1 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:39,630 - Well, we're here, Nevsky. - I see, colonel. 2 00:03:41,630 --> 00:03:45,950 Rice to crew. Transmit touchdown time and position to mother ship. 3 00:03:47,070 --> 00:03:49,830 Let's look at the environment telemetry. 4 00:03:53,990 --> 00:03:55,670 Only Child to UN One. 5 00:03:55,870 --> 00:03:59,710 Touchdown at 7 hours, 2 minutes, 9 seconds sidereal time. 6 00:03:59,910 --> 00:04:03,830 Latitude 3-7 degrees, 8 minutes, 10 seconds... 7 00:04:04,030 --> 00:04:06,950 - What's it like, Stuart? - Readings are coming. 8 00:04:07,150 --> 00:04:10,990 UN One to Only Child on H. F. UN One to Only Child. 9 00:04:11,190 --> 00:04:13,390 How do you read? 10 00:04:14,350 --> 00:04:17,950 - Rice on U. H. F. High. Do you read me? - Loud and clear. 11 00:04:18,150 --> 00:04:21,470 - How was the landing? - We made it in one piece. 12 00:04:21,670 --> 00:04:24,990 We're putting the survey team down, colonel. 13 00:04:25,190 --> 00:04:28,950 Sgt. Martin's entering the escape hatch. Here's Nevsky. 14 00:04:32,790 --> 00:04:35,550 - Set? - Go, sir. 15 00:04:36,670 --> 00:04:40,510 Roger, Only Child. Your impact point is right on. 16 00:04:40,710 --> 00:04:43,830 - Read you loud and clear. - Secure escape hatch. 17 00:04:44,030 --> 00:04:46,670 Your systems look good. 18 00:04:48,390 --> 00:04:50,750 How does it look out the window? 19 00:04:54,270 --> 00:04:55,790 Decontaminate. 20 00:05:00,710 --> 00:05:02,990 The lapse time is 13 plus 10. 21 00:05:06,270 --> 00:05:07,350 This is it, Rice. 22 00:05:07,950 --> 00:05:10,950 - The big event. - Release outer lock. 23 00:05:44,070 --> 00:05:48,030 Sgt. Andrew Martin, the farm boy from Indiana... 24 00:05:48,230 --> 00:05:51,350 ...is the first man to set foot on the moon. 25 00:06:03,910 --> 00:06:06,510 Congratulations are coming from all over. 26 00:07:01,430 --> 00:07:03,150 Martin! Stuart! 27 00:07:21,230 --> 00:07:23,230 Well, I didn't put it there. 28 00:07:24,830 --> 00:07:28,790 Hey, colonel, we found something. You'd better take a look. 29 00:07:30,710 --> 00:07:32,710 And here's something else. 30 00:07:35,070 --> 00:07:37,950 "Claimed for her Majesty Queen Victoria... 31 00:07:38,150 --> 00:07:41,470 ...in the year of our Lord, 1899." 32 00:07:41,990 --> 00:07:45,710 - How do we explain it? - The Kremlin will never believe it. 33 00:07:45,910 --> 00:07:50,910 It's like a summons of some kind. "Katherine Callender," whoever she is. 34 00:07:51,110 --> 00:07:53,910 They'll never believe it. Never. 35 00:07:54,150 --> 00:07:55,070 Dymchurch. 36 00:07:55,270 --> 00:07:58,750 Get it on the scanner to Earth before it falls apart. 37 00:07:58,950 --> 00:08:02,190 How am I gonna tell them this? Queen Victoria. 38 00:08:02,950 --> 00:08:05,270 They'll think I'm nuts. 39 00:08:07,390 --> 00:08:09,110 Rice to Mother ship. 40 00:08:09,670 --> 00:08:13,150 Rice to Mother ship. Urgently request... 41 00:08:13,350 --> 00:08:17,310 ...UN Space Agency Investigation Team... 42 00:08:17,510 --> 00:08:20,390 ...proceed at once to Dymchurch, England. 43 00:08:29,670 --> 00:08:32,430 Sgt. Martin is the first man... 44 00:08:32,630 --> 00:08:35,910 You'll see there never was a Katherine Callender. 45 00:08:37,150 --> 00:08:38,910 You coming, Dr. Tok? 46 00:08:40,230 --> 00:08:42,270 England's a land of eccentrics. 47 00:08:42,470 --> 00:08:44,830 ...on the moon, for the first time. 48 00:08:45,030 --> 00:08:46,590 I hope. 49 00:08:51,510 --> 00:08:56,110 Dr. Tok from the U. N. Space Agency? I'm from the Express. Tell me... 50 00:08:58,430 --> 00:09:01,150 1899? 51 00:09:02,310 --> 00:09:07,190 That's a bit before my time, yes. We keep the records over there. 52 00:09:07,390 --> 00:09:11,870 Katherine Callender, you say? Is it a birth, a wedding... 53 00:09:12,070 --> 00:09:13,230 ...or a death? 54 00:09:13,430 --> 00:09:16,550 We just want to know if she once lived here. 55 00:09:16,750 --> 00:09:17,950 Come this way. 56 00:09:18,150 --> 00:09:20,350 - So some crackpot faked it. - Why? 57 00:09:20,550 --> 00:09:25,630 To take the frosting off the UN cake. Mother Empire, still waving the flag. 58 00:09:26,470 --> 00:09:29,230 We'd better start with the births. 59 00:09:30,830 --> 00:09:34,310 Oh, bless my soul, these are the deaths. 60 00:09:34,510 --> 00:09:38,470 Well, you know, it's weddings. They always affect me. 61 00:09:38,670 --> 00:09:41,430 They do, even now. Look at this stuff. 62 00:09:41,630 --> 00:09:44,710 They never affected me. Much to my regret. 63 00:09:45,270 --> 00:09:47,430 Here we are, C-A... 64 00:09:47,630 --> 00:09:49,550 Callaghan, Calder... 65 00:09:50,790 --> 00:09:52,750 You did say "Callender"? 66 00:09:52,950 --> 00:09:56,310 - Yes, Katherine Callender. - There's no record... 67 00:09:56,510 --> 00:09:59,710 ...of any Katherine Callender among the births. 68 00:10:00,550 --> 00:10:03,550 - She never existed. - Address is Cherry Cottage. 69 00:10:03,750 --> 00:10:06,710 Bedford, Bedford... I remember now. 70 00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:09,750 I married her. From Boston, Massachusetts. 71 00:10:09,950 --> 00:10:14,510 - So there is a Katherine Callender? - Was. She died some 10 years ago. 72 00:10:14,710 --> 00:10:18,430 - Is Mr. Bedford alive? - If he wasn't, he'd be in the book. 73 00:10:18,630 --> 00:10:21,630 Over here. Has this to do with the moon... 74 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:23,830 Hold it! You were saying, sir? 75 00:10:24,030 --> 00:10:27,710 Mr. Bedford has been in a nursing home for a long time. 76 00:10:27,910 --> 00:10:28,870 Where is it? 77 00:10:29,070 --> 00:10:32,630 The Limes, outside Dymchurch. Along Folkstone Road. 78 00:10:39,070 --> 00:10:42,190 Should I let them know you're coming? 79 00:10:43,950 --> 00:10:47,710 - Let's have a picture or something. - Oh, come on. 80 00:10:47,910 --> 00:10:52,430 - I don't know. Go to Folkstone Road. - The Limes, the nursing home. 81 00:10:52,630 --> 00:10:55,990 The UN Space Agency? 82 00:10:59,110 --> 00:11:02,070 Well, I hope you're not wasting your time. 83 00:11:02,270 --> 00:11:06,470 You see, we've had trouble before with Mr. Bedford's obsessions. 84 00:11:06,670 --> 00:11:10,270 But if you'll follow me, I'll take you up to his room. 85 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:11,430 Obsessions? 86 00:11:11,630 --> 00:11:15,550 Sending letters abroad to officials. Russian Space Agency... 87 00:11:15,750 --> 00:11:20,430 ...National Aeronautic and Space Administration about the moon. 88 00:11:21,270 --> 00:11:23,790 When I saw your credentials, I wondered. 89 00:11:23,990 --> 00:11:27,310 - What sort of letters? - Warnings. Absurd warnings. 90 00:11:27,510 --> 00:11:31,870 - Does he know of the expedition? - We don't let him watch television. 91 00:11:32,070 --> 00:11:33,990 It excites him needlessly. 92 00:11:34,190 --> 00:11:37,190 - Now, must you see him? - It is necessary. 93 00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:39,510 Just the UN party, then. 94 00:11:39,710 --> 00:11:43,470 No, you newspaper men are not allowed through. 95 00:11:44,030 --> 00:11:45,630 Mr. Bedford. 96 00:11:47,590 --> 00:11:49,510 Visitors. 97 00:11:53,070 --> 00:11:54,590 Mr. Arnold Bedford? 98 00:11:55,230 --> 00:11:57,870 I'm Richard Challis, UN Space Agency. 99 00:11:58,070 --> 00:12:00,750 Margaret Hoy, Mr. Glushkov and Dr. Tok. 100 00:12:00,950 --> 00:12:04,830 Please, sir, won't you sit down? I hope you don't mind... 101 00:12:05,030 --> 00:12:08,830 ...but I just want to ask you... - We can save time. 102 00:12:09,030 --> 00:12:11,430 Have you ever seen these before? 103 00:12:15,910 --> 00:12:16,990 My glass. 104 00:12:27,590 --> 00:12:28,630 How did you... 105 00:12:30,190 --> 00:12:31,750 How did you find... 106 00:12:39,430 --> 00:12:42,310 You found them on the moon, didn't you? 107 00:12:44,710 --> 00:12:46,910 There's been an expedition? 108 00:12:47,110 --> 00:12:48,910 - It's there now. - There now? 109 00:12:49,110 --> 00:12:51,190 They're in great danger. 110 00:12:51,430 --> 00:12:54,590 - I know. You must stop them. - Please. Matron? 111 00:12:54,790 --> 00:12:57,390 - You must go. - Stop them. They must know. 112 00:12:57,590 --> 00:13:00,190 It's very dangerous for all of them. 113 00:13:02,190 --> 00:13:06,950 Are you seriously telling us you've been on the moon and returned? 