1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,720 SPEECH INAUDIBLE 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,520 3 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,440 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,800 Barabajagal was his name now 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,280 Barabajagal was his name now... 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,240 I don't want the shot to go on too long, 7 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:29,040 just long enough to say Diana Dors has lost her drawers. 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,200 Won't you lend her some of yours? 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,160 Jim? 10 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,040 Can you believe they're up there now, Dad? Isn't it amazing? 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,800 It certainly is. Where's your mother? 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,760 Right, you stay there. I'll fetch her. Don't wander off. 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:59,674 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 14 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,960 Dad? 15 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,640 MUSIC PLAYS: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" 16 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,880 Hello? 17 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,080 MUSIC STOPS 18 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,960 Come to mock, have you? Come to gawp? 19 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,640 I beg your pardon? You have some manners, at least. 20 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,680 That's something. They didn't send you, then? 21 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,000 Who? Those dreadful children...from before. 22 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,280 They said they wanted to see my kinematograph films. 23 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:14,320 But then they only laughed at me. 24 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,920 What are your films? Hm? 25 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:21,200 You said you had some films. Are they cartoons? Can I see them? 26 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,840 I won't laugh at you, I promise. 27 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,840 You seem like a very well brought-up young man. 28 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,840 I think I might be in trouble. I can't find my mum and dad. 29 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:34,960 No? 30 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,960 Dad says we have to get back home, you see, to watch the telly. 31 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,560 It's such a special day. 32 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,240 He says we'll remember today for the rest of our lives. 33 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,560 What's so special about today? 34 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,240 They're going to land on the moon! 35 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,760 Oh. Don't you think that's exciting? 36 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,120 The first men on the moon! 37 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,440 CHUCKLES SOFTLY 38 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,080 Why are you laughing? 39 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:02,400 You wouldn't believe me, 40 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,320 even if I showed you the evidence. 41 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,720 Nobody ever has... 42 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:11,160 ..in all these years. 43 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,000 My name's Jim. 44 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,320 Pleased to meet you, Jim. 45 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,640 I'll believe you, I promise I will, whatever it is. 46 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:27,280 Now then, you mustn't believe people just because they ask you nicely. 47 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,720 Very well. 48 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,800 You make yourself comfortable in this chair, and I'll attend to everything. 49 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,280 But you must prepare yourself for a shock, young man. 50 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,320 Oh? Oh, yes indeed. 51 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,520 You see, those chaps in the Apollo what-d'you-ma-call-it... 52 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,120 ..they won't be the first men on the moon. 53 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,480 They won't? No. 54 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,640 I was the first man on the moon. 55 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,600 You were? 56 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:00,640 More than that... 57 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,280 ..I was the first man IN the moon. 58 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,400 It was such a long, long time ago, 59 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,600 back when old King Edward was on the throne. 60 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:55,400 'I was a young man, an ambitious man, and I put my faith and my savings 61 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,080 'into a company I was assured that simply could not fail.' 62 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,160 Bugger. 63 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:06,440 'My creditors pressed me hard, so I decided to take a break from it all, 64 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,920 'and it seemed to me at last that there was nothing for it 65 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,320 'but to write a play. 66 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:17,160 'And in any case, everyone was writing plays in those days. 67 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,200 'It was better than working for a living.' 68 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,000 SIGHS 69 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,480 'It was whilst waiting for the elusive muse to put in an appearance 70 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,600 'that I first clapped eyes on Professor Cavor.' 71 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,960 HUMS AND BUZZES 72 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,840 I say, do you mind awfully not doing that? 73 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,440 Beg pardon? 74 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,520 Do you mind not making that row? I'm trying to work. 75 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:00,360 My dear sir, I really am most awfully sorry. 76 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,680 Was I making a noise? Yes. Yes, you were. 77 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,640 Was I? How queer. 78 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,040 I do get a little distracted. 79 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,440 This, you see, is my time for exercise. 80 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,880 I come here to enjoy the sunset. But you weren't even looking at it. 81 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,200 No. 82 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,960 You're working, do you say? Yes. Yes, I'm, er... I'm a writer. 83 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,600 A writer? Really? 84 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,880 How fascinating. 85 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,200 BUZZES 86 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,960 You're doing it again. What? 87 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,560 Nn-z-z-nn-zzz-gh! Really? Was I? 88 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:39,000 My mind is much occupied. I shan't trouble you again. 89 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,640 Oh, really, but it was only a trifling inconvenience. 90 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,560 No, no, I shall take my perambulations elsewhere. 91 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,440 Very sorry to have bothered you. 92 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,200 Good night, sir. Good night. 93 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,800 BUZZES Um... 94 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:05,760 I saw nothing of him for two days... and then he came again. 95 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,640 KNOCKING ON DOOR I don't blame you in the least, 96 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:14,080 but you've destroyed a routine, you see, and it has disorganised my days. 97 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,800 I've walked past here for years. Years. 98 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,880 No doubt I've hummed, buzzed, what have you. Probably. 99 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,000 You've made all that impossible. My dear sir, 100 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,120 if the thing is so important to you... It's vital. 101 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,840 You see, I am an investigator, a scientific investigator, 102 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,360 and I am on the point of completing one of the most important demonstrations - 103 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,440 I can assure you, one of the most important demonstrations - in history. 104 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,920 It requires constant thought, constant mental ease and activity, 105 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,680 and the late afternoon is my brightest time. 106 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,480 I effervesce with new ideas. 107 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,080 Well, you can still come by. Impossible. 108 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,440 It will all be different. I shall feel self-conscious. 109 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,320 I shall think of you, writing your play. 110 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,400 Yes, my play... No, there's only one thing for it. 111 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,400 I must have the cottage. 112 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,240 Have the cottage? 113 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:07,560 Hmm, yes, I must buy it from you, lock, stock and...what have you. 114 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,880 'But there was one tiny complication. 115 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,000 'It wasn't mine to sell. 116 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,400 'I could see this would require careful handling.' 117 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,920 Do you know, we haven't even introduced ourselves. My name is Julius Bedford. 118 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,960 Well, no doubt I should have heard of you, but I never go to the theatre, you see. 119 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,680 I'm Cavor. Professor Arthur Cavor. How do you do? 120 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,160 Tell me more about this demonstration of yours. 121 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,320 Oh, no, no. 122 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,480 Oh? Is it a secret? No! Yes. 123 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,960 No, it's not that. 124 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,160 Well, I suppose no-one else does know about it. Are you interested, then? 125 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:43,280 Oh, very much so. 126 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,120 Then you must come over to the house! 127 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,040 Yes! At once! Come over to the house. 128 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,960 I have no doubt there will be tea, cakes, what have you. Probably. 129 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,440 Come along. 130 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,160 Er, radiant energy, that's what all this was about, 131 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,440 light waves and radio waves and so forth. 132 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,880 All these things radiate out and act on bodies at a distance. 133 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:06,440 Do you follow? Um, yes... 134 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:11,840 Now, all substances are opaque to some form or other of radiant energy. 135 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,160 Opaque... Er, yes. Um... 136 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,480 Er, glass, for example. 137 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,920 Transparent to light, 138 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:24,800 much less so to heat, so that it's useful as a fire-screen. You see? 139 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,440 Yes. Yes, I see. But where is all this leading? 