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Down scope. Got us any contact?

PATTERSON: No, sir. All clear.

Ski, do you hear anything unusual?

No, sir. All sounds identifiable.

Take it down 200 feet.

Dive. All dive. Level off at 200 feet.

Any results yet, Captain?

Same as yesterday and the day before.

I don't see how anyone could be hiding

within a radius of 50 square miles.

Evidently, your equipment must be at fault.

My information is that the attacks have been coming

from within the coordinates I gave you.

Is it possible your information could be wrong?

Captain, I have been in intelligence work too long

not to recognize a fact when I see it.

And this area has been declared

a potential threat to world peace

by the allied command.

A threat could come from space as well as from the sea.

We're wasting time, Captain.

Please continue to crisscross this area until I tell you to stop.

Lee, Hendrix and I are under top secret orders.

We have to continue searching.

Right, Admiral.

Run through the same search pattern as before.

(BEEPING)

Captain, I've got a contact.

What is it? I can't tell, sir.

Let's hear it.

(ELECTRONIC BUZZING)

It's electronic.

Ballast control board.

What happened? Are we under attack?

The ballast control is knocked out.

Losing trim.

(CLATTERING)

It's stuck.

All stop! All stop!

It'll be too late already.

(NARRATOR READING)

NARRATOR: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Damage Control, give me a full report as soon as possible.

OPERATOR: Aye, sir.

What happened?

I don't know. We're checking it now.

We've been hit by some kind of electronic charge.

Chip, did we get a fix on the beam?

Only a partial one, sir.

What does it mean?

It means that we've been deliberately attacked.

It must be what we are after.

Chip, be sure to get a fix on the beam if it hits again.

Aye, aye, sir.

Urgent message, sir, on your private code.

Mmm.

We'll be in my quarters. Come along.

Well, it's another blackmail attempt.

They warned Washington that unless their demands are met within 24 hours,

they'll sweep the Atlantic clear of all American shipping.

How much are they asking for this time?

A billion dollars in gold.

Will your government pay?

Did yours, when they threatened

to blow up one of your capital ships?

No.

But we believed we could stop them.

We lost a lot of men in that disaster.

Mmm-hmm. So did England, France,

the Scandinavian countries, all...

By the way, there's a message here for you.

It says, "In view of this latest threat,

"Agent Hendrix is now ordered to reveal to Admiral Nelson

"all previously restricted information."

Ah.

May I have a copy of that order?

Mmm.

Thank you.

We know that some place around here, the bottom of the sea,

is a sea lab, equipped, armed,

with the most sophisticated weapons known to man.

Electronic biological mutants,

monsters both nuclear and physical such as man has never seen.

You know who's behind it?

No. But that is not really vital.

The only thing that counts is to find them.

Right. And my orders are to stop them.

Empty orders now, Admiral.

They have floored you with their first shot.

No, they won the first round. The battle isn't over yet.

Skipper, here's the full report from Damage Control.

Mmm.

The pressure inside the main ballast tank's too high.

Unless we bleed off air or drain the tank, it'll burst.

That's Engineering's opinion, too, sir.

The main vent control is damaged. And all the vents are frozen.

Can we free them manually?

Yes, sir. We can make a pretty good try at it.

That means somebody has to go into the tank.

Yes, sir.

I'll get on it right away.

Keep your eye on the gauge.

If the pressure hits the red line, sing out.

You want to cut it that close?

I don't want to, but I've got to.

Okay, let's get going.

Do you read me, Kowalski?

Loud and clear.

How's the pressure now?

It's moving up. You haven't got much time.

Chief, needle's approaching the red line.

If I don't get this thing loosened, we'll never make the surface.

I'm gonna put the torch on it.

Chief!

Chief, can you hear me?

Chief!

Can you hear...

(SHARKEY SIGHS)

Repairs completed, skipper.

Are the tanks damaged at all?

Well, I need a floor wall, Captain,

but they should hold up if we don't put too much pressure on them.

Thanks, Chief. Good work. Aye, sir.

Admiral, we're ready to surface.

NELSON: Very well, take her up. We'll be right there.

Aye, sir.

Chip, prepare to surface. Slow and steady.

Aye, aye, sir.

Surface, surface.

OPERATOR: Surface, aye.

We're clear of the plateau. How's the tank holding up?

The pressure's a little high.

And I'll go down... Going down where?

To the bottom, Captain.

Obviously the sea lab is somewhere around here.

We must do the job we were sent out to do.

The submarine's damaged. We'd never stand the pressure of a deep dive.

I have the authority to command the search.

I don't care what authority you have.

Wait, wait, hold it.

I started to say I'll go down on the diving bell.

I've no intention of risking this ship at that pressure.

You'd be a sitting duck.

There's not much choice, is there?

Admiral.

I'll be ready whenever you are.

