- 6/21/2025
When scientists discover a mysterious radioactive element that feeds on energy and grows uncontrollably, a government agency races against time to stop the atomic threat before it consumes the planet. A chilling tale of science gone too far.
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00:00:00Today, new dangers face mankind, dangers which challenge his life, threaten his very existence.
00:00:15Sound frequencies have been found that can penetrate the human brain and destroy life.
00:00:21Deadly isotopes of unknown elements have been discovered that can burn and sear the flesh.
00:00:27Pilotless aircraft crashing the sonic barrier can gain complete mastery over the skies.
00:00:34To meet this challenge to our existence, a new agency has been formed.
00:00:40OSI, the Office of Scientific Investigation.
00:00:46The operatives of OSI are called A-Men.
00:00:50A-Men. Sounds like the final word of a prayer. It is not.
00:00:56A stands for atom, and atom stands for power.
00:01:00Power man has unleashed, but has not yet learned to control.
00:01:04Whirling in space, each atom is a solar system unto itself.
00:01:09When studied separately, its gamma rays yield information useful in the experiments carried on by the technicians at OSI.
00:01:17Our equipment covers the range of instruments, from the simple test tube to the complex 50,000 volt electron microscope.
00:01:26A-Men are detectives with degrees in science.
00:01:30The criminals we seek are sometimes invisible to the human eye, like radiation from outer space, or particles held prisoner deep in the heart of the atom.
00:01:39Infiniteesimal, yet within this tiny molecule, there's a tremendous force that once unlocked, can create or destroy planets.
00:01:48Our Earth is a planet.
00:01:51July 18.
00:01:53The morning, calm, quiet, peaceful.
00:01:57I reported for work as usual at 8.55 a.m.
00:02:01My name is Stuart, Jeff Stuart.
00:02:03Class of 39, MIT, Boston, Mass.
00:02:07I'm in charge of research at OSI.
00:02:10The world seems safe and good.
00:02:13Bye, honey.
00:02:15I'll pick you up at 6.
00:02:16Hey, what is this, a brush off?
00:02:18Didn't I buy you dinner and flowers and breakfast?
00:02:25Jeff, you're late.
00:02:26And I'm a married woman.
00:02:27Are you?
00:02:28You don't act that way at all?
00:02:32There's lipstick on your nose.
00:02:34Very indignified for a man of science.
00:02:36Hey, call me as soon as you've seen the doctor, will you?
00:02:38It's nothing, honey, just a routine check-up.
00:02:40I want to know why you're so skinny.
00:02:42Other girls are fat in their fourth months.
00:02:43They aren't.
00:02:44And don't do any housework.
00:02:46Heavens, no.
00:02:47The upstairs maid and the butler will do it all.
00:02:49I mean it.
00:02:50See you at 6.
00:02:51Bye.
00:03:10Yes, General, Dr. Allard's in.
00:03:20I'm connecting you.
00:03:24Good morning, Dr. Stewart.
00:03:25Morning, Nellie.
00:03:26Dr. Forbes is waiting for you.
00:03:27He'd like you to come into the lab.
00:03:28He says it's urgent.
00:03:29Okay.
00:03:32Hey, Nellie.
00:03:33Yes, Dr. Stewart.
00:03:34You've got children, haven't you?
00:03:35A boy and a girl.
00:03:37Were you skinny in your fourth month?
00:03:40I was never skinny.
00:03:45Office of Scientific Investigation.
00:03:47Morning, Dan.
00:03:49Hi.
00:03:50Jeff, when was the last atomic test at Las Vegas?
00:03:54A couple of months ago, what?
00:03:56Would you mind checking these air samples for me, please?
00:03:59Sure.
00:04:00Sure.
00:04:04What's the trouble?
00:04:05Sure, yeah.
00:04:232280 disintegrations per minute.
00:04:26Much higher than yesterday's concentration.
00:04:29Could there be something wrong with the counter?
00:04:32No, I checked it.
00:04:34Let's have another sample.
00:04:35Mm-hmm.
00:04:362,300 disintegrations per minute.
00:04:412360 disintegrations per minute.
00:05:11Traces of radioactive dust.
00:05:18Give me the pad, will you?
00:05:24Average disintegrations per minute, 2300.
00:05:29What time is it?
00:05:31Exactly 9 o'clock.
00:05:41Good morning, Mr. Simon.
00:05:45Good morning.
00:05:53Albert.
00:05:56Yes, Mr. Simon?
00:05:57Look, the clocks.
00:05:59I am an orderly man.
00:06:00I'm running an orderly store.
00:06:02It's 9 o'clock now, and our clocks say it's 12 minutes past 12.
00:06:08I don't get it.
00:06:10You don't get a lot of things, like arrays, for instance.
00:06:13It's my duty to pay your wages, and it's your duty to wind the clocks.
00:06:17But I wound them.
00:06:18Customers don't buy clocks that show the wrong time.
00:06:20I wound all the clocks last night.
00:06:22The electric clock, Mr. Simon.
00:06:2512 minutes past 12.
00:06:27There must have been a power failure.
00:06:29Try the lights.
00:06:33The lights are working.
00:06:35Well, then the clocks ought to work, too.
00:06:37Yes, but they don't.
00:06:38Mr. Simon.
00:06:39Mr. Simon.
00:06:40Mr. Simon.
00:06:41Mr. Simon.
00:06:42What's this?
00:06:43It's stuck.
00:06:44It's not stuck.
00:06:45It's magnetized.
00:06:47Mr. Simon, these are magnetized, too.
00:06:50I can't understand it.
00:06:51My wristwatch is stopped.
00:06:53Mine, too.
00:06:54But mine still shows time.
00:06:56That's the time I entered the store.
00:06:57Look!
00:06:58Someone is wrecking my store with magnetic power.
00:07:13Magnetic power?
00:07:14We must call the police.
00:07:16Hello, operator.
00:07:17Give me the department of power and light.
00:07:18Immediately.
00:07:19This is an emergency.
00:07:20Do you understand?
00:07:21An emergency.
00:07:22Engineer Watson speaking.
00:07:23Yes, I'm the chief engineer.
00:07:25Simon Hardware store, 918 Lincoln.
00:07:26Yes, I know where that is.
00:07:27What's that?
00:07:28Well, you must have a powerful magnet in your store.
00:07:30You haven't?