114 00:13:08,390 --> 00:13:10,430 1899. 115 00:13:11,350 --> 00:13:13,790 Oh, it's so long... 116 00:13:13,990 --> 00:13:15,310 Thank you. 117 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:16,630 I'd been... 118 00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:21,350 I'd been engaged in an unsuccessful business speculation. 119 00:13:21,550 --> 00:13:24,150 My creditors were pressing me hard. 120 00:13:24,350 --> 00:13:27,550 I'd always had the idea I could write a play. 121 00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:31,390 Wonderful financial possibilities in a successful play. 122 00:13:31,590 --> 00:13:35,430 I looked for somewhere secluded where I could write. 123 00:13:35,630 --> 00:13:39,310 In the end I rented a cottage, out near Dymchurch. 124 00:13:39,510 --> 00:13:44,030 I remember it was along an abandoned canal. 125 00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:10,390 - Just one today, Mr. Bedford. - Thank you. 126 00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:26,950 - Hi. - Infernal contraption! 127 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:36,150 Hello. 128 00:14:37,430 --> 00:14:39,390 - Hello, darling. - Kate. 129 00:14:39,590 --> 00:14:42,870 - Was it all right with your relations? - No trouble. 130 00:14:43,110 --> 00:14:46,190 They think I'm at Worthing rehearsing a play. 131 00:14:46,390 --> 00:14:48,070 Cherry Cottage. 132 00:14:48,270 --> 00:14:51,590 Arnold, it's lovely. And with a real cherry tree. 133 00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:54,030 The moat to my castle. Come on. 134 00:14:54,670 --> 00:14:55,870 Watch your step. 135 00:14:56,070 --> 00:14:57,990 - All right? - Thank you. 136 00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,950 Oh, it's so beautiful. 137 00:15:01,030 --> 00:15:02,150 Careful. 138 00:15:02,470 --> 00:15:05,950 - It's like a postcard. - It's the best time of year. 139 00:15:06,150 --> 00:15:07,590 How's the work? 140 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:09,790 - Oh, fine. Fine. - Good. 141 00:15:14,670 --> 00:15:16,230 Arnold... 142 00:15:18,470 --> 00:15:20,310 ...it's charming. 143 00:15:23,870 --> 00:15:27,670 - It's the perfect place to write. - It's comfortable, quiet. 144 00:15:29,430 --> 00:15:33,110 Act 1, scene 1. Is that as much as you've written? 145 00:15:33,310 --> 00:15:35,870 You know how difficult it is to start. 146 00:15:36,070 --> 00:15:37,950 Yes, darling, I know. 147 00:15:38,150 --> 00:15:41,430 The basic idea is the important thing. Then it's... 148 00:15:41,670 --> 00:15:44,630 ...a matter of slugging away. There's a producer... 149 00:15:44,830 --> 00:15:46,830 ...clamoring for the manuscript. 150 00:15:47,030 --> 00:15:49,790 Probably something from him. Excuse me. 151 00:15:55,070 --> 00:15:57,190 "Rent in arrears, £20." 152 00:15:59,030 --> 00:16:01,310 He'll just have to be patient. 153 00:16:01,510 --> 00:16:05,430 It's perfect. Just my idea of an old English cottage. 154 00:16:05,630 --> 00:16:07,510 It really belongs to you? 155 00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:11,550 An old aunt of mine retired here. I was her favorite. 156 00:16:11,750 --> 00:16:14,750 - She left it to me. - Then what's to stop us? 157 00:16:14,950 --> 00:16:17,150 We can get married now. 158 00:16:17,350 --> 00:16:20,030 A producer's clamoring for your play... 159 00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:23,270 Or are you too set in your bachelor ways? 160 00:16:23,470 --> 00:16:26,030 Kate, I'm as impatient as you, but... 161 00:16:26,230 --> 00:16:29,150 There's something you ought to know. 162 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:32,910 You see... 163 00:16:34,430 --> 00:16:37,950 ...all my money's in Army boots from the Boer War. 164 00:16:38,150 --> 00:16:40,270 It will pay off eventually. 165 00:16:40,470 --> 00:16:44,110 But I'll have to sell the cottage to pay my creditors. 166 00:16:44,310 --> 00:16:46,910 Oh, no, Arnold. 167 00:16:47,110 --> 00:16:51,030 We'll think of something. Now, I'd like to freshen up. 168 00:16:51,230 --> 00:16:53,070 The stairs are here, dear. 169 00:16:56,190 --> 00:16:58,790 I can manage quite well alone, darling. 170 00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:22,350 That's strange. 171 00:17:22,550 --> 00:17:24,230 That's very strange. 172 00:17:36,670 --> 00:17:38,110 Excuse me, excuse me. 173 00:17:38,310 --> 00:17:42,950 On my way to the village, I saw smoke. I thought the place was empty... 174 00:17:43,150 --> 00:17:45,470 I'll explain, I'll explain. 175 00:17:45,670 --> 00:17:48,270 My name is Joseph Cavor. How do you do? 176 00:17:48,470 --> 00:17:49,510 Let me help. 177 00:17:49,710 --> 00:17:53,150 - Hello. - Hello. I live across the fields. 178 00:17:53,350 --> 00:17:56,510 - Well, I'm Kate. - Hello. How do you do? 179 00:17:56,710 --> 00:18:00,430 Are you the owner of the cottage? 180 00:18:00,630 --> 00:18:03,190 No, Mr. Bedford's gone to the village. 181 00:18:03,390 --> 00:18:06,590 - Mr. Bedford? Right. - Won't you come in? 182 00:18:06,910 --> 00:18:11,150 - That's very nice of you. Thank you. - He won't be long. 183 00:18:11,350 --> 00:18:14,190 - I hope I'm not intruding. - No, not at all. 184 00:18:14,790 --> 00:18:18,230 A nice place. Known it since I was a boy. After you. 185 00:18:20,470 --> 00:18:23,590 - Please sit down, Mr. Cavor. - Thank you. 186 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:26,590 - I'll bring some tea. - That would be nice. 187 00:18:26,790 --> 00:18:29,870 You see, I'm a research scientist. 188 00:18:30,190 --> 00:18:34,710 I'm about to complete an important scientific demonstration. 189 00:18:35,510 --> 00:18:39,350 Probably one of the most important of all time. 190 00:18:40,710 --> 00:18:43,030 I'd like to say how pleased I am... 191 00:18:43,230 --> 00:18:46,150 ...to have you and Mr. Bedford as neighbors. 192 00:18:49,790 --> 00:18:52,990 The point is, I moved here for the isolation. 193 00:18:53,190 --> 00:18:57,630 Mr. Cavor, we won't trouble you. That's just what attracts Arnold. 194 00:18:57,830 --> 00:19:02,070 - He needs quiet to write his play. - I understand that. 195 00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:06,150 - Then, what is it? - I must tell you... 196 00:19:06,350 --> 00:19:08,110 ...there's risk, even danger... 197 00:19:08,310 --> 00:19:12,030 ...in my experiment. It could damage your property. 198 00:19:12,310 --> 00:19:16,270 If Mr. Bedford would sell, I'd pay anything within reason. 199 00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:24,190 - You want to buy Cherry Cottage? - Yes, I do. Yes. 200 00:19:24,390 --> 00:19:28,670 - How much were you figuring? - Well, I'm not very good at this. 201 00:19:28,870 --> 00:19:31,870 I thought perhaps £1000, maybe more. 202 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:34,470 Well, that's $5000. 203 00:19:35,270 --> 00:19:39,030 The cottage has been in Mr. Bedford's family for years. 204 00:19:39,230 --> 00:19:41,470 He has a deep attachment to it. 205 00:19:41,670 --> 00:19:45,790 I see. The trouble is, my experiments have cost me so much... 206 00:19:45,990 --> 00:19:48,630 Of course, I might be able to double it. 207 00:19:48,830 --> 00:19:52,350 Good Lord. I forgot. The furnace! The furnace! 208 00:19:52,550 --> 00:19:53,830 Gibbs! 209 00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:55,510 Gibbs! 210 00:20:00,270 --> 00:20:03,230 - Mr. Cavor! - Nearly fell. Gibbs! 211 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:08,190 - You forgot your bicycle! - Yes, I have a bicycle. 212 00:20:08,390 --> 00:20:09,510 Quite right. 213 00:20:13,670 --> 00:20:17,110 The most wonderful news. I've sold the cottage. 214 00:20:18,230 --> 00:20:21,790 - You what? - I've sold the cottage to Mr. Cavor. 215 00:20:22,230 --> 00:20:23,270 That crackpot? 216 00:20:23,470 --> 00:20:25,230 Gibbs, the furnace! 217 00:20:25,430 --> 00:20:26,390 Here. 218 00:20:26,950 --> 00:20:29,270 Better take this. He forgot it. 219 00:21:02,150 --> 00:21:05,990 - Mr. Cavor, I've come about... - Left the bicycle again? 220 00:21:06,190 --> 00:21:08,390 - Where's Cavor? - Inside. 