140 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,080 Patience, patience. Now, 141 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,880 all known substances are transparent to gravity, 142 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,360 are they not? Gravity, obviously. 143 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,560 You can use screens of various kinds to cut off light or heat. 144 00:09:37,560 --> 00:09:40,640 You can shield things from Marconi's radio waves using sheets of metal. 145 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,360 But nothing, nothing will cut off the gravitational attraction 146 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:45,880 of the sun or of the Earth. 147 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:47,400 Of course not. 148 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:48,640 Hmm! 149 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,720 Nothing until now. 150 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,240 Come along. 151 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,480 Cavorite! 152 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,720 Cavorite? Well, yes, I suppose so. 153 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,480 Isn't that the usual form? 154 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,320 One invents a thing and then... It's not merely a theory, then? 155 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,160 Not at all! Not a bit of it! CHUCKLES 156 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:12,960 Out of the way, Faraday! 157 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,880 DOG WHIMPERS Ohhh. 158 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,800 Couldn't be more perfect. One in the eye for Newton, eh? 159 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,840 Gravity, you see. 160 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,880 The force that pulls everything, 161 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,120 including you and me, down to the ground. 162 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,840 Without gravity, we would be weightless. 163 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,760 And over Cavorite, air itself is weightless. 164 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:36,920 Is it safe? 165 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,840 Oh, the stuff is completely inert as long as it's kept at the right temperature. 166 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,560 Once it's cooled... Yes...? 167 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:50,840 ..all the air above the apple will cease to have any weight. 168 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,200 There were one or two alarming moments in the manufacturing process. 169 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,480 Oh? Yes. 170 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,560 I made a thin sheet of Cavorite, you see, 171 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:00,440 and all the air above it had nothing to pull it to Earth, 172 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,080 so it rushed upwards. 173 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,000 More air poured in to replace it, 174 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,800 and the same thing happened. 175 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,360 Ah! You begin to see. 176 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,000 It formed a sort of atmospheric chimney. 177 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,600 And if the sheet of Cavorite hadn't been loose, the air would have... 178 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,440 fountained into space, on and on and on. 179 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,120 It would have whipped the air off the world as one peels a banana. 180 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,280 It would have been the end of all life on this planet. 181 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,640 And that would have been awful. Really? 182 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:27,200 Really. 183 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,080 At any rate, I've worked through all those little problems. 184 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:36,280 It's not bananas we're concerned with now, though, it's apples. 185 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,000 Look here, Cavor, are you serious? 186 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:44,520 Sir Isaac Newton taught us why An apple falls down from the sky 187 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:49,280 And from that fact it's very plain All other objects do the same 188 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:55,200 A brick, a bar, a boat, a cup Invariably fall down, not up. 189 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,520 WHOOSHING 190 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,440 CAVOR LAUGHS 191 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:08,520 LAUGHS 192 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,800 My dear Cavor... 193 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,000 This is incredible! It's fantastic! 194 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,760 You really think so? Well, of course it is. 195 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,640 Think of the practical applications. 196 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,120 Oh, practical applications. Are there such things? 197 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,640 My God, don't you see? 198 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,040 It's a miracle. A revolution! 199 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,200 If you wanted to lift a weight, however enormous, 200 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,480 you'd only have to put a sheet of your Cavorite under it 201 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,600 and you could lift it with a straw. A child could lift a dreadnought. 202 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:41,760 Heavens! I-I hadn't thought. The possibilities are boundless. 203 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:47,200 Ironclads and weapons and shipping and architecture. 204 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,400 One stupendous Cavorite company... 205 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,960 Oh, my dear Cavor, 206 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:59,760 you...we...are on to the biggest thing that has ever been invented. 207 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,360 We are? Yes! 208 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,000 Yes! Well, I suppose we are! 209 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,400 CHUCKLES Oh! 210 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:07,960 What about your play? 211 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,320 My play? My play. Ugh, it's vanished. 212 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,120 Good heavens, don't you see what we've got? 213 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,960 I hadn't thought beyond pure research. Perhaps a fellowship of the Royal Society. 214 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,120 How can you think so small? 215 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,320 Here is a substance that no...no home, 216 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,760 no factory, no fortress, no ship can dare to be without. 217 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,640 It's more universally applicable than a patent medicine. 218 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:31,680 WHOOSHING 219 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:33,040 BOTH LAUGH 220 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:39,960 There isn't one solitary aspect of it, not one of its 10,000 possible uses, 221 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:41,880 that will not make us rich, Cavor, 222 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,920 beyond the dreams of avarice. 223 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,000 Yes, I begin to see. 224 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,640 It's extraordinary how one gets new points of view from talking things over. 225 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,080 And as it happens, you have talked to the right man. 226 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,400 I have very considerable business experience. 227 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,400 You do? 228 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,840 Oh, yes. 229 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:08,000 'I did not, of course, tell him 230 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,400 'that I was an undischarged bankrupt at the time.' 231 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,480 DOOR OPENS 232 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,920 That's it! 233 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,520 That settles it. 234 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,800 A sort of roller blind. 235 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,800 A sort of what? Space. Anywhere. 236 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,240 The moon. The moon? What do you mean? 237 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,600 Mean? Why, it must be a sphere, that's what I mean. 238 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,920 Cavor, I don't know... Imagine a sphere, or a sort of polygon, 239 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,320 large enough to hold two people and their luggage, what have you. 240 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,560 It would be made of metal, lined with thick glass. Probably. 241 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,440 A sphere? To carry us to the moon. 242 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,120 But how would we breathe? 243 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,520 Oh, that's the least of it. A simple filtration system. 244 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,360 I worked out something years ago for a submersible. 245 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,080 Then the exterior of the sphere would be enamelled. 246 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,600 With Cavorite? With Cavorite. 247 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,640 One could screw oneself in while the stuff was warm. 248 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,280 And as soon as it was cooled... 249 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,640 It'd become impervious to gravity and... Whoosh! 250 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,320 Yes, whoosh! 251 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,480 CHUCKLES Off one would go in a straight line. 252 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,440 Ah, but what's to stop one going off in a straight line into space for ever? 253 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,840 Roller blinds. Roller blinds? 254 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,000 Mm. The inner sphere would be airtight and continuous, except for a manhole. 255 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,280 To get in and out. Yes. But the exterior 256 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,200 could be made in sections, each section capable of rolling up 257 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,640 after the fashion of a blind. 258 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,160 When they're all shut - no light, no heat, no gravitation, 259 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,400 no radiant energy of any kind would get inside the sphere. 260 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:29,320 But open the blind and any heavenly body which happened to be in the vicinity 261 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,680 would attract us. 262 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,360 Oh, I see! 263 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,880 Then it would be possible to tack about in space like a little boat. 264 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,440 Tack, tack, tack. 265 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:43,200 The blinds would roll in upon themselves, thus counteracting the Cavorite effect 266 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,560 when not required. HUMS 267 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,520 I shall begin the calculations at once. 268 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:52,160 But hang it all, Cavor, the moon? Shouldn't we start with something smaller? 269 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,960 You were the one who told me to think bigger, Bedford. 270 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,600 Why not go into space? 271 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,720 It's not much worse than a polar expedition. 272 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,680 Shackleton is on one now. Probably. 273 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,920 Men go on polar expeditions. Not businessmen. 274 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,480 We would be just firing ourselves off the world for nothing. 275 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,720 Think of what we would find there. 276 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,600 What? Knowledge! 277 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,320 Well, er, call it prospecting, then. 278 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,200 I have no doubt there will be minerals. 