00:07:31I can't have appliances sailing around my store.
00:07:33Listen, Mr. Simon.
00:07:34I have no time for practical jokes.
00:07:35But I am a taxpayer.
00:07:36Do you understand?
00:07:37I insist.
00:07:38All right, All right, Mr. Simon.
00:07:39I'll have somebody over there right away.
00:07:40I'll have somebody over there.
00:07:41Oh, sir.
00:07:42You got a hand on me.
00:07:43It's not the wrong thing.
00:07:44You're right.
00:07:45Mr. Simon.
00:07:46It's not the wrong thing.
00:07:47You're right.
00:07:48I'm the chief engineer.
00:07:49I'm the chief engineer.
00:07:50Simon Hardware store, 918 Lincoln.
00:07:51Yes, I know where that is.
00:07:53What's that?
00:07:54Well, you must have a powerful magnet in your store.
00:07:56You haven't?
00:07:57I can't have appliances sailing around my store!
00:07:58All right, all right, Mr. Simon. I'll have somebody over there right away. 918 Lincoln.
00:08:11Office of Scientific Investigation. Connect me with Dr. Abbott, please.
00:08:16This is the Office of Power and Light. Watson speaking.
00:08:20Say, Doctor, Directive 149 says that if anything unusual happens, contact your office immediately.
00:08:25I think you'd better send a couple of your A-men over to Simon Hardware.
00:08:53Help.
00:08:55Well, I'm glad you got here. My name is Simon. I'm the proprietor.
00:09:05I'm Dr. Stewart. This is Dr. Forbes, my assistant. What seems to be the trouble?
00:09:18This.
00:09:19When did you first notice these magnetic effects?
00:09:29When I first entered the store.
00:09:30All of the clocks stopped last night at 12 past 12.
00:09:33I am answering the questions.
00:09:35Could I have a piece of stiff paper, please?
00:09:41And some small tacks.
00:09:42Enjoy.
00:10:02This proves our point, Mr. Simon.
00:10:03What point?
00:10:04See if we can find out where it comes from.
00:10:06Yeah, that's a good one.
00:10:12That'll do it.
00:10:19The epicenter is up there.
00:10:21Epicenter?
00:10:23What do you keep up there, Mr. Simon?
00:10:25It has nothing to do with the store. They're opposite.
00:10:33It's a paramagnetic force. There's no doubt about it.
00:10:35Mm-hmm.
00:10:36Get the prober for me, will you?
00:10:38Could I use one of those fish poles?
00:10:40Albert.
00:10:41Yes, sir.
00:10:43No, no.
00:10:44Not a metal one.
00:10:45The bamboo.
00:10:53There's a bomb in there.
00:10:54I can hear a tick.
00:10:56This isn't a bomb.
00:10:57It's a Geiger counter.
00:10:59Why does it tick?
00:11:00The clicking noise shows the presence of radiation.
00:11:02Radiation.
00:11:05Radiation.
00:11:17Slow frequency indicates it's not dangerous yet.
00:11:19Mm-hmm.
00:11:20We'd better put the badges on, though.
00:11:21All right.
00:11:22What's this all about?
00:11:23Where does the magnetism come from?
00:11:25Radiation definitely emanating from the second floor, wouldn't you say, Dan?
00:11:29Yes, imagine just overhead.
00:11:32What are those things for?
00:11:34Photographic plates.
00:11:36Any radiation will expose them.
00:11:38We want to know how much radiation we absorb.
00:11:41This store was founded in 1905.
00:11:44Now we handle the most modern equipment.
00:11:46But nothing like this has ever happened here before.
00:11:48Nellie, connect me with Dr. Allard, please.
00:11:54Yes?
00:11:55Dr. Stewart on four.
00:11:58Yes, Jeff.
00:12:01Well, I don't see how that's possible.
00:12:04It must be paramagnetism.
00:12:07Have you found the source?
00:12:09No, sir, not yet.
00:12:10Not definitely.
00:12:12Well, get into your protective clothing at once.
00:12:14Yes, sir.
00:12:15We have protective clothing in the car.
00:12:16I'll get police help to you as soon as I can.
00:12:19Now, here's what I want you to do.
00:12:22Yes.
00:12:23Yes, sir, I understand.
00:12:25Right, Chief.
00:12:27What do you say?
00:12:28To wait for the police to surround the block.
00:12:30The police?
00:12:32We'll use every means at our disposal to recover the radioactive matter.
00:12:35The police will be instructed to shoot to kill.
00:12:37Come on, let's go.
00:12:39Come on, let's go.
00:12:40Come on, let's go.
00:13:043-2-0 melting, we're up grim.
00:13:06We're getting hot, all right.
00:13:07Beta rays increasing.
00:13:19Jeff, do you remember Newbold's theory of unipole magnetism?
00:13:24Sure.
00:13:25Heavy element out of equilibrium.
00:13:28Only one pole, north or south.
00:13:31Defies gravitation.
00:13:33Why?
00:13:34Do you suppose that this could be it?
00:13:40Stick close to it.
00:13:45Sounds like a machine gun.
00:13:59This place is really loaded.
00:14:00Must be right here.
00:14:25Come here.
00:14:30Overdose of radiation.
00:14:33I've been dead for hours.
00:14:34Under who he is.
00:14:35We'll find that out later.