221 00:21:08,590 --> 00:21:10,070 Door's open. 222 00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:23,710 Someone to see you. 223 00:21:30,030 --> 00:21:33,150 - My name's Bedford. - There's a gentleman here. 224 00:21:33,350 --> 00:21:35,910 Stand by, Gibbs. Any moment! 225 00:21:36,190 --> 00:21:37,870 Now! 226 00:21:38,270 --> 00:21:40,990 Quick, fix that! The weight's come off! 227 00:21:41,190 --> 00:21:42,950 I've come about the house. 228 00:21:43,150 --> 00:21:45,630 - Fix that! - I must get this straight. 229 00:21:45,830 --> 00:21:47,870 Gibbs, get the doors. Quick! 230 00:21:48,070 --> 00:21:50,470 - You must realize... - A little patience. 231 00:21:50,630 --> 00:21:52,270 - Please. - But you... 232 00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:54,710 - Getting on, see. - I'm trying... 233 00:21:54,910 --> 00:21:59,350 - You must listen to what I'm saying! - Just a minute. 234 00:21:59,550 --> 00:22:02,870 - Mr. Cavor, my... - Open the door! 235 00:22:03,110 --> 00:22:05,790 Get out of the way, man. Very hot. 236 00:22:07,390 --> 00:22:10,350 - Cavor! - Go on, get out. Get out. 237 00:22:10,550 --> 00:22:13,670 Mr. Cavor, I simply must get this straight. 238 00:22:13,870 --> 00:22:15,110 I... 239 00:22:17,830 --> 00:22:20,550 I'm not in a position to... 240 00:22:21,870 --> 00:22:23,590 This... You see... 241 00:22:24,030 --> 00:22:25,150 Kate... 242 00:22:26,390 --> 00:22:30,550 Kate couldn't possibly sell you Cherry Cottage because... 243 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:32,350 What is this stuff? 244 00:22:33,230 --> 00:22:35,270 - What? - What is this stuff? 245 00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:38,950 That's cavorite. 246 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:40,430 It's cavorite. 247 00:22:42,430 --> 00:22:45,950 Oh, nicely on temperature. Nicely on temperature. 248 00:22:46,150 --> 00:22:47,230 Mr. Cavor... 249 00:22:47,430 --> 00:22:49,070 ...if you would... 250 00:22:49,670 --> 00:22:54,430 ...kindly tell me what it is you're trying to do, in a simple language... 251 00:22:54,630 --> 00:22:59,070 ...because I'm not a scientist. Unless, of course, it's a secret. 252 00:22:59,270 --> 00:23:03,710 - It is a secret. It is a secret. - Would you... 253 00:23:03,910 --> 00:23:05,230 Would you tell me? 254 00:23:07,310 --> 00:23:09,150 Yes, I will tell you. 255 00:23:09,350 --> 00:23:12,430 I will tell you. I'll explain. I'll explain. 256 00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:19,070 Now, you know that you can use screens, like this... 257 00:23:19,270 --> 00:23:21,910 ...to cut off light and heat. 258 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:23,870 By the same token, you can... 259 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:27,510 ...cut off Marconi's wireless rays with sheets of lead. 260 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:32,470 - Nothing, till now, cuts off gravity. - Gravity. The pull of the earth. 261 00:23:32,670 --> 00:23:36,190 - What holds us on the ground. - Yes, that's right. 262 00:23:36,390 --> 00:23:39,390 Now, what I'm experimenting with is... 263 00:23:39,590 --> 00:23:42,350 ...a sort of coating, a metallic paste... 264 00:23:42,550 --> 00:23:45,870 ...which will, in fact, cut off the force of gravity. 265 00:23:47,590 --> 00:23:48,790 - Paste? - Paste. 266 00:23:48,990 --> 00:23:51,470 You mean you paint it on things? 267 00:23:51,670 --> 00:23:53,750 Yes, in a way. Yes. 268 00:23:53,950 --> 00:23:57,630 - Like this chair, for example. - You could use that chair. 269 00:23:58,070 --> 00:24:01,030 - May I? - Please. Yes, I'll show you. 270 00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:08,550 Takes effect... 271 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:10,550 ...when... 272 00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:12,190 ...it hardens. 273 00:24:13,630 --> 00:24:15,270 - That's all? - That's all. 274 00:24:15,470 --> 00:24:16,750 I see. 275 00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:27,110 Are you... 276 00:24:27,310 --> 00:24:30,670 Are you telling me this chair will lose its weight? 277 00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:34,630 Yes. In fact, we'll have a job to stop it from rising. 278 00:24:34,830 --> 00:24:36,430 - Really? - Yes. 279 00:24:36,830 --> 00:24:39,590 - Then, I'd better sit in it. - I'd be careful... 280 00:24:39,790 --> 00:24:41,990 - About the cottage... - It will go. 281 00:24:42,190 --> 00:24:45,110 - As I was saying, Katherine... - Be careful! 282 00:24:47,030 --> 00:24:49,230 Gibbs, the ladder! 283 00:24:49,510 --> 00:24:50,830 This is fantastic! 284 00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:53,510 It's the most incredible thing! 285 00:24:53,830 --> 00:24:57,790 - Can't you see what this will do? - I warned you! 286 00:24:57,990 --> 00:25:01,030 It will revolutionize shipping, locomotion... 287 00:25:01,230 --> 00:25:04,910 Think of the ways we could exploit this product! 288 00:25:05,110 --> 00:25:07,870 Gibbs! I'll get you down. 289 00:25:08,070 --> 00:25:12,950 We have the chance of a thousand years. We can be rich beyond belief. 290 00:25:13,150 --> 00:25:14,430 Just think of it. 291 00:25:14,630 --> 00:25:18,710 The cartels, the trusts. Cavorite could rule the world. 292 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:21,830 I'm certain we could make a fortune. 293 00:25:22,030 --> 00:25:24,750 Your invention, my brains, my methods... 294 00:25:24,950 --> 00:25:27,750 - What's wrong? - It's nothing to do with you. 295 00:25:27,950 --> 00:25:28,910 Give me that! 296 00:25:29,230 --> 00:25:31,630 - Never mind the ladder! - What? 297 00:25:31,990 --> 00:25:34,310 Gibbs, you're an idiot. 298 00:25:37,110 --> 00:25:39,790 - I did warn you. - Never mind. Listen to me. 299 00:25:40,230 --> 00:25:42,670 About the cottage. It's yours. 300 00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:46,830 Provided you allow me to invest the money in your invention. 301 00:25:47,030 --> 00:25:48,150 What do you say? 302 00:25:48,350 --> 00:25:50,830 - Do you think you should? - Of course! 303 00:25:51,030 --> 00:25:54,870 I'm a businessman. I can handle patents, process secrets... 304 00:25:55,070 --> 00:25:57,910 It's settled. Come on, help me down. 305 00:25:58,150 --> 00:25:59,910 Oh, by the way... 306 00:26:00,550 --> 00:26:03,270 How had you thought of using cavorite? 307 00:26:03,750 --> 00:26:06,910 Well, nothing very practical, I'm afraid. 308 00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:10,670 - Something like a trip to the moon. - Yes, well... 309 00:26:13,270 --> 00:26:15,390 My dear sir! 310 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:22,910 Sign there. That's the deed assigning Cherry Cottage to you. 311 00:26:23,110 --> 00:26:25,790 - Why bring me into it? - I've explained. 312 00:26:25,990 --> 00:26:29,030 It's got to be done in the proper way. 313 00:26:29,230 --> 00:26:33,710 Cavor's solicitors need papers and documents. I can't sign them. 314 00:26:33,910 --> 00:26:37,750 If my creditors know that I've come into money, that's it. 315 00:26:40,910 --> 00:26:45,950 - You're sure it's not dishonest? - No, it's just a legal device. 316 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:50,990 Now, this is the agreement with Cavor. Sign there. 317 00:26:51,230 --> 00:26:55,310 On the proceeds of cavorite, I'll be able to pay off my debts. 318 00:26:55,590 --> 00:27:00,350 Arnold, with this money, we'll be able to get married now. Right away. 319 00:27:00,550 --> 00:27:04,230 We could, if I wasn't putting it into the experiments. 320 00:27:06,270 --> 00:27:07,670 What? 321 00:27:08,870 --> 00:27:13,630 - $10,000 with that madman? - It will make our future, I'm sure. 322 00:27:13,830 --> 00:27:17,150 - What about your play? - The play's a gamble. 323 00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:19,630 - But... - I'm doing this for you. 324 00:27:19,830 --> 00:27:22,470 Soon the experiments will be completed. 325 00:27:22,670 --> 00:27:26,670 If you waste your money on that experiment, the wedding's off! 326 00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:29,630 I'm packing up and going home to Boston! 327 00:27:43,590 --> 00:27:44,750 Your move. 328 00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:47,910 - Look at this. I've got him now. - Hang on. 329 00:27:48,110 --> 00:27:52,110 - You must keep an eye on that furnace. - Yes, all right. 