --> 00:04:34,908 You're a scientist in your own right. 24 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:36,726 Do you share his confidence? 25 00:04:36,751 --> 00:04:38,306 We all do. 26 00:04:38,331 --> 00:04:40,330 The entire staff is behind him. 27 00:04:40,910 --> 00:04:42,910 How far down is Central Operations? 28 00:04:42,910 --> 00:04:44,906 In about two miles. 29 00:04:44,906 --> 00:04:46,913 It's the deepest natural shaft in the earth. 30 00:04:46,913 --> 00:04:48,907 That's why we're here. 31 00:04:48,907 --> 00:04:50,585 Since we studied the earth's crust, 32 00:04:50,904 --> 00:04:53,539 it's only natural we should wish to get as deep as possible 33 00:04:53,906 --> 00:04:57,905 You haven't made much progress in the last few weeks, we understand. 34 00:04:57,911 --> 00:05:01,905 No, in recent weeks we haven't gained much. 35 00:05:01,905 --> 00:05:04,907 As a matter of fact, in the last 17 weeks 36 00:05:04,907 --> 00:05:06,909 You haven't gained an inch, isn't that right? 37 00:05:16,888 --> 00:05:20,883 This entire area is pressurized and air conditioned, of course. 38 00:05:20,908 --> 00:05:23,912 Otherwise the temperature would be well over 200 degrees. 39 00:05:44,907 --> 00:05:46,907 Now I can see where all that money went! 40 00:05:49,909 --> 00:05:52,904 These instruments relay impulses that have picked up 41 00:05:52,904 --> 00:05:54,907 from the various distant places indicated. 42 00:05:55,910 --> 00:05:58,905 This is professor Gupal, from India. 43 00:05:58,905 --> 00:06:00,905 He's in charge of all seismographs. 44 00:06:10,428 --> 00:06:12,285 Here, on this TV screen, we can 45 00:06:12,286 --> 00:06:13,905 monitor any part of the project, 46 00:06:13,905 --> 00:06:15,912 also any major network on the globe. 47 00:06:16,787 --> 00:06:19,825 This is John Masefield, Columbia University, United States. 48 00:06:19,850 --> 00:06:20,739 Mr. Charles! 49 00:06:20,764 --> 00:06:22,333 My husband's second in command. 50 00:06:22,607 --> 00:06:26,007 Would you please inform Dr. Sorenson the comission has arrived? 51 00:06:34,910 --> 00:06:37,909 Sorry to disturb your reading, Stephen, but we're finished. 52 00:06:37,909 --> 00:06:40,910 Dr. Sorenson, the commisioners are here. 53 00:06:40,910 --> 00:06:43,907 Well, thank you, Angela, I'll be in in just a minute. 54 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:46,111 Now, the same time tomorrow, Bill? 55 00:06:46,259 --> 00:06:47,537 No. 56 00:06:47,907 --> 00:06:48,912 Look at your hand! 57 00:06:52,205 --> 00:06:53,910 Maybe you better put something on it. 58 00:06:53,910 --> 00:06:54,913 A soothing ointment? 59 00:06:54,913 --> 00:06:56,907 It ought to cover it up. 60 00:06:56,907 --> 00:06:58,310 You know the commisioners might 61 00:06:58,335 --> 00:06:59,571 be a little squeamish. 62 00:06:59,596 --> 00:07:01,432 You've had a big dose of x-rays. 63 00:07:01,908 --> 00:07:03,909 Just about the limit that you can take. 64 00:07:04,672 --> 00:07:06,909 Alright, I'll lay off a day. 65 00:07:09,258 --> 00:07:10,656 Two days? 66 00:07:12,709 --> 00:07:13,710 Friday? 67 00:07:14,906 --> 00:07:16,906 Get yourself another doctor. 68 00:07:19,292 --> 00:07:21,292 No, they always say the same thing. 69 00:07:21,752 --> 00:07:24,164 I'm not trying to play Russuan roulette, Bill. 70 00:07:24,731 --> 00:07:27,117 I've only been married a little over a year. 71 00:07:27,242 --> 00:07:28,905 You know "September Song"? 72 00:07:28,905 --> 00:07:31,908 "And these few precious days I'd spemd with you." 73 00:07:32,621 --> 00:07:34,622 I think of that song. 74 00:07:35,614 --> 00:07:36,908 Someone once said... 75 00:07:36,909 --> 00:07:40,906 If a man had a chance to spend his life fishing, making love,... 76 00:07:40,906 --> 00:07:41,906 watching things grow,... 77 00:07:41,906 --> 00:07:43,909 and didn't choose to do it, he was mad. 78 00:07:45,537 --> 00:07:47,542 I made that choice a long time ago. 79 00:07:49,886 --> 00:07:52,885 Alright, Stephen; you win. Saturday. 80 00:07:52,910 --> 00:07:55,538 Better make it early! Saturday 81 00:07:55,563 --> 00:07:57,904 is going to be a busy day! 82 00:07:57,904 --> 00:07:59,905 We're firing the missile on Saturday. 83 00:07:59,905 --> 00:08:01,471 Has the commision approved? 84 00:08:01,910 --> 00:08:03,903 No, not yet. 85 00:08:03,910 --> 00:08:04,910 But it will. 86 00:08:09,670 --> 00:08:10,779 Oh. Reynolds,... 87 00:08:14,791 --> 00:08:16,786 You don't want the comissioners to think 88 00:08:16,787 --> 00:08:18,786 we're all mad scientists. 89 00:08:24,884 --> 00:08:27,884 Dr. Sorenson, please come to Center of Operations. 90 00:08:27,909 --> 00:08:28,994 I am coming. 91 00:08:32,907 --> 00:08:36,906 You all know the purpose of our target is the magma. 92 00:08:37,909 --> 00:08:41,909 If we can succeed in bringing this molten mass to the surface, 93 00:08:41,909 --> 00:08:43,903 under controlled conditions, 94 00:08:43,903 --> 00:08:46,907 we'll have all the energy we could use. 95 00:08:46,907 --> 00:08:49,906 All the electricity for all kinds of industries. 96 00:08:51,269 --> 00:08:53,487 We've drilled down to this point. 97 00:08:53,903 --> 00:08:55,396 The only thing that stands 98 00:08:55,421 --> 00:08:56,934 between us now and success 99 00:08:57,942 --> 00:08:59,956 is this thin layer. 100 00:09:01,676 --> 00:09:02,679 Nevertheless, 101 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:06,906 that thin layer has held us up for 17 weeks. 102 00:09:06,906 --> 00:09:09,907 No drill that exists will bore through it. 103 00:09:09,907 --> 00:09:12,903 Not the toughest steel or the hardest diamond. 104 00:09:12,904 --> 00:09:15,440 Conventional explosives are useless. 105 00:09:15,441 --> 00:09:18,604 What do you mean conventional explosives are useless? 106 00:09:21,432 --> 00:09:23,909 I mean there are other types. 107 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:27,487 I was thinking of a thermoneuclear device. 108 00:09:27,596 --> 00:09:29,542 The United States' defense department 109 00:09:29,543 --> 00:09:31,135 has made availableto us 110 00:09:31,136 --> 00:09:35,909 a missile, capable of delivering a blast effect of 10 megatons. 111 00:09:35,909 --> 00:09:37,903 Which is enough, in our opinion, 112 00:09:37,903 --> 00:09:41,907 to break through this last barrier between us and success. 113 00:09:41,907 --> 00:09:44,363 And you asked us here to give you permission to fire? 114 00:09:45,353 --> 00:09:46,434 Yes. 115 00:09:47,168 --> 00:09:48,904 You must be pretty sure of yourself. 116 00:09:48,904 --> 00:09:50,763 We saw the missile already in positioning. 117 00:09:50,788 --> 00:09:55,005 It was quite a shock. 118 00:09:55,286 --> 00:09:57,327 Then you must have also noticed that 119 00:09:57,352 --> 00:09:59,392 the actual warhead was not in place. 120 00:09:59,905 --> 00:10:04,550 Are you as sure of this project's succes as you seem to be of our permission? 121 00:10:04,557 --> 00:10:06,761 Isn't there some risk involved? 122 00:10:08,771 --> 00:10:11,772 Yes. Yes, there is, some. 123 00:10:12,908 --> 00:10:15,195 Gentlemen, I'm not going to try to conceal 124 00:10:15,295 --> 00:10:17,878 from you the fact that the project's geologist 125 00:10:17,903 --> 00:10:21,905 Ted Rampion, a briliant young man, one of my former students, 126 00:10:22,604 --> 00:10:24,605 does not agree with me. 127 00:10:24,606 --> 00:10:26,609 He has developed a Rampion theory. 128 00:10:26,905 --> 00:10:29,907 Which like all theories, of course, has not been proven. 129 00:10:30,644 --> 00:10:33,042 I asked him to address you here today, 130 00:10:33,134 --> 00:10:37,135 but he had a previous engagement... with a volcano. 131 00:10:37,907 --> 00:10:42,173 However, his theory is that the crust has already been cracked 132 00:10:42,174 --> 00:10:44,704 by the numerous underground explosions 133 00:10:44,705 --> 00:10:46,497 set off by the nuclear powers 134 00:10:46,498 --> 00:10:47,985 in their years of testing. 135 00:10:48,909 --> 00:10:53,907 He believes that an atomic blast at this depth, now 136 00:10:54,772 --> 00:10:58,774 runs the risk of doing this to the earth. 137 00:11:02,904 --> 00:11:05,903 Far-fetched, huh? We think so, too. 138 00:11:05,903 --> 00:11:07,903 The rest of the staff and I believe 139 00:11:07,903 --> 00:11:11,905 that an atomic míssile would penetrate the crust more like this 140 00:11:32,373 --> 00:11:35,369 A missile would burn its way through the crust. 141 00:11:47,909 --> 00:11:50,215 To obtain limitless energy 142 00:11:50,216 --> 00:11:53,021 has been a dream of mankind for about thousands of years. 143 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,843 Now, for the first time, we can obtain it without poisenous waste material. 144 00:11:57,906 --> 00:11:59,903 Without spoiling our oceans. 145 00:12:00,485 --> 00:12:02,486 We have within our grasp 146 00:12:02,604 --> 00:12:06,611 the limitless clean heat of the inner earth. 147 00:12:08,344 --> 00:12:11,344 And if this pilot plan is successful, 148 00:12:12,152 --> 00:12:14,904 we can transform all the continents 149 00:12:14,904 --> 00:12:19,899 and make a life of plenty for all mankind for the proceedable future 150 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:24,907 The decision, gentlemen, is up to you. 151 00:12:30,904 --> 00:12:33,899 I hope you don't mind bunking down here, dear. 152 00:12:33,899 --> 00:12:35,900 After all, I could not very well put Sir Charles... 