00:14:37Overdose of radiation
00:14:47Must have been dead for hours
00:14:49Wonder who he is
00:14:51We'll find that out later
00:14:53If the impulses don't seem to be dying down
00:14:56Emanation's constant
00:14:58420MR
00:15:00There must be another strong source of radioactivity
00:15:04Around here somewhere
00:15:05Here it is
00:15:35Empty
00:15:35It isn't there anymore
00:15:38It must have contained a very heavy element
00:15:45Heavier than uranium
00:15:47It must have been pretty close to an explosive stage too
00:15:51Strong enough to kill
00:15:53Or wipe out a few city blocks
00:15:57Chip
00:15:58Being magnetic
00:16:00It must be showing up on TV screens
00:16:02Interfering with radar
00:16:04Right
00:16:05Whatever it is
00:16:07You can't hide from us
00:16:09Come on, let's get going
00:16:111040 AM
00:16:17Forbes and I went back
00:16:19Checked the hardware store with special equipment
00:16:21Then returned to OSI
00:16:23We didn't know where the element was
00:16:26But we knew it would strike again
00:16:27We tried to get ready for it
00:16:29Though our clues were pathetically few
00:16:31The speed of an alpha particle
00:16:33Is between 9 and 20,000 miles a second
00:16:37Applying standard procedure
00:16:38We measured the speed and distance
00:16:40Of the radioactive particles
00:16:42Emitted by the empty container
00:16:43We found in the attic
00:16:44Next we analyzed dust particles
00:16:47And fingernail scrapings
00:16:48Taken from the dead man
00:16:50Without a sample of the element itself
00:16:56We could only hope for the best
00:16:58From the film plate of the spectrum of an element
00:17:03It is possible with amazing accuracy
00:17:05To obtain the isotopes
00:17:07Unit charge and atomic weight of a substance
00:17:10The spectrograph of our dust particles
00:17:13Was carefully examined
00:17:14But the test yielded results
00:17:16We'd never seen before
00:17:17In desperation
00:17:19We decided to submit our findings
00:17:21To the electronic brain
00:17:22Our calculations were forwarded
00:17:25By long distance telephone
00:17:26Received by the input unit
00:17:28And automatically recorded
00:17:30For assimilation by the brain
00:17:32While our findings were being coded
00:17:34And the computations punched on cards
00:17:36The extensive library
00:17:38Of every basic element
00:17:39And radioactive substance
00:17:41Known to man
00:17:42Was systematically examined
00:17:43If a similar element existed
00:17:45It would be found
00:17:46Among the thousands of facts
00:17:48Available to the machines
00:17:49That comprise the system
00:17:50Known as the maniac
00:17:52Finally
00:17:53The tabulations were double checked
00:17:56Against our mathematical description
00:17:57Of the element
00:17:58That had already taken the life
00:18:00Of one man
00:18:01Unless we were able to stop it
00:18:03Its radioactivity would remain
00:18:05A constant threat
00:18:06Our problem was fed to the brain
00:18:08An automatically sequenced computer
00:18:10Employing a high speed
00:18:12Cathode ray memory unit
00:18:14The maniac sings with weird voices
00:18:16When it is working
00:18:17But even under skilled guidance
00:18:22It faltered and was silent
00:18:24Frustrated by an unknown element
00:18:27That could kill
00:18:281.15 p.m.
00:18:30Every means of communication
00:18:32Was used to inform the city
00:18:33That a dangerously radioactive element
00:18:35Was at large
00:18:36The public and all federal
00:18:38And civilian agencies
00:18:39Were instructed to report immediately
00:18:41Any disturbances in home appliances
00:18:44Radio
00:18:45Television
00:18:46Radar screens
00:18:49And scopes
00:18:50High frequency equipment
00:18:51Telephone service
00:18:54Western Union facilities
00:18:55And all types of electrical equipment
00:18:58Every 15 minutes
00:19:01Dr. Allard and myself
00:19:02Took turns broadcasting
00:19:04On the radio
00:19:04Ladies and gentlemen
00:19:06We are conducting
00:19:08A scientific test
00:19:09Please let us know
00:19:10At once
00:19:11If any of your watches
00:19:13Or clocks have become magnetic
00:19:14Should you discover
00:19:16Any magnetism
00:19:17Coming from metallic objects
00:19:18Like your car
00:19:20Your toolbox
00:19:21Or your electrical equipments
00:19:23Call Ogden 2222
00:19:26Ogden 2222
00:19:29Yes, thank you
00:19:48Yes, I heard you
00:19:49I wrote it down
00:19:51You will hear from us
00:19:52He says the battery
00:19:54Of his hearing ain't burnt out
00:19:55And he wants us
00:19:56To look into the matter
00:19:57Oh, fine
00:19:58What are these
00:19:59More addresses?
00:20:00About two dozen
00:20:00I've already checked
00:20:02Three dozen
00:20:03Oh, I'm worn in
00:20:04Done out beaten
00:20:05Dr. Forbes
00:20:07Dr. Allard told me
00:20:08To give this to you
00:20:09Have the police
00:20:11Get in touch
00:20:11With those people
00:20:12Let them check the addresses
00:20:13And, um
00:20:15Sweetheart
00:20:15Keep the intercom
00:20:16Switched on
00:20:17Your television set
00:20:20Doesn't work
00:20:21Where do you live
00:20:22What do they think we are
00:20:23Repairmen
00:20:24For broken down equipment
00:20:25Office of scientific investigation
00:20:28White spots
00:20:29On your TV screen
00:20:30White spots
00:20:31That's cars going by
00:20:33Anything significant?
00:20:34No
00:20:34Blind alleys
00:20:36Teletype from Washington
00:20:41No radioactive matter
00:20:44Reported missing
00:20:45From any
00:20:45From any plant
00:20:46Well, that settles that
00:20:49Office of scientific investigation
00:20:52I drive a cab
00:20:53And I heard your broadcast
00:20:54Yes
00:20:55Please go on
00:20:56Look
00:20:57I just dropped a fare
00:20:58At the airport
00:20:58But my cab act's
00:20:59Kind of funny
00:21:00She stopped on me
00:21:01Won't start
00:21:02Listen to this
00:21:03I just got a brand new battery
00:21:05I know about cars
00:21:06Checked her
00:21:07But she's better than a macro
00:21:08But we can't fix your cab
00:21:11Please call your garage
00:21:12They wouldn't know what to do
00:21:14The motor's froze
00:21:15My screwdriver sticks to the block
00:21:17This motor's become magnetic
00:21:19Yeah, this may be it
00:21:20Nellie, switch is calling here
00:21:21Hello, this is Dr. Stewart speaking
00:21:24Where are you located?
00:21:26At the airport, Southgate
00:21:27Your license number?
00:21:307Z1456
00:21:317Z1456
00:21:33Stay right where you are
00:21:34I'm coming out
00:21:35Stay where I am?
00:21:36Are you kidding?