330 00:27:53,670 --> 00:27:57,270 Bedford, come in. Got the deeds? Go to the kitchen. 331 00:27:57,470 --> 00:28:01,270 Watch that temperature. Any drop could be disastrous. 332 00:28:01,510 --> 00:28:05,150 Talk about disaster. What's he want to interfere for? 333 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:09,110 - Take over for me. - Let him do it. I'm having tea. 334 00:28:09,350 --> 00:28:13,910 - I'm a metal worker, not a stoker. - When's a gardener's job stoking? 335 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:19,070 Come on, matey. It'll be just like working with your petunias. 336 00:28:19,310 --> 00:28:21,790 I'm fed up with this lark. 337 00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:26,950 - Let's settle it over a pint. - Now you're talking. 338 00:28:27,150 --> 00:28:29,910 Don't know why he wants it so hot anyhow. 339 00:28:30,110 --> 00:28:33,070 Let them see it for themselves, use it. 340 00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:35,950 For instance... 341 00:28:36,150 --> 00:28:39,710 ...cavorite trays and boots. 342 00:28:40,110 --> 00:28:45,150 Boots! Yes, of course! Simply enamel the soles and a man would just... 343 00:28:45,350 --> 00:28:47,430 Just like that. 344 00:28:49,270 --> 00:28:50,230 That's right. 345 00:28:50,430 --> 00:28:54,390 I thought of boots last night. Army surplus boots. 346 00:28:54,590 --> 00:28:57,430 - It's a basic idea... - Only way to do it. 347 00:28:57,670 --> 00:29:01,030 Perhaps not the only way, but for a start. 348 00:29:01,510 --> 00:29:05,750 We can do it together. Room enough in the sphere for two people. 349 00:29:05,950 --> 00:29:10,790 You're not serious about going to the moon, are you? Wasn't it a joke? 350 00:29:10,990 --> 00:29:14,750 We'd be firing ourselves off the globe for nothing. 351 00:29:14,950 --> 00:29:19,270 If there was anything on the moon worth discovering, there... 352 00:29:19,470 --> 00:29:22,110 It's exceptionally high in minerals. 353 00:29:23,510 --> 00:29:25,390 - Minerals? - Minerals. 354 00:29:26,430 --> 00:29:30,070 - Including gold? - Including gold. 355 00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:35,390 There's a theory that the minerals on the moon are not in a molten magma... 356 00:29:35,710 --> 00:29:37,630 ...but dotted about... 357 00:29:38,270 --> 00:29:39,750 ...in nuggets. 358 00:29:39,950 --> 00:29:42,470 Rather like raisins in a fruitcake. 359 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:46,550 Better than weightless boots, isn't it? 360 00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:50,190 Come on, I've got something to show you. 361 00:29:57,150 --> 00:29:59,110 How far would it be? 362 00:30:00,190 --> 00:30:01,670 What, to the moon? 363 00:30:01,870 --> 00:30:06,910 About a quarter of a million miles. About quarter of a million... Come on. 364 00:30:07,390 --> 00:30:10,710 You'll have to forgive this confusion, untidiness. 365 00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:13,470 I'll get it cleared up one day. 366 00:30:13,710 --> 00:30:16,550 Oh, my goodness! That's much too high. 367 00:30:18,070 --> 00:30:22,910 It's to carry the hot gases from the furnace. I'll explain later. 368 00:30:41,710 --> 00:30:45,070 It's all right! He's a friend! 369 00:30:46,430 --> 00:30:49,630 My guards. Better than dogs. They're harmless. 370 00:30:49,830 --> 00:30:51,910 There's Gwendoline, Aristotle. 371 00:30:52,110 --> 00:30:53,990 - It's hot! - 123 degrees! 372 00:30:54,150 --> 00:30:56,430 - No? - Yes! Come on! 373 00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:58,950 Out of the way, out the way! 374 00:31:14,470 --> 00:31:16,030 The sphere. 375 00:31:17,030 --> 00:31:19,710 - You've actually built it. - Yes. 376 00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:28,190 It's taken time, mind you. Years, years. 377 00:31:28,430 --> 00:31:30,630 Well, here it is. The sphere. 378 00:31:30,830 --> 00:31:34,150 It's double-walled. The shell inside is complete. 379 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:39,430 This outer frame is covered with roller blinds and old railway buffers. 380 00:31:39,710 --> 00:31:42,430 The blinds will be covered with cavorite. 381 00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:46,910 When they're extended, they'll cut off the force of gravity. 382 00:31:47,110 --> 00:31:50,510 Yes, that's right. That's very good. 383 00:31:50,710 --> 00:31:54,790 You open and shut the blinds to cut off gravity from the Earth... 384 00:31:54,990 --> 00:31:58,670 ...moon or any other bodies in space. - Space. 385 00:31:59,430 --> 00:32:00,790 You really mean it. 386 00:32:03,870 --> 00:32:05,510 I'll tell you something. 387 00:32:05,910 --> 00:32:09,430 If the last batch of cavorite is successful... 388 00:32:09,630 --> 00:32:13,630 ...we start coating the sphere tonight. It's in the furnace now. 389 00:32:22,110 --> 00:32:24,350 It's exciting, isn't it? 390 00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:27,790 I really must say, I'm... 391 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:46,110 - Opening all right? - Yes, perfectly. 392 00:32:46,470 --> 00:32:47,990 Good! 393 00:32:51,870 --> 00:32:54,230 Oh, my little kingdom. 394 00:33:21,110 --> 00:33:22,990 - What happened? - I don't know! 395 00:33:24,390 --> 00:33:25,630 The furnace. 396 00:33:28,630 --> 00:33:33,070 Come on, Bedford old man, hurry up! Bedford, hurry! 397 00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:44,310 I'll be back. I'll be back! 398 00:33:55,830 --> 00:33:58,910 I thought something happened to you. 399 00:33:59,110 --> 00:34:01,070 Something happened all right. 400 00:34:01,270 --> 00:34:06,190 I told Gibbs to watch the furnace! Bedford, from now on, you stoke it. 401 00:34:06,390 --> 00:34:09,230 - But it exploded! - No, it worked! 402 00:34:09,430 --> 00:34:11,350 It worked! It really worked! 403 00:34:11,590 --> 00:34:14,990 - I'll say! - It's enough power to lift the sphere! 404 00:34:15,190 --> 00:34:18,150 What's he talking about? What does he mean? 405 00:34:19,070 --> 00:34:21,150 Those diving suits. 406 00:34:23,070 --> 00:34:26,390 - You're not going deep-sea diving! - I'll explain. 407 00:34:26,590 --> 00:34:30,550 You see, what keeps water out, keeps air in. You see? 408 00:34:30,750 --> 00:34:34,590 - Walking in a vacuum might be fun. - Cavor, don't... 409 00:34:34,790 --> 00:34:37,150 There's no atmosphere on the moon. 410 00:34:37,350 --> 00:34:41,790 I've got a book on it! I'll go and check! Excuse me! 411 00:34:44,430 --> 00:34:46,190 The moon? 412 00:34:50,270 --> 00:34:52,990 You see, Kate, we were planning... 413 00:34:53,190 --> 00:34:56,310 ...a little expedition to test cavorite. 414 00:34:56,510 --> 00:34:57,870 On the moon? 415 00:34:58,310 --> 00:35:02,990 You're both raving mad! It's throwing your lives away! 416 00:35:03,190 --> 00:35:06,870 - The moon? - I was going to tell you all about it. 417 00:35:07,070 --> 00:35:11,150 You never spoke of your plans to go on this lunatic expedition... 418 00:35:11,350 --> 00:35:14,030 - Darling, I... - "Lunatic" is just the word! 419 00:35:14,230 --> 00:35:18,830 Go, blow yourself to bits. I don't care if I ever see you again! 420 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:22,190 Oh, Kate, you... Oh, Cavor. 421 00:35:38,390 --> 00:35:41,990 Well done! Pour on more coal! Keep up the steam! 422 00:35:42,190 --> 00:35:44,990 Well done! Get out of the way! 423 00:35:47,430 --> 00:35:50,350 Well done, Bedford, old man! Keep it up! 424 00:35:50,550 --> 00:35:52,150 Bald-headed old... 425 00:37:12,510 --> 00:37:13,830 Madam! 426 00:37:20,430 --> 00:37:24,510 You must keep the doors closed or you'll ruin the experiment! 427 00:37:25,470 --> 00:37:28,390 Look, it's down to 110 degrees! 428 00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:33,190 What on earth have you got there? 429 00:37:34,870 --> 00:37:39,190 I've brought a few useful things for Arnold. Don't tell him. 430 00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:41,270 Just a few personal things. 431 00:37:41,470 --> 00:37:45,590 - Personal things. Like a gun! - It's a sensible precaution. 432 00:37:45,790 --> 00:37:48,550 - You never know. - What about these animals? 