153 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:37,901 That's alright. Anything for the cause. 154 00:12:37,901 --> 00:12:39,900 Here, let me. - No, I can manage. 155 00:12:40,901 --> 00:12:42,902 The rash is getting worse, isn't it? 156 00:12:43,555 --> 00:12:44,792 Oh, it will be alright. 157 00:12:45,063 --> 00:12:48,487 Take a vacation; this tension is psychosomatic. 158 00:12:49,903 --> 00:12:51,903 Yeah, I could break some hazards. 159 00:12:55,343 --> 00:12:56,348 Are you worried? 160 00:12:57,232 --> 00:12:59,234 No, it's the commisssion. 161 00:12:59,242 --> 00:13:01,183 They're acting up. 162 00:13:01,269 --> 00:13:03,433 Is Rampion's theory bothering you? 163 00:13:03,608 --> 00:13:06,616 No, it's the budget, the thought of it. 164 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,902 I could blow up the whole world with their weapon 165 00:13:10,906 --> 00:13:12,901 if i did it cheaply enough. 166 00:13:14,509 --> 00:13:16,508 That reminds me. 167 00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:18,395 I forgot to tell you. 168 00:13:18,628 --> 00:13:21,628 There's a letter for you, there, on my desk. 169 00:13:22,203 --> 00:13:23,620 From Rampion. 170 00:13:23,621 --> 00:13:24,621 Thank you. 171 00:13:25,904 --> 00:13:29,214 From Tukamoa. Message from the bottom of a volcano. 172 00:13:29,215 --> 00:13:30,151 Help! 173 00:13:31,906 --> 00:13:33,900 Oh, aren't you going to read it? 174 00:13:34,220 --> 00:13:35,219 Tomorrow. 175 00:13:37,469 --> 00:13:39,474 I thought you were worried about him. 176 00:13:40,258 --> 00:13:42,262 If he can write, he hasn't fallen in. 177 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,761 That's very logical. 178 00:13:49,905 --> 00:13:50,906 You read it. 179 00:13:53,229 --> 00:13:55,232 Not addressed to me. 180 00:13:58,899 --> 00:14:03,899 Stephen, for the umpteenth time, Ted Rampion is not my pinup. 181 00:14:03,899 --> 00:14:07,354 He's young, briliant, dances divinely 182 00:14:07,355 --> 00:14:08,697 and plays very good tennis. 183 00:14:09,486 --> 00:14:11,243 But he isn't the one I picked. 184 00:14:11,244 --> 00:14:12,565 I picked you. 185 00:14:12,703 --> 00:14:13,709 You are my husband. 186 00:14:17,155 --> 00:14:19,152 You picked him once. 187 00:14:20,328 --> 00:14:24,323 That was before I took thermodynamics with you. 188 00:14:26,663 --> 00:14:29,885 And picked an old man with two left feet and no talents 189 00:14:29,886 --> 00:14:33,064 to speak of physical or otherwise 190 00:14:38,366 --> 00:14:39,366 Stephen,... 191 00:14:49,282 --> 00:14:52,282 this afternoon, when you were talking to the commission 192 00:14:52,904 --> 00:14:56,900 about changing the face of the world and the future of humanity, 193 00:14:57,902 --> 00:15:01,902 I made a decision; an omportant one. 194 00:15:02,212 --> 00:15:02,906 And? 195 00:15:04,509 --> 00:15:08,509 I want a baby, Stephen. Now. 196 00:15:12,938 --> 00:15:14,962 I want something of my own to worry about. 197 00:15:15,451 --> 00:15:18,634 Humanity can take care of itself for a while. 198 00:15:19,747 --> 00:15:22,130 Well, there are so many things to do, Maggie. 199 00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:24,125 It's just little time. 200 00:15:25,556 --> 00:15:27,556 It doesn't take all that much time. 201 00:15:30,399 --> 00:15:32,400 I mean being parents. 202 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:36,900 We could take him to work with us he could play with the slide ruler. 203 00:15:39,602 --> 00:15:41,602 I'm not a young man anymore. 204 00:15:42,898 --> 00:15:45,900 If anything should happen to me you'd be left... 205 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:46,903 with a part of you 206 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,239 For the rest of my life. 207 00:16:21,898 --> 00:16:22,898 Stephen! 208 00:18:12,901 --> 00:18:14,683 Hi, Steele. - Hello, Dr. Rampion. 209 00:18:14,684 --> 00:18:15,688 When did that happen? 210 00:18:15,979 --> 00:18:17,899 They flew the missle down a few days agfo. 211 00:18:18,990 --> 00:18:20,991 You're just in time for the fireworks! 212 00:18:21,284 --> 00:18:23,020 But the commision what about their ok? 213 00:18:23,090 --> 00:18:25,089 The commision's been here and gone. 214 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:26,900 Didn't you know? 215 00:18:27,635 --> 00:18:29,206 Looks as if I wasn't suppose to know. 216 00:18:29,207 --> 00:18:30,839 Not until it was all over. 217 00:18:31,899 --> 00:18:33,904 You mean the old man wanted you out of the way? 218 00:18:34,899 --> 00:18:36,394 What does it look like to you? 219 00:18:37,510 --> 00:18:39,510 To the Center of Operations. As fast as you can. 220 00:18:57,616 --> 00:19:00,331 You have the figures yet on residual radioactivity? 221 00:19:01,315 --> 00:19:02,900 We'll have them ready for you in half an hour. 222 00:19:03,126 --> 00:19:04,128 Half an hour? 223 00:19:05,491 --> 00:19:07,496 Better get Obermeyer to help you 224 00:19:08,004 --> 00:19:09,010 Maggie can handle it. 225 00:19:09,895 --> 00:19:13,314 We don't cover for favoritism, especially my wife. 226 00:19:15,494 --> 00:19:17,010 They must have turned them down. 227 00:19:17,408 --> 00:19:20,898 No, he's just nervous because he hasn't heard from them yet. 228 00:19:21,346 --> 00:19:23,340 Can I help you? 229 00:19:30,664 --> 00:19:33,659 Dr. Sorenson, this cable just arrived. 230 00:19:33,894 --> 00:19:34,898 It's from Sir Charles. 231 00:19:38,898 --> 00:19:39,900 Hello, Stephen. 232 00:19:40,431 --> 00:19:42,429 Hello, how are you, Ted? 233 00:19:42,552 --> 00:19:43,556 I've seen the missle. 234 00:19:44,348 --> 00:19:45,399 Yes. 235 00:19:45,899 --> 00:19:47,894 You decided to go ahead. 236 00:19:48,898 --> 00:19:50,608 You had to get me out of the way. 237 00:19:50,633 --> 00:19:52,629 You weren't taking any chances. 238 00:19:52,901 --> 00:19:53,899 No. 239 00:19:54,662 --> 00:19:55,659 No. 240 00:19:56,213 --> 00:19:59,229 I just didn't want the commisioners to become involved. 241 00:19:59,254 --> 00:20:02,901 In a long drawn out highly technical discussion we just don't have the time. 242 00:20:03,338 --> 00:20:04,439 What's the hurry, Stephen? 243 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,900 Can't you wait for another Nobel Prize? 244 00:20:11,455 --> 00:20:13,416 As a scientist, I'd like to take a year. 245 00:20:13,629 --> 00:20:14,643 Two years. 246 00:20:15,338 --> 00:20:16,585 But as an administrator, I 247 00:20:16,610 --> 00:20:18,830 know that if we don't produce some concrete 248 00:20:18,855 --> 00:20:20,133 results here soon, this project 249 00:20:20,158 --> 00:20:21,273 Is going to be closed down! 250 00:20:21,298 --> 00:20:22,900 You're not worried about our job! 251 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:24,901 Now they care about the idea our idea. 252 00:20:25,577 --> 00:20:27,727 If this happens, it will be written off 253 00:20:27,752 --> 00:20:29,632 completely from another generation, at least! 254 00:20:29,748 --> 00:20:31,749 You'll save the world or destroy it. 255 00:20:32,353 --> 00:20:35,773 You're mad, Stephen; You want to play God! 256 00:20:38,898 --> 00:20:39,900 Hello, Ted. 257 00:20:40,642 --> 00:20:41,643 Maggie. 258 00:20:43,156 --> 00:20:44,811 I'm sorry about the delay. 259 00:20:44,812 --> 00:20:46,264 That's all right. Thank you. 260 00:20:46,265 --> 00:20:47,895 See you later. - Don't go, Maggie. 261 00:20:47,895 --> 00:20:49,893 There's something I want you to hear. 262 00:20:49,899 --> 00:20:51,895 It's alright, Maggie. 263 00:20:51,895 --> 00:20:52,895 It's all in the family. 264 00:20:54,650 --> 00:20:55,655 What is it? 265 00:20:56,277 --> 00:20:58,422 I'm going to the comission, over Stephen's head. 266 00:20:58,582 --> 00:21:00,579 I'm going to stop him if i can. 267 00:21:00,580 --> 00:21:01,891 Don't you see? Don't you see? 268 00:21:01,892 --> 00:21:03,554 The insane risk you are taking? 269 00:21:03,555 --> 00:21:07,178 It was a decision that had to be made, and as head of the project, I made it. 270 00:21:07,203 --> 00:21:09,413 It was a decision you had absolutely no right to make. 271 00:21:09,438 --> 00:21:11,576 Not without being one-hundred percent certain. 272 00:21:11,601 --> 00:21:13,281 Oh I know. The famous Rampion Theory. 273 00:21:13,281 --> 00:21:15,282 But the fact still remains that no other 274 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:17,234 member of the project will support you. 275 00:21:17,259 --> 00:21:19,486 No other member of the staff will stand up against you! 276 00:21:19,511 --> 00:21:20,706 Ted, your objections were 277 00:21:20,731 --> 00:21:21,924 raised to the Comission 278 00:21:22,347 --> 00:21:25,676 Sure, Stephen explained my point of view... and disposed of it. 279 00:21:25,761 --> 00:21:27,651 You couldn't afford to let me do my own talking 280 00:21:27,877 --> 00:21:29,088 and present my own evidence. 281 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:31,035 That might have upset your plot. 282 00:21:31,214 --> 00:21:32,527 Yes, it might have. 283 00:21:32,634 --> 00:21:33,639 You're right about that. 284 00:21:34,246 --> 00:21:36,144 You were frank with us, Stephen. 285 00:21:36,535 --> 00:21:37,670 Let's see if you were just 286 00:21:37,695 --> 00:21:38,924 as open with the commision. 287 00:21:39,009 --> 00:21:40,341 You're too late, Ted. 288 00:21:41,111 --> 00:21:44,106 The commision has already given us the go ahead. 