00:21:37I can't move
00:21:38Take a look at this, Jeff
00:21:43Yes, sir
00:21:44Air terminal reports
00:21:45Extreme interference
00:21:47Radar and radio communication
00:21:48Well, that's it, all right
00:21:51I better get out there
00:21:52Right
00:21:52I'll, uh
00:21:53I'll call the airfield
00:21:54And tell the officer
00:21:55You'll be there in 20 minutes
00:21:56Report back
00:21:57If you need any assistance
00:21:58Right, Chief
00:21:58Dan, bring a guy to your counter
00:22:00I'm with you
00:22:00This is Stuart called
00:22:01Don't forget to have a date with her tonight
00:22:03Call her and tell her
00:22:06Not to leave the house
00:22:07Tell her to stay at home
00:22:08I'm sorry, Nellie
00:22:11Please give her that message
00:22:12Enter in the belt
00:22:15You need some GPS
00:22:16In λ€μμ finally
00:22:17Loss
00:22:21Rally
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00:22:41where'd you pick him up at 7th and hill what time was it when he left your cab i don't know for
00:22:48sure my watch stopped you didn't say which plane he wanted to catch no but i got out here about
00:22:53five o'clock we've got about 14 planes leaving during that hour that's a lot of planes to stop
00:22:57what'd he look like well usually i don't take a good look at my fares in the daytime
00:23:01of course at night it's different but he was no kid how old oh about 60 he carried a large brown
00:23:09suitcase you know the kind of a case that opens on top more like a briefcase it was pretty heavy
00:23:14did you lift it no he wouldn't let me near it but i could tell it was heavy by the way he carried it
00:23:20he seemed nervous he fumbled when he tried to pay me the money he put the case between his feet
00:23:25he seemed to be afraid somebody steal it that's about all i can remember yeah yeah all right
00:23:31thanks very much uh what the old guy do rob a bank no thanks for your help you never can tell what
00:23:36you're getting a cat nowadays yes they felt get in my hack with a kangaroo yeah you know i quit
00:23:42driving a gasoline truck thought it was too dangerous
00:23:44make sure
00:23:47mrs. robinson van
00:24:04the Mexico and the American
00:24:15what do you want me to do
00:24:16can you instruct all planes to land at the nearest airport
00:24:19I haven't got the authority
00:24:21they get permission
00:24:22all the planes would have reached their destination before I got through all
00:24:25except one
00:24:26well after all there's a chance he didn't take a plane now look look
00:24:29very soon the airplane that he's in is going to crash
00:24:32how soon it all depends on how far the briefcase is from the motors
00:24:36what do you mean
00:24:37if he's sitting in one of the forward seats
00:24:39the magnetism is going to take hold at any time
00:24:42and the motors are going to conk out
00:24:43if he's sitting back toward the tail there may be some delay
00:24:45now will you please put that order through
00:24:47my responsibility
00:24:48all right I'll order all planes to land at the next emergency field
00:24:52give me the control tower please
00:24:54Jeff
00:24:54Dan
00:24:55I think I know which plane our men is on
00:24:57yeah which one
00:24:58we'll find out in a minute come on quick
00:24:59coming Mr. Smith
00:25:00cancel the call please
00:25:03excuse me please
00:25:07Jeff check the counter
00:25:08wow
00:25:11definitely radio active
00:25:13our man took out an insurance policy
00:25:15I don't wonder but how do you know
00:25:16out of a blankie sign it'll be plenty hot
00:25:19this little machine is tracking him down like a bloodhound
00:25:23getting warmer
00:25:25there it is
00:25:29Howard Denker
00:25:32flight 17
00:25:3317 took off at 505
00:25:35yeah get 17 back to the field
00:25:36Howard Denker I know him
00:25:37he's a research physicist at Southwestern
00:25:39yeah I've heard of him
00:25:40come on
00:25:40thank you
00:25:41I love to fly
00:25:50it's the only sure cure for my hay fever
00:25:54I often take a trip just to stop it
00:25:56I never feel as well as in a plane
00:26:00I wrote to the company and suggested they have special flights called hay fever rides
00:26:05they'd make lots of money
00:26:07say are you sick
00:26:10it's the
00:26:12the altitude
00:26:14anything wrong sir
00:26:17no
00:26:18no
00:26:19let me take your briefcase
00:26:21no
00:26:21don't touch it
00:26:26wouldn't you like to sit further back
00:26:28you could rest better
00:26:29leave me
00:26:30leave me alone
00:26:32will you
00:26:33airport's calling
00:26:52flight 17
00:26:55this is flight 17
00:26:57over
00:26:58return to the airfield at once
00:27:00your engines might quit at any moment
00:27:02what does he mean
00:27:04engines might quit
00:27:05starboard engine
00:27:19tell him we're coming back
00:27:21captain
00:27:23we've got a sick man on board
00:27:25his guns are bleeding
00:27:26receive message
00:27:28returning
00:27:29starboard engine cutting out
00:27:31have sick man aboard
00:27:32over
00:27:32he's suffering from radiation sickness
00:27:35isolate him from the other passengers
00:27:37his briefcase contains dangerous radioactive material
00:27:41push it as far back toward the tail of the airplane as you possibly can
00:27:45don't touch it with your hands
00:27:46repeat
00:27:47do not touch it with your hands
00:27:50ambulance and decontamination squad will stand by at the airfield
00:27:54hope your engines will make it
00:27:56good luck
00:27:57over and out
00:27:58take over
00:27:59good thing we're not over the rockies
00:28:04i'll take care of that briefcase
00:28:05this man here
00:28:11all right get away from them till i can move that briefcase
00:28:13excuse me
00:28:15i've got to borrow your cane
00:28:17just keep your seats full don't be alarmed
00:28:26everything will be all right
00:28:28fasten your seatbelts please
00:28:38we're gonna make a landing
00:28:39everything will be all right
00:28:41all right
00:28:43so
00:28:59All right. Keep your seats, folks. Keep your seats. You'll be told when you can leave the plane. It'll be just a few minutes.
00:29:18Where is it, Captain?
00:29:19Right back there, sir.
00:29:20Come on.
00:29:29Now, where's the sick man? Up in front on the right.
00:29:34Doctor?
00:29:37Folks, you may leave now, but please file out slowly and let the passengers at the rear of the plane come out first.
00:29:43Uh, here first, ma'am.
00:29:45What's that for?
00:29:48You better let the stewardess take you to the hospital, ma'am, for a checkup.
00:29:50Hospital? I'm not sick.
00:29:51Just wait, please.
00:29:53Dr. Denker?
00:29:55I'm Dr. Stewart of the Office of Scientific Investigations.
00:29:59It's, it's in my briefcase.
00:30:05Just come to me, please.
00:30:07I'm afraid I'll take this cane away from you, sir.
00:30:10Could you help him out, please?