433 00:37:48,910 --> 00:37:52,790 I brought fresh food too. Tinned supplies aren't healthy. 434 00:37:53,030 --> 00:37:57,710 You have thought about feeding them? There's a sack of chickenfeed... 435 00:37:57,910 --> 00:38:00,270 No, I'm sorry. There's no room. 436 00:38:00,470 --> 00:38:03,150 You'll have to leave the lot. You'Il... 437 00:38:03,350 --> 00:38:04,630 The temperature! 438 00:38:06,990 --> 00:38:08,470 Oh, my goodness! 439 00:38:09,030 --> 00:38:13,150 Chickens, gin and bitters, guns... I don't know. 440 00:38:16,030 --> 00:38:19,750 Should you run out like that when you're so overheated? 441 00:38:19,950 --> 00:38:21,510 You'll catch cold! 442 00:38:22,670 --> 00:38:26,150 Will you close those blasted doors! 443 00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:43,070 Give me that. The greenhouse temperature is down by 15 degrees. 444 00:38:43,270 --> 00:38:46,270 - It's not possible. - Kate keeps mooning around! 445 00:38:46,470 --> 00:38:50,110 - She won't leave those doors alone! - Kate's still here? 446 00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:54,110 Of course she is! Tell her to go home! Just tell her! 447 00:38:59,590 --> 00:39:04,390 And Bedford, don't be too long! We're leaving within an hour. 448 00:39:29,110 --> 00:39:33,110 - I thought you'd gone. - I brought some things for your trip. 449 00:39:33,310 --> 00:39:34,230 Thanks. 450 00:39:35,310 --> 00:39:38,550 Why did you have to get mixed up in this? 451 00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:41,830 Oh, don't go. Change your mind. 452 00:39:42,030 --> 00:39:45,110 It's not too late. Please. 453 00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:48,510 But it's only for a few weeks. 454 00:39:48,710 --> 00:39:51,270 It's not as if it were forever. 455 00:39:51,470 --> 00:39:54,150 If you go, it may as well be forever. 456 00:39:54,590 --> 00:39:58,510 And I won't be here when you return. I mean it this time. 457 00:39:58,750 --> 00:40:03,470 So make a decision here and now. It's Cavor or me. 458 00:40:16,110 --> 00:40:19,710 When you decide, I'll be at the cottage. 459 00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:57,630 I've banked the fires. We haven't got much time. Come on. 460 00:40:59,110 --> 00:41:02,550 Those doors! That woman will be the death of me. 461 00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:05,150 Thank the Lord I never got married. 462 00:41:05,750 --> 00:41:10,470 My mother warned me. She was right. My goodness, she was right. 463 00:41:52,550 --> 00:41:55,830 - Oh, Arnold, I'm so glad... - Evening. 464 00:41:57,150 --> 00:41:59,510 Katherine Callender? 465 00:42:01,670 --> 00:42:06,750 "This summons is served on behalf of the landlord of Cherry Cottage." 466 00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:09,870 - Summons? - Just a minute, please. 467 00:42:10,070 --> 00:42:15,150 "There's been an illegal attempt to transfer the title to a third party." 468 00:42:15,350 --> 00:42:17,870 And your signature is on this paper. 469 00:42:18,070 --> 00:42:21,030 But Mr. Bedford inherited it from his aunt. 470 00:42:21,230 --> 00:42:25,110 Cherry Cottage is the sole property of our clients... 471 00:42:26,830 --> 00:42:31,870 ...Bascombe G. Osgood, and we'll see you in court, madam. 472 00:42:32,990 --> 00:42:34,670 Goodnight. 473 00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:36,630 Come along, Bassie. 474 00:42:37,950 --> 00:42:39,390 Lies. 475 00:42:40,630 --> 00:42:43,310 Lies from beginning to end. 476 00:42:55,910 --> 00:42:57,470 - That's everything. - No. 477 00:42:57,670 --> 00:43:00,510 - What? - I've forgotten something. 478 00:43:00,710 --> 00:43:02,390 Oxygen cylinders? 479 00:43:02,590 --> 00:43:04,070 - Glasses? - I got those. 480 00:43:04,270 --> 00:43:06,070 - You left the gas on? - No. 481 00:43:06,270 --> 00:43:09,990 I've got it. It's very important, very important. 482 00:43:17,030 --> 00:43:20,390 Ladies and gentlemen, liberty is at hand. 483 00:43:20,590 --> 00:43:22,870 Goodbye, Gwendoline, Victoria. 484 00:43:23,070 --> 00:43:25,630 I'll always be grateful for everything. 485 00:43:25,830 --> 00:43:28,870 Come on, man. The time's running short. 486 00:43:29,070 --> 00:43:33,550 Liberty, my friends! Liberty! Be back as soon as I can. 487 00:43:33,990 --> 00:43:35,590 Oh, my goodness. 488 00:43:36,390 --> 00:43:38,270 Come on, Cavor, hurry. 489 00:43:55,150 --> 00:43:58,070 - All right? - Yes. Thank you. 490 00:44:02,030 --> 00:44:05,270 Well, we're nicely on temperature. 491 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:10,670 Oh, this is a solemn moment in the history of mankind. 492 00:44:10,870 --> 00:44:14,910 Man into space. Future generations will long remember us. 493 00:44:15,110 --> 00:44:17,550 If we're not blown to smithereens. 494 00:44:17,750 --> 00:44:19,590 Please, please. 495 00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:23,070 Put your hands and arms through the net like this. 496 00:44:23,270 --> 00:44:26,110 There might be a violent shock coming. 497 00:44:26,310 --> 00:44:29,910 Arnold, you come out of there! You can't leave this... 498 00:44:30,110 --> 00:44:32,670 Any moment now, I can feel it. 499 00:44:33,750 --> 00:44:35,990 - We're off! - Open up. 500 00:44:36,190 --> 00:44:39,230 - Open up! Mr. Bedford, open up! - What's that? 501 00:44:39,430 --> 00:44:41,470 - It's Kate. - That woman! 502 00:44:41,670 --> 00:44:44,870 She's impossible. She'll be blasted to death. 503 00:44:45,070 --> 00:44:49,390 - Open up! - Get her inside! Get her inside! 504 00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:52,030 - Hurry, for heaven's sake! - Quickly! 505 00:45:14,830 --> 00:45:16,950 I'm stuck. I can't move. 506 00:45:17,150 --> 00:45:21,350 You'll be okay. We'll stop accelerating at any moment now. 507 00:45:21,550 --> 00:45:24,030 Where are we? What's happening? 508 00:45:24,230 --> 00:45:27,230 Shot into space with the speed of a bullet. 509 00:45:27,430 --> 00:45:30,630 - I'll put magnets in your shoes. - Space? 510 00:45:31,310 --> 00:45:34,430 - I'm gonna be sick. - Hold on to the handgrips! 511 00:45:34,910 --> 00:45:38,390 You had no right to take me. I came for Mr. Bedford. 512 00:45:38,590 --> 00:45:42,510 - We had no choice, Mrs. Bedford. - Stop calling me that! 513 00:45:42,710 --> 00:45:46,070 - We're not married. - We're not likely to be. Ever! 514 00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:47,990 Not married? 515 00:45:48,510 --> 00:45:50,110 Kindly leave the room. 516 00:45:56,390 --> 00:45:58,350 Kindly leave the room. 517 00:46:13,350 --> 00:46:17,270 For what we are to receive, may the Lord make us thankful. 518 00:46:19,950 --> 00:46:21,150 Amen. 519 00:46:25,070 --> 00:46:28,430 There's the Pole star. We're nicely on trajectory. 520 00:46:30,190 --> 00:46:31,670 Can you see, Kate? 521 00:46:37,710 --> 00:46:40,470 - Close that blind! - I was trying to see. 522 00:46:40,670 --> 00:46:44,950 - Can't you steady this thing? - Ruined. All my calculations, ruined. 523 00:46:45,150 --> 00:46:49,750 - I'm sorry. - Sorry? We're heading toward the sun! 524 00:47:18,310 --> 00:47:20,990 Poor darling. He must be exhausted. 525 00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:24,670 This is the first time he's slept since we left. 526 00:47:24,910 --> 00:47:28,310 Who knows how long that's been? No days or nights. 527 00:47:28,510 --> 00:47:33,310 Well, I know it's breakfast time, and I'm sick of sardines. 528 00:47:41,590 --> 00:47:43,550 Chickens. 529 00:47:44,630 --> 00:47:46,430 That means fresh eggs. 530 00:47:50,310 --> 00:47:53,030 - You're an angel. - Not that you deserve it. 531 00:47:53,230 --> 00:47:55,190 - Katie... - Don't you Katie me. 532 00:47:55,390 --> 00:47:57,110 Leaving me with a summons. 533 00:47:57,310 --> 00:48:00,550 I never dreamt they'd be on to it so soon. 534 00:48:00,750 --> 00:48:04,830 Who else do you know that would go to the moon for you? 535 00:48:05,030 --> 00:48:07,230 You're impossible. 536 00:48:14,830 --> 00:48:17,430 - What was that? - Nothing. 537 00:48:18,910 --> 00:48:22,310 - You all right? - I was just doing some impersonations. 538 00:48:22,510 --> 00:48:25,390 - I was reared on a farm. - Really? 539 00:48:27,350 --> 00:48:28,670 Just a minute. 