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(high pitched violin
and cymbals)

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(electronic sounds)

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- [Mack] There she is, Sam.

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The Big Rat.

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- [Sam] The Big Rat?

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- The Brain Impulse Galvanoscope
Record And Transfer.

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- With respect, Mack, I
find it hard to believe

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that it has the
capability you describe.

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- It has, Sam. You'll see.

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Ah, Joe. Good. Now we can begin.

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- Is this it, Dad?

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- [Mack] This is it. You
know what to do.

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Now, Sam. I have recorded
my brain patterns

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on that reel of tape.

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So electronically it
now stores my knowledge

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and my experience.

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In a moment I'm
going to transfer

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that knowledge and
experience to little Joe.

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- Okay, Dad. I'm ready.

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- [Mack] Relax, Joe. Don't
answer me. Just relax.

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Relax completely.

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(machine whirring)

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(computers beeping)

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(energetic 60s music)

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(whirring stops)

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- All right. Now, what is
the storage access time

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of the French C-3400 computer?

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- The answer is five
nanoseconds.

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- Is that the correct answer,
Mack?

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- That is the correct answer.

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- Mack, it's been a long
interrogation,

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but I just want to ask
Joe one more question.

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- Okay, Sam.

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But then I think we will
call it a day.

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- Right, Mack.

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Now Joe, we've been talking
now for over an hour

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about the C-3400 computer.

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My last question: how many
transistors are used in it?

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- That's easy. None.

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Pulse light beams and
integrated circuits

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make them unnecessary.

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- Aw, Mack, it's
incredible. Just incredible.

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- Well, Sam, as far as
I'm concerned

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it's just a dream come true.

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- How long will Joe
retain all this knowledge?

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- As soon as we remove
the electrodes,

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he'll be back to normal.

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(calm music)

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- It all seems like a dream,
Dad.

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How did I do?

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- You did just great, Joe.

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- Well, Sam, what do I
ask Convex Computers?

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Tell me, how much is this
invention worth?

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(serene music)

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- You know, Mack, every
time I emerge

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from that laboratory of yours,

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I'm surprised to find myself
in an old English cottage.

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- That's the way we like it,
Sam.

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A combination of the
old and the new.

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- You were asking how much
this invention was worth.

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Now look, do me a favor,
will you?

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Before you mention this
to another living soul,

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give me 12 hours.

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- How do you mean, Sam?

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- I've got an idea how
this could be used

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to produce a greater benefit

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than I'm sure you
ever visualized.

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12 hours, Mack. Is it a deal?

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- It's a deal.

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(telephone ringing)

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- What? Now?

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- [Sam On Phone] Yes, right now.

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- But is is that urgent, Sam?

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- [Sam] Yes it is and
bring Joe along, will you?

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- Sure.

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- [Sam] Now look, Mack,
I wouldn't ask you,

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but it's vital.

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- Okay, Sam, if you think
it's important.

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- [Sam] How soon can
you be here?

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- Well, it'll take us a
couple of hours.

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- [Sam] Okay, Mack, see you.
Bye.

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- Goodbye.

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(vehicle powering up)

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- Uncle Sam must think
it important,

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calling us out this
time of night.

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- Yes. It must be something
to do with Big Rat.

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Hold tight.

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(energetic 60s music)

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- Okay we'll go over this
once again, Professor.

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One: World Intelligence will
buy, what do you call it?

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- The Big Rat.

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- Two: No one outside
these four walls will know

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of its existence.

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Three: It will play a vital role

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in maintaining world peace.

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- I'm confused. Will
somebody please explain to me

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how this crazy scheme's
supposed to work?

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- Okay, Professor.
Let me describe

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what could be Joe's
first assignment.

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File
little information we have

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on the Russian MiG 242.

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This aircraft is the fastest
and most heavily armed

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in the world today.

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We have nothing equal to
it in the West.

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We have no weapons
that can stop it.

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And so the Russians have
the capability

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of striking and destroying
us at any moment they choose.

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Now, question. How does
your boy and the Big Rat

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help to maintain world peace?

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Answer. By capturing a
MiG 242 and revealing it's

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secrets to the West, thus
restoring the balance of power.