289 00:21:50,111 --> 00:21:51,703 It's not too late. 290 00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:53,215 When do you fire the missile? 291 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,243 The missile will be fired Saturday morning. 292 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,480 Perhaps... I can help you? 293 00:22:04,418 --> 00:22:06,846 Where is the report I turned in on the documentation. 294 00:22:07,501 --> 00:22:11,501 If you wish to take it to the commision go right ahead. 295 00:22:11,502 --> 00:22:12,737 This is on my own. 296 00:22:15,094 --> 00:22:17,094 I resigned as of now. 297 00:22:23,869 --> 00:22:25,453 He's so sure. 298 00:22:25,478 --> 00:22:26,930 Do you think if you called a meeting and 299 00:22:26,955 --> 00:22:28,205 opened the question to discussion... 300 00:22:28,206 --> 00:22:29,899 Maybe you should have resigned with him. 301 00:22:30,719 --> 00:22:32,214 Now, if you'll excuse me. 302 00:22:58,513 --> 00:23:00,559 Come in! 303 00:23:03,899 --> 00:23:05,899 You can't leave like this. 304 00:23:07,555 --> 00:23:10,810 It will be difficult for you to get another job. They'll label you a crackpot. 305 00:23:11,172 --> 00:23:14,173 I can always sell newspapers. If there are any. 306 00:23:15,766 --> 00:23:16,772 What's wrong with those? 307 00:23:16,898 --> 00:23:18,891 Now they've got holes in them. 308 00:23:18,896 --> 00:23:19,898 I'll fix them. 309 00:23:21,891 --> 00:23:23,509 If the world is going to come to an end... 310 00:23:23,510 --> 00:23:25,896 at least you won't get caught with holes in your socks. 311 00:23:26,145 --> 00:23:28,148 That's a comforting thought. 312 00:23:29,456 --> 00:23:31,461 Ted, you can't quit Stephen now. 313 00:23:31,727 --> 00:23:32,728 You owe it to him. 314 00:23:33,897 --> 00:23:34,713 Do I? 315 00:23:34,714 --> 00:23:36,007 Well, he's got out on a limb 316 00:23:36,032 --> 00:23:37,157 too many times for you. 317 00:23:37,158 --> 00:23:39,898 The scholarships, the research grants. 318 00:23:39,898 --> 00:23:42,898 And the professorship in Tokeo so he could be alone with you. 319 00:23:44,519 --> 00:23:46,525 By then, it was over between you and me anyway. 320 00:23:47,439 --> 00:23:48,442 Only I didn't know it. 321 00:23:50,383 --> 00:23:53,002 It just happemed that way; nobody planned it. 322 00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:55,322 He plans everything. 323 00:23:55,323 --> 00:23:57,142 He's got a computer mind. 324 00:23:57,556 --> 00:23:59,298 Did he suggest this visit? 325 00:23:59,369 --> 00:24:01,259 I'm here on my own! 326 00:24:02,455 --> 00:24:04,892 I came because he needs you. 327 00:24:04,892 --> 00:24:07,279 He's been working under a terrible strain. 328 00:24:07,304 --> 00:24:09,560 There is a limit to how one man can carry. 329 00:24:10,897 --> 00:24:12,892 I can't stay, Maggie. 330 00:24:12,898 --> 00:24:15,892 And I'm not fighting among personal grounds. 331 00:24:15,892 --> 00:24:17,894 I'm fighting because I'm right. 332 00:24:19,897 --> 00:24:23,897 Of course! You're only doing what you think you have to do. 333 00:24:24,896 --> 00:24:27,633 You're both such noble scientists. 334 00:24:39,238 --> 00:24:41,238 Attention all personnels 335 00:24:41,453 --> 00:24:45,264 The missile will be fired in 9 minutes from... now. 336 00:24:45,890 --> 00:24:49,893 Alright, fellas. Take your places. Nine minutes to go. 337 00:24:50,895 --> 00:24:52,108 Check the P.A. system. 338 00:24:52,248 --> 00:24:57,116 1,2,3,4, testing. 1,2,3,4 testing. 1,2,3,4 testing. 339 00:24:57,239 --> 00:24:59,238 Check the tape. 340 00:25:17,258 --> 00:25:19,258 8 and a half minutes to go, Jack. 341 00:25:19,819 --> 00:25:21,565 I know what time it is. 342 00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:23,898 I thought you couldn't see with your gloves on. 343 00:25:32,257 --> 00:25:34,256 Alright, Stephen. That's all. 344 00:25:40,689 --> 00:25:42,694 Alright, Bill, I can manage. 345 00:25:45,386 --> 00:25:49,382 Well, in about 8 minutes we'll have an answer. 346 00:25:50,181 --> 00:25:51,628 Don't you want to wish me luck? 347 00:25:51,644 --> 00:25:53,645 There's something I must tell you, Stephen. 348 00:25:53,895 --> 00:25:55,897 There's no stopping the disease. 349 00:25:57,250 --> 00:25:58,892 It's out of control. 350 00:26:06,894 --> 00:26:08,322 Is it malignant? 351 00:26:08,335 --> 00:26:09,636 Yes. 352 00:26:14,892 --> 00:26:16,638 Why didn't you tell me before? 353 00:26:17,388 --> 00:26:19,669 I wasn't sure; now I am. 354 00:26:20,544 --> 00:26:22,466 I didn't know how you'd take it. 355 00:26:23,138 --> 00:26:25,897 How did you expect me to take it? Stop the project? 356 00:26:27,895 --> 00:26:29,895 No, I'll go on with my work. 357 00:26:30,508 --> 00:26:32,918 After all, how many men had had the opportunity 358 00:26:32,943 --> 00:26:34,591 to turn the page in history? 359 00:26:34,892 --> 00:26:38,894 Newton, Pasteur, Einstein. 360 00:26:39,893 --> 00:26:42,874 If you can look at it that way. 361 00:26:42,899 --> 00:26:44,894 Good luck, Stephen. 362 00:26:44,894 --> 00:26:45,895 Thank you, Bill. 363 00:27:32,287 --> 00:27:34,282 Positions, everyone. 364 00:27:41,372 --> 00:27:42,867 6 minutes to go. 365 00:27:42,893 --> 00:27:44,893 All channels clear. 366 00:27:44,893 --> 00:27:46,893 Instruments on full automatic. 367 00:27:50,238 --> 00:27:53,063 6 minutes to firing time. Check your instruments. 368 00:28:11,611 --> 00:28:12,457 Yes? 369 00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:14,308 Dr. Rampion is here to see you, sir. 370 00:28:14,699 --> 00:28:16,698 Oh, good. Ask him to come in. 371 00:28:21,103 --> 00:28:23,098 Come this way. 372 00:28:24,759 --> 00:28:27,355 Hello, Dr. Rampion, how very nice to see you. 373 00:28:27,807 --> 00:28:29,807 Come in, did you have a smooth flight? 374 00:28:30,136 --> 00:28:32,884 Yes, quite busy, thank you. Did you get my cable? 375 00:28:32,909 --> 00:28:34,259 Oh, yes, I got your cable. 376 00:28:34,259 --> 00:28:35,869 Gave me quite a turn, I must say. 377 00:28:35,894 --> 00:28:38,313 You shouldn't send cables like that. 378 00:28:38,338 --> 00:28:40,055 You never know who's going to read them. 379 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,464 I'm serious, that missile must not be fired. You've got to stop it. 380 00:28:43,519 --> 00:28:46,229 The commission's already decided; I'm afraid it's out of my hands. 381 00:28:46,230 --> 00:28:47,890 Delay it 24 hours. 382 00:28:47,890 --> 00:28:49,214 Give me a chance to prove my case. 383 00:28:49,215 --> 00:28:51,764 Look, these are eco soundings and deep 384 00:28:51,789 --> 00:28:54,402 vibration tests made in the fault area. 385 00:28:54,888 --> 00:28:57,893 Now, compare them with normal soundings. 386 00:28:57,893 --> 00:28:58,894 You see the difference? 387 00:28:59,891 --> 00:29:01,113 What causes the difference? 388 00:29:01,464 --> 00:29:05,540 They're due to flaws, stresses, tiny fissures in the mantle. 389 00:29:05,573 --> 00:29:08,808 Probably the result of many years of underground atomic testing. 390 00:29:09,566 --> 00:29:12,441 Another major explosion and even deeper, 391 00:29:12,823 --> 00:29:15,774 and these tiny fissures will become cracks. 392 00:29:17,315 --> 00:29:20,581 Suppose the Masato Trench splits open under the ocean. 393 00:29:20,809 --> 00:29:23,810 A crack a thousand miles long. 394 00:29:23,811 --> 00:29:26,542 Bringing super heated magma in contact with the ocean. 395 00:29:27,003 --> 00:29:31,866 Earthquakes, tidal waves, mass destruction on an apocalyptic scale! 396 00:29:31,891 --> 00:29:34,214 You showed this work to Dr. Sorenson? 397 00:29:34,307 --> 00:29:35,599 Two months ago. 398 00:29:35,723 --> 00:29:37,729 Curious he didn't explain it to us. 399 00:29:38,890 --> 00:29:40,152 Didn't he bring it up? 400 00:29:40,940 --> 00:29:42,630 Oh, yes, he did, but he didn't 401 00:29:42,654 --> 00:29:44,511 seem to make it very important. 402 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,889 Put through an urget call to Tanganhica. 403 00:29:46,889 --> 00:29:48,887 I want to speak to Dr. Sorenson. 404 00:29:52,273 --> 00:29:54,274 One minute to zero. 405 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,076 Make a final check of all the points. 406 00:29:59,143 --> 00:30:03,889 Positions 4,5,9, report in. 407 00:30:03,890 --> 00:30:05,887 Five: All clear. 408 00:30:05,912 --> 00:30:07,913 Fuel bombs all clear. 409 00:30:07,976 --> 00:30:10,979 On your way! Nine: All clear. 410 00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:13,695 All clear, sir. 411 00:30:13,895 --> 00:30:15,895 40 seconds to zero. 412 00:30:19,409 --> 00:30:20,834 Circuit One. 413 00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:24,894 Circuit Two. 414 00:30:24,894 --> 00:30:26,891 30 seconds to zero. 415 00:30:29,311 --> 00:30:30,316 Circuit Three. 416 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,152 Outside call for Dr. Sorenson, urgent! 417 00:30:33,153 --> 00:30:35,150 Not now, secure all telephones! 418 00:30:36,233 --> 00:30:37,893 20 seconds to zero. 419 00:30:37,893 --> 00:30:39,000 Circuit Four. 420 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:43,143 Circuit Five. 421 00:30:47,716 --> 00:30:48,521 Ten seconds. 422 00:30:48,581 --> 00:30:49,497 Nine. 423 00:30:49,522 --> 00:30:50,464 Eight. 424 00:30:50,489 --> 00:30:51,519 Seven. 425 00:30:51,544 --> 00:30:52,208 Six. 426 00:30:52,233 --> 00:30:53,208 Five. 427 00:30:53,233 --> 00:30:54,097 Four. 428 00:30:54,122 --> 00:30:54,888 Three. 429 00:30:54,888 --> 00:30:56,033 Two. 430 00:30:56,058 --> 00:30:56,889 One. 431 00:30:56,889 --> 00:30:57,891 Zero. 432 00:32:30,143 --> 00:32:31,143 Magma! 433 00:32:44,445 --> 00:32:45,271 Yes? 434 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,016 Yes, I think I can get through now; hold on. 435 00:32:48,297 --> 00:32:50,296 It's Sir Charles, from London. 436 00:32:53,695 --> 00:32:55,414 Sorenson speaking. 437 00:32:55,524 --> 00:32:57,891 Hello, Sorenson, can you hear me? 438 00:32:58,085 --> 00:33:00,087 Go ahead, Tanganhica, go ahead. 439 00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:01,934 Yes, I can hear you quite well. 440 00:33:02,577 --> 00:33:05,578 Sorenson, I want this shot postponed. Delayed. 441 00:33:05,660 --> 00:33:09,662 We've had second thoughts back here. We're calling a panel of consultants. 442 00:33:10,352 --> 00:33:13,888 Well, I'm afraid it's too late for that now, sir. 443 00:33:13,888 --> 00:33:15,884 The missile has been fired. 444 00:33:15,884 --> 00:33:17,695 We hit magma! 445 00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:18,760 You did? 446 00:33:19,469 --> 00:33:21,469 Ask him about the side effects. 447 00:33:21,470 --> 00:33:23,422 Did he notice anything out of the ordinary? 448 00:33:23,603 --> 00:33:24,709 Any side effects, anything 449 00:33:24,734 --> 00:33:25,782 out of the ordinary? 450 00:33:25,864 --> 00:33:28,865 No, everything went off according to plan. 451 00:33:28,890 --> 00:33:30,892 As of now, I would say the shot 452 00:33:30,917 --> 00:33:33,547 is an unqualified success. 453 00:33:34,141 --> 00:33:37,887 Well, Sorenson. You know far more than I do about what this means. 454 00:33:37,888 --> 00:33:40,235 My profoundest congratulations! 455 00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:41,592 Well, thank you, sir. 456 00:33:42,155 --> 00:33:43,601 Thank you very much. 457 00:33:43,863 --> 00:33:45,864 I called a press conference for tomorrow. 458 00:33:45,889 --> 00:33:49,582 You chaps can prepare a news release by that time, I suppose. 459 00:33:49,607 --> 00:33:51,658 I think so, I don't see why not. 460 00:33:51,683 --> 00:33:53,142 Of course you know you'll have 461 00:33:53,167 --> 00:33:55,402 correspondents popping in on you like flies. 462 00:33:55,651 --> 00:33:57,886 You just have to put up with that, I guess. 463 00:33:58,167 --> 00:33:59,886 - No trouble at all. 464 00:33:59,886 --> 00:34:03,585 Oh, and by the way, if you see my friend, Rampion 465 00:34:03,610 --> 00:34:06,609 Tell him to get back here; his work is pilling up. 466 00:34:06,884 --> 00:34:08,889 Yes, I will if I see him. 467 00:34:08,889 --> 00:34:12,885 And once again, many congratulations, goodbye! 468 00:34:15,417 --> 00:34:17,886 He did it. The old boy did it. 469 00:34:17,886 --> 00:34:18,888 A new era. 470 00:34:18,888 --> 00:34:22,888 You know, somehow, it's harder to take in when it's real 471 00:34:22,888 --> 00:34:24,768 then when it's pure speculation. 472 00:34:25,384 --> 00:34:27,863 I'm sorry I bothered you, Sir Charles. 473 00:34:27,888 --> 00:34:29,760 Nonsense. You did quite right.Though... 474 00:34:29,761 --> 00:34:31,886 I'm very glad you have mistaken. 475 00:34:32,672 --> 00:34:33,677 Goodbye - Goodbye. 476 00:34:41,542 --> 00:34:44,889 Ah, there, in the middle under the magma 477 00:34:44,889 --> 00:34:48,889 is the wall that has crusted itself over like a cooling volcano. 478 00:34:48,889 --> 00:34:51,043 There's no chance of it starting up again, is there? 479 00:34:51,068 --> 00:34:52,629 No, that's not likely. 480 00:34:52,654 --> 00:34:56,590 The borehole has provided itself with a very solid cap, like concrete. 481 00:34:56,591 --> 00:34:58,588 Can we take some pictures now, Dr.Sorenson? 482 00:34:58,589 --> 00:34:59,591 Just a minute. 483 00:35:31,060 --> 00:35:33,646 Can we take some closeups of the magma, Dr. Sorenson? 484 00:35:33,647 --> 00:35:34,649 Oh, yes, go ahead. 485 00:35:43,404 --> 00:35:45,405 I'm so glad you came back. 486 00:35:49,904 --> 00:35:51,390 Congratulations, Stephen. 487 00:35:51,406 --> 00:35:53,721 I'm glad you're back Ted. We missed you. 488 00:35:53,746 --> 00:35:55,483 Well, I was wrong. 489 00:35:55,796 --> 00:35:58,179 I suppose it's that stubborn streak in me. 490 00:35:58,180 --> 00:36:00,263 But you know? I still can't help thinking that... 491 00:36:00,288 --> 00:36:01,885 You are stubborn, aren't you? 492 00:36:01,886 --> 00:36:04,997 No, it wasn't just stubbornness; I was scared. 493 00:36:05,888 --> 00:36:08,883 Don't think I wasn't scared myself. 494 00:36:09,859 --> 00:36:11,859 But you went ahead anyway 495 00:36:11,884 --> 00:36:13,599 Making a decision like that, 496 00:36:13,598 --> 00:36:14,860 would scare anyone. 497 00:36:14,885 --> 00:36:16,461 But we had to know. 498 00:36:16,462 --> 00:36:19,305 Well, jow about taking a a peak into the future? Come on. 499 00:36:31,867 --> 00:36:35,862 Niquel, Molybdenum manganese, iron. 500 00:36:35,887 --> 00:36:38,882 And not all, are already melted down. 501 00:36:38,882 --> 00:36:41,886 The metals alone would start up whole new industries 502 00:36:41,886 --> 00:36:44,883 And all these metals, they're only a bonus. 503 00:36:44,908 --> 00:36:47,500 The heat we'll use to generate electricity. 504 00:36:47,523 --> 00:36:49,342 We just have to separate the metals 505 00:36:49,435 --> 00:36:50,442 That's it, exactly. 506 00:36:52,888 --> 00:36:55,883 There's simething strange going on up there! 507 00:37:00,577 --> 00:37:02,577 Must be animals moving fast. 508 00:37:02,886 --> 00:37:04,881 A big herd. 509 00:37:05,342 --> 00:37:06,512 Maybe a grass fire. 510 00:37:06,715 --> 00:37:07,715 Maybe smoke. 511 00:37:08,882 --> 00:37:09,887 I don't see any. 512 00:37:09,887 --> 00:37:11,885 What else could scare them? 513 00:37:12,617 --> 00:37:13,857 Let's go find out. 514 00:38:06,255 --> 00:38:08,250 They're running scared. 515 00:38:09,882 --> 00:38:10,887 No fire. 516 00:38:11,339 --> 00:38:13,008 I can't figure it out. 517 00:38:13,419 --> 00:38:14,423 I think I can. 518 00:38:16,910 --> 00:38:20,376 The first turn we hit at 5 am it lasted 11 seconds. 519 00:38:20,568 --> 00:38:24,573 The second turn we hit about an hour later. They were both force 9. 520 00:38:25,475 --> 00:38:26,479 Force 9? 521 00:38:28,946 --> 00:38:30,570 Have you located the epicenter yet? 522 00:38:30,595 --> 00:38:33,596 11 degrees east about 320 miles. 523 00:38:34,153 --> 00:38:36,493 The nearest town is Port Victoria. 524 00:38:37,585 --> 00:38:40,180 "Here are the earliest reports from Port Victoria." 525 00:38:40,968 --> 00:38:43,364 "The earthquake left ua burning ruin of a city 526 00:38:43,389 --> 00:38:46,202 Which this morning was a thriving community of 50,000 people." 527 00:38:46,886 --> 00:38:49,881 "Àt 5:00 AM, local time, the schocks began." 528 00:38:50,671 --> 00:38:52,048 "Damage to property was estimated" 529 00:38:52,073 --> 00:38:53,792 close to 200 million dollars, 530 00:38:53,817 --> 00:38:56,071 "and the number of homeless was put at 17,000." 531 00:38:56,567 --> 00:38:58,571 "All roads to the city are destroyed." 532 00:38:58,884 --> 00:39:01,297 "Since dawn, fleets of helicopters have been flying in 533 00:39:01,322 --> 00:39:03,366 With medical agents and supplies for the engines." 534 00:39:03,642 --> 00:39:05,406 "The number of victims is not known." 535 00:39:05,407 --> 00:39:08,412 "But preliminary estimates give a figure of 5,000 dead or missing." 536 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:10,886 "Normal programs will be interrupted" 537 00:39:10,886 --> 00:39:13,671 to give later on the spot reports from Port Victoria 538 00:39:13,696 --> 00:39:15,217 "As they are received by the station." 539 00:39:15,242 --> 00:39:17,586 "Meanwhile, we go back to our scheduled program." 540 00:39:17,863 --> 00:39:18,769 You're thinking you were 541 00:39:18,794 --> 00:39:19,887 right all along, aren't you? 542 00:39:20,199 --> 00:39:21,767 I don't think that's the point. The 543 00:39:21,792 --> 00:39:23,225 question is are we responsible? 544 00:39:23,349 --> 00:39:25,348 There have been earthquakes in that area before. 545 00:39:25,325 --> 00:39:28,325 We have no proof that this one was caused by our bomb. 546 00:39:28,350 --> 00:39:30,617 Markov, get me the fact sheet on Port Victoria. 547 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,635 Where is Port Victoria? 548 00:39:34,756 --> 00:39:35,754 Here. 549 00:39:39,177 --> 00:39:42,828 That's 250 milhas on the borehole where the missile was fired. 550 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:46,097 What proof have we that there's any connection between the two? 551 00:39:46,122 --> 00:39:47,119 None. 552 00:39:47,144 --> 00:39:48,739 Not yet. 553 00:39:51,278 --> 00:39:56,278 "Earthquake tremors recorded in 1890, 1903, 1920." 554 00:39:56,380 --> 00:39:58,381 "A series of earthquakes in 1934." 555 00:39:58,592 --> 00:40:00,591 "No subsequent activities." 556 00:40:00,849 --> 00:40:02,731 Seems they were all ready for this. 557 00:40:02,792 --> 00:40:05,028 Dr. Sorenson, this just came in to communications. 558 00:40:09,470 --> 00:40:10,470 Kutamauan. 559 00:40:12,039 --> 00:40:13,280 Where is Kutamauan? 560 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,693 It's an island east of Porto Vitória. 561 00:40:15,694 --> 00:40:16,912 Look up Kutamauan. 562 00:40:20,281 --> 00:40:24,282 "Kutamauan has been hit by a violent tremor and a tidal wave." 563 00:40:25,877 --> 00:40:26,878 Wiped out! 564 00:40:28,496 --> 00:40:30,497 "Loss of life: 7,000." 565 00:40:31,885 --> 00:40:33,885 What is the record of earthquake activity? 566 00:40:35,448 --> 00:40:37,772 None. No earthquake activity ever. 567 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:46,889 They're all on the line of the Masato fault. 568 00:40:47,452 --> 00:40:50,881 I expect the next tremor along here, near Sheer Water island. 569 00:40:50,882 --> 00:40:52,633 I'm going out there to look at the 570 00:40:52,658 --> 00:40:54,608 ocean floor for signs of any activity. 571 00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:55,879 I'm taking Steele. 572 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:56,884 Anything you need. 573 00:40:56,909 --> 00:40:57,981 Right. 574 00:40:57,981 --> 00:41:00,300 Steele, wire ahead to get the observation sub ready 575 00:41:00,325 --> 00:41:01,329 Tell them to check the pressure changes 576 00:41:01,354 --> 00:41:02,307 We're going deep. 577 00:41:02,332 --> 00:41:03,720 I'll take care of the cameras. 578 00:41:03,777 --> 00:41:04,824 Right. 579 00:41:14,764 --> 00:41:17,446 "Sheer Wter Island, severe shock." 580 00:41:52,598 --> 00:41:53,746 Take it down deeper. 581 00:41:53,747 --> 00:41:55,238 Over that shoulder ahead. 582 00:41:55,424 --> 00:41:57,423 I hope this thing holds together. 583 00:42:11,780 --> 00:42:14,780 Deeper. There's something down there. Just follow that disturbance. 584 00:42:35,567 --> 00:42:36,801 5.000 feet. 585 00:42:37,226 --> 00:42:39,229 Outside temperature 200 degrees. 586 00:42:39,820 --> 00:42:40,980 We're getting there. 587 00:43:28,474 --> 00:43:29,521 Haven't you had enough? 588 00:43:29,546 --> 00:43:30,483 No! 589 00:43:30,639 --> 00:43:31,740 Well, I have. 590 00:43:31,765 --> 00:43:32,764 We're going up. 591 00:43:36,599 --> 00:43:39,350 We took this photograph at 5,000 feet. 592 00:43:41,745 --> 00:43:44,739 We took this one at 7,000 feet. 593 00:43:46,862 --> 00:43:49,202 And this one at 9,000 feet. 594 00:43:49,882 --> 00:43:53,882 Direct observation and analysis of samples being brought to the surface 595 00:43:54,404 --> 00:43:58,730 lead us to the conclusion that a deep fissure has opened in the ocean floor. 596 00:44:01,644 --> 00:44:02,884 And this final proof. 597 00:44:03,657 --> 00:44:06,331 This photograph taken at the deepest point. 598 00:44:24,875 --> 00:44:26,875 Can I see the negative? 599 00:44:37,562 --> 00:44:38,567 Is it moving? 600 00:44:39,578 --> 00:44:41,579 Along the Masato Trench. 601 00:44:42,024 --> 00:44:43,029 How fast? 602 00:44:43,342 --> 00:44:45,264 At about 3 miles per hour. 603 00:44:49,878 --> 00:44:53,884 Then the Rampion Theory is no longer a theory; it's a fact. 604 00:44:56,904 --> 00:44:58,483 Which means you were right. 605 00:44:59,279 --> 00:45:00,740 And I was wrong. 606 00:45:05,603 --> 00:45:09,147 Well, gentlemen, the evidence speaks for itself. 607 00:45:10,399 --> 00:45:12,748 I don't know if we can stop 608 00:45:13,209 --> 00:45:15,211 a destruction that's been unleashed, 609 00:45:15,881 --> 00:45:17,882 but we must face the fact 610 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,362 that we have caused a crack 611 00:45:22,037 --> 00:45:23,846 in the earth's crust. 612 00:45:23,966 --> 00:45:25,961 A crack in the world! 613 00:45:26,876 --> 00:45:28,876 Gentlemen... gentlemen... 614 00:45:29,623 --> 00:45:32,307 let's fall apart, we have work to do. Please. 615 00:45:32,805 --> 00:45:35,401 We must hear Dr. Rampion complete his report. 616 00:45:35,402 --> 00:45:38,171 You were saying that the crack is extending to the east. 617 00:45:38,172 --> 00:45:40,168 Along the Masato Trench. 618 00:45:40,536 --> 00:45:43,534 It's following a geological flaw in the earth's crust. 619 00:45:43,535 --> 00:45:45,345 Known as the Masato Fault, 620 00:45:46,173 --> 00:45:48,875 that runs from here to the tip of India 621 00:45:48,875 --> 00:45:53,881 And veers across Indonesia and terminates off the Australian Continental Shelf. 622 00:45:53,881 --> 00:45:55,880 How do you know the crack will stop there? 623 00:45:56,750 --> 00:45:57,750 We don't. 624 00:45:58,881 --> 00:46:01,881 What if the crack keeps going right around the world? 625 00:46:02,396 --> 00:46:03,868 What happens then? 626 00:46:04,452 --> 00:46:07,962 Where the landmasses split, the oceans will be sucked in. 627 00:46:08,414 --> 00:46:11,508 And the collosal pressure generated by the steam 628 00:46:11,763 --> 00:46:14,769 will rip the earth apart and destroy it. 629 00:46:14,879 --> 00:46:17,879 You mean... the world will come to an end? 630 00:46:19,157 --> 00:46:21,548 The world, as we know it, yes, 631 00:46:21,873 --> 00:46:23,878 As a cloud of astral dust 632 00:46:23,878 --> 00:46:26,875 will continue to move within the solar system. 633 00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:28,722 It isn't possible! 634 00:46:28,769 --> 00:46:29,769 It's insane! 635 00:46:30,064 --> 00:46:31,876 You took a calculated risk, 636 00:46:31,876 --> 00:46:33,875 which was more risk than calculation. 637 00:46:33,875 --> 00:46:37,095 Didn't you, as an officer, ever take a calculated risk? 638 00:46:37,189 --> 00:46:40,881 As an officer, I can. You, a civilian, cannot. 639 00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:44,368 I always said we should not have left this in the hands of civilians. 640 00:46:45,415 --> 00:46:46,485 Gentlemen,... 641 00:46:47,008 --> 00:46:48,636 Please, we have work to do. 642 00:46:48,637 --> 00:46:51,637 We're all responsible. All of us who voted to go ahead. 643 00:46:52,087 --> 00:46:54,875 And all the powers who provoked the disaster 644 00:46:54,875 --> 00:46:56,028 by underground testing. 645 00:46:56,053 --> 00:46:58,538 Dr. Rampion was the only one who was against it. 646 00:46:58,563 --> 00:47:01,879 The question now is not who is to blame, 647 00:47:02,188 --> 00:47:04,391 but how we can stop the catastrophe. 648 00:47:05,382 --> 00:47:07,780 At present we don't know any way we can stop it. 649 00:47:08,008 --> 00:47:09,878 First we have to learn 650 00:47:09,878 --> 00:47:12,610 and understand the natural forces involved. 651 00:47:12,874 --> 00:47:15,281 And, if possible, find some way to control them 652 00:47:15,282 --> 00:47:17,011 In the time commited to us. 653 00:47:17,429 --> 00:47:19,516 What is being done, now? 654 00:47:20,328 --> 00:47:25,205 Every university, every scientist, every thinking military leader, 655 00:47:25,206 --> 00:47:26,531 is helping us. 656 00:47:27,006 --> 00:47:29,009 Is there anything that we can do? 657 00:47:34,237 --> 00:47:35,346 Pray! 658 00:48:13,067 --> 00:48:15,064 Hi, Ted, welcome back. - Hi. 659 00:48:18,778 --> 00:48:19,781 Hi, Masefield. 660 00:48:21,094 --> 00:48:22,281 Hello there, Ted. 661 00:48:23,203 --> 00:48:24,344 How did London take it? 662 00:48:24,564 --> 00:48:26,304 They all look to us to come up with something. 663 00:48:26,373 --> 00:48:28,670 How about Numy and Reynolds? Have they gotten anything? 664 00:48:28,672 --> 00:48:30,673 Reynolds would like to try his neuclear capsule. 665 00:48:30,674 --> 00:48:33,014 Give me a report on the latest erruptions. 666 00:48:33,111 --> 00:48:34,944 That's the one we discarted months ago. 667 00:48:34,969 --> 00:48:36,985 Because the opening wasn't big enough. 668 00:48:37,010 --> 00:48:39,775 I think I can increase it now to 4 feet. 669 00:48:40,048 --> 00:48:42,157 How long will it take you to get down 10 miles? 670 00:48:42,313 --> 00:48:43,617 Two months, with luck. 671 00:48:43,875 --> 00:48:45,320 That's too little or too late. 672 00:48:45,321 --> 00:48:47,875 By then the crack will be halfway around the world. 673 00:48:47,851 --> 00:48:50,526 No. We have to relieve the pressure right now. 674 00:48:50,551 --> 00:48:53,736 Another tremendously bigger scale than a 4 foot hole. 675 00:48:55,907 --> 00:48:57,188 Speaking. 676 00:48:58,056 --> 00:48:59,957 Oh, yes, Dr. Sorenson. 677 00:49:01,368 --> 00:49:03,692 The spectrographs? But we sent them in. 678 00:49:04,587 --> 00:49:06,881 Oh, the spectrographs on the Alamogordo and Bikini? 679 00:49:06,881 --> 00:49:08,873 Yes, yes, we have them here. 680 00:49:08,873 --> 00:49:10,611 Very well, I'll send them right in. 681 00:49:10,612 --> 00:49:11,700 Thank you. 682 00:49:11,725 --> 00:49:12,802 Get all spectrographs 683 00:49:12,827 --> 00:49:15,474 on the early atomic explosions and one on the hydrogen bomb. 684 00:49:17,090 --> 00:49:18,090 How's the pain? 685 00:49:20,344 --> 00:49:21,982 It keeps me from concentrating. 686 00:49:22,876 --> 00:49:25,877 That Codeine doesn't seem to be effective anymore. 687 00:49:26,017 --> 00:49:27,758 I'll give you something stronger. 688 00:49:28,814 --> 00:49:32,040 Take one to start. With a severe pain, you can take as many as two. 689 00:49:32,195 --> 00:49:33,450 More than that, and you 690 00:49:33,490 --> 00:49:34,415 might not come out of it. 691 00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:37,016 You've been following the news reports, haven't you, Bill? 692 00:49:37,041 --> 00:49:38,204 Yes. 693 00:49:38,874 --> 00:49:41,148 How many dead so far? 694 00:49:41,510 --> 00:49:43,922 38,000 more or less. 695 00:49:45,758 --> 00:49:47,380 More or less! 696 00:49:47,380 --> 00:49:49,378 Less than Hiroshima. 697 00:49:49,378 --> 00:49:51,977 Less than the death rate for lung cancer. 698 00:49:52,181 --> 00:49:53,564 We were trying to help. 699 00:49:53,883 --> 00:49:55,219 Didn't work. Nobody is infalible. 700 00:49:55,329 --> 00:49:56,970 No, I was in a hurry. 701 00:49:57,088 --> 00:50:00,088 Couldn't bear the thought of someone else finishing my work. 702 00:50:02,352 --> 00:50:03,898 I told you I was not to be disturbed. 703 00:50:03,899 --> 00:50:06,086 Mas Doctor, it's Mrs. Sorenson. She's here. 704 00:50:08,558 --> 00:50:09,563 I can't see her. 705 00:50:10,137 --> 00:50:13,132 Stephen, I must talk to you, please. 706 00:50:14,744 --> 00:50:15,815 You haven't told her? 707 00:50:17,118 --> 00:50:18,586 That's not of kindness. 708 00:50:18,652 --> 00:50:20,656 She has a right. - I'm not being kind. 709 00:50:20,681 --> 00:50:21,977 I don't want her pity. 710 00:50:25,276 --> 00:50:26,586 Please, Maggie! 711 00:50:27,941 --> 00:50:29,399 Bill, do you mind? 712 00:50:30,464 --> 00:50:32,602 I gave orders I was not to be disturbed. 713 00:50:33,377 --> 00:50:35,372 Stephen, please! 714 00:50:35,375 --> 00:50:37,000 What's happening? 715 00:50:39,052 --> 00:50:40,262 Why did you come? 716 00:50:41,055 --> 00:50:43,878 You want to call me a murderer to my face? 717 00:50:43,903 --> 00:50:46,908 I didn't come to call you anything; I came to see how you are. 718 00:50:47,769 --> 00:50:50,026 You made a mistake; an honest one. 719 00:50:50,143 --> 00:50:51,933 No, I didn't make any mistake. 720 00:50:52,562 --> 00:50:55,558 What I did, I did deliberately. 721 00:50:55,925 --> 00:50:58,375 I knew there was a risk and I accepted it. 722 00:50:58,375 --> 00:51:00,377 I was so sure of success! 723 00:51:01,374 --> 00:51:04,374 And you can't face it. But your judgement was wrong. 724 00:51:05,370 --> 00:51:07,467 Is that why you lock yourself for three days 725 00:51:07,492 --> 00:51:08,987 and nights, refusing to see 726 00:51:09,012 --> 00:51:10,396 anyone or talk to anyone? 727 00:51:10,583 --> 00:51:11,700 I was working. 728 00:51:13,375 --> 00:51:16,372 Did... Rampion send you? 729 00:51:16,927 --> 00:51:18,397 Stephen! 730 00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:24,526 He's been put in charge of the project. 731 00:51:26,494 --> 00:51:30,490 You're right; they pretty well had to fire me, i suppose. 732 00:51:33,104 --> 00:51:34,372 You're lucky, my dear. 733 00:51:34,372 --> 00:51:36,690 You got off the sinking ship in time. 734 00:51:37,940 --> 00:51:42,371 I can't complain that you have weakness for successful men, can I? 735 00:51:42,371 --> 00:51:44,571 After all, that's the way I took you away from him. 736 00:51:47,587 --> 00:51:50,588 Oh, Stephen, I loved you! 737 00:51:52,277 --> 00:51:55,272 Not the great man; you. 738 00:51:55,622 --> 00:51:58,737 It's very kind of you, my dear. 739 00:51:58,762 --> 00:51:59,889 Stop hiding, please, 740 00:51:59,890 --> 00:52:02,885 don't shut me out; let me stay with you! 741 00:52:03,813 --> 00:52:05,814 I'm not hiding, Maggie. 742 00:52:06,278 --> 00:52:10,278 The fact is..there's nothing more I want from you. 743 00:52:11,507 --> 00:52:13,507 Stephen, don't! 744 00:52:14,593 --> 00:52:18,701 Also, I'm afraid there's nothing more I have to give. 745 00:52:25,095 --> 00:52:27,090 I'm sorry... 746 00:52:27,469 --> 00:52:28,583 I thought... 747 00:52:30,009 --> 00:52:31,098 I'm sorry! 748 00:52:56,333 --> 00:52:57,853 Put the spectographs there. 749 00:52:57,877 --> 00:53:01,161 If you are making a comparisson, the Oakridge pictures are here on top. 750 00:53:01,573 --> 00:53:02,581 Welcome back, Ted. 751 00:53:02,917 --> 00:53:04,669 How did you know what I was looking for? 752 00:53:04,845 --> 00:53:05,909 Just logic. 753 00:53:06,026 --> 00:53:08,755 There can only be one reason why you're checking all these facts. 754 00:53:09,206 --> 00:53:11,438 To find a common occurence in all of them? 755 00:53:11,462 --> 00:53:13,252 Or the absence of an occurence. 756 00:53:13,278 --> 00:53:15,278 Here, let me show you what i'm looking for. 757 00:53:19,752 --> 00:53:22,747 I've asembled a few of the early atomic explosions. 758 00:53:22,772 --> 00:53:24,776 For study purposes all these shots 759 00:53:24,776 --> 00:53:27,770 have been slowed down 100 times their original speed, 760 00:53:27,770 --> 00:53:29,231 and the action is reversed. 761 00:53:29,256 --> 00:53:31,752 This way, the actual atomic explosion 762 00:53:31,777 --> 00:53:34,775 appears at the end of each piece of film with a blinding flash. 763 00:53:35,481 --> 00:53:38,487 Now, this flash, later analysed in a spectrograph, 764 00:53:39,020 --> 00:53:43,373 gives us exact information about the components of the explosion. 765 00:53:46,183 --> 00:53:47,668 -Now look at this. 766 00:53:48,205 --> 00:53:51,209 This is a spectrograph of a normal atomic explosion. 767 00:53:51,772 --> 00:53:53,973 This is a spectrograph of our own explosion 768 00:53:53,998 --> 00:53:55,773 when the magma came to the surface. 769 00:53:55,775 --> 00:53:57,769 Notice the difference. 770 00:54:01,594 --> 00:54:04,592 Hydrogen in considerable quantities! 771 00:54:05,338 --> 00:54:07,339 But you didn't use a hydrogen bomb! - Right. 772 00:54:07,340 --> 00:54:10,346 Where did the hydrogen come from? That is our question. 773 00:54:10,564 --> 00:54:13,558 From the magma. Não! From a pocket below the magma! 774 00:54:13,559 --> 00:54:15,219 Exactly; that was my deduction. 775 00:54:15,220 --> 00:54:18,221 That's why our explosion was greater than we expected. 776 00:54:19,367 --> 00:54:21,368 That's why it cracked the crust. 777 00:54:21,368 --> 00:54:25,371 Our problem is to harness the same source of energy to stop it. 778 00:54:25,402 --> 00:54:27,306 With that energy we could blow a hole 779 00:54:27,330 --> 00:54:28,861 big enough to take the pressure off! 780 00:54:28,887 --> 00:54:30,535 Not only take the pressure off, but if we 781 00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,184 could find a spot in the path of the crack 782 00:54:32,209 --> 00:54:36,307 with sufficiant hydrogen and set off an explosion there, 783 00:54:38,012 --> 00:54:40,015 we could stop it cold. 784 00:54:40,369 --> 00:54:43,884 Then when the crack gets there, it stops. 785 00:54:44,131 --> 00:54:46,303 Where do you figure on blowing this hole? 786 00:54:46,329 --> 00:54:49,367 A volcanic iskand on the Masato Trench: Tukamoa. 787 00:54:49,367 --> 00:54:51,371 It's directly in the path of the crack 788 00:54:51,371 --> 00:54:53,370 If we can stop Tukamoa errupting 789 00:54:53,370 --> 00:54:55,150 before the crack gets there, 790 00:54:55,175 --> 00:54:57,705 we stand a chance of stopping it. 791 00:54:57,730 --> 00:54:59,636 Yeah, but how do you start up a volcano? 792 00:55:00,368 --> 00:55:03,284 With a neuclear bomb! - Another bomb? 793 00:55:03,373 --> 00:55:06,056 Now this where you job comes in. 794 00:55:06,081 --> 00:55:08,548 We have to shield the bomb against heat 795 00:55:08,573 --> 00:55:10,251 to avoid premature explosion. 796 00:55:10,276 --> 00:55:11,368 What kind of heat? 797 00:55:11,368 --> 00:55:12,690 Molten lava. 798 00:55:14,054 --> 00:55:16,139 How long does the shield have to hold up? 799 00:55:16,140 --> 00:55:20,092 While the bomb is sinking below the lava. About 45 minutes. 800 00:55:20,093 --> 00:55:22,444 25. Thirty tops. 801 00:55:22,469 --> 00:55:23,788 Can you give me 35? 802 00:55:25,049 --> 00:55:28,049 I'll try, but I'd hate to be the guy holding the stopwatch. 803 00:55:28,919 --> 00:55:30,299 How are you going to place the bomb. 804 00:55:30,507 --> 00:55:31,508 By hand. 805 00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:34,724 You mean somedody's going down inside a volcano and drop this thing? 806 00:55:34,966 --> 00:55:36,714 It will be a team of volunteers. 807 00:55:36,715 --> 00:55:37,716 You're crazy! 808 00:55:37,717 --> 00:55:39,028 Have you had a better idea. 809 00:55:39,870 --> 00:55:40,872 Any of you? 810 00:55:44,561 --> 00:55:45,567 This is what we'll do. 811 00:56:07,872 --> 00:56:09,872 How deep are we going, Ted? 812 00:56:09,872 --> 00:56:12,844 Low enough to drop the bomb directly into the lava. 813 00:56:13,436 --> 00:56:15,846 I knew I shouldn't have volunteered for this job. 814 00:56:15,871 --> 00:56:17,875 These suits have only been tested to 1,000 degrees. 815 00:56:17,875 --> 00:56:20,677 Yeah, I know. Now there are some ledges down there. 816 00:56:20,702 --> 00:56:23,865 The hardest part will be to get the bom over them. 817 00:56:25,223 --> 00:56:27,224 Tomorrow I'm taking this suit to the tailor. 818 00:56:27,870 --> 00:56:29,871 Call observation on Fortune island. 819 00:56:29,871 --> 00:56:31,867 Tell them to send the helicopter back 820 00:56:31,867 --> 00:56:32,870 and have it standby. 821 00:56:32,845 --> 00:56:34,661 Headquarters, Fortune island. 822 00:56:34,686 --> 00:56:36,684 Send helicopter and standby here. 823 00:56:46,866 --> 00:56:47,871 Helicopter on its way. 824 00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:51,161 Have you... 825 00:56:54,872 --> 00:56:57,867 Ask him if he has holes in his socks. 826 00:56:59,869 --> 00:57:02,293 Maggie wants to know if you have hole in your socks. 827 00:57:03,261 --> 00:57:05,081 Tell her my socks are ok. 828 00:57:05,402 --> 00:57:06,925 Somebody darned them. 829 00:57:08,741 --> 00:57:10,746 Once I release the bomb down there, 830 00:57:11,534 --> 00:57:12,869 We are commited. 831 00:57:13,516 --> 00:57:15,516 We have 6 minutes to get up, 832 00:57:16,027 --> 00:57:18,027 9 minutes to get to the helicopter, 833 00:57:18,051 --> 00:57:22,054 that leaves us 20 minutes to evacuate everyone to Fortune Island 834 00:57:47,870 --> 00:57:48,954 Hold it! 835 00:57:57,309 --> 00:57:58,971 Lift the bomb 6 inches. 836 00:58:04,867 --> 00:58:06,868 Ok, Steele, Push. 837 00:58:13,672 --> 00:58:15,276 Ok, lower away. 838 00:58:31,872 --> 00:58:33,067 Hold it! 839 00:58:34,338 --> 00:58:37,873 Simpson, come down here and use the cable over the ledge! 840 00:58:38,435 --> 00:58:40,434 Hook me up, I'm going down. 841 00:58:41,872 --> 00:58:42,974 Lights. 842 00:59:11,512 --> 00:59:12,512 That does it. 843 00:59:12,715 --> 00:59:13,719 Take us down. 844 00:59:45,125 --> 00:59:47,125 Take the bomb up a foot. 845 00:59:47,867 --> 00:59:48,869 Take it up! 846 00:59:51,507 --> 00:59:53,508 Alright, Steele. Push 847 00:59:59,041 --> 01:00:00,041 Lower away. 848 01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:02,854 Alright, let it go down. Easy. Steady. 849 01:00:15,028 --> 01:00:16,119 380. 850 01:00:18,865 --> 01:00:19,863 390. 851 01:00:22,671 --> 01:00:23,669 Full stop! 852 01:00:28,867 --> 01:00:30,867 We're at 400, Ted. You told me to hold it. 853 01:00:30,842 --> 01:00:31,842 Yes, I know. 854 01:00:31,867 --> 01:00:34,863 We gotta go deaper; There's another ledge to clear. 855 01:00:34,863 --> 01:00:37,864 Ok, Steele, let's push it. 856 01:00:43,423 --> 01:00:44,423 It's hung up. 857 01:00:44,424 --> 01:00:46,422 I'll go down and free it. 858 01:00:47,141 --> 01:00:49,136 Lower me 5 feet. 859 01:01:21,038 --> 01:01:23,043 Don't cross over Steele! Stay along the side! 860 01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:25,678 Steele! 861 01:01:35,866 --> 01:01:36,867 Oh my God. 862 01:01:40,861 --> 01:01:41,866 His cable snapped. 863 01:01:45,607 --> 01:01:46,609 Steele is gone. 864 01:01:49,942 --> 01:01:51,948 Ted, Ted, you want to call it off? 865 01:01:52,330 --> 01:01:53,394 No! 866 01:01:54,217 --> 01:01:56,217 I'm taking the safe yield. 867 01:02:00,865 --> 01:02:02,865 Pick me up 5 feet! 868 01:02:57,141 --> 01:02:58,139 Ted... 869 01:02:59,761 --> 01:03:00,759 Ted! 870 01:03:01,121 --> 01:03:03,112 He doesn't answer. 871 01:03:03,137 --> 01:03:04,528 Bring him up fast. 872 01:03:31,929 --> 01:03:33,084 Hold it! 873 01:03:38,864 --> 01:03:40,864 He's out cold. Pick us up! 874 01:03:48,861 --> 01:03:49,865 Keep it coming. 875 01:03:49,869 --> 01:03:51,165 Steady! 876 01:03:52,041 --> 01:03:53,490 Keep it going. 877 01:03:53,491 --> 01:03:55,492 Stand-by to swing him free. 878 01:03:56,878 --> 01:03:58,529 Get the bottles off. 879 01:03:58,867 --> 01:03:59,868 Oxygen! 880 01:03:59,868 --> 01:04:01,865 Get him to the oxygen, quick! 881 01:04:15,531 --> 01:04:16,536 He's not breathing. 882 01:04:27,864 --> 01:04:29,204 How do you feel? 883 01:04:30,781 --> 01:04:32,774 Medium rare... 884 01:04:33,501 --> 01:04:35,501 Get him back to the island, qucik. 885 01:04:48,868 --> 01:04:50,863 Let's get the hell out of here! 886 01:05:47,640 --> 01:05:48,692 Maggie! 887 01:05:50,865 --> 01:05:51,864 Maggie! 888 01:06:01,861 --> 01:06:03,363 Two minutes to go! 889 01:06:03,491 --> 01:06:06,486 All scientists to take their positions. 890 01:06:49,863 --> 01:06:51,863 Have you got all the recorders running? 891 01:07:06,383 --> 01:07:07,901 Protective glasses! 892 01:08:17,363 --> 01:08:19,362 I hope that stops it. 893 01:08:23,139 --> 01:08:24,678 The crack has stopped! 894 01:08:25,933 --> 01:08:27,927 It's all over. 895 01:08:36,365 --> 01:08:39,087 Let Rampion and his team know that they've succeeded. 896 01:08:39,112 --> 01:08:42,120 Oh, and send a message to London and take them off the hook, too. 897 01:08:42,334 --> 01:08:44,863 They must have been in the same kind of sweat we've been. 898 01:08:52,584 --> 01:08:55,053 If that stuff breaks I'll take it out of your paycheck! 899 01:08:55,860 --> 01:08:57,865 Well, things are back to norma again, I see. 900 01:08:58,782 --> 01:08:59,957 Ted! 901 01:09:00,100 --> 01:09:01,651 Maggie wants to see you. 902 01:09:01,676 --> 01:09:02,765 What's the matter? 903 01:09:02,790 --> 01:09:03,790 I don't know. 904 01:09:03,815 --> 01:09:06,129 Dr. Evans called her on the rado phone. 905 01:09:06,154 --> 01:09:07,858 I don't know what he said, 906 01:09:08,073 --> 01:09:10,068 but it hit her hard. 907 01:09:18,099 --> 01:09:20,100 Ted, it's Stephen... 908 01:09:20,440 --> 01:09:22,435 He's ill. 909 01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:26,282 Very ill. 910 01:09:27,303 --> 01:09:28,302 Stephen. 911 01:09:29,661 --> 01:09:32,666 He kept it a secret from everyone, even me. 912 01:09:33,858 --> 01:09:35,860 He said it wasn't serious. 913 01:09:39,856 --> 01:09:41,862 Dr. Evans has been giving him x-ray treatmenta. 914 01:09:41,862 --> 01:09:43,346 To keep him working. 915 01:09:45,620 --> 01:09:47,134 It hasn't helped. 916 01:09:49,567 --> 01:09:50,572 It's out of control. 917 01:09:52,857 --> 01:09:54,857 What did the doctor say? 918 01:09:57,861 --> 01:09:58,862 A week. 919 01:10:00,039 --> 01:10:01,610 Maybe less. 920 01:10:03,862 --> 01:10:04,860 Ted! 921 01:10:07,489 --> 01:10:08,384 Ted, 922 01:10:09,637 --> 01:10:12,040 I've got to go to him... 923 01:10:13,355 --> 01:10:14,355 Alright. 924 01:10:18,713 --> 01:10:20,406 I'll give you a hand. 925 01:11:20,624 --> 01:11:22,016 Indian Ocean! 926 01:11:23,677 --> 01:11:24,680 Where is the epicenter? 927 01:11:24,860 --> 01:11:26,508 Where are the strongest shocks? 928 01:11:26,509 --> 01:11:28,234 They come from the Indian Ocean! 929 01:11:28,253 --> 01:11:29,898 Yes, but where in the Indian ocean? 930 01:11:30,670 --> 01:11:32,478 Get Rampion on the hotline 931 01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:34,279 and get a fix from Greenwich on the shocks. 932 01:11:55,245 --> 01:11:56,245 Rampion here. 933 01:11:57,285 --> 01:12:01,290 We've had a... force 8 earthquake here. 934 01:12:02,470 --> 01:12:04,466 In our zone 935 01:12:04,716 --> 01:12:05,719 Indian ocean. 936 01:12:06,351 --> 01:12:08,824 When did it happen, before or... - After that. 937 01:12:12,355 --> 01:12:13,487 The... 938 01:12:15,158 --> 01:12:16,160 the crack... 939 01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:17,886 has not been stopped. 940 01:12:19,050 --> 01:12:22,768 It's changed direction, but it's still moving. 941 01:12:23,861 --> 01:12:25,861 Did you locate the epicenter? 942 01:12:26,196 --> 01:12:28,807 Yes, it's halfway. 943 01:12:29,434 --> 01:12:32,815 Between Tukamoa and Sheer Water Island. 944 01:12:38,171 --> 01:12:41,366 Then it's turned doubled back towards the coast. 945 01:12:41,712 --> 01:12:43,717 Yes, It... it's... 946 01:12:45,860 --> 01:12:47,857 Morrison! Morrison! 947 01:12:48,988 --> 01:12:51,987 Sorenson! Stephen! 948 01:12:57,497 --> 01:12:59,497 Sorenson, can you hear me? 949 01:13:01,027 --> 01:13:02,026 Stephen! 950 01:13:02,654 --> 01:13:03,991 Masefield here. 951 01:13:04,179 --> 01:13:05,366 Listen, Rampion. 952 01:13:05,367 --> 01:13:06,702 What happened? 953 01:13:07,858 --> 01:13:08,861 Fainted. 954 01:13:10,650 --> 01:13:11,918 Masefield. 955 01:13:12,331 --> 01:13:14,332 Do you know what he wanted to tell me? 956 01:13:15,258 --> 01:13:16,301 Yes. 957 01:13:16,816 --> 01:13:20,082 The crack is moving twice as fast as before. 958 01:13:23,495 --> 01:13:25,012 Alright, Masefield. 959 01:13:25,461 --> 01:13:27,456 Contact London. 960 01:13:27,858 --> 01:13:29,855 Tell them what happened. 961 01:13:30,245 --> 01:13:31,824 Don't hold back on anything. 962 01:13:32,159 --> 01:13:33,160 Yes, sir. 963 01:13:34,552 --> 01:13:36,262 I'm on my way back. 964 01:13:36,621 --> 01:13:38,853 Have all seismograph records 965 01:13:38,853 --> 01:13:41,518 and wave intensity analysis ready when I get there. 966 01:13:41,561 --> 01:13:42,565 Yes, sir. 967 01:13:46,570 --> 01:13:47,575 You had it all? 968 01:13:49,480 --> 01:13:50,621 Yeah. 969 01:13:51,048 --> 01:13:52,051 Let's get back. 970 01:14:00,243 --> 01:14:02,817 Angela, how is he? 971 01:14:02,842 --> 01:14:04,837 Oh, he won't let anyone in. 972 01:14:04,862 --> 01:14:07,214 I stay around just in case. 973 01:14:07,857 --> 01:14:09,862 Look, you better get some rest. 974 01:14:09,862 --> 01:14:13,455 Oh, no, no I couldn't. I'll stay. Come on. 975 01:14:13,853 --> 01:14:15,857 I am tired, Maggie. 976 01:14:18,855 --> 01:14:20,172 But what if he asks for me? 977 01:14:20,197 --> 01:14:22,190 I'll tell him I sent you to bed. 978 01:14:22,779 --> 01:14:24,214 Thank you, Maggie. 979 01:14:37,323 --> 01:14:38,523 Who is it? 980 01:14:40,391 --> 01:14:41,527 It's me, Maggie. 981 01:14:49,881 --> 01:14:52,374 Did you ...come for the wake? 982 01:14:54,547 --> 01:14:55,547 I'm sorry. 983 01:14:56,578 --> 01:14:58,578 I shouldn't have said that. 984 01:15:00,188 --> 01:15:03,182 Can't we be decent to each other now? 985 01:15:03,648 --> 01:15:07,649 You can. I still haven't learned. 986 01:15:10,263 --> 01:15:12,336 Please, Stephen, don't. 987 01:15:15,242 --> 01:15:16,576 Why did you come? 988 01:15:18,354 --> 01:15:19,826 To be kind? 989 01:15:20,857 --> 01:15:21,994 No. 990 01:15:23,636 --> 01:15:25,279 No, I came because I... 991 01:15:26,353 --> 01:15:28,350 I wanted something for myself. 992 01:15:29,868 --> 01:15:33,031 I wanted our being together to have meant something. 993 01:15:34,860 --> 01:15:37,856 You want me to say i'm sorry? Is that what you want? 994 01:15:38,235 --> 01:15:39,460 I don't know. 995 01:15:40,314 --> 01:15:41,632 Yes. 996 01:15:43,316 --> 01:15:44,685 I'm sorry. 