540 00:48:30,270 --> 00:48:33,070 Excuse me. Excuse me. 541 00:48:34,790 --> 00:48:37,750 You didn't dare. You didn't dare! 542 00:48:41,390 --> 00:48:44,270 Geese, I adore. Chickens, I detest. 543 00:48:44,470 --> 00:48:48,190 I've a good mind to make you fly home. All of you. 544 00:48:51,430 --> 00:48:53,550 My calculations! 545 00:48:53,750 --> 00:48:55,750 How I hate chickens! 546 00:49:04,030 --> 00:49:08,190 - We're getting our weight back. - It's the pull of the moon. 547 00:49:08,390 --> 00:49:12,630 We've got to control it, you see. It mustn't be too fast. 548 00:49:13,950 --> 00:49:17,310 Mare Imbrium. Ideal for landing. 549 00:49:17,510 --> 00:49:19,230 Nicely on target. 550 00:49:19,390 --> 00:49:21,750 Now, we use the Earth... 551 00:49:21,950 --> 00:49:25,990 ...to slow down our rate of descent. 552 00:49:26,190 --> 00:49:30,350 - Anything I can do? - Things need lashing down. Take these. 553 00:49:32,510 --> 00:49:35,070 - Put that away. - All right. 554 00:49:36,710 --> 00:49:38,910 Landing positions. 555 00:49:44,350 --> 00:49:45,390 Hold on tight. 556 00:50:18,310 --> 00:50:19,630 What? 557 00:50:24,070 --> 00:50:25,750 Are you all right? 558 00:50:26,670 --> 00:50:28,350 I think so. 559 00:50:32,350 --> 00:50:33,950 Where's Cavor? 560 00:50:43,550 --> 00:50:45,910 I think I've gone blind in one eye. 561 00:50:49,630 --> 00:50:52,350 Thank you. What a relief. 562 00:50:52,590 --> 00:50:55,190 I'll get a new pair when I get back. 563 00:50:56,950 --> 00:50:58,670 Just a broken glass. 564 00:51:05,310 --> 00:51:06,670 It's incredible. 565 00:51:08,350 --> 00:51:09,470 We're down. 566 00:51:10,190 --> 00:51:11,270 We're down. 567 00:51:11,470 --> 00:51:13,470 We did it! We did it! 568 00:51:13,670 --> 00:51:17,950 - I never thought we would. - Me either. At least, I wasn't sure. 569 00:51:20,430 --> 00:51:23,550 - Well, what now? - I suppose explore! 570 00:51:23,750 --> 00:51:25,310 Explore. 571 00:51:29,430 --> 00:51:30,750 Here, your suit. 572 00:51:31,830 --> 00:51:33,350 There's your suit. 573 00:51:34,470 --> 00:51:37,110 Boot. Here's your other boot. 574 00:51:46,150 --> 00:51:47,710 Now wait a minute. 575 00:51:48,630 --> 00:51:51,030 There's no pressure outside, meaning... 576 00:51:51,230 --> 00:51:54,430 ...when the hatch opens, the sphere is a vacuum... 577 00:51:54,630 --> 00:51:58,790 ...which will be fatal for Kate. That's it, nobody goes outside. 578 00:51:58,990 --> 00:52:01,910 She'll be safe in the airtight compartment. 579 00:52:02,390 --> 00:52:06,550 - In there? It's out of the question. - I'll be all right. 580 00:52:07,270 --> 00:52:08,190 You sure? 581 00:52:08,390 --> 00:52:10,590 Don't worry about me. 582 00:52:11,230 --> 00:52:15,230 All right. Let's make some room. Here. 583 00:52:17,150 --> 00:52:20,910 Just a minute. Would you bring those things here? 584 00:52:24,230 --> 00:52:29,070 Madam, the chances of bagging an elephant on the moon are remote. 585 00:52:29,270 --> 00:52:30,710 We won't need this. 586 00:52:30,910 --> 00:52:34,150 Told you before. Now, give me the flag. A claim. 587 00:52:34,350 --> 00:52:36,990 Yes, we've got to stake a claim. 588 00:52:37,150 --> 00:52:38,870 Take a letter. Sit down. 589 00:52:39,070 --> 00:52:41,750 There's some paper in my coat pocket. 590 00:52:44,550 --> 00:52:46,550 Claimed for Her Royal... 591 00:52:46,750 --> 00:52:48,510 No, not royal, not royal. 592 00:52:48,670 --> 00:52:53,110 Claimed for Her Majesty Queen Victoria in the year of our Lord... 593 00:52:54,110 --> 00:52:56,390 - What is the year of our Lord? - 1899. 594 00:52:56,590 --> 00:52:57,590 1899. 595 00:52:58,990 --> 00:53:01,630 Now, I'm leaving the oxygen full on. 596 00:53:02,310 --> 00:53:03,830 Now, Kate, get in. 597 00:53:05,870 --> 00:53:09,710 - Wait for my signal to open the hatch. - All right. 598 00:53:09,910 --> 00:53:11,470 Here's your helmet. 599 00:53:11,950 --> 00:53:15,430 Don't forget: if you wanna speak, touch helmets. 600 00:53:15,630 --> 00:53:18,630 Otherwise, we won't hear each other clearly. 601 00:53:24,110 --> 00:53:29,070 What's wrong with the blessed thing? It worked perfectly in England. 602 00:53:29,270 --> 00:53:33,390 I asked for a seven-and-three-eighths. They said it was. 603 00:53:33,590 --> 00:53:37,470 Six-and-a-quarter. I'll have to put it down to shrinkage. 604 00:54:18,270 --> 00:54:20,070 Hello, moon. 605 00:55:16,310 --> 00:55:18,150 My goodness. 606 00:55:18,350 --> 00:55:21,270 Amazing sensation! Light as a feather! 607 00:55:21,670 --> 00:55:23,830 Look! Top of that rock! 608 00:55:24,030 --> 00:55:26,190 Look! Top of that rock! 609 00:55:33,670 --> 00:55:35,190 You all right? 610 00:55:35,550 --> 00:55:40,110 No discipline, this moon. We'll be smashed to pieces. 611 00:55:42,350 --> 00:55:47,150 Bedford, old man, isn't it magnificent? It's empyreal. 612 00:55:47,350 --> 00:55:49,950 An empire Caesar never dreamed of. 613 00:55:50,150 --> 00:55:54,870 We'll be in all the newspapers. Cavorland. Bedfordshire. 614 00:55:55,070 --> 00:55:57,270 That's for you! That's for you! 615 00:55:57,470 --> 00:56:00,150 We'll be famous, knighted by the queen! 616 00:56:00,350 --> 00:56:03,030 The queen! Give me that, give me that! 617 00:56:06,910 --> 00:56:10,870 I claim the moon in the name of our Sovereign Lady... 618 00:56:11,070 --> 00:56:12,630 ...Queen Victoria. 619 00:56:18,190 --> 00:56:21,870 You're getting too much oxygen. You're actually drunk. 620 00:56:22,070 --> 00:56:24,870 - Let's check your gauge. - That's wonderful. 621 00:56:25,070 --> 00:56:26,990 I feel like an eagle! 622 00:56:27,230 --> 00:56:28,230 Geronimo! 623 00:56:29,670 --> 00:56:31,270 Cavor, come down! 624 00:56:38,310 --> 00:56:39,510 Help. 625 00:56:41,990 --> 00:56:42,950 S. O. S. 626 00:56:54,870 --> 00:56:56,350 Help! 627 00:56:57,070 --> 00:56:58,270 Thank you. 628 00:57:00,030 --> 00:57:04,030 - You need a lead, old chap. - Yes, I think I probably do. 629 00:57:08,750 --> 00:57:10,630 You hear that? 630 00:58:11,990 --> 00:58:15,030 Hold on! I'll get you down. 631 00:58:24,110 --> 00:58:25,630 Your helmet! 632 00:58:25,830 --> 00:58:29,750 It must have... But I can breathe. There's air down here. 633 00:58:29,950 --> 00:58:31,830 Take this off. 634 00:58:38,230 --> 00:58:39,550 That's better. 635 00:58:40,590 --> 00:58:43,990 There's a subterranean atmosphere here. Listen. 636 00:58:49,710 --> 00:58:53,310 - We must get Kate. - Without a helmet, you won't get far. 637 00:58:53,470 --> 00:58:56,670 We'll just have to find it. There's a way down. 638 00:58:56,870 --> 00:58:57,990 What? 639 00:59:02,430 --> 00:59:05,830 Now keep it tight, all right? All right? 640 00:59:10,470 --> 00:59:13,430 I've got it, go on. You're all right. 641 00:59:13,630 --> 00:59:15,150 Go on, that's it. 642 00:59:31,030 --> 00:59:32,750 Throw me your helmet. 643 01:00:03,550 --> 01:00:04,630 All right. 644 01:00:15,030 --> 01:00:17,830 Look at that prism assembly. 645 01:00:18,030 --> 01:00:20,950 Only thing I want to look at is that helmet. 646 01:00:30,710 --> 01:00:32,630 We should've brought the gun. 647 01:01:09,270 --> 01:01:11,470 It's fantastic. 648 01:01:46,270 --> 01:01:47,830 What is it? 649 01:01:48,070 --> 01:01:51,390 - It's a moon creature, a Selenite. - But the size. 650 01:01:53,310 --> 01:01:55,350 It's the low gravity. 651 01:03:21,390 --> 01:03:22,830 Leave them! 652 01:03:33,830 --> 01:03:35,670 Help me! 653 01:03:40,510 --> 01:03:42,870 No, you're making a mistake. 654 01:03:43,070 --> 01:03:45,470 Leave them. Leave them! 655 01:03:52,550 --> 01:03:56,270 You've certainly given them a taste of human violence. 656 01:03:56,470 --> 01:03:59,230 Thousands will be chasing us around. 657 01:03:59,390 --> 01:04:03,750 - We can't just stand here. - I knew I should have come on my own. 658 01:04:03,950 --> 01:04:06,750 Are you staying here or coming with me? 659 01:04:07,550 --> 01:04:10,230 If only we'd communicated with them. 660 01:04:10,430 --> 01:04:14,190 It was such an opportunity. The meeting of two worlds. 661 01:04:14,390 --> 01:04:15,710 Come on! 662 01:04:19,350 --> 01:04:21,790 I knew I should have come on my own. 663 01:05:05,590 --> 01:05:06,830 The sphere's gone! 664 01:05:15,310 --> 01:05:17,630 The flag's right where we put it. 665 01:05:17,830 --> 01:05:20,710 She must have touched the controls. 