As soon as the detection gear is operable, it will only be a minute.

Mmm-hmm.

All set, sir.

We'll keep a close watch on you.

Don't take any unnecessary chances.

All right, all right, all right.

I still think I am the one who should go.

The answer's still no.

You're an intelligence agent, not a marine expert.

Chief!

Ready, sir? Mmm.

My reports, I'm going to prepare them.

Please call me when the Admiral returns.

Very well.

The bell's at 7-9-0.

Admiral?

You're 800 feet from the bottom.

Pressure normal, Admiral.

NELSON: Mmm-hmm.

Signal red to sea lab.

Diving bell on the way down with Admiral Nelson.

We'll give you a fix on our position. Take appropriate action.

Out.

(DOOR OPENING)

SPARKS: Mr. Morton, can you come in here a minute?

What's the problem?

Well, that light, sir.

It looks like an electronic signal

is being transmitted from inside the ship.

Could be a short.

It's possible, but I doubt it.

Check out the panel and make sure.

Aye, sir.

Have you spotted anything unusual yet?

Nothing.

Only remarkably clear water.

Well, let us know as soon as you do.

Mmm-hmm.

What happened?

Something must have frightened them away.

Can you see anything out the other port hole?

No, sir. There's nothing out there.

(GURGLING)

LEE: Admiral, we're picking up a contact,

a large mass, directly below you.

Can you make a visual observation?

If there's anything there...

We can't see it.

All right. In that case, we'll have to abort the dive

until we make a more positive identification.

Very well, haul us up.

Why don't we have a look at this unidentified object from the bottom?

What happened to the contact?

I don't know, sir. It suddenly disappeared.

We had a definite reading when I aborted the dive.

Are you sure you weren't a little quick on the trigger, Captain?

Perhaps your unidentified object was just a whale.

No, sir.

It had no characteristics of a whale.

All right. Let's go to the Control Room.

Check out the instrumentation there.

The tape tracked a slow moving object,

but the computer has no record of anything like it in its memory banks.

That rules out any known marine life.

My apologies, Captain.

(EXPLOSION)

That beam again.

Sparks, keep tracking the beam.

SPARKS: Aye, sir.

Sparks is still getting that signal.

He's sure it's coming from a transmitter onboard the ship.

Has he positively ruled out a short?

Positively.

All right. Send out a team with portable trackers.

Aye, sir.

I will have to prepare a report

on this new development, Captain.

If you will excuse me, please.

We'll call you if anything further develops.

Good. I will be in my cabin.

Right.

Admiral, the first beam that hit us came from somewhere along this axis.

Now, the second time, our position had changed.

Sparks traced the path of the beam from this direction.

Oh, then it must have originated right here.

Oh, there's nothing there but open water, sir.

No, there has to be an installation on the bottom.

Now, suppose they fire another beam at us, sir.

Let them. Spectral analysis indicates the beam was electromagnetic.

We'll degauss the hull. That should protect us from any further damage.

I'll get right on it. All right.

OVER PA: This is the Admiral. Prepare the Flying Sub for immediate launch.

MAN: Aye, aye, sir.

Red alert to sea lab.

Admiral Nelson going out in Flying Sub.

Activate defensive weapon X-39.

I will see that the Flying Sub detonates itself.

Flying Sub is ready for launch, sir.

Good.

Just one moment, please.

Has the hull been degaussed?

I've seen to it personally.

Good.

Now, if you have no objection,

I will check the interior for electronic leakage.

LEE: Now, wait a minute.

I know, Captain, you checked it personally.

But I have my job to do also.

Just what is that device?

A newly developed sensor.

It is so sensitive, it can even register body heat.

Then we'll be able to check on our instruments. Come on.

Your instruments are fine, Admiral.

As they say, tight and cozy. No leakage.

Well, I'm sure that Captain Crane will be pleased.

Just taking all precautions.

Goodbye, Admiral.

Don't sound so grim. I intend to come back.

(CHUCKLING)

Control, ready to launch.

Flying Sub to Seaview. Come in, Seaview.

This is Crane. Go ahead.

We'll be over the coordinates in three minutes.

I'm starting the descent for the dive.

Roger. We've got you on the screen. We'll follow you down.

Keep frequency open. Here we go.

Still on the scope?

Yes, sir.

We're getting a clear reading.

Right on target.

We should be able to see something anytime now.

Keep your eyes peeled.

Aye, sir.

Frankly, Admiral, I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for.

You don't?

No, sir.

Well, neither do I.

Just look around for anything out of the ordinary on or near the bottom.

Aye, sir.

Look there, sir.

Where? There.

Uh-huh. That's it.

(ELECTRONIC CRACKING)

What was that?

Don't worry about it. Our hull's been degaussed.

That beam can't hurt us.

Flying Sub to Seaview. Come in.

Seaview, do you read me?

Maybe that beam knocked out our transmitter.

Seaview, this is the Flying Sub calling. Do you read me? Come in.

Can't get through. We'd better turn back in a hurry.

Explosion.

Skipper, we're picking up an approaching tidal wave.

What's the range?

Four thousand yards and closing fast.

Now, hear this, all hands.

Within 15 seconds, we'll receive the shock of a tidal wave.

Now brace yourselves.

We've lost sonar contact with the Flying Sub.

Seaview to FS-1. Come in, FS-1.

Seaview to FS-1.

Admiral, do you read me?

Keep trying. Aye, sir.

Chip, when did we lose them?

About the time of the explosion.

Set a course for their last location and proceed at flank speed.

Aye, aye.

Attention, sea lab.

Believe X-39 has destroyed the Flying Sub.

End Admiral Nelson according to plan.

Further orders will follow.

(COUGHING)

(COUGHING)

(GASPING)

Easy. (MUTTERING)

Admiral.

Just want this air to get on first.

Thanks. I think I can make it now.

Dead on the bottom.

Nothing's working.

Main circuit is blown.

(SHARKEY COUGHING)

If the auxiliary doesn't work, we've had it.

Yes, sir. I know.

Well, one way or the other, we won't have long to wait.

It works.

Cut in air re-ventilization.

Aye, sir.

(AIR HISSING)

(CHUCKLES)

Let's see how much power we can build up.

Yes.

I think we can make it, sir.

I believe we can.

If the radio works.

Flying Sub to Seaview. Flying Sub to Seaview.

Come in, please.

I read you, Admiral.

Loud and clear.

Send us a homing signal to come in on.

Stand by to pick us up. We'll be there in a few minutes.

What happened there?

I'll brief you when I get aboard.

Give us a signal.

Coming right up.

We'll need some repairs, skipper.

Get a repair team down there. Aye, sir.

Did you find anything? Plenty.

Now I know who we're dealing with.

Chip, wait down in the Missile Room.

Prepare forward torpedoes for fire.

Aye, aye.

Sparks. Aye, sir.

Raise the Office of Naval Intelligence. Red code, top priority.

Put it on scrambler.

Yes, sir.

What's our course?

Straight for the coordinates where the beams originated.

Good. Hold that heading. Soon as I talk with ONI, we'll make attack plans.

Yes, sir.

Red alert to sea lab.

You have failed.

Nelson is closing in on us.

I will now take matters into my own hands.

Out.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Come in.

You wanted to see us? Oh, yes.

Sit down, sit down.

I just talked with ONI.

They finally identified the men responsible for this blackmail scheme.

Who are they?

Most of them, I'm sorry to say, are scientists, renegades.

Men disowned by their government,

expelled from scientific societies.

Do you know any of these men?

Mmm. I know most of them.

There's Karnovich, the brilliant marine biologist.

Blake, nuclear physicist with a mind like a human computer.

Ponics, geneticist, and many others.

(SIGHS) I know all of these men. It's hard to believe, Admiral.

I felt the same way, Lee, but Washington has cracked this wide open.

There's no doubt these men are involved.

If these men are as clever as you say,

it's possible they've managed to infiltrate this ship.

Sparks reported some kind of electronic signal.

Were you able to track that down?

No, we haven't been able to find any transmitting device

and the tracker's combed this ship from top to bottom.

There's gotta be some kind of signal coming from here.

That beam found us too easily.

That beam worries me, too.

Somebody on board had to set up that signal

and there's only one stranger on this ship.

A man like that?

Top security agent with the highest credentials?

These blackmailers have the highest credentials, too.

Sparks, get me ONI again. Urgent.

Yes, sir.

We'll have Washington do some rechecking on Mr. Hendrix.

I'd like a little more information on that gentleman. That's all.

Aye.

This is Seaview calling the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Come in, Washington.

Top priority.

Get this out to Washington at once.

Admiral Nelson's orders.

Yes, sir.

You all right?

I'm fine, sir. Just a little smoke.

What happened in there? I don't know.

I was just starting to transmit a message for Mr. Hendrix and...

Hendrix?

Yes, sir. He had a top priority message.

He said the Admiral ordered immediate transmission.

It's in code. Take it down to the Coding Room.

I wanna know what it is as soon as possible.

Aye, aye, sir.

Get a repair crew in there on the double.

Aye, sir.

KOWALSKI: Skipper!

We're getting a contact at close range, sir,

but I can't figure out what it is.

How long have you been reading this?

Just a few seconds, sir.

It's gonna ram us.

Brace for collision.

(RUMBLING)

Skipper, emergency!

What happened?

The screen went blank. It must've been that collision.

The fish has disappeared.

Can't you get it on the screen?

Fine time for that to go dead.

Kowalski, get up to the bar and keep your eyes open.

Aye, aye, sir. Slow to one third.

Aye, aye, sir.

Maneuvering, all slow to one third.

What was the collision?

We were just rammed by the biggest fish I've ever seen.

KOWALSKI: Skipper!

It's attacking us again.

Here it is, Skipper.

It's coming dead on.

Hard right rudder. Flank speed.

Can't shake him. He's veering toward us.

We're gonna hit it!

Brace for collision.

Damage Control, what's the situation?

OPERATOR: All green, sir. No serious damage.

Very well.

I've never seen a fish that size before.

We're lucky to get a draw.

Sir. Yes. Did they decode the message?

No, sir. The technician said it was just double talk.

Oh, very well.

What was that all about?

There was an explosion in the radio shack just after Hendrix gave Sparks

a top-priority message that you'd cleared.

I didn't clear it.

Master at Arms. MAN: Aye, sir.

Search parties to locate and detain Mr. Hendrix on the double.

If he resists, use force.

MAN: Aye, sir.

NELSON: Missile Room, ready torpedoes.

OPERATOR: Ready torpedoes. Aye, sir.

Skipper, we've gone over every inch of this ship.

Hendrix is still missing.

Missing? How could he be?

I don't know, sir, but we sure can't find him.

He could've jumped ship through the escape hatch.

No, sir. I checked all the scuba gear personally.

Every piece of equipment is accounted for.

Master at Arms, this is Captain.

Master at Arms, aye.

Any further report on Hendrix?

No, sir.

Very well.

(SHARKEY SIGHS)

Chief?

Yes, sir. If he's aboard, we'll find him.

Sorry, sir. This is a restricted area.

Stay away from there!

(GRUNTING)

It's from circuitry.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(PANTING)

Attention, sea lab.

The Seaview is now powerless.

I will be down there in a few moments

to personally blast it to bits.

Clear the area of all dangerous denizens.

What happened?

It was Hendrix, sir. I tried to stop him.

Take him down to Sick Bay.

It's okay, sir. I think I can make it myself.

Very well.

This is the Captain.

Triple the search parties.

Hendrix is very dangerous and I want him shot on sight.

It sure is a mess.

What's your estimate on repairs?

I can't tell until I've checked it out.

It'll get a lot worse if we don't get our firing power back.

We won't be able to fire the torpedoes.

If that sea lab decides to attack again, we'll be a clay pigeon.

Well, we can't just stand here.

I'll attack in the Flying Sub.

You'd better supervise the rewiring, Admiral.

If you don't, we'll be dead in the water.

Sir.

Why not let me take her out?

Very well, Chief.

Take a volunteer with you.

Yes, sir.

Kowalski? KOWALSKI: Yeah. Is that you, Chief?

Get your flying jacket, Ski. You just volunteered for hazardous duty.

(BEAM CRACKING)

Pull her nose up.

I can't. She's out of control.

Come on, pull her up!

Look.

Flying Sub to Seaview.

Flying Sub to Seaview. Come in! Emergency! Come in!

We're tracking you. What happened?

There's no response to controls. We're going down!

We'll get to you.

We're picking up a large object on the bottom.

Flying Sub's heading straight for it.

We'll go down after them.

Our main ballast tank is weakened.

We might not be able to surface again.

We'll risk it.

NELSON: What's going on?

There. Right below us.

All stop. OPERATOR: All stop, aye.

NELSON: Can they kill it with a laser shot?

Without hitting the Flying Sub.

Five degrees left rudder.

Five degrees left rudder.

Again.

Start recovering.

Look out, it's still alive.

CHIP: We're in recovery position.

Bring her in.

We're clear of it.

(EXPLOSION)

Ballast tank.

(GRUNTING)

The main tank's exploded.

3,800 feet and dropping.

It's no use. We can't maneuver.

We're flooding.

We'll have to blast free.

I'll try to find a short-range missile

with a laser and set it for 10 seconds.

I'll maneuver us into firing position.

Give me time to set it. I'll fire on your command.

Right.

Maneuvering back full portside.

Ahead flank starboard.

OPERATOR: Aye, sir.

Admiral! Are you all right?

NELSON: I'm setting the timer.

Ready.

Fire!

We're free.

Overhead flank. There's only a 10-second delay timer on the missile.

Brace yourself for explosion!

NELSON: Right.

Right. I'll give you the details when we reach port.

(LEE SIGHS)

There it is, Admiral.

That missile blasted the sea lab to bits.

If Hendrix reached it, it didn't do him much good.

But tell me, did ONI have a make on him?

Yeah. Apparently, he was the head of the whole operation.

It would take a mad man to try to blackmail the whole world.

He and his wild arsenal of unbelievable weapons.

Fortunately, there was one weapon he didn't have.

And what's that?

The men of the Seaview.

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