279 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,680 Oh? Mm. Sulphur, ores, 280 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,760 possibly new elements. Diamonds. 281 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,080 Diamonds? I see no reason why not. 282 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,600 Is there air up there? There... There may be. 283 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,840 But the moon! It's hundreds of thousands of miles away! 284 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,280 A quarter of a million, actually. 285 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,880 CHUCKLES 286 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,480 Cavorite liners. 287 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,880 Fleets of them. 288 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,040 And prospecting rights. 289 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,720 Planetary prospecting rights. 290 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:55,640 What did you say? Er, nothing, nothing. 291 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,760 Oh, but this is the thing, Cavor. 292 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,520 This is... 293 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,200 ..imperial. 294 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,840 BOTH LAUGH Yes! 295 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,600 But there isn't any air on the moon. Everyone knows that. 296 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,640 Do pay attention, there's a good lad. 297 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,520 The summer passed, 298 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:17,800 then autumn, 299 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,600 and all the while, we worked like Trojans. 300 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,760 It was like labouring in Hades. 301 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,360 Why? Because to keep the Cavorite inactive, 302 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:33,360 we had to maintain the room at a constant temperature. 303 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,120 A very warm temperature. 304 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,240 Will you take that with you? Hm? 305 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,240 The, er, kinematograph. 306 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,560 Um, yes, yes, I suppose so. 307 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,200 We'll have to have proof of our journey. 308 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,880 Everything all right, old man? 309 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,800 I say, Cavor, we shall be able to get back, shan't we? 310 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,880 Yes, of course! I don't see why not. 311 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,280 Probably. 312 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,320 How's the, er, furnace? 313 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,240 Oh. Er, yes, yes, fine. 314 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,520 Hm. We're very close, Bedford. 315 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,840 Exceedingly. We have almost enough Cavorite. 316 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,120 Look here, Cavor... After all, what's it all for? 317 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,120 For? 318 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:44,840 For?! The thing now is to go! Yes. 319 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,760 But the moon! I thought... 320 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,400 I thought it was a dead world. What do you expect to find? 321 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,240 Well, we're going to see, aren't we? 322 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,080 Are we? Are we really? You're tired, Bedford. 323 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,640 Why don't you go for a stroll? It's a lovely evening. 324 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,320 The thing's too mad! What? 325 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,120 I'm not going with you. It's... It's too mad. 326 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:05,840 But you must! We've planned the whole thing together. 327 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,440 I can't. I'm sorry. 328 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:12,080 It's nothing, merely jumping off the world. Remember the apple? 329 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,040 Yes, I do remember. It was smashed to bits against the ceiling. 330 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,600 Bedford! DOOR CLOSES 331 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,120 SIGHS 332 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:18,040 Who'd want to leave the world on a night like this? 333 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,440 Can I get you something, dear? You look parched! 334 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,200 Oh, um... 335 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,480 Ah... A drop of cider on the house? 336 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,880 Oh, thank you very much. You're very kind. 337 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,000 You come far? Oh, just from Apuldram. 338 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,240 I, um, needed some air. 339 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,520 You going far? 340 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:49,920 That's rather a moot point. I suppose I might go back to London. 341 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,560 Hmm, London. 342 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,400 You know it? 343 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,440 No, don't hold with it. No? 344 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,640 No. All them folk pressed together like barrels on a dray? 345 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,360 Chichester's furthest I ever got. 346 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:06,200 My late husband and me, we went to see one of them shows. 347 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,040 Oh, yes? In a theatre! 348 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:09,840 And what did you make of it? 349 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:16,080 Well, there was a fella and a girl, just the two of 'em, yarning. 350 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,440 Weren't even a true story, it were just made up. 351 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,760 Didn't see the point of it myself. 352 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,320 Not been anywhere else? No. I'm not the gadabout sort. 353 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,840 What would you say to a trip to the moon? 354 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,440 Oh, never did hold with them balloonies. 355 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:35,200 Ooh, no. You wouldn't get me up in one of them, not for ever so. CHUCKLES 356 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,240 Cavor? Cavor! 357 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,680 Cavor, I'm coming with you. Of course I am. 358 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,200 I'm sorry about before. I got myself into a blue funk. I'm fine now. 359 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,800 Splendid! 360 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,720 You could not have returned at a better time. 361 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,520 Shall we? 362 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,760 How are we doing? 363 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,400 Er, shutter temperature's cooling...fast. 364 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,440 Capital! Storage hatches? 365 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,320 Er, luggage in and locked. 366 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,760 This is it, old man. 367 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,640 Strap yourself in. What have you got there? 368 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,240 Well, haven't you brought anything to read? 369 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:01,840 Good Lord, no! 370 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,800 But the voyage may take an age. 371 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,360 It doesn't matter. Surely the grandeur of the journey... 372 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:11,960 Have you never been to sea? The sight of the ocean soon palls, believe me. 373 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,880 Space doesn't even have fish to look at. 374 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,400 My dear Bedford, you will be bored to tears. Quickly, quickly. 375 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,600 WHISTLES 376 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,000 RUMBLING 377 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,880 Good Lord! Bedford! Hurry! 378 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:54,720 Air filtration system working splendidly. Check. 379 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,400 Any luck? Um, a copy of Tit-Bits. 380 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,640 Ah, well. Outside temperature? 381 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,240 Hmm - superlative. 382 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,120 Quick test of the shutters. 383 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,760 Excellent. All right, then, Bedford, old man, 384 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,760 cabin lights should be dimmed for takeoff, don't you think? 385 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,400 Er, yes, I suppose so, yes. 386 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,600 ENGINE POWERS UP 387 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,800 There. Any, um... 388 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,400 Any... Last requests? LAUGHS 389 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,920 No. 390 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,080 Anything you'd like to say? 391 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,240 We should say something. 392 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,120 Don't you think? 393 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,840 A momentous occasion, 394 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,960 the first time in history... 395 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,720 RUMBLING Christ, what was that? 396 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,160 I'm a fool. I'm a ruddy fool. 397 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,320 I want to get out. You can't. 398 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,840 What do you mean? It's too risky. I'm not coming. 399 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,720 Didn't you feel that? CHUCKLES 400 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:56,920 We're off. 401 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,000 BOTH CRY OUT 402 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,040 BOTH SHOUT AND GROAN 403 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,560 LOUD RATTLING Ah, well, we're committed. 404 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,400 Uh...yes, we're committed. Or we should be, to an asylum. 405 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,880 RATTLING STOPS 406 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,120 Don't move. 407 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:48,320 Try and keep your muscles quite lax, as if you were in bed. 408 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,000 That's it. 409 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,360 We are in a little universe of our own. 410 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,680 Look at that! QUIVERS 411 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,840 Marvellous, isn't it? 412 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,400 Marvellous... 413 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,200 DRONES 414 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,800 Magnetised, you see? 415 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,160 Same principle as lead weights for divers. 416 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,640 Should keep our feet on the ground, so to speak. 417 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,520 What's our direction, then? How are we pointing? 418 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,840 We're flying away from the Earth at a tangent. 419 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,200 It's all worked out, barring accidents. Probably. 420 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,640 Do you think...? Might we have a peek? 421 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,120 Why not? 422 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,760 CLANKING FOOTSTEPS 423 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,360 What a sight. 424 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,120 We're the first, Cavor. 425 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,600 The very first to see it. 426 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,640 Apart from God, I suppose. 