666 01:05:42,590 --> 01:05:45,670 Selenites, thousands of them. 667 01:05:46,310 --> 01:05:47,830 They dragged it. 668 01:06:37,630 --> 01:06:39,590 This time! 669 01:06:47,070 --> 01:06:49,070 Now! 670 01:07:00,190 --> 01:07:02,390 Block it! Block it! 671 01:07:55,550 --> 01:07:57,670 All this clutter. 672 01:07:58,110 --> 01:08:00,590 The place is an absolute honeycomb. 673 01:08:03,790 --> 01:08:05,630 Can you see a trail? 674 01:08:34,190 --> 01:08:38,590 Leave me alone! Stay away or I'll shoot. I will! 675 01:08:41,070 --> 01:08:44,830 Get away from there. I said stay away or I'll shoot! 676 01:08:55,070 --> 01:08:56,430 Down there! 677 01:09:11,110 --> 01:09:12,310 What is it? 678 01:09:14,910 --> 01:09:16,110 I don't know. 679 01:09:16,550 --> 01:09:18,870 Probably a harmless vegetarian. 680 01:09:19,070 --> 01:09:21,350 Bred for food, rather like a cow. 681 01:09:22,070 --> 01:09:24,710 A cow? I wouldn't like to meet a bull. 682 01:09:28,990 --> 01:09:30,550 Come on! 683 01:09:50,990 --> 01:09:53,950 - "Harmless vegetarian"? - Well, I thought I... 684 01:10:03,110 --> 01:10:04,550 Give me your hand! 685 01:10:12,430 --> 01:10:13,470 Run! 686 01:10:32,590 --> 01:10:34,830 Run, Cavor, run! 687 01:11:12,590 --> 01:11:14,430 What do you want me to do? 688 01:11:14,590 --> 01:11:17,590 No, please, no. What do you want me to do? 689 01:12:28,430 --> 01:12:32,190 Let me out of here! Can you hear me? 690 01:12:35,790 --> 01:12:40,390 Let me alone, can't you? Staring at me like an animal in the zoo. 691 01:12:42,310 --> 01:12:44,790 You! You there, with my shoe. 692 01:12:44,990 --> 01:12:48,190 Give it back, or I'll let you have the other one. 693 01:12:48,390 --> 01:12:51,990 Give it back, or I'll let you have the other one. 694 01:12:52,190 --> 01:12:56,070 Give it back, or I'll let you have the other one. 695 01:12:56,270 --> 01:13:00,630 Imitating me now. You think it's funny, do you? Very funny. 696 01:13:01,150 --> 01:13:05,990 Very funny. You think it's funny, do you? Very funny. 697 01:13:27,710 --> 01:13:28,790 Miss Callender. 698 01:13:30,990 --> 01:13:32,830 Just a minute. 699 01:13:33,950 --> 01:13:37,510 Mr. Cavor, I'm so glad to see you. Is Arnold safe? 700 01:13:37,710 --> 01:13:38,830 We got separated. 701 01:13:39,030 --> 01:13:40,230 Give me my shoe. Very funny. 702 01:13:40,270 --> 01:13:42,590 Give me my shoe. Very funny. 703 01:13:43,710 --> 01:13:47,310 They're trying to communicate. Analyzing what we say. 704 01:13:47,510 --> 01:13:50,270 I wish they'd stay off the words with E's. 705 01:13:51,870 --> 01:13:53,110 Man. 706 01:13:54,590 --> 01:13:59,110 We come from Earth, many hundreds of thousands of miles away. 707 01:14:01,990 --> 01:14:03,950 No, it doesn't mean a thing. 708 01:14:04,670 --> 01:14:06,070 Man. 709 01:14:09,310 --> 01:14:10,350 Man! 710 01:14:10,550 --> 01:14:14,270 They're trying to communicate with us. That's imperial! 711 01:14:14,470 --> 01:14:19,430 It's absolutely... Man, man! From thousands of miles away. 712 01:14:19,950 --> 01:14:21,150 Man... 713 01:14:21,350 --> 01:14:22,310 ...from... 714 01:14:22,510 --> 01:14:23,470 ...Earth. 715 01:14:24,630 --> 01:14:28,390 They understand, but they're not repeating what I say. 716 01:14:28,590 --> 01:14:30,870 That's splendid! It's splendid! 717 01:14:31,070 --> 01:14:33,870 It's absolutely imperial. 718 01:14:34,070 --> 01:14:38,670 Yes, my dear fellow, it is! It's absolutely imperial! 719 01:16:19,070 --> 01:16:23,750 It's some sort of apparatus for generating oxygen on a vast scale. 720 01:16:23,950 --> 01:16:26,550 That's why we're able to breathe here. 721 01:16:56,390 --> 01:17:00,270 That's fantastic. It's fantastic. 722 01:17:00,630 --> 01:17:03,510 It's perpetual motion. But that's impossible. 723 01:17:03,710 --> 01:17:06,750 It makes all other forms of power obsolete. 724 01:17:08,390 --> 01:17:11,870 That's where they get their power from. Sunlight. 725 01:17:26,590 --> 01:17:28,750 Come. Come quickly. Quick. 726 01:17:30,150 --> 01:17:33,470 - They're taking the sphere apart. - We must stop them. 727 01:17:33,670 --> 01:17:35,590 Hold my hand. Carefully. 728 01:17:53,710 --> 01:17:57,950 You've no right to do this. Leave it. It doesn't belong to you. 729 01:17:58,910 --> 01:18:00,950 Now we'll never get home. 730 01:18:19,310 --> 01:18:20,270 It's cavorite. 731 01:18:20,470 --> 01:18:24,030 We have tried to duplicate... 732 01:18:24,230 --> 01:18:28,630 ...the substance coated on your sphere, but unable. 733 01:18:28,830 --> 01:18:31,830 - Well, it's called cavorite. - Cavorite. 734 01:18:32,030 --> 01:18:36,510 It's a compound of elements. It's based on the use of helium. 735 01:18:36,710 --> 01:18:39,150 - Ought you to tell them that? - Helium? 736 01:18:39,350 --> 01:18:43,310 It's a light, inert gas found in the atmosphere on Earth. 737 01:18:43,510 --> 01:18:45,910 Well, you must know helium. 738 01:18:46,110 --> 01:18:49,790 - No more questions for now. - For now? 739 01:18:53,470 --> 01:18:56,310 For now? What do you mean, "For now"? 740 01:19:31,230 --> 01:19:33,870 - What's happening? - Chemical workers... 741 01:19:34,070 --> 01:19:35,510 ...put to sleep... 742 01:19:35,710 --> 01:19:39,630 ...until needed again. 743 01:19:39,830 --> 01:19:41,670 You will return... 744 01:19:41,870 --> 01:19:45,270 ...to the examination chamber. 745 01:19:51,110 --> 01:19:54,230 It's a unique way of dealing with unemployment. 746 01:19:54,470 --> 01:19:56,390 Entirely reasonable, I guess. 747 01:19:56,590 --> 01:20:00,630 They'll treat us the same if they have no further use for us. 748 01:20:10,070 --> 01:20:12,150 What a ghastly thought. 749 01:20:13,070 --> 01:20:14,910 Ghastly thought. 750 01:21:48,510 --> 01:21:49,910 Is he dead? 751 01:21:51,110 --> 01:21:52,510 He's not dead. 752 01:21:52,670 --> 01:21:54,110 He's asleep. 753 01:21:54,270 --> 01:21:57,110 It's a sort of suspended animation. 754 01:21:57,310 --> 01:22:01,190 This is interesting. There's a lunar eclipse on the 12th. 755 01:22:01,990 --> 01:22:05,790 You know, when the Earth passes between the sun and moon. 756 01:22:05,990 --> 01:22:10,510 That's obviously a resting time for the Selenites. 757 01:22:10,910 --> 01:22:14,070 Yes. Time you rested too, Miss Callender. 758 01:22:14,270 --> 01:22:18,270 - It's a long time since we landed. - An eternity. 759 01:22:19,670 --> 01:22:22,550 Mr. Cavor, I'm so worried about Arnold. 760 01:22:22,750 --> 01:22:24,310 Yes, Arnold. 761 01:22:24,510 --> 01:22:28,030 - Will we see our world again? - Of course we will. 762 01:22:28,230 --> 01:22:31,470 - I'd even welcome a London fog. - Would you, now? 763 01:22:32,150 --> 01:22:34,910 Come on, try to get some sleep. Lie down. 764 01:22:35,110 --> 01:22:40,190 I wish I could and wake up to find it's all been a bad dream. 765 01:22:40,830 --> 01:22:42,390 You quite comfortable? 766 01:22:42,590 --> 01:22:44,350 - Thank you. - Right. 767 01:23:51,790 --> 01:23:56,430 - Put that away. You don't need a gun. - I don't have your confidence. 768 01:23:56,630 --> 01:23:58,710 Try to understand them. They're... 769 01:23:58,950 --> 01:24:02,870 - We're wasting time. I must find Kate. - She's all right. 770 01:24:03,070 --> 01:24:07,190 You know where she is? Tell me, so we can get going. 771 01:24:07,390 --> 01:24:09,150 - Not yet. - What do you mean? 772 01:24:09,310 --> 01:24:10,270 I want time... 773 01:24:10,470 --> 01:24:13,790 I wanna know where Kate is. Tell me where she is! 774 01:24:13,950 --> 01:24:16,630 Don't spoil it. I want to communicate! 775 01:24:16,830 --> 01:24:18,910 - Where's Kate? - Give me time! 776 01:24:41,190 --> 01:24:44,150 You'd better get away. 777 01:26:53,630 --> 01:26:55,150 Here, here. 778 01:26:55,350 --> 01:26:56,710 Lift. 779 01:27:01,790 --> 01:27:03,350 Get right back! 780 01:27:07,790 --> 01:27:09,270 Come on! 781 01:27:10,910 --> 01:27:12,190 Hurry! 782 01:27:59,710 --> 01:28:03,670 First of Earthmen, welcome on the moon. 783 01:28:03,870 --> 01:28:06,870 I am here before you. 784 01:28:12,990 --> 01:28:17,430 Your earth is the center of our orbit. Tell us of its life... 785 01:28:17,630 --> 01:28:19,590 ...how it differs from ours. 786 01:28:21,470 --> 01:28:24,070 Well, I don't know where to begin. 787 01:28:24,910 --> 01:28:29,150 I don't know whether you can understand me or hear me. 788 01:28:30,950 --> 01:28:32,630 Well, I'll try. 789 01:28:33,070 --> 01:28:37,430 Man. Man lives on the surface... 