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Now this is how we would do it.

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A Russian pilot has agreed

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to hold a press
conference in London.

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We'll be there.

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- John Wardven,
National Express.

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Have you flown a MiG
242 and if so,

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can you describe it's
performance to us?

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- I have flown the MiG
242 many a times.

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As a matter of fact...

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- This is our man, Mack.

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Did you hear that?

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He's flown the 242 many times.

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Are you sure we're going
to get this recording?

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- I hope so, Sam.

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The concealed antenna
is right over his head.

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- The entire program
was scheduled

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and monitored by computer.

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(signal beeping)

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- [Russian Pilot Being
Recorded] We know

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that you have no
similar aircraft

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and no defensive weapons
capable of intercepting it.

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- [Mack Over Headphones]
Joe, you can switch

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the machine off now.

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Just push the red
button marked stop.

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- Okay, Dad.

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- [Mack] Now, Joe, Uncle Sam

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and I are coming home
immediately.

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- [Joe] Okay, Dad. See
you in a couple of hours.

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- [Sam] I think you know
the plan, Joe.

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Mack has managed to
record the brain patterns

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of a Russian MiG 242 pilot.

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Now he's going to transfer all

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that captured knowledge to you.

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Are you ready?

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- Yes, Uncle Sam. I'm ready.

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- Good luck, Son. Now, you
know what to do. Just relax.

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(machine whirring)

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(computers beeping)

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(energetic 60s music)

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- Now listen, Joe. WIN
has provided you

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with some specially
made equipment.

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First a pair of glasses.

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Built in are the electrodes
that your father normally

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connects to your temples
that enable you

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to use the knowledge
that's been transferred.

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Without them you'll be Joe.

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But when you're wearing them,

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you'll have all the
knowledge and experience

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of a Russian jet pilot.

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Next a pistol,
specially made for you.

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It's small, light and will fire
200 times without reloading.

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A small portable transmitter
and receiver linked

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to WIN's satellite network
will enable you

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to talk to Mack or myself
from any part of the world.

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Okay, Joe. You're now
WIN's most special agent.

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- Uncle Sam! It's terrific!

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- Joe, this may seem
a strange thing to say

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to WIN's most special agent,

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but we have a long
journey tomorrow,

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and I think you ought
to be getting to bed.

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- What, now?

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- Yes, now.

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- Thanks, Uncle Sam for
the glasses and the gun

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and that other thing.

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But if I'm a special
agent, don't I get a badge?

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- Of course you get a badge,
Joe.

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(energetic 60s music)

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(military music)

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- [Russian Military
Officer] Gentlemen.

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Today is the first time

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that foreign correspondents
have been allowed

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to view the 242 at
close quarters.

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As you know, the
details of the 242

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are a closely guarded secret.

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And since you ar all
experts on aviation,

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with one notable exception.

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Where is he?

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Professor McLean,
where is your boy?

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- If you will exercise
a little more patience.

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- Well?

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- Contrary to what you
have just stated,

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my boy is an expert on aviation.

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At this moment he is
probably climbing

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into the cockpit and a
few moments from now,

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he will fly it away.

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Then he'll battle his way

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through your air defense system

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and take the aircraft to England

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where it's secrets

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will be unraveled.

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(people laughing)

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- Gentlemen, please. Please!

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All right, Professor McLean.

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Very funny. And now tell
me where is your boy?

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(plane engines roar)

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- Sam Lugar from Joe 90.
Airborne. Over.

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- Well done, Joe. Now
the Russians are bound

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to launch other aircraft and
will try to shoot you down.

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Remember, Joe, you've got
the skill and the knowledge

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of the finest pilot in
the Russian Air Force.

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They'll be no match for you.

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- Okay, Sam. I've got
the picture.

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- That's right, Control.

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One of the correspondents
has stolen the MiG 242.

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- [Control] Message
received. Pass description

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of man who stole aircraft.

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(Mack laughing)

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- Well, Control, it
wasn't a man.

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It was a boy.

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- [Control] A boy?

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- Yes, a boy, aged about nine.

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- [Control] A nine year old boy?

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Have you been drinking?

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(people laughing)

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- [Commander] You are
trying to tell me

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that a nine year old boy climbed

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into the cockpit of the
world's most advanced aircraft

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and flew it away?

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- Yes, Commander.

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- I will give you one
final chance.

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Do you still persist in
submitting this ludicrous
report?

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- But it is true, Commander.

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- Dismissed.

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- The man just
leaving my office,

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place him under close arrest.

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I will deal with him later.

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- [Dismissed Guard] No!
No! You can't do this!

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I've been telling the truth!

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A little boy stole
that aircraft!

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And he was nine years old!

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- Professor McLean,
please accept

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my government's apologies
for this incident.

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I have arranged for you
to be escorted

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to the airport in time
for you to connect

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with your flight to London.

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- Thank you, Commander.

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You've been most courteous.

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- By the way, Professor.

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Where is your boy?

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- Well, Commander, I should
think he's just about halfway

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between Moscow and the Russian
border flying a MiG 242.

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(Commander laughs)

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(engines roar)

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(alarm sounds)

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- [Base 513] Moscow air
defense system.

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Three interceptor
aircraft launched.

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Have instructed pilots
to seek and destroy.

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00:16:39,764 --> 00:16:44,870
- Thank you, Base 513. This
is Moscow air defense system.

260
00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:47,739
Alert all ground to air
missile stations.

261
00:16:47,772 --> 00:16:49,141
- [Base 513] Yes, sir.

262
00:17:01,252 --> 00:17:02,320
- Sam Lugar from Joe 90.

263
00:17:02,353 --> 00:17:04,356
- Okay, Joe. Loud and clear.

264
00:17:04,388 --> 00:17:07,024
- Sam, I'm approaching the
Russian border.

265
00:17:07,058 --> 00:17:08,427
My instruments tell me

266
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:11,730
that I've got three MiG
242's on my tail.

267
00:17:11,762 --> 00:17:13,664
They're about 200
miles behind me

268
00:17:13,698 --> 00:17:15,033
so I'm going to turn
and shoot it out

269
00:17:15,066 --> 00:17:17,836
with air to air missiles. Over.

270
00:17:17,868 --> 00:17:19,670
- Joe? Isn't that kind
of dangerous?

271
00:17:24,642 --> 00:17:27,479
(intense drumming)

272
00:17:27,512 --> 00:17:30,015
- Red One and Red Two,
this is Red Leader.

273
00:17:30,048 --> 00:17:32,050
Bandit has turned to intercept.

274
00:17:32,083 --> 00:17:34,086
Stand by air to air missiles.

275
00:17:34,886 --> 00:17:37,823
(intense drumming)

276
00:17:48,733 --> 00:17:50,836
- Stand by to fire missiles.

277
00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:52,104
Five seconds.

278
00:17:54,639 --> 00:17:57,175
(missiles fire)

279
00:17:57,208 --> 00:18:00,145
(planes explode)

280
00:18:24,969 --> 00:18:27,506
(explosion)

281
00:18:43,087 --> 00:18:44,623
- They can't really stop me now,
Sam.

282
00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:46,858
They may try ground to
air missiles.

283
00:18:46,891 --> 00:18:49,328
(explosions)

284
00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:52,364
And that's just what
they're doing, Sam.

285
00:18:52,397 --> 00:18:54,566
They're throwing everything
they've got at me.

286
00:18:54,599 --> 00:18:55,934
I can't chance it.

287
00:18:55,967 --> 00:18:57,502
I'm going in to attack the base.

288
00:18:57,535 --> 00:18:59,438
- Okay, Joe. You're the expert.

289
00:19:03,808 --> 00:19:06,745
(intense drumming)

290
00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:23,495
(explosions)

291
00:19:27,665 --> 00:19:29,100
(missiles firing)

292
00:19:29,133 --> 00:19:32,404
(massive explosions)

293
00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:35,674
(missiles firing)

294
00:19:35,707 --> 00:19:38,810
(massive explosions)

295
00:19:42,013 --> 00:19:44,649
(missiles firing)

296
00:19:44,682 --> 00:19:47,786
(massive explosions)

297
00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:09,908
- Okay, Sam. Missile base
completely destroyed.

298
00:20:09,941 --> 00:20:11,543
This is a great aircraft.

299
00:20:11,576 --> 00:20:14,312
Now look, Sam, I'm approaching
the Russian border now.

300
00:20:14,345 --> 00:20:17,215
Have you obtained clearance
for me to fly across Europe?

301
00:20:17,248 --> 00:20:18,850
- Sure I've obtained clearance.

302
00:20:18,883 --> 00:20:21,319
From now it's a clear flight
all the way to England.

303
00:20:21,352 --> 00:20:22,420
The authorities over
here want you

304
00:20:22,453 --> 00:20:24,223
to land at Manston in Kent.

305
00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:36,501
- Fantastic! It's a MiG
242 all right.

306
00:20:36,534 --> 00:20:38,903
When I got the message
from Central Control

307
00:20:38,936 --> 00:20:40,238
I just couldn't believe it.

308
00:20:40,271 --> 00:20:41,607
But they're dead right.

309
00:20:44,842 --> 00:20:47,279
Okay radio the armored
vehicles to close in.

310
00:20:47,312 --> 00:20:49,681
We can't take any chances.

311
00:20:55,553 --> 00:20:59,291
(vehicle engines start)

312
00:21:19,377 --> 00:21:21,746
- [Driver] Armored vehicle
one to control tower.

313
00:21:21,779 --> 00:21:25,083
There is no pilot. The
cockpit is empty.

314
00:21:25,116 --> 00:21:26,918
- He can't have got very far.

315
00:21:26,951 --> 00:21:27,952
Search the area and bring anyone

316
00:21:27,986 --> 00:21:30,588
who saw the landing up
here for interrogation.

317
00:21:30,621 --> 00:21:32,324
- [Driver] Roger. Will do.

318
00:21:33,891 --> 00:21:36,594
- [Control Tower Officer] Now
let's go over this once again.

319
00:21:36,627 --> 00:21:39,297
You were very close to this
aircraft when it landed.

320
00:21:39,330 --> 00:21:41,900
- Yes, sir. That's right, sir.

321
00:21:41,933 --> 00:21:44,202
- Now when the aircraft stopped,

322
00:21:44,235 --> 00:21:45,770
you say the canopy opened,

323
00:21:45,803 --> 00:21:49,240
the pilot jumped out and ran
to the airfield perimeter.

324
00:21:49,273 --> 00:21:50,141
Is that right?

325
00:21:50,174 --> 00:21:51,009
- Yes, sir.

326
00:21:51,042 --> 00:21:54,112
- Now think very carefully.

327
00:21:54,145 --> 00:21:56,948
What age did you estimate
the pilot to be?

328
00:21:56,981 --> 00:22:00,418
- As I said before, sir.
As far as I could tell,

329
00:22:00,451 --> 00:22:02,954
he were about nine year old.

330
00:22:02,987 --> 00:22:04,823
- Nine years old, eh?

331
00:22:04,856 --> 00:22:07,525
And then you say when he
reached the airfield perimeter,

332
00:22:07,558 --> 00:22:09,260
he jumped into a waiting car?

333
00:22:09,293 --> 00:22:11,429
- That's right, sir.
That's just what he did.

334
00:22:11,462 --> 00:22:13,631
- And now I expect you'll
tell me that the car

335
00:22:13,664 --> 00:22:15,967
rose into the air and flew away?

336
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,338
- As a matter of fact, sir,
that's exactly what did happen.

337
00:22:23,474 --> 00:22:24,776
- Well, you've pulled it off,
Joe.

338
00:22:24,809 --> 00:22:28,179
A MiG 242 completely intact
in the hands of the West.

339
00:22:28,212 --> 00:22:29,414
Oh boy, what an achievement, eh?

340
00:22:29,447 --> 00:22:31,182
- It was so exciting.

341
00:22:31,215 --> 00:22:32,484
But you know something?

342
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,119
I'd rather fly with you.

343
00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:36,488
- (laughs) That's my boy.