427 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:11,840 What? 428 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,360 Oh. 429 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:21,840 Oh, yes. 430 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,040 'Days passed. 431 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:37,800 'I began to think I had known no other life than that inside the sphere.' 432 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:43,520 That's it. Blinds three, four, seven. CLANKING 433 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,960 Moon's gravitational pull, you see. 434 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,520 That will begin to affect us. 435 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,360 "Gentleman of private means is willing to lend money..." 436 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,000 What's that? 437 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,960 "A cutaway bicycle. Quite new and cost £15. 438 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,240 "Yours for a fiver." 439 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:03,840 "A lady in distress wishes to dispose of some fish knives and forks." 440 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,080 Hmm? 441 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,160 "A wedding present let go with great regret." LAUGHS 442 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,680 What is it? 443 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,880 LAUGHS Just...it seems incredible, that's all, 444 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,480 people down there living their little lives, and here's us. 445 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,760 Are we visible, Cavor, from the Earth? 446 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,280 Why? 447 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,720 I knew someone once who was interested in astronomy. 448 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,920 It'd be rather odd if he chanced to be looking through his telescope. 449 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,560 GASPS There it is! 450 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,160 Look here, Cavor, do you think...? 451 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,280 I mean... 452 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,600 Might there be...people? 453 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,080 Oh, good heavens, no. Out of the question. 454 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,960 Look at it. 455 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,440 It's dead, Bedford. Dead. 456 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:04,880 We must think of ourselves as sort of ultra-Arctic voyagers... 457 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,640 exploring the desolate places of space. 458 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,840 Men have watched this planet systematically 459 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,600 for over 200 years 460 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,040 and seen no change. 461 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,640 Not a jot. 462 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,680 But the moon people's handiwork might be hidden. 463 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:29,160 One could see a fair-sized church through a telescope, I should say. 464 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,600 Probably. 465 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,520 Certainly any towns or buildings. 466 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,720 No, no, whatever life there might be 467 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:40,040 would have to hibernate through a day that lasts 14 of our Earthly days 468 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,080 and then through a night of equal length, 469 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,000 growing colder and colder 470 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,800 under those cold, sharp stars. 471 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:55,320 One could imagine something worm-like burrowing. 472 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,680 Did we bring a gun? 473 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,120 No. 474 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,840 But, sir, we could name them, be the first. What do you think? 475 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:06,400 Um... 476 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,760 Lunite worms. 477 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,560 Lunite... Oh, no, I don't like that. 478 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,360 Lunarites? 479 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,280 Selenites! Selenites? 480 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,200 Yes, yes. In Greek myth, Selene was a Titan, goddess of the moon. 481 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,760 I recall it from my school days. Rather fitting! 482 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:30,480 But I doubt if we shall find so much as an ant. 483 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,280 CLUNKING FOOTSTEPS 484 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,120 Well, this is it, Bedford, old man. 485 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,880 There may be some discomfort. 486 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,160 CLUNKING FOOTSTEPS 487 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,240 Hold tight. 488 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,880 ENGINE POWERS UP 489 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,280 LOUD RATTLING 490 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,520 GROANS 491 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,080 For God's sake, Cavor, the light! 492 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,400 Can't be helped. I'm using the sun as a brake! 493 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,760 ALARM BLARES 494 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,000 What the hell's that? Er, it's an alarm. Quickly, 495 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,480 what do the instruments read? What? 496 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,800 The number! Read the number! Er... 497 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,280 1202. I'll ignore it. 498 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,840 What?! What does it mean? Just ignore it. 499 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,320 Agh! 500 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,000 GROANS 501 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,840 ALARM CONTINUES 502 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,200 GROANS ECHO 503 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,120 CRASH! 504 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,200 SILENCE 505 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,480 MOANS 506 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,160 Cavor? 507 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,280 GASPS 508 00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:59,800 Cavor, are you all right? 509 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:03,880 Am I alive? 510 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,720 LAUGHS 511 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,880 Yes, you're alive, Cavor. 512 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:10,480 Oh, Cavor! 513 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,880 My God! 514 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,400 We've done it. 515 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,280 LAUGHS The moon. 516 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,760 CHUCKLES 517 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,840 Uh...lights. 518 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,240 Ah! 519 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,520 ENGINE POWERS UP 520 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,200 CRACKING 521 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,080 Hm! 522 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:52,960 I can see... 523 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,600 I can see snow! 524 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,520 Snow! Impossible! 525 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,200 Probably. 526 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,560 Hang it all. Can't see a thing now. 527 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,720 Ah, well, we must wait, old man. 528 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:12,520 Wait? For the beginning of the lunar day. 529 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,680 Can you reach the electric heaters? Hurry, or we'll freeze. 530 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,680 Yes, the atmosphere suits are all prepared. 531 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,960 We shall be all set when the time comes. 532 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,840 What are you doing? 533 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:27,840 What does it look like? I have almost finished The Tempest. 534 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,080 Can't wait to find out what happens at the end. 535 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,080 But... Patience, Bedford, old man. 536 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,400 The moon has been here for millions of years. 537 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,320 I'm sure it will wait a little longer. 538 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,320 But confound it, Cavor, at this rate, we might as well have stayed at home. 539 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:46,680 WIND HOWLS 540 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,000 GENTLE SNORING 541 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,320 Cavor? 542 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:19,640 Cavor! 543 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,240 Hm? What is it? What's happening? 544 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,840 Incredible. 545 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,760 It's absolutely incredible. 546 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:49,120 It's air. 547 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:54,960 It must be, or it wouldn't rise like that at the mere touch of a sunbeam. 548 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,080 Air? 549 00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:01,800 It wasn't snow you saw, Bedford. It was mounds and masses of frozen air. 550 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:09,320 Look, already, in the sky, a little touch of blue. 551 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,440 There is an atmosphere. 552 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,880 Then we might be able to breathe out there... 553 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,640 without the suits. 554 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,520 We shall soon see. 555 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,320 INHALES DEEPLY 556 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,320 It's all right. 557 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,680 Bedford, it's all right. 558 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:17,560 A bit rarefied, like mountain air. 559 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,120 We must be careful. 560 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,360 O wonder 561 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,080 How beauteous mankind is 562 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,520 O brave new world! 563 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,480 I see the Bard's rubbed off on you. 564 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,520 CHUCKLES 565 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,160 Isn't it astonishing? 566 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,880 Imperial. 567 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,080 Well, then? 568 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,560 Well, what? 569 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,880 The honour must be yours. 570 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,440 Oh, no, Bedford, old man, I insist. 571 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:08,880 Oh, nonsense, Cavor. 572 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,920 This whole fantastic enterprise was your doing. It has to be you. 573 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,960 Arthur Cavor, the first man on the... Ohhh! 574 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,680 SHRIEKS AND LAUGHS 575 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,800 LAUGHS Of course! 576 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,800 Our weight is only a sixth of what it is back home. 577 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,960 We have cut Mother Earth's apron strings now. 578 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:32,800 Wey! 579 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,560 LAUGHTER 580 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,520 Whoo-hoo! 581 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,800 Pre-stiffened, you see. I wasn't anticipating an atmosphere. 582 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:17,040 I claim this satellite in the name of King Edward VII, Emperor of India, 583 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,920 King of the British Dominions, 584 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,120 and for all mankind. 