790 01:28:37,710 --> 01:28:40,230 ...of Earth in protective structures. 791 01:28:40,430 --> 01:28:42,950 Not protective. That's the wrong word. 792 01:28:43,150 --> 01:28:44,710 Buildings! 793 01:28:45,470 --> 01:28:49,430 Houses, cottages. We call them cities, towns. 794 01:28:49,790 --> 01:28:52,990 It's like your tunnels, but on the outside. 795 01:28:53,190 --> 01:28:57,310 That would explain the dark areas we have observed. 796 01:28:57,470 --> 01:29:01,630 Does not the sun blind you, living on the surface? 797 01:29:04,790 --> 01:29:06,110 You see... 798 01:29:07,070 --> 01:29:10,270 ...we have an iris, which protects the eyes. 799 01:29:10,750 --> 01:29:12,470 Come closer. 800 01:29:12,670 --> 01:29:14,430 I wish to see. 801 01:29:16,790 --> 01:29:18,270 Yes, sir, certainly. 802 01:29:23,350 --> 01:29:25,910 There, you see? 803 01:29:27,790 --> 01:29:29,350 Please, the light. 804 01:29:30,030 --> 01:29:32,230 That's hurting. Please. 805 01:29:37,790 --> 01:29:40,750 Drop the cylinder and help me. 806 01:29:42,430 --> 01:29:43,950 Hand me that wrench. 807 01:29:50,510 --> 01:29:53,710 - Is there much left? - Only the oxygen cylinders. 808 01:29:53,910 --> 01:29:58,150 I hope Cavor can keep the Selenites occupied a little longer. 809 01:29:58,590 --> 01:30:02,470 You say men cling to different tongues and beliefs. 810 01:30:02,670 --> 01:30:04,430 Is there no one ruler? 811 01:30:06,430 --> 01:30:10,190 Every century, some despot tries, but no one's succeeded. 812 01:30:10,390 --> 01:30:13,270 Like Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Napoleon... 813 01:30:13,790 --> 01:30:16,510 Does this not lead to confusion? 814 01:30:16,710 --> 01:30:19,670 Yes, it does, and worse. 815 01:30:19,870 --> 01:30:22,710 Starvation, hostility... 816 01:30:22,910 --> 01:30:23,990 ...even war. 817 01:30:24,750 --> 01:30:27,190 Tell me of war. 818 01:30:27,990 --> 01:30:29,790 Tell you of war? 819 01:30:31,270 --> 01:30:32,870 Oh, my goodness. 820 01:30:33,590 --> 01:30:34,910 Well... 821 01:30:35,630 --> 01:30:38,470 ...it usually starts with a great explosion. 822 01:30:41,110 --> 01:30:43,550 Now try the one over the porthole. 823 01:30:47,830 --> 01:30:50,070 It's still not working. 824 01:30:50,750 --> 01:30:53,150 I bolted it back like the others. 825 01:30:54,670 --> 01:30:57,150 Nothing else to do. I'll get Cavor. 826 01:30:57,350 --> 01:30:59,830 - I'll go with you. - No, pack the rest. 827 01:31:00,030 --> 01:31:02,110 I know where to find him. 828 01:31:02,310 --> 01:31:06,390 And yet to fight in a war is considered an honor. 829 01:31:07,350 --> 01:31:12,150 It's difficult to explain, but men killed in battle are heroes. 830 01:31:13,470 --> 01:31:14,630 Odd, isn't it? 831 01:31:14,830 --> 01:31:16,990 Men enjoy to make war? 832 01:31:18,910 --> 01:31:20,310 No, they detest it. 833 01:31:20,510 --> 01:31:23,590 Then if they make war, they are defective. 834 01:31:25,070 --> 01:31:26,990 Well, we're not perfect. 835 01:31:27,350 --> 01:31:29,430 Mankind is still developing. 836 01:31:29,630 --> 01:31:31,910 We're not perfect. 837 01:31:32,110 --> 01:31:33,790 There are men of peace! 838 01:31:33,990 --> 01:31:38,150 My concern is with the men of violence, the men who kill. 839 01:31:38,350 --> 01:31:40,830 Soon others will come from Earth. 840 01:31:41,030 --> 01:31:44,550 Our galleries will be strewn with dead. 841 01:31:46,430 --> 01:31:49,630 There needn't be any others! There needn't be! 842 01:31:50,110 --> 01:31:53,190 I alone hold the secrets of cavorite. 843 01:31:53,390 --> 01:31:57,630 Then you and your secret will remain here, on the moon. 844 01:32:00,030 --> 01:32:04,670 This is not an audience. You're on trial! Can't you see? 845 01:32:04,870 --> 01:32:07,350 You've just been convicted! 846 01:32:29,790 --> 01:32:31,350 To the sphere! 847 01:32:37,270 --> 01:32:39,030 - This way. - What? 848 01:32:39,230 --> 01:32:41,510 - Through there. - All right. 849 01:32:48,150 --> 01:32:52,230 - Why didn't you leave me? - I didn't risk my neck to save you. 850 01:32:53,630 --> 01:32:54,910 Go on. 851 01:33:17,950 --> 01:33:21,430 - You've put it together. - But the blinds won't work. 852 01:33:22,790 --> 01:33:24,830 The blinds won't work. 853 01:33:25,030 --> 01:33:28,830 You've destroyed everything I've set out to accomplish. 854 01:33:29,030 --> 01:33:31,430 - Now you turn to me. - Who else? 855 01:33:31,630 --> 01:33:33,510 Please, please, Mr. Cavor. 856 01:33:36,710 --> 01:33:39,190 I've no right to keep you here. 857 01:33:39,470 --> 01:33:40,990 All right, come on. 858 01:33:41,670 --> 01:33:43,790 Give me your hand. Come on. 859 01:33:45,310 --> 01:33:47,030 Come on, the cylinders. 860 01:33:55,510 --> 01:33:57,230 Take the other end. 861 01:34:03,990 --> 01:34:06,550 Bedford, it's working, old man. 862 01:34:06,750 --> 01:34:08,030 Come on, hurry. 863 01:34:16,190 --> 01:34:18,430 Come on, I got it working. 864 01:34:18,630 --> 01:34:20,510 Get inside, quick! 865 01:34:24,350 --> 01:34:27,230 - Go on. Go on. - Come on. Good. 866 01:34:27,390 --> 01:34:28,510 Come on. 867 01:34:28,710 --> 01:34:32,030 Right, up you go. Quickly, quickly. 868 01:34:35,990 --> 01:34:37,910 The cylinder! 869 01:34:44,830 --> 01:34:46,430 Hurry, Cavor. 870 01:35:01,310 --> 01:35:03,510 Your hand! Give me your hand! 871 01:35:06,070 --> 01:35:08,350 You know how to man the controls. 872 01:35:09,350 --> 01:35:11,830 - You don't need me. - Don't be a fool! 873 01:35:12,830 --> 01:35:16,710 I'm staying, Bedford, old man. There's a lot to learn. 874 01:35:18,830 --> 01:35:21,470 - Mr. Cavor! - Cavor, come back! 875 01:35:23,030 --> 01:35:25,910 I'll explain. One day, I'll explain. 876 01:36:09,030 --> 01:36:11,230 We were hurled into space. 877 01:36:11,430 --> 01:36:16,550 Well, one way or another, I managed to guide the sphere back to Earth. 878 01:36:16,870 --> 01:36:21,070 We plunged into the sea off the coast of Zanzibar. 879 01:36:22,590 --> 01:36:25,310 The sphere disappeared without a trace. 880 01:36:25,470 --> 01:36:28,030 But Kate and I managed to swim ashore. 881 01:36:28,350 --> 01:36:32,910 No one ever believed our story. There was no evidence, nothing. 882 01:36:33,110 --> 01:36:36,230 - Until now. - I still can't believe it. 883 01:36:36,430 --> 01:36:39,870 Our own Mr. Bedford, a real astronaut. 884 01:36:40,070 --> 01:36:44,550 - First astronaut. - Mr. Bedford, I must tell the others. 885 01:36:46,110 --> 01:36:47,350 There he is. 886 01:36:47,750 --> 01:36:50,230 Okay, it's gone through to them. 887 01:36:50,430 --> 01:36:54,150 Red alert for lens pits or other accesses and Selenites. 888 01:36:54,350 --> 01:36:57,270 Maybe they're not dangerous. He got away. 889 01:36:57,470 --> 01:37:00,670 - They've had years to get ready. - Get out of here! 890 01:37:00,830 --> 01:37:03,590 Please, ma'am. Hold it there. 891 01:37:05,430 --> 01:37:08,470 They've broken through the lens pit. 892 01:37:08,670 --> 01:37:12,030 Here they are, deep below the surface of the moon. 893 01:37:14,830 --> 01:37:17,030 They light flares to see. 894 01:37:19,710 --> 01:37:20,750 We were there. 895 01:37:20,950 --> 01:37:24,630 More evidence of civilization. It looks like a city. 896 01:37:24,830 --> 01:37:28,950 But who built it? It's starting to crumble before our eyes. 897 01:37:29,150 --> 01:37:33,350 The astronauts must come to the surface and are being hauled up. 898 01:37:33,550 --> 01:37:36,390 It's like an abandoned mine caving in. 899 01:37:42,270 --> 01:37:43,590 They're through! 900 01:37:47,550 --> 01:37:49,510 It's crumbling beneath them! 901 01:37:49,710 --> 01:37:53,270 Corrosion and decay. Everywhere, the same story. 902 01:37:53,470 --> 01:37:56,350 There's evidence of some contamination. 903 01:37:56,550 --> 01:38:00,590 - Some germ from Earth. - To creatures without immunity. 904 01:38:00,790 --> 01:38:04,390 Under those conditions microorganisms could run wild. 905 01:38:04,590 --> 01:38:07,870 Multiply. Kill a whole population. 906 01:38:08,070 --> 01:38:12,790 Did they go to another planet, or were they wiped out by a virus? 907 01:38:12,990 --> 01:38:13,910 Poor Cavor. 908 01:38:14,110 --> 01:38:18,830 As deadly as a plague or as infectious as a common head cold. 909 01:38:19,030 --> 01:38:20,950 And what happened? 910 01:38:21,630 --> 01:38:24,310 He did have such a terrible cold.