00:30:11Yes, sir.
00:30:13What is it, Dr. Denker?
00:30:15Serenium.
00:30:16A comparatively harmless matter when I received it.
00:30:20What'd you do to it?
00:30:22I kept bombarding you with alpha particles for 200 hours.
00:30:27It changed its properties.
00:30:30It became unipolar.
00:30:33Magnetic.
00:30:34Why didn't you report it?
00:30:37I didn't want to have any interference with my experiment.
00:30:42I was afraid that others might share my discovery.
00:30:45Why'd you take that laboratory on Lincoln Street?
00:30:50I wanted to work unobserved with my assistant.
00:30:54But that serenium turned out to be unstable.
00:31:00When my assistant was killed, I tried to take it back to the laboratory at the university.
00:31:12I'm still in full possession of my mental faculties.
00:31:17I still know what I'm saying.
00:31:18Remember this, steward.
00:31:22Keep it under constant electric charge.
00:31:27Electric charge.
00:31:29Why?
00:31:29It's hungry.
00:31:31It has to be fed constantly.
00:31:34Or it will reach out its magnetic arm
00:31:37and grab at anything within its reach
00:31:41and kill it.
00:31:42It's monstrous, steward.
00:31:46Monstrous.
00:31:48It grows bigger and bigger.
00:31:52How can it be stopped?
00:31:54I don't know.
00:31:57Other scientists
00:31:58will have to find the solution.
00:32:02My contribution
00:32:05is finished.
00:32:10I know this.
00:32:14In nuclear research,
00:32:17there's no place
00:32:19for lone wolves.
00:32:22Specially trained technicians
00:32:31from the state university
00:32:32prepared to receive the element
00:32:34being transported across the field
00:32:36under police guard.
00:32:38Every precaution was taken
00:32:39by the men who would accompany the element
00:32:40on its long journey.
00:32:42But even then,
00:32:43we failed to realize the power
00:32:45of Denker's creation.
00:32:46The element was reaching out
00:32:48with invisible fingers,
00:32:50gripping metallic objects
00:32:51with terrifying strength.
00:32:53We had no time to consider
00:32:54the reason for Denker's experiment
00:32:56or what he had hoped to accomplish.
00:32:58Our main concern
00:32:59was to remove the element
00:33:00from the airfield
00:33:01as soon as we could.
00:33:03Working as quickly as possible,
00:33:05the technicians
00:33:06opened Denker's briefcase.
00:33:08Using non-magnetic tools,
00:33:10they carefully removed
00:33:11the cylinder containing
00:33:12the new element
00:33:13and transferred it
00:33:14to a case made of special alloys
00:33:16designed to prevent
00:33:17the spread of radioactive particles.
00:33:21The guards had not been required
00:33:23to wear protective clothing
00:33:24due to their brief exposure
00:33:25to the element,
00:33:27yet they shared our relief
00:33:28in the fact that the element
00:33:29was in a double container.
00:33:31For added protection,
00:33:32a special lead-lined truck
00:33:34had been provided
00:33:35to contain any stray radiation
00:33:37while the element
00:33:38was en route to its destination,
00:33:40the cyclotron,
00:33:41at the state university.
00:33:43Denker was right.
00:33:45In nuclear research,
00:33:47there is no place
00:33:48for lone wolves.
00:33:50July 19th,
00:33:52Forbes and I
00:33:52had installed the element
00:33:54in its new home
00:33:54in the cyclotron
00:33:55at the state university.
00:33:57It was early morning
00:33:57by the time we'd been checked
00:33:59through radiation quarantine
00:34:00and had made our report
00:34:01to Dr. Allard.
00:34:02As I approached home
00:34:04and Connie,
00:34:06Denker's dying words
00:34:07kept ringing in my ears.
00:34:09It will reach out
00:34:10with its magnetic arms
00:34:11and grab anything
00:34:13within its reach
00:34:14and kill it.
00:34:41Jeff?
00:34:48Is that you, Jeff?
00:34:51Were you expecting
00:34:52somebody else?
00:34:54You've been away for days.
00:34:57Don't I rate a kiss?
00:34:59What kind of husband are you?
00:35:00The kind, kind.
00:35:02I wouldn't kiss any girl
00:35:03with these whiskers on my face.
00:35:05Not even more than life.
00:35:07Why didn't you call me?
00:35:09You know what time it is?
00:35:10No.
00:35:106.30 a.m.
00:35:15Oh, darling.
00:35:18This is the most beautiful
00:35:19bedroom in the world.
00:35:23Hey, what'd the doctor say?
00:35:24When are you gonna
00:35:25start getting fat?
00:35:26He said not for a while.
00:35:27Yeah, how long a while?
00:35:28He said some women
00:35:29never get fat
00:35:29until the last two days.
00:35:31I may be the type.
00:35:32He doesn't know
00:35:33anything about babies.
00:35:37Today,
00:35:38we're gonna look
00:35:40for a house.
00:35:42What?
00:35:43I'm gonna take
00:35:44the day off.
00:35:46Jeff, we can't
00:35:47afford a house.
00:35:48Our boy is gonna
00:35:49have a real patch
00:35:50of grass and sunshine
00:35:51and a real tree
00:35:52to climb in.
00:35:53I was brought up
00:35:54in an apartment
00:35:54and I was a very
00:35:56healthy child.
00:35:56Skinny.
00:35:57Fourth month
00:35:58and still skinny.
00:35:59I am not skinny.
00:36:01I ought to know.
00:36:03He's gonna have
00:36:04a patch of real
00:36:05green grass.
00:36:08You must be
00:36:08dead tired,
00:36:09you poor darling.
00:36:11From now on,
00:36:12I'm the boss.
00:36:13We're gonna buy
00:36:13a house
00:36:14and you're gonna
00:36:15be fed under
00:36:16my personal supervision.
00:36:18Medical science
00:36:19says,
00:36:20in the fourth month...
00:36:20And I say,
00:36:22hot cakes,
00:36:23syrup,
00:36:24sausage,
00:36:25white bread.
00:36:26If you say so.
00:36:27I say so.
00:36:35Police cars
00:36:36with loudspeakers,
00:36:37television announcements.
00:36:38I tell you,
00:36:39for 24 hours,
00:36:40I was the most
00:36:40important guy
00:36:41in this town.
00:36:41Of course,
00:36:42you're a very
00:36:42important person.