585 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,680 What is this for us 586 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,160 but a tiny footfall... 587 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,560 Cavor! 588 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,480 What is it? I think it's... 589 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:45,080 It is. 590 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:47,520 It's gold. 591 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,440 Look at it! 592 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:54,240 It's everywhere! 593 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,440 There's gold everywhere! 594 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,120 So there is. 595 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,240 You don't seem in the least excited by it. 596 00:40:01,240 --> 00:40:03,600 I had hoped... 597 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,640 No, it doesn't matter. What? 598 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:13,320 Oh, don't worry, old man. We'll share it all, everything we find. 599 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,520 It's not that. 600 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:20,000 It's just...once we discovered a lunar atmosphere... 601 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,240 ..I had hoped we might find... BANGING 602 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:30,920 ..life. 603 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,680 BANGING CONTINUES 604 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,880 How does the rest of that Shakespeare go? 605 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,280 O brave new world... 606 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,080 That has such people in it. 607 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,000 BANGING AND CLANKING 608 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,560 Good Lord! 609 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,720 Burrowing worms, you said. Ants. 610 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:28,880 Cavor! 611 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,280 What is it? 612 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,160 BOTH GASP 613 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:35,560 Oh, no! 614 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,720 WHOOSHING 615 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,400 Oh, Lord, my head. 616 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:50,920 Where are we? 617 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,600 I'm tied. Why have you tied me up? I haven't! They did. 618 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:02,400 They?! The, um, Selenites. 619 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,240 Oh, God... Oh, Lord, I remember now. 620 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,520 What are we going to do? 621 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,480 Hmm...no idea. GROANS 622 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,160 Will you stop that infernal noise! 623 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:16,760 Very sorry, I'm sure. 624 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:20,120 Just trying to, you know, think(!) Shhh! 625 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,840 WHOOSHING AND RUSTLING 626 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,520 Um... 627 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,200 GASPS 628 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:55,640 Um... 629 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,360 How do you do? 630 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:13,240 How do you do(?) Well, one of us had to say something! 631 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:16,240 And they're clearly intelligent, Bedford. 632 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:19,680 I suppose that anywhere there's an intelligent animal... 633 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:26,720 ...it will carry the brain case upward and have hands and walk erect. 634 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:28,960 Damn it, Cavor, what do they want with us? 635 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,280 Well, I imagine they're curious. Curious? 636 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,480 Curious the way the African savage is curious? 637 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:35,760 Curious enough to boil us in a pot? 638 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:39,960 Now you're being alarmist. Alarmist?! 639 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:43,880 I think we must be some way in. What?! 640 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,560 Inside the moon. It's cooler, and we're heavier. Haven't you noticed? 641 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:52,360 Must be some depth, a mile or so, maybe, inside. Probably. 642 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,880 Oh! I suppose you never thought of a world inside the moon. 643 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,240 No! And now it seems such an obvious thing. 644 00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:00,920 Well, I wish you'd taken the trouble to find out before we came. 645 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:05,440 Well, how could I? Oh, what a damn pickle this is! 646 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,960 What the hell did we come for, Cavor? 647 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,160 What was the moon to us, or us to the moon? 648 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:14,840 We should have started smaller. 649 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:16,720 Now, look here, Bedford, 650 00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:18,720 you came on this expedition of your own free will. 651 00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:21,200 You said to me, "Call it prospecting!" 652 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,680 There are always risks in prospecting. 653 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:25,840 Besides, I was so taken up with the sphere. 654 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,800 The thing rushed up on us and carried us away. 655 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,360 Rushed up on me, you mean. Rushed up on me just as much. 656 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,560 All I wanted was to be a Fellow of the Royal Society. 657 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:39,200 It was you who confounded me with your talk of schemes and riches. 658 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:40,960 Well, you've got your wish now, Bedford. 659 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,040 Look at the chains that bind you. 660 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,560 Solid gold. Much good may it do you! 661 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:48,480 RUMBLING 662 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,440 Oh, Lord, Cavor, what now? 663 00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:03,880 Cavor, what are you doing? 664 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,840 CHIRPING 665 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,320 Oh, Lord. 666 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,520 It's horrible. It's horrible! 667 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:40,720 Just try to think of them as butterflies or...moths. 668 00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:43,720 Oh, I hate moths. Filthy, dusty, ghastly things. 669 00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:45,280 Oh, God, it's making my skin crawl! 670 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,040 BEDFORD GASPING 671 00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,080 Keep calm, old man. 672 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:55,840 These, er, Selenites, or whatever we choose to call them, have got us now. 673 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,000 We must try and keep a cool head. 674 00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,640 SELENITES CHIRP LOUDLY 675 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,160 The problem is one of communication. 676 00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:42,200 Communication?! These things are different, Cavor. Look at them. 677 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,160 They're more different to us than the strangest animals on Earth. 678 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,680 They're of a different clay. What's the use in talking like this? 679 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,280 No, no, I don't see that. 680 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:51,280 They have minds, we have minds. 681 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,360 They are ants on their hind legs, Cavor, 682 00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,120 and whoever got to any sort of understanding with ruddy ants? 683 00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,600 But think of that great iris on the surface. 684 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,400 The difference is wide, yes. It's insurmountable! 685 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:03,960 But is it? 686 00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:07,640 We could begin with the things which must be common to both races. 687 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,480 The great principles of geometry, for example. 688 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,200 Oh! Oh, yes, why not(?) "Oh, good morning, Mr Selenite. 689 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:16,920 "The sum of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides!" 690 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,720 Why are you being so difficult? It's a perfectly sound idea. 691 00:47:19,720 --> 00:47:22,320 Besides, it's the sum of the square on the hypotenuse. 692 00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:23,720 Oh, shut up! 693 00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,560 Why didn't I stick to my play? 694 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:31,440 That was what I was equal to. 695 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,080 That was my world, and the life I was made for. 696 00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:36,120 Could have finished it. I'm certain of it. 697 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:39,000 What do I do? I leap to the moon. 698 00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,200 I've thrown my life away. 699 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:45,360 The old woman in the inn had better sense. 700 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:47,440 It is clear they are intelligent. 701 00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:50,000 One can hypotheticate certain things. 702 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,800 As they have not killed us at once, they must have ideas of mercy. 703 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,280 At any rate, of restraint. 704 00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,160 BUZZES Oh, shut up. 705 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,520 CHIRPING 706 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:28,480 SELENITES CHIRPING 707 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,360 CHIRPING 708 00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:51,960 SNIFFS 709 00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:54,680 Well? 710 00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:59,040 Smells like mushrooms. 711 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:03,640 It's mushroom soup. 712 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:05,440 CAVOR CHUCKLES 713 00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,480 Food. They're giving us food. 714 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:09,480 The fundamentals of life, you see, Bedford? 715 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,400 They do understand. 716 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:12,920 Mm! 717 00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,000 Are you going to try that geometry of yours, then? 718 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:26,240 If I get a chance. Of course, they may make an advance first. 719 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:30,920 Do you think they want us to imitate those sounds? 720 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,520 I don't think so. 721 00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:36,560 I can't make anything of their gestures. 722 00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,680 This one is worrying with his head, like a man with an uncomfortable collar. 723 00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:43,240 CLANGING AND ROARING 724 00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:47,000 Um...delicious. 725 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,120 Yum, yum! 726 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:03,880 ELECTRICAL ZAPPING 727 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,040 Great heavens! 728 00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,640 It's stupendous. 729 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:23,120 What is it? 730 00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,400 A machine? 731 00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:29,040 Hard to say. 732 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:33,440 Perhaps more like a vast...brain. 