344
00:22:38,322 --> 00:22:40,091
- And so, Professor
McLean, that was the sort

345
00:22:40,124 --> 00:22:43,294
of operation that could
be handled by your boy Joe

346
00:22:43,327 --> 00:22:45,764
with the assistance
of the Big Rat.

347
00:22:45,797 --> 00:22:47,832
Of course we all know
there's no such aircraft

348
00:22:47,865 --> 00:22:50,802
as the MiG 242 and indeed
there is no conflict

349
00:22:50,835 --> 00:22:52,837
between Soviet Russia
and the West.

350
00:22:52,870 --> 00:22:54,406
I simply made up that
little story

351
00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:56,508
to illustrate the sort
of thing Joe could do

352
00:22:56,541 --> 00:23:00,245
to help us if we had
your approval.

353
00:23:00,278 --> 00:23:01,179
- [Mack] No! No! No!

354
00:23:01,212 --> 00:23:02,147
- Professor McLean!

355
00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:03,047
- You really expect me to...

356
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,416
- Dad, you've got to
let me do it!

357
00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:05,617
- Keep out of this, Joe.
Go outside.

358
00:23:05,650 --> 00:23:06,351
- [Sam] But, Mack!

359
00:23:06,384 --> 00:23:07,385
- [Westin] Now look...

360
00:23:07,418 --> 00:23:08,286
- [Mack] You look, Mr. Westin.

361
00:23:08,319 --> 00:23:09,554
Although Joe is not my real son,

362
00:23:09,587 --> 00:23:12,056
since Mary died that boy's
meant more to me than...

363
00:23:12,089 --> 00:23:13,224
- [Westin] Yes we know all that.

364
00:23:13,257 --> 00:23:14,292
No boy ever had a better father.

365
00:23:14,325 --> 00:23:15,660
- [Mack] You expect me to
risk his life?

366
00:23:15,693 --> 00:23:16,861
- [Sam] Just try to
see our side.

367
00:23:16,894 --> 00:23:17,929
- [Mack] It's out of
the question.

368
00:23:17,962 --> 00:23:18,830
- [Westin] Professor McLean,

369
00:23:18,863 --> 00:23:19,530
the opportunity's here
to prevent war.

370
00:23:19,564 --> 00:23:20,331
- [Mack] Well find someone else.

371
00:23:20,364 --> 00:23:21,299
- [Westin] To save human life.

372
00:23:21,332 --> 00:23:22,500
- [Mack] Joe's life
comes first to me.

373
00:23:22,533 --> 00:23:23,301
- [Westin] Make new discoveries.

374
00:23:23,334 --> 00:23:24,936
- [Sam] Just hold it will you?

375
00:23:26,337 --> 00:23:28,706
Think of the potential, Mack.

376
00:23:28,739 --> 00:23:30,709
- [Mack] But Joe is so young.

377
00:23:33,678 --> 00:23:35,847
- You won't regret it, Mack.

378
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,883
- I hope not, Sam.

379
00:23:38,916 --> 00:23:40,151
I hope not.

380
00:23:40,184 --> 00:23:42,020
- Thanks. Joe!

381
00:23:43,054 --> 00:23:44,489
- Can I do it, Dad?

382
00:23:44,522 --> 00:23:46,524
Can I work with Uncle Sam?

383
00:23:46,557 --> 00:23:49,694
- I suppose so if you're
sure you want to.

384
00:23:49,727 --> 00:23:52,697
But don't come crying
to me if you get hurt.

385
00:23:52,730 --> 00:23:55,733
- Thanks, Dad. Thanks,
Uncle Sam.

386
00:23:55,766 --> 00:23:59,070
Mr. Westin, can I ask
you a question?

387
00:23:59,103 --> 00:24:00,939
- Why, uh, sure, Joe.

388
00:24:00,972 --> 00:24:01,940
What is it?

389
00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:03,641
- When do I get my badge?

390
00:24:03,674 --> 00:24:07,012
- Right now, Joe 90. Right now.

391
00:24:09,947 --> 00:24:12,684
(military music)

392
00:24:22,326 --> 00:24:25,597
(energetic 60s music)