00:36:43You've saved
00:36:44many, many lives
00:36:45and I'm sure
00:36:45they'll give you
00:36:46a medal,
00:36:46but never a raise.
00:36:47We can buy
00:36:48that house
00:36:48without a raise.
00:36:50That element
00:36:51you and Dan
00:36:51recovered,
00:36:52where'd you take it?
00:36:53To the State
00:36:54University
00:36:54for observation.
00:36:56I'm through
00:36:56with it,
00:36:57thank heaven.
00:36:58Now,
00:36:59let me see.
00:37:00We've got
00:37:013,000...
00:37:023,000 in the bank...
00:37:052,883.
00:37:07All right,
00:37:07all right,
00:37:08all right.
00:37:08A thousand dollars
00:37:09for a down payment
00:37:10on a GI house...
00:37:11Money for the hospital.
00:37:13Yeah,
00:37:13I figure on 300.
00:37:15Figure on 500.
00:37:16And we need
00:37:17a nurse
00:37:17for a few days
00:37:18who can cook.
00:37:19I can cook.
00:37:22Oh.
00:37:24A thousand dollars
00:37:24for a down payment
00:37:25on the furniture.
00:37:27Well, darling,
00:37:28we're not figuring
00:37:28on having twins.
00:37:29Well,
00:37:30what about carpets,
00:37:31drapes?
00:37:32We don't want
00:37:33the neighbors
00:37:33looking into
00:37:33our living room.
00:37:34What we need
00:37:35is a patch of grass,
00:37:36a backyard,
00:37:37with a few miles
00:37:38of sunshine above it.
00:37:39The rest will take
00:37:40care of itself slowly.
00:37:42Very slowly.
00:37:45Say,
00:37:46what happens
00:37:46if you're transferred
00:37:47to another place?
00:37:48You're a government
00:37:48employee and portable.
00:37:51Darling,
00:37:51stop worrying.
00:37:53Now, look.
00:37:54You've eaten
00:37:55all your pancakes.
00:37:56We'll have a fat,
00:37:57sassy baby.
00:37:58You just let me
00:37:59handle things
00:37:59and everything
00:38:00will work out.
00:38:01I marry the genius.
00:38:03And a great lover.
00:38:04Ha.
00:38:07Don't answer it.
00:38:08Please, Jeff.
00:38:09Remember,
00:38:10you're taking the day
00:38:10off to look for a house
00:38:11with a back yard,
00:38:12a patch of grass
00:38:12and a mortgage.
00:38:21Hello?
00:38:23Oh, yes,
00:38:24Dr. Allick.
00:38:26What?
00:38:32Yes, sir.
00:38:33I'll be right over.
00:38:39There was an explosion
00:38:40at the university.
00:38:42How bad?
00:38:45Very.
00:38:48Dr. Chase was killed
00:38:50and Freddie Lipton.
00:38:52You know Freddie.
00:38:53Oh, that's terrible.
00:38:54It was that same thing
00:38:55that killed Dr. Denker.
00:38:57Jeff.
00:38:57I know.
00:38:58I'll be careful.
00:39:00I've got to come back
00:39:01to both of you.
00:39:108.16 a.m.
00:39:13The score,
00:39:14four murders
00:39:15in two days.
00:39:17Cause of death,
00:39:19the element was hungry.
00:39:22When I arrived
00:39:22at the office
00:39:23of scientific investigation,
00:39:25the entrance was blocked.
00:39:26The auto gate shut.
00:39:28There'd never been a reason
00:39:29to evacuate
00:39:29the entire area before.
00:39:32Apparently,
00:39:32the guard at the gate
00:39:33knew less about it
00:39:34than I did.
00:39:39Inside,
00:39:40the corridor was empty.
00:39:42The desks deserted.
00:39:44It gave an eerie,
00:39:45somber feeling
00:39:46to OSI.
00:39:47Oh, yes,
00:39:47I.
00:39:47Oh, yes,
00:39:47I.
00:39:56We received the element
00:40:07from your office
00:40:08and treated it
00:40:09as highly explosive matter.
00:40:11Unfortunately,
00:40:11the instructions we received
00:40:12did not prevent
00:40:13the disaster.
00:40:13Gentlemen,
00:40:14meet Dr. Stewart,
00:40:15Captain Dreyer
00:40:16of the Department
00:40:16of Civilian Defense,
00:40:18Dr. Cerny
00:40:19of State University.
00:40:20Oh, yes,
00:40:20how do you do?
00:40:21Dr. Stewart,
00:40:22can you give us
00:40:23an explanation?
00:40:24First,
00:40:24I need an explanation,
00:40:25Colonel.
00:40:26Why the roadblock?
00:40:27Why the explosion?
00:40:29It wasn't an explosion.
00:40:30The building collapsed
00:40:31on the campus.
00:40:32A cyclotron
00:40:32that government funds
00:40:33helped pay for
00:40:34at a taxpayer's money
00:40:35was smashed to smithereens.
00:40:36What do you call that
00:40:37if not an explosion?
00:40:38Nonsense, gentlemen.
00:40:40It was an inverted explosion.
00:40:41An implosion.
00:40:43The walls were pulled inward
00:40:44by some unbelievable force.
00:40:46Girdes were bent.
00:40:48Rivets were pulled out.
00:40:50All metal parts
00:40:51within a radius
00:40:52of 100 yards
00:40:53became magnetic.
00:40:54Look, Colonel.
00:40:56This is a bolt
00:40:57from one of the girders.
00:40:58Now watch.
00:41:02What?
00:41:03I've never seen
00:41:04anything like that
00:41:05in my life.
00:41:07What is that?
00:41:08A piece of steel
00:41:09has been magnetized
00:41:10by some radioactive element.
00:41:11So far, undefined.
00:41:13We placed it
00:41:14in our vacuum chamber.
00:41:15Forbes is watching it.
00:41:16Well, it's quiet now,
00:41:17but heaven only knows
00:41:17when it'll react again.
00:41:19But you have no right
00:41:20to keep a highly dangerous
00:41:21substance
00:41:21in the center of the city.
00:41:22My instructions
00:41:23are to find out
00:41:23what it is.
00:41:24What happens
00:41:25if it explodes again
00:41:26while you do your research?
00:41:27Then, Captain,
00:41:28it becomes the responsibility
00:41:29of our successors.