733 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:39,240 What do you think it does? Haven't the faintest idea. 734 00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:40,760 Ow! 735 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,000 Yes, yes! 736 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,080 Can't we show them we're interested in it? 737 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,360 Oh, they may think we're mere dumb animals. 738 00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,480 It would be a good idea to show an intelligent interest from the outset. 739 00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:01,280 Um...we look at this. Yes? 740 00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:05,840 We think machine jolly good. 741 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,440 Good machine. Clever machine. 742 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:10,760 Well done. 743 00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:14,240 Ow! It pricked me with a sword! 744 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:18,160 We're not going to stand for that. What on earth do they take us for? 745 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:20,360 SELENITES CHIRPING 746 00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:22,480 Cavor... Hmm? 747 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:25,360 The shackles. 748 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:29,120 Gold! Well, yes, I told you that. 749 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:32,200 No, I mean it's...soft. 750 00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:34,080 It's a very soft metal. 751 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:36,520 Well, it may be it's much heavier for them, 752 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:39,720 evolving, as they must, in the much lower specific gravity. 753 00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:41,920 I think I can get loose. 754 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:44,760 Get loose? Where would we go? 755 00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:46,400 Back to the sphere, of course. 756 00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:48,320 But don't... 757 00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:52,640 This is a whole new world, Bedford. There's so much to learn. 758 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:53,960 I'm old-fashioned, Cavor. 759 00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:56,120 I like to do my learning from a position of strength, 760 00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:58,520 not shackled like a beast. 761 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:03,520 CAVOR: Surely they don't expect us... 762 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:07,440 BEDFORD: No! No, we can't cross that. Not at any price. 763 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:11,160 I couldn't get three steps across it, even with my hands free. 764 00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,440 They can't know what it is to be giddy, you see. 765 00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:17,960 Um, bridge no good. 766 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:19,840 Um, make man dizzy. 767 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,760 I don't think they understand. 768 00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:28,320 No! Stop that! Wait a minute. I've got an idea. 769 00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:31,800 I am not some sausage to be pricked at! 770 00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:33,800 I say, Bedford, I think I know a way to... 771 00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,240 Right, if you do that again... 772 00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:39,880 SPLAT 773 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,200 GASPS 774 00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:43,200 CHIRPING 775 00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,400 Oh, no, no, no, no, no! 776 00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:49,560 Cavor, quickly, your chains. 777 00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:52,000 Oh, you've ruined everything! Your chains, man! 778 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,320 What? We have to make a run for it. 779 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,120 Come on, man. Come on! 780 00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:02,720 Come on! 781 00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:14,400 You spoilt it all! Nonsense. It was that or death. 782 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,760 This way. You seem very sure. 783 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:21,240 We must find a way back to the surface. 784 00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:22,440 It's our only chance. 785 00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:38,680 Come on! 786 00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:42,360 GASPS Rest. Can we rest? 787 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,320 No time. Those things will be after us. 788 00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,960 I've lost all sense of direction. Are we going up, do you think? 789 00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:52,440 It's all your fault. 790 00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:55,440 My fault? I had an idea. 791 00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:58,160 Oh, hang your ideas. If we had refused to budge, 792 00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:00,440 they'd have carried us. Over the bridge? 793 00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:02,880 Yes! Balderdash. Now get up. 794 00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:05,200 Get up, or I'll ruddy well leave you here! 795 00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:15,200 It's daylight. 796 00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,680 Er, well... It must be. 797 00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:19,520 We're saved, Cavor. Come on. 798 00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,120 Come on! Just a minute, old man. 799 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:26,240 Ohhhh, bugger! 800 00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,880 I thought it was daylight. 801 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:34,280 We should eat again. Might as well eat while we have the chance. 802 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:37,360 What a rotten piece of luck this is. 803 00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:42,760 Here we are, burrowing in this beastly world that isn't a world, 804 00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:45,080 and those things chasing us. 805 00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:48,520 I don't think we can judge the Selenites from what we have seen of them so far. 806 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:54,880 This area of the crust could be some desolate, outlying district, like...Wales. 807 00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,640 Wales? 808 00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:59,760 If we could hold out for a week or so, perhaps, 809 00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:04,560 then news of our arrival might spread and we could try proper communication. 810 00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:06,240 What, with clever Selenites? 811 00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:08,800 Yes. Selenites like you, you mean? 812 00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:10,840 Yes, if you like. 813 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:13,640 Oh, don't be absurd. Why is it absurd? 814 00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,000 Oh, good God, man, just think about it. 815 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:20,440 Suppose a Selenite had dropped onto the Earth when you were at Apuldram. 816 00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:23,520 You'd have been the last person to hear about it. You never see anybody, 817 00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:27,360 you never read a newspaper. Now, I'm telling you, we are in a fix! 818 00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,400 We have shown ourselves to be strange, 819 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,120 strong, dangerous animals. 820 00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,480 You have! And unless they're perfect fools, 821 00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,000 they will hunt us and kill us, end of the matter. 822 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:39,000 Maybe after we're dead and gone, they might discuss us, 823 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,480 pickle us in jars, but we shan't get much fun out of that. 824 00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:44,840 Then what do you suggest? The gold! 825 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:48,920 It's lying around, like cast iron at home. If only we could get some back to Earth, 826 00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:51,240 we might be able to put things onto a sounder footing. 827 00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:53,040 A sounder footing? 828 00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,880 Come back in a bigger sphere. With guns. 829 00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:57,880 CHUCKLES 830 00:55:57,880 --> 00:55:59,120 What? 831 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:02,000 I should have come to the moon alone. I knew I should! 832 00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:05,080 Now listen, Cavor, I've got half the voting rights in this affair, 833 00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:10,160 and this is the time for a practical man. A practical man...like me. 834 00:56:11,240 --> 00:56:12,920 SPLASHING 835 00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:16,800 It's water! 836 00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:18,880 Come on, come on. 837 00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:36,000 CHUCKLES 838 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,200 What is it? 839 00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:40,480 Shame. CHUCKLES 840 00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:42,520 What is? 841 00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,520 That the moon isn't made of green cheese. 842 00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:47,880 I quite fancy a bit of cheese right now. 843 00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,120 CHORTLES 844 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:52,920 Pull yourself together, man. You're hysterical. 845 00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:54,880 Indubitably. 846 00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:58,400 You can have all the cheese you like once you get us back to Earth. 847 00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:01,640 If I can get us back. 848 00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:04,720 What do you mean? 849 00:57:04,720 --> 00:57:08,440 How long do you think we've been here...on the moon? 850 00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:09,880 What? How long? 851 00:57:09,880 --> 00:57:12,720 Two days, perhaps. Two Earthly days. 852 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:14,600 More like ten. Ten? 853 00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:16,640 Yes. But we've hardly eaten. 854 00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:19,920 I know. Everything is different here. 855 00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:21,200 Everything. 856 00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:26,920 The sun will be past its zenith and sinking in the west... 857 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:29,000 and soon the night will come. 858 00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:32,680 Think what we might have done, 859 00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:34,480 what might be down here. 860 00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,400 Caverns beneath caverns. 861 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:46,160 It must open out and become greater, and wider, and more populous. 862 00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:48,000 Probably. 863 00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:49,840 There might even be a sea. 864 00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:51,880 A sea? Yes. 865 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:54,440 Washing around the core of the moon. 866 00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:59,960 Think of the strange tides upon its inky surface, Bedford. 867 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:06,320 Perhaps there are mighty cities and swarming ways, 868 00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:10,320 wisdom and order passing the wit of man. 869 00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:16,400 And we might die here and never know its true masters. 870 00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:21,880 We can come back. 871 00:58:21,880 --> 00:58:25,640 But if I take the secret of Cavorite back to Earth, 872 00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:27,160 what will happen? 