997 01:15:45,745 --> 01:15:47,743 I'm sorry I hurt you. 998 01:15:50,668 --> 01:15:53,045 I'm sorry for everything! 999 01:15:53,861 --> 01:15:56,853 Could I fix anything to say you're sorry? 1000 01:15:56,856 --> 01:15:58,364 One little cup! 1001 01:15:59,666 --> 01:16:01,666 No, but it matters anyway. 1002 01:16:02,051 --> 01:16:04,050 It matters to me. 1003 01:16:07,859 --> 01:16:08,907 I'm... 1004 01:16:08,953 --> 01:16:10,164 a little tired. 1005 01:16:10,477 --> 01:16:11,937 I think I'll close my eyes. 1006 01:16:14,643 --> 01:16:16,228 Do you want me to leave? 1007 01:16:19,597 --> 01:16:21,594 Please, stay. 1008 01:16:28,875 --> 01:16:30,519 Thank you, 1009 01:16:51,810 --> 01:16:54,853 "Politica lleaders throughout the world are in agreement." 1010 01:16:54,853 --> 01:16:57,856 "in a joint communicay, issued simultaneously in Washington" 1011 01:16:57,856 --> 01:17:01,856 Paris, Moscow and London, they say that if the crack encircles the globe, 1012 01:17:01,857 --> 01:17:03,853 "it will mean the end of us all." 1013 01:17:03,853 --> 01:17:05,854 "But here in Saint Peter's square, Rome, 1014 01:17:05,854 --> 01:17:09,176 countless thousands keep vigilant pray for divine aid." 1015 01:17:09,632 --> 01:17:13,853 "From these scenes of devotion, we move now to New York" 1016 01:17:13,854 --> 01:17:15,618 Where are the reports? 1017 01:17:15,821 --> 01:17:17,833 You didn't do so well in your volcano! 1018 01:17:17,858 --> 01:17:20,688 Ah, forget it! So we're right back where we started from. 1019 01:17:20,876 --> 01:17:22,230 Take a look at this. 1020 01:17:22,231 --> 01:17:23,638 Even New York? 1021 01:17:25,019 --> 01:17:26,265 Shut that thing off. 1022 01:17:26,311 --> 01:17:28,480 Clear this mess up! Give them a hand. 1023 01:17:31,556 --> 01:17:32,558 How is he? 1024 01:17:35,373 --> 01:17:36,545 What's the latest? 1025 01:17:37,088 --> 01:17:39,859 I don't understand! Signals are getting weaker. 1026 01:17:40,494 --> 01:17:42,979 I just sent Maggie to check through the relay connections. 1027 01:17:43,004 --> 01:17:44,816 Weaker? Not stronger? 1028 01:17:44,879 --> 01:17:46,675 But I thought the crack was headed in our direction! 1029 01:17:46,769 --> 01:17:49,277 Yes, I know, but the signals are weaker. 1030 01:17:49,503 --> 01:17:51,979 Either the shocks are dying down, 1031 01:17:52,432 --> 01:17:54,979 or the crack is leaving this area. 1032 01:17:55,065 --> 01:17:56,862 All the relay lines are in order. 1033 01:17:58,856 --> 01:18:00,457 Dr. Rampion! Dr. Rampion! 1034 01:18:00,482 --> 01:18:03,635 Point Albert reports unusual volcanic activity. 1035 01:18:03,636 --> 01:18:05,807 About 7 miles south, on the beach. 1036 01:18:05,856 --> 01:18:07,633 How far from here is that? 1037 01:18:07,658 --> 01:18:08,698 About 21 miles. 1038 01:18:09,042 --> 01:18:12,319 Marlkov, Brandt, get the open Land Rover with the two-way radio. 1039 01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:14,513 Come on, Maggie, we have to measure speed and direction! 1040 01:18:24,485 --> 01:18:25,485 There it is! 1041 01:19:06,394 --> 01:19:10,395 Rampion Mobile Unit reporting 7 miles south of Port Albert. 1042 01:19:34,852 --> 01:19:36,032 It's changing direction! 1043 01:19:36,852 --> 01:19:39,849 Give me sections 31and 30 on the detailed map. 1044 01:19:39,850 --> 01:19:41,257 Temperature rising. 1045 01:19:41,267 --> 01:19:42,267 140ºF. 1046 01:19:43,339 --> 01:19:45,773 Temperature rising 1-4-0 degrees. 1047 01:19:46,845 --> 01:19:48,847 It's picking up speed. 1048 01:19:50,640 --> 01:19:52,645 All of section 30 has to be evacuated immediately. 1049 01:19:54,855 --> 01:19:55,855 We're moving out! 1050 01:19:55,855 --> 01:19:57,851 Evacuate section 30 immediately. 1051 01:19:59,105 --> 01:20:01,106 Rampion Mobile Unit moving in land. 1052 01:20:25,852 --> 01:20:26,857 It's another crack! 1053 01:20:36,349 --> 01:20:38,154 They seem to be converging! 1054 01:20:39,852 --> 01:20:41,856 Yes, on the project! 1055 01:20:47,532 --> 01:20:51,890 Go give me section 31, the district below Port Albert. 1056 01:20:53,938 --> 01:20:57,601 Theres been no activity in that section; nothing whatsoever. 1057 01:20:59,854 --> 01:21:01,855 There will be in about half an hour. 1058 01:21:02,782 --> 01:21:04,776 There are two fissures now. 1059 01:21:05,305 --> 01:21:08,241 Or rather, two ends of the same crack. 1060 01:21:08,520 --> 01:21:10,519 One of them has changed direction. 1061 01:21:10,848 --> 01:21:12,387 And as the other one does, 1062 01:21:12,420 --> 01:21:14,854 If they're extended... Where will they interrsect. 1063 01:21:15,577 --> 01:21:16,579 At the burrow 1064 01:21:16,854 --> 01:21:18,147 Where it all started. 1065 01:21:18,148 --> 01:21:21,233 A circle cut out of the earth's crust? 1066 01:21:21,466 --> 01:21:23,471 Yes, and it will break away. 1067 01:21:24,341 --> 01:21:27,644 Acting as a safety valve of immense prportion 1068 01:21:27,669 --> 01:21:32,417 20,000 square miles of the Earth's surface thrown out into space. 1069 01:21:32,418 --> 01:21:34,054 And the effect on the Earth's rotation? 1070 01:21:35,854 --> 01:21:37,853 Do you think the Earth can survive? 1071 01:21:38,597 --> 01:21:41,602 No one has ever observed the birth of a moon, Masefield. 1072 01:21:53,661 --> 01:21:56,091 They've got to be stooped; they're headed into the crack! 1073 01:22:19,458 --> 01:22:21,724 Stop it! Stop it! You're heading for the crack! 1074 01:22:25,856 --> 01:22:27,850 You're heading for the crack! 1075 01:22:40,851 --> 01:22:42,851 Stop it, stop it! You're heading for the crack! 1076 01:22:52,196 --> 01:22:54,196 We have to stop them in the village! 1077 01:24:28,072 --> 01:24:30,072 Evacuate section 28! 1078 01:24:31,865 --> 01:24:35,866 Evacuate section 28! I repeat: Evacuate section 28! 1079 01:24:35,943 --> 01:24:37,590 Let's get back to the project. 1080 01:24:52,509 --> 01:24:55,509 Reynolds, where was Rampion last? 1081 01:24:56,281 --> 01:24:59,711 Section 31, south of Windover about 7 miles from here. 1082 01:25:00,080 --> 01:25:01,849 Do you think he's been cut off? I don't know. 1083 01:25:02,282 --> 01:25:03,758 What about the project? 1084 01:25:04,469 --> 01:25:06,755 It will have to be evacuated. 1085 01:25:06,780 --> 01:25:07,906 It's coming too close. 1086 01:25:11,109 --> 01:25:14,391 "Atention all personnel out all levels." 1087 01:25:14,469 --> 01:25:17,704 "Beginning immediately the project is to be evacuated." 1088 01:25:18,481 --> 01:25:20,850 "Leave all circuit breakers on." 1089 01:25:20,850 --> 01:25:23,395 "Diconnect all instruments." 1090 01:25:23,543 --> 01:25:25,740 "The different levels will be evacuated 1091 01:25:25,765 --> 01:25:27,356 according to their numbers." 1092 01:25:49,849 --> 01:25:53,328 We can't get through in this road. We have to go around the other way! 1093 01:26:37,089 --> 01:26:39,089 Mary, Mary! Where are you? 1094 01:26:39,850 --> 01:26:41,850 Masefield, where's my husband? 1095 01:26:41,850 --> 01:26:44,849 He left with the others. At leasr I think he did. 1096 01:26:47,465 --> 01:26:50,461 He's down there! I tried to get him to go, but he wouldn't. 1097 01:26:56,848 --> 01:26:58,846 Maggie, where are you going? 1098 01:26:58,846 --> 01:27:00,272 He's down there! 1099 01:27:56,248 --> 01:27:57,162 Sorenson! 1100 01:27:57,844 --> 01:27:59,680 Stephen! - Maggie, what are you doing here? 1101 01:27:59,705 --> 01:28:00,622 You've got to get her out of here! 1102 01:28:00,647 --> 01:28:01,197 -You're coming with us! 1103 01:28:01,222 --> 01:28:02,630 No, I have work to finish! 1104 01:28:02,655 --> 01:28:04,226 Once in a billion years a moon is 1105 01:28:04,251 --> 01:28:05,843 born, that's what's happening now. 1106 01:28:05,843 --> 01:28:07,540 It may destroy the earth. 1107 01:28:07,565 --> 01:28:08,615 It may save it. 1108 01:28:08,640 --> 01:28:10,788 Whatever happens i've got to be here and record it! 1109 01:28:10,813 --> 01:28:12,413 We can't leave you, Stephen! 1110 01:28:12,438 --> 01:28:14,750 Don't you realize that the two cracks are going to meet here? 1111 01:28:14,775 --> 01:28:17,738 They'll meet at the borehole, in a vortex outside the circle. 1112 01:28:17,763 --> 01:28:18,800 I saw the whole face of 1113 01:28:18,825 --> 01:28:19,837 this touch the ground! 1114 01:28:19,843 --> 01:28:23,122 Alright! You better take the microphone records. 1115 01:28:23,147 --> 01:28:24,145 I'll get them. 1116 01:28:24,170 --> 01:28:27,170 Would you... get my medicine, please? 1117 01:28:27,201 --> 01:28:29,194 It's on my desk. 1118 01:28:36,542 --> 01:28:38,021 Stephen! 1119 01:28:38,850 --> 01:28:40,224 Stephen! 1120 01:28:41,169 --> 01:28:44,671 Ted! Ted! He's locked himself in! 1121 01:28:46,850 --> 01:28:48,845 Open the door! 1122 01:28:53,582 --> 01:28:55,582 Destroyed the mechanism! 1123 01:28:57,850 --> 01:28:59,845 Sorenson! Stephen! 1124 01:29:01,145 --> 01:29:02,144 Sorenson! 1125 01:29:02,692 --> 01:29:05,826 I'll keep recording everything that happens, as long as I can. 1126 01:29:08,820 --> 01:29:10,821 Sorenson, the whole project is going! 1127 01:29:10,846 --> 01:29:12,841 Now, open the door and come out with us! 1128 01:29:12,848 --> 01:29:16,135 If you survive, you'll find all my records in the safe. 1129 01:29:16,505 --> 01:29:19,425 If everything goes, it doesn't matter anyway! 1130 01:30:00,845 --> 01:30:01,960 Give me your hand! 1131 01:30:49,529 --> 01:30:50,529 Hold on! 1132 01:30:51,845 --> 01:30:52,850 Please, help me! 1133 01:30:53,842 --> 01:30:54,847 Help me please! 1134 01:30:55,845 --> 01:30:57,156 Help me!