00:41:31Dr. Cerny,
00:41:32did you...
00:41:34Did you notice
00:41:35any difference
00:41:35in the element
00:41:36after the implosion?
00:41:38Yes.
00:41:39It's hard to say
00:41:41because it's so hard
00:41:42to believe.
00:41:43It defies
00:41:43every law of physics.
00:41:44it doubled its size,
00:41:47then lost its magnetism
00:41:49and its radioactivity.
00:41:51Denker was right.
00:41:52It's unipolar magnetic,
00:41:54constantly growing,
00:41:55doubling its mass,
00:41:56growing larger and larger.
00:41:58But this is ridiculous.
00:41:59Metal objects can't grow.
00:42:02Yes?
00:42:03This is Forbes.
00:42:04I'm ready with the samples.
00:42:05We'll deal the right away.
00:42:06We'll examine the element
00:42:08under the electronic microscope.
00:42:10Will you gentlemen
00:42:10please follow me?
00:42:14Turn out the light,
00:42:14Captain, please.
00:42:18Maximum vacuum,
00:42:18Dr. Stewart.
00:42:36It's extraordinary.
00:42:59Look, they're multiplying.
00:43:08They're forming rings
00:43:09of their own.
00:43:11Adding new structure
00:43:12to the old.
00:43:14Doubling their size,
00:43:15growing larger and larger.
00:43:19You know what's happening?
00:43:22Mass is forming
00:43:23in supposedly empty space.
00:43:26I...
00:43:27I don't follow.
00:43:29Energy's being drawn
00:43:31into space,
00:43:33transforming itself
00:43:34into mass.
00:43:36What does it mean?
00:43:45They're like planets.
00:43:47This process might have been
00:43:49the origin of the solar system.
00:43:51Yes, gentlemen.
00:43:54We're witnessing
00:43:55the secret of creation.
00:43:59Diameter of the molecule
00:44:0145 thousandths of one millimeter.
00:44:07Cycle of multiplication
00:44:094 seconds
00:44:12and 4 tenths.
00:44:15This growing process follows a straight mathematical progression.
00:44:35It's amazing.
00:44:36It's amazing.
00:44:38Amazing to me,
00:44:39we didn't explode.
00:44:41What's next?
00:44:44We'll run the tests
00:44:45and communicate the data
00:44:46to Maniac.
00:44:47Who's the Maniac?
00:44:49M-A-N-I-A-C.
00:44:51Mathematical Analyzer,
00:44:52Numerical Integrator,
00:44:53computer and computer.
00:44:54You mean the giant brain machine?
00:44:56Maniac, in short.
00:44:59855.
00:45:01With a sample of the element
00:45:02to work with at last,
00:45:04we began a series
00:45:04of exhaustive tests.
00:45:07Our first move
00:45:07was to check
00:45:08its chemical composition,
00:45:10critical mass,
00:45:11density,
00:45:11and point of saturation.
00:45:14Measuring the emission
00:45:15of its alpha
00:45:15and beta particles
00:45:16was almost beyond the scope
00:45:18of the Geiger counter-scaling unit.
00:45:20But testing it
00:45:20under extremely high frequencies,
00:45:23we were able to ascertain
00:45:24the exact strength
00:45:25of its magnetic field.
00:45:27The response of the element
00:45:28bore out Denker's statement.
00:45:31It was of a highly unstable nature.
00:45:34Its wavelength yielded frequencies
00:45:36well above
00:45:372 million megacycles per second.
00:45:40Intense heat
00:45:41enabled us to photograph its spectrum.
00:45:44And three hours later,
00:45:45we had compiled
00:45:45all the information possible.
00:45:48Our next step
00:45:49was to consult the maniac.
00:45:50At last,
00:45:51we were coming close
00:45:52to a true picture
00:45:53of the monster Denker
00:45:54had blundered into existence.
00:45:57The problems
00:45:58are broken down in code.
00:46:00You must feed them
00:46:00to the computer
00:46:01as soon as possible
00:46:02and teletype us the results.
00:46:04There can't be any delay.
00:46:06The total problem.
00:46:08Data as follows.
00:46:10Energy, 0011.
00:46:14Time of cycle,
00:46:151001.
00:46:18Atomic weight,
00:46:2010011.
00:46:23Radiation,
00:46:2410100.
00:46:261155.
00:46:27Last-minute preparations
00:46:29were made.
00:46:30Our coded results
00:46:31were checked
00:46:31and rechecked.
00:46:34Finally,
00:46:35everything was ready.
00:46:36The computer was awakened
00:46:39from its slumber
00:46:40and the data fed
00:46:42into the brain
00:46:42of the maniac.
00:46:44It was a matter of time
00:46:45until we would know
00:46:47whether we had succeeded
00:46:48or failed.
00:46:52This is worse
00:46:53than waiting for a baby.
00:46:58It's almost six.
00:46:59I've got to leave Dan
00:47:00in the vacuum chamber.
00:47:01I'll call you
00:47:02as soon as I get
00:47:03the information
00:47:03from the maniac.
00:47:04Okay, Chief.
00:47:07Hi.
00:47:08Hi.
00:47:09Brought you some java.
00:47:10Yo.
00:47:11Nothing yet?
00:47:13No.
00:47:14Any word from the maniac?
00:47:16Not yet.
00:47:17Jeff, what do you think?
00:47:27I don't guess that.
00:47:30Afraid?
00:47:31Sure.
00:47:33Aren't you?
00:47:38What's that?
00:47:42Dan, look!
00:47:45Magnetic field's increasing.
00:47:47It's actually growing.
00:48:04Jeff, that's a live thing.
00:48:07If it's growing,
00:48:08it's feeding on something.
00:48:10If it's not being fed,
00:48:12it implodes
00:48:13and draws energy
00:48:14from surrounding matter.
00:48:16And it turns that into mass.
00:48:19Nuclei and electrons
00:48:20form matter.
00:48:22Let's feed that thing electrons.
00:48:23It's our only chance, Dan.
00:48:25Let's try it.
00:48:27Increase the voltage.
00:48:29Go on, get it more.
00:48:32Get maximum output.
00:48:33That's it.
00:48:45That's it.
00:48:45It's quiet.
00:48:54It's quiet again.
00:48:58It's quiet again.
00:49:17Yeah, for the time being.
00:49:21Cerny was right.