873 00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,640 Sooner or later, it must come out, 874 00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,920 and then governments and powers will struggle to get here. 875 00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:41,360 They will fight against one another, and against these moon people, 876 00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:43,680 and in a little while... 877 00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:47,240 ..in a very little while... 878 00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:51,760 ..this planet, to its deepest galleries... 879 00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:56,360 ..will be strewn with the dead. 880 00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:01,120 Look, Cavor, if the night is coming, 881 00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:05,280 then that great corkscrew affair on the surface will be closing. 882 00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:10,080 Well, then, we've got to get out of here, or we'll be trapped! 883 00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:12,880 CHIRPING They've found us. 884 00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,040 We can't stay and fight them. We must split up. 885 00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:17,520 What? Run for it. I'll lead them away. 886 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:19,400 No, no, we can make a decent fist of it. 887 00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:20,960 It's like hitting cinder toffee. 888 00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:22,800 Haven't we done enough? 889 00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:24,560 I can't leave you. 890 00:59:24,560 --> 00:59:27,560 We must split up. You get back to the surface, find the sphere. 891 00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:29,560 But, Cavor... I shall be perfectly all right! 892 00:59:29,560 --> 00:59:31,800 CHIRPING 893 00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:33,840 Au revoir. 894 00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:37,640 Go! Go! 895 01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:03,840 'I ran on and on, 896 01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:07,640 'desperate to show the Selenites a clean pair of heels. 897 01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,080 'I didn't have a clue where I was heading. 898 01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:16,880 'A long lunar night was approaching, 899 01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:20,240 'and the moon would soon close over me, 900 01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:22,200 'like the lid of a tomb.' 901 01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:40,760 The sphere... 902 01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:43,120 The sphere! 903 01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:44,520 'It was incredible. 904 01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,520 'But there it was, 905 01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:49,560 'hiding almost in plain sight.' 906 01:00:56,720 --> 01:01:00,240 CLANGING 907 01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:03,520 'And then I heard it.' 908 01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:05,920 LOUD CLANG 'The iris. 909 01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:09,120 'The iris was closing... 910 01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,040 '...and with it all my hopes. 911 01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:15,960 'My whole being shrank from this. 912 01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:21,960 'I must get away from the moon, even if I died in the attempt.' 913 01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:24,400 SHOUTS Cavor! 914 01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:25,880 Cavor! 915 01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:29,920 The sphere! I've found it! 916 01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:32,080 Cavor! 917 01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:36,560 Cavor! 918 01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:41,120 Cavor! 919 01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:48,480 Cavor! 920 01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:22,680 I'll come back! 921 01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:24,320 I promise I'll come back. 922 01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:51,040 Ohhh. 923 01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:53,160 Oh, please! 924 01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:55,000 ENGINE POWERS UP 925 01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:08,720 Sorry, old man. 926 01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:13,240 RUMBLING 927 01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:14,560 Wah! 928 01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:50,760 Ohh. 929 01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:06,360 CHIRPING AND RATTLING 930 01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:08,840 Hello. 931 01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:12,800 CHIRPING 932 01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:16,360 Um...good. 933 01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:17,920 Very good. 934 01:04:20,840 --> 01:04:24,160 STRANGE, HIGH-PITCHED VOICE: Good. What was that? 935 01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,400 Very...good. 936 01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:28,640 CHUCKLES 937 01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:30,000 Yes! 938 01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:31,600 Capital! Wonderful! 939 01:04:31,600 --> 01:04:33,920 BOTH IMITATE CAVOR'S CHUCKLING 940 01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:41,640 No, no. Don't be afraid. Please. 941 01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:44,680 Um... 942 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:46,720 I'm Cavor. No, no. 943 01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:48,720 Um...um... 944 01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:50,400 I'm man. 945 01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:53,240 I'm a man. Er, hu-man. 946 01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:56,800 BOTH: Hu-man. Yes! Wonderful! Ha-ha! 947 01:04:56,800 --> 01:04:58,520 BOTH LAUGH 948 01:05:10,120 --> 01:05:11,880 Moon. 949 01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:18,400 Moan. Yes. Well, almost. Um...I, hu-man, 950 01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:22,880 come from Earth. Harth. 951 01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:24,840 Earth. 952 01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:27,720 Earth. 953 01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:41,080 SNORES GENTLY 954 01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:04,320 ARABESQUE-STYLE MUSIC 955 01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:21,800 ALARM BLARES 956 01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:44,000 Oh, God. 957 01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:17,120 Tack about, Cavor said. 958 01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:20,280 Like a sailing boat. 959 01:08:33,760 --> 01:08:36,200 Au revoir. 960 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,320 How do you do? 961 01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:52,000 If I may said... 962 01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:55,320 Er, "say". "If I may say..." 963 01:08:55,320 --> 01:09:00,000 Yes. Hmm. If I may say, draw. 964 01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:02,520 Eat little. Drink little. 965 01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:04,480 Like draw. An artist. 966 01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:07,840 Love draw. Love no other thing. 967 01:09:07,840 --> 01:09:10,760 He like you. New thing to draw. 968 01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:12,920 If you understand me, old man. 969 01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:15,800 Striking. Ugly. Eh? 970 01:09:15,800 --> 01:09:17,920 Yes. Yes, I see... 971 01:09:17,920 --> 01:09:21,600 Another, for instance, love remember words. 972 01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:24,520 Remember wonderful, more than any. 973 01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:26,200 Think? No. 974 01:09:26,200 --> 01:09:28,360 Draw? No. 975 01:09:28,360 --> 01:09:30,400 Remember? Yes. 976 01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:32,880 Histories. All things. 977 01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:36,240 Hear once, remember ever. 978 01:09:36,240 --> 01:09:38,360 Yes, yes. 979 01:09:38,360 --> 01:09:43,440 Astonishing. You're all fitted to only one purpose, 980 01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:46,240 an absolute specificity of function, 981 01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:49,760 to think, to draw, to teach, to remember. 982 01:09:49,760 --> 01:09:53,200 Yes. Good show. Probably. 983 01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:58,200 And only those attributes that will help that skill along flourish, yes? 984 01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:01,080 The rest of the body atrophies. 985 01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:04,320 Don't quite follow you, old man. Not know. 986 01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:07,360 Er...shrivels, dies away. 987 01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:11,160 Hmm! On moon, all know place. 988 01:10:11,160 --> 01:10:13,040 Born to that place. 989 01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:15,440 And you have no idea of anything 990 01:10:15,440 --> 01:10:18,080 other than the function for which you were bred? 991 01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:20,200 Why should we? 992 01:10:20,200 --> 01:10:22,600 But who decides this? 993 01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:25,120 Decides? Yes. 994 01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:30,280 There must be some administrator, a power, a prime minister. 995 01:10:31,720 --> 01:10:34,240 Er, a president? 996 01:10:34,240 --> 01:10:35,280 A king! 997 01:10:36,440 --> 01:10:39,560 The Grand Lunar. 998 01:10:39,560 --> 01:10:42,160 Oh! 999 01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:00,560 What happens now? 1000 01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:02,960 See Grand Lunar. 1001 01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:05,240 Yes, I got that. 1002 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:09,040 An audience. But how shall we communicate? 1003 01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:13,040 Hmm! The Grand Lunar take learning from me. 1004 01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:17,360 Can he do that? Yes, old man, most certainly. 1005 01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:21,000 WHIRRING 1006 01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:03,960 ELECTRICAL FIZZING 1007 01:12:03,960 --> 01:12:06,560 ECHOING, GHOSTLY WHISPER: Man. 1008 01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:10,680 Er, yes, sir. 1009 01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:12,360 Man. 1010 01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:15,880 Man. From Earth. 1011 01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:18,560 That's right. 1012 01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:21,520 Extraordinary! Wonderful! 1013 01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:24,120 I wish to know 1014 01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:28,240 the state of your world 1015 01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:31,400 and why you have come to this. 1016 01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:33,600 Yes, of course. 1017 01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:36,120 A perfectly reasonable request. 1018 01:12:36,120 --> 01:12:41,960 The Earth is to the moon what the sun is to the Earth. 1019 01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:45,600 Our astronomical observations 1020 01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:49,880 had led us to believe your world was uninhabitable. 1021 01:12:49,880 --> 01:12:52,960 As did ours with regard to the moon. 1022 01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:56,840 ELECTRICAL CRACK 1023 01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:04,880 And what do you know of the interior of your world? 1024 01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:08,960 The...interior? 1025 01:13:10,280 --> 01:13:13,520 Well, nothing. 1026 01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:18,720 But does not your ruler, your Grand Earthly, 1027 01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:20,760 desire to know such things? 1028 01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:25,920 We have no...Grand Earthly. 1029 01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:30,280 We have democracy. 1030 01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:33,760 Well, mostly. 1031 01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:36,520 All men rule. 1032 01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:39,600 All?! 1033 01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:43,000 CLICKING LAUGHTER 1034 01:13:53,640 --> 01:13:57,680 Gentleman of private means is willing to lend money. 1035 01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:03,280 Gentleman of private means... 1036 01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:05,240 Derby hat. 1037 01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:08,200 Nice. Sane. Normal. 1038 01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:11,160 Sane. Normal. 1039 01:14:11,160 --> 01:14:14,000 Lady in distress wishes to dispose of some fish knives... 1040 01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:18,240 Lady in distress wishes to dispose of some fish knives and forks. 1041 01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:20,000 HE LAUGHS MADLY 1042 01:14:23,240 --> 01:14:25,680 Could have done with those fish knives on the moon. 1043 01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:27,600 Fish knives on the moon! 1044 01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:31,240 Could have seen off one of those Selenites with a fish knife. 1045 01:14:31,240 --> 01:14:34,000 Yes, the moon! I went there. 1046 01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,640 It was charming. It was charming. 1047 01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:39,240 Charming! It was charming. 1048 01:14:39,240 --> 01:14:42,200 A cottage for rent. Excellent terms, summer's lease. 1049 01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:47,920 A cottage. Excellent terms, summer's lease. Cottage. 1050 01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:53,960 Bricks, mortar, slates... 1051 01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:58,640 Sunshine. Sunshine, rain... Oh, God! 1052 01:15:15,800 --> 01:15:17,560 Hello. 1053 01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:27,640 An ironclad can fire shot for 12 miles and go through 20 foot of metal. 1054 01:15:27,640 --> 01:15:31,920 And torpedoes. We can steer torpedoes underwater. 1055 01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:37,360 You mean to say that you run about over the surface of your world, 1056 01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:43,320 this world whose riches you have scarcely begun to scrape, killing one another? 1057 01:15:43,320 --> 01:15:45,560 Well... 1058 01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:46,840 Yes. 1059 01:15:47,280 --> 01:15:48,840 Why? 1060 01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:53,280 Well, for profit, or territory. 1061 01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:56,960 For, you know... 1062 01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:01,120 ..stuff. 1063 01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:05,200 But surely man does not like war? 1064 01:16:06,720 --> 01:16:09,760 I'm afraid men of my race consider battle 1065 01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:12,320 the most glorious experience of life. 1066 01:16:12,320 --> 01:16:15,680 ELECTRICAL FIZZING 1067 01:16:15,680 --> 01:16:17,960 But we are not all alike! 1068 01:16:17,960 --> 01:16:24,400 I came here purely in a spirit of exploration, to learn. 1069 01:16:24,400 --> 01:16:29,880 Your moon is a miracle to me. 1070 01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:32,520 Beautiful. 1071 01:16:32,520 --> 01:16:34,160 Astounding. 1072 01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:40,800 You have told me of your cities, your ships, your guns. 1073 01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:45,160 But how did you come to be here? Ah! 1074 01:16:45,160 --> 01:16:50,640 Well, I'm afraid I might have to blow my own trumpet a little there. 1075 01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:53,120 Trum...pet? 1076 01:16:53,120 --> 01:16:56,360 Yes, er, a little invention of mine. 1077 01:16:56,360 --> 01:16:59,640 I call it Cavorite. 1078 01:16:59,640 --> 01:17:05,160 Tell me of...Cavorite. 1079 01:17:39,480 --> 01:17:40,640 Hello there! 1080 01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:47,120 Hello? 1081 01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:54,960 England? Is this England? 1082 01:17:54,960 --> 01:17:58,480 Well, of course it is. 1083 01:17:58,480 --> 01:18:00,120 Oh, God! 1084 01:18:00,120 --> 01:18:03,840 Oh, Lord! I made it! I got back! LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY 1085 01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:06,840 I say, what on earth is that thing? 1086 01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:09,040 Can you tell me where we are? 1087 01:18:09,040 --> 01:18:10,800 West Wittering. 1088 01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:17,080 West...? It's incredible. It's almost back where we started. 1089 01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:20,400 Have you been wrecked or something? Er, yes. 1090 01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:25,840 By Jove, you must have had a time of it. Is that a sort of life raft? 1091 01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:28,880 Er, something of the kind. 1092 01:18:28,880 --> 01:18:30,720 Look, I need help. Well, yes, yes! 1093 01:18:30,720 --> 01:18:33,480 And food. Bacon. Eggs. Anything. 1094 01:18:33,480 --> 01:18:37,040 Yes, well, I'll help you up to the hotel. Wait. I have... 1095 01:18:37,040 --> 01:18:40,680 (I have some things I can't leave lying about.) 1096 01:18:40,680 --> 01:18:43,880 Oh? Gold. 1097 01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:45,920 Ah! There's more of it in the sphere. 1098 01:18:45,920 --> 01:18:47,480 I have to get it out. 1099 01:18:47,480 --> 01:18:49,320 No, no. 1100 01:18:49,320 --> 01:18:53,600 Y-You stay here and rest. 1101 01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:57,360 I'll get them for you. Oh, thanks. You're a pal. 1102 01:18:57,360 --> 01:19:00,880 By all means. It's the least I can do. 1103 01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:02,800 You just get your puff back. 1104 01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:29,200 Oh, for pity's sake, don't touch... 1105 01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:31,920 WHOOSHING 1106 01:19:31,920 --> 01:19:32,960 ..anything. 1107 01:19:49,080 --> 01:19:53,920 'And so ended my lunar adventure. 1108 01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:56,680 'I had some gold, of course, 1109 01:19:56,680 --> 01:20:01,480 'and that got me started, though I didn't do very well, I'm afraid.' 1110 01:20:01,480 --> 01:20:04,720 I never was much of a businessman. 1111 01:20:04,720 --> 01:20:08,320 But you never went back? How could I? 1112 01:20:08,320 --> 01:20:11,360 The sphere was lost for ever, 1113 01:20:11,360 --> 01:20:14,680 and I knew no more of the secret of Cavorite than... 1114 01:20:16,200 --> 01:20:18,560 ..than the man in the moon. 1115 01:20:20,680 --> 01:20:23,160 I had my precious kinematograph reels, of course, 1116 01:20:24,920 --> 01:20:27,360 but no-one's ever taken them seriously. 1117 01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:33,760 They say I must have faked it all in a film studio. 1118 01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:38,200 What about Professor Cavor? Did he ever come back? 1119 01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:40,440 No. 1120 01:20:42,160 --> 01:20:44,560 No, he never did. 1121 01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:47,880 But I heard from him. 1122 01:20:47,880 --> 01:20:51,480 How? By wireless. 1123 01:20:51,480 --> 01:20:53,360 Huh? 1124 01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:58,960 'About six months later, I read of a Dutchman called Wendigee. 1125 01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:02,840 'He had been experimenting with a certain apparatus 1126 01:21:02,840 --> 01:21:05,880 'akin to that used by Tesla. 1127 01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:12,080 'His hope was to discover some method of communication with Mars. 1128 01:21:12,080 --> 01:21:17,680 'What he received instead was a series of garbled messages 1129 01:21:17,680 --> 01:21:21,080 'that seemed to come from the moon.' 1130 01:21:21,080 --> 01:21:23,840 BEEPING 1131 01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:28,360 'I have been given a great deal of freedom - 1132 01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:30,880 'perhaps more than they realise, 1133 01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:33,920 'or I would not have been able to construct this machine. 1134 01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:41,160 'I was a fool to tell the Grand Lunar so much about Cavorite, 1135 01:21:41,160 --> 01:21:44,920 'for now mankind's troubles are only beginning. 1136 01:21:44,920 --> 01:21:49,560 'Bedford and I showed them violence, gave them a taste of our quality, 1137 01:21:49,560 --> 01:21:54,600 'and I, idiot that I am, did my best to finish the job 1138 01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:59,280 'with my tales of battles and conquest and empire. 1139 01:21:59,280 --> 01:22:03,480 'Now the Selenites are plotting, planning. 1140 01:22:03,480 --> 01:22:08,920 'To preserve their way of life they can see only one recourse... 1141 01:22:08,920 --> 01:22:13,800 'a pre-emptive strike against the Earth. 1142 01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:18,960 'But there is yet a chance of saving humanity. 1143 01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:21,200 'God knows, I blame myself 1144 01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:26,440 'for bringing both the Earth and the moon to this sorry pass.' 1145 01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:42,360 CAVOR ROARS 1146 01:23:09,640 --> 01:23:11,720 What have you done, old man? 1147 01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:18,720 Something very like almost happened during its first creation, 1148 01:23:18,720 --> 01:23:20,720 you see, my friend. 1149 01:23:20,720 --> 01:23:23,080 I told Bedford. 1150 01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:28,720 All the air above the Cavorite ceases to have any weight 1151 01:23:28,720 --> 01:23:33,480 and is forced up violently. 1152 01:23:33,480 --> 01:23:37,360 The air that rushes in to replace it immediately loses weight, 1153 01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:40,000 and so on and so on. 1154 01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:44,800 And now there is nothing to stop the process. 1155 01:23:46,440 --> 01:23:49,320 The Cavorite has soaked into the ground. 1156 01:23:50,840 --> 01:23:52,920 As soon as it's cooled, 1157 01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:56,440 all of the moon's air will squirt out into space. 1158 01:24:02,960 --> 01:24:05,000 I'm... I'm so very sorry. 1159 01:24:45,560 --> 01:24:46,640 That's my story. 1160 01:24:46,640 --> 01:24:50,120 Believe it if you like, or don't. It doesn't matter to me. 1161 01:24:50,120 --> 01:24:53,880 Jim? Jim, where on earth have you been? 1162 01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:56,160 No, no, I don't want to go! 1163 01:24:56,160 --> 01:24:58,560 I'm ever so sorry. Has he been a nuisance? 1164 01:24:58,560 --> 01:25:00,480 Always asking questions, is Jim. 1165 01:25:00,480 --> 01:25:04,320 Not at all, sir. Not at all. Go on, Jim, you have to get home. 1166 01:25:04,320 --> 01:25:06,840 It's a special day. 1167 01:25:06,840 --> 01:25:08,680 Didn't I tell you not to wander off? 1168 01:25:08,680 --> 01:25:10,200 Thanks for looking after him. 1169 01:25:10,200 --> 01:25:13,040 Mr Bedford? Hm? 1170 01:25:13,040 --> 01:25:15,440 Thanks. 1171 01:25:19,440 --> 01:25:21,600 Thank you. 1172 01:25:22,760 --> 01:25:24,600 Come on, then, we have to hurry. 1173 01:25:24,600 --> 01:25:26,400 It doesn't start for ages, does it? 1174 01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:29,240 It doesn't matter! I want to get settled! The build-up. 1175 01:25:49,560 --> 01:25:52,240 NEIL ARMSTRONG: 'Houston, this is Neil. Radio check.' 1176 01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:55,920 BRUCE MCCANDLESS: 'Neil, this is Houston. Loud and clear. Break. Break. 1177 01:25:55,920 --> 01:25:58,280 'Buzz, this is Houston.' Can't keep my eyes open. 1178 01:25:58,280 --> 01:26:00,400 Come on, woman, it's historic, is this. 1179 01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:02,840 Oh, my tea's gone cold. 1180 01:26:02,840 --> 01:26:05,440 BUZZ ALDRIN: 'Roger, TV circuit breaker's in.' 1181 01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:07,160 Would anyone like a pikelet? 1182 01:26:09,920 --> 01:26:11,920 I'd like a pikelet. 1183 01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:13,880 Shut up, we're missing it! 1184 01:26:13,880 --> 01:26:16,200 MCCANDLESS: 'We're getting a picture on the TV!' 1185 01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:18,280 YAWNS They're taking their time. 1186 01:26:18,280 --> 01:26:20,920 ALDRIN: 'Got a good picture?' Are you not sleepy, Jim? 1187 01:26:20,920 --> 01:26:23,520 MCCANDLESS: 'There's a great deal of contrast in it...' 1188 01:26:23,520 --> 01:26:25,840 I might go up. You're kidding, aren't you? 1189 01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:28,840 '..but we can make out a fair amount of detail.' 1190 01:26:33,880 --> 01:26:36,280 This is it. 1191 01:26:36,280 --> 01:26:38,480 NEIL ARMSTRONG: 'I'm going to step off the LM now. 1192 01:26:43,560 --> 01:26:47,440 'That's one small step for man... 1193 01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:52,600 '..one giant leap for mankind.' 1194 01:26:52,600 --> 01:26:55,160 BOTH: Yes! DAD WHOOPS 1195 01:26:55,160 --> 01:26:57,160 Have I missed it? 1196 01:26:58,760 --> 01:27:00,520 Good on you! Bloody hell! 1197 01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:02,600 Oh, stop swearing, Norman. 1198 01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:05,920 To hell with it. This is amazing, isn't it, Jim? Yeah! 1199 01:27:05,920 --> 01:27:09,000 You'll always remember today, won't you? 1200 01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:11,760 Yeah. Yeah, I will. 1201 01:27:14,160 --> 01:27:18,160 NEIL ARMSTRONG: 'The surface is fine and powdery.' 1202 01:27:18,160 --> 01:27:20,960 'I can kick it up loosely with my toe.' 1203 01:27:25,680 --> 01:27:26,720 CHIRPING 1204 01:27:27,905 --> 01:27:34,005 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org