00:49:22About what?
00:49:27It's doubled its size.
00:49:28And it's appetite.
00:49:36Yes?
00:49:38Right, Chief.
00:49:39Alan's got the maniac on the wire.
00:49:41Give me my coat.
00:49:42Yeah.
00:49:43Here it is, gentlemen.
00:49:46Energy gained per cycle, 500 million erds.
00:49:49Unstable.
00:49:51Unipolar.
00:49:53Cycles of implosion, 11 hours.
00:49:56It'll double its size every 11 hours.
00:49:59The last implosion was at 7 o'clock this morning.
00:50:01The next one was due at 6 o'clock.
00:50:046.30 now.
00:50:05There you are.
00:50:06The whole thing is a miscalculation.
00:50:08No, Captain.
00:50:09There was an implosion at 6, but we stopped it.
00:50:12And there'll be another one at 5 in the morning.
00:50:15Only double its size.
00:50:16Gentlemen, we have 10 hours and 30 minutes.
00:50:21While Forbes kept watch on the element,
00:50:26I attended an all-night session at City Hall.
00:50:29Scheduled implosion at 5 the next morning
00:50:31would be met with all the available power in the city.
00:50:34Radio and TV stations remained on the air
00:50:36to inform the public that a special test
00:50:39was to be made the following morning.
00:50:40Ladies and gentlemen,
00:50:43in 10 minutes we are suspending our telecast
00:50:45for a period of 30 minutes.
00:50:47The Department of Power and Light informed us
00:50:49that the city will go dark for a half hour.
00:50:52We tried to contact the mayor's office,
00:50:54but we were refused explanation.
00:50:57Gentlemen,
00:50:58as mayor of this city,
00:51:00is she what I'm up against?
00:51:01Mr. Mayor, the city must go dark
00:51:03to supply the power we need.
00:51:04And after 11 hours, what then?
00:51:07Then we'll need the entire power of Boulder Dam to feed it.
00:51:09We must make preparation to evacuate the city.
00:51:12How can we evacuate 4 million people in a few hours?
00:51:16What's the limit of its growth?
00:51:18There is no limit, General.
00:51:19It'll grow larger and larger,
00:51:21doubling its size with each cycle.
00:51:23But what would happen?
00:51:25Look,
00:51:26as long as the Earth remains in equilibrium,
00:51:29nothing will change.
00:51:30But very soon,
00:51:32this element is going to make the Earth eccentric.
00:51:34It's going to fly out of its orbit
00:51:36into space.
00:51:39You can't be serious.
00:51:44Mr. Mayor, we're stating facts.
00:51:49How large is our supply of electricity?
00:51:52600,000 kilowatts for the whole city.
00:51:55Well, let's shoot it into space.
00:51:57As far as I know, sir,
00:51:58we don't possess a rocket that powerful.
00:51:59What about dumping it into the ocean?
00:52:01In a matter of weeks,
00:52:02the ocean would turn into steam.
00:52:03Isn't there some way to stop its growth?
00:52:06Yes, Mr. Mayor, theoretically.
00:52:08If we could use its own power,
00:52:10bombard it with that power,
00:52:12overfeed it until it burst
00:52:13and fissioned into two stable elements.
00:52:15You mean elements that are not cancerous?
00:52:18How many volts would it take to split it?
00:52:20According to the maniac,
00:52:21900,000,000 volts.
00:52:26There isn't a generator that powerful.
00:52:28That's right.
00:52:29Wait!
00:52:30The Canadian government operates
00:52:32a top-secret plant in Nova Scotia.
00:52:35They own the most powerful
00:52:36Deltatron in existence.
00:52:37When they realize the common danger,
00:52:39they'll let us use it.
00:52:41Nova Scotia is 4,000 miles away.
00:52:44The period between cycles is 11 hours.
00:52:47How are we going to transport it there in that time?
00:52:50Our jets travel at 600 miles an hour.
00:52:52And what's more,
00:52:53the new alloys used in our jets
00:52:54are non-magnetic
00:52:55and will not be affected by the cargo.
00:52:57You, Dr. Stewart,
00:52:58and Forbes can follow on another plane
00:53:00just in case.
00:53:02Operator,
00:53:03this is General Meehan.
00:53:04Give me Washington.
00:53:05Connect me with the Secretary of Defense.
00:53:08I like this world.
00:53:09Let's keep it in one piece.
00:53:12Or at least let's try.
00:53:28July 21, 7.45 a.m.
00:53:37We had sapped the strength of the city
00:53:53to keep a monster alive.
00:53:55The element had been fed
00:53:57and for the time being was at rest.
00:54:00The air command supplied us with jet aircraft.
00:54:03One for Forbes and myself
00:54:04and one for the element.
00:54:08It had quadrupled its size
00:54:10and due to its increasing density,
00:54:12we were no longer able to extract a sample
00:54:14even for test purposes.
00:54:15A new cylinder had been fashioned
00:54:18from a combination of special alloys.
00:54:20We were able to contain the strength
00:54:22of the element's magnetic field
00:54:23and lessen the degree of its radiation,
00:54:26but like a chain beast,
00:54:27it had the power to break loose
00:54:28in an unpredictable frenzy.
00:54:31The element was loaded into the plane
00:54:33for the trip that we hoped would carry it
00:54:35to final and total destruction.
00:54:40Forbes and I had already taken off
00:54:42in the jet bomber
00:54:42that had been placed at our disposal
00:54:44by the air command.
00:54:45Ours was a fast ship,
00:54:47but no match for the pursuit job
00:54:49that was to carry the element
00:54:50to its destination.
00:54:52By placing the element in the plane,
00:54:54the technicians from State University
00:54:56had fulfilled their end of the bargain.
00:54:59The rest was up to the pilot.
00:55:14At 8.43 a.m., the element was airborne.
00:55:24We'd made countless tests
00:55:25with the monster Denker had created,
00:55:27but we didn't know how it would react
00:55:29to the sudden acceleration
00:55:30of a jet fighter plane.
00:55:32Fortunately or unfortunately,
00:55:35the pilot would be the only one
00:55:36who could tell us.
00:55:3711.17 a.m., somewhere over Kansas.
00:55:43The fighter had dropped its wing tanks
00:55:45and was prepared to take on fuel
00:55:47while in flight to save
00:55:48the one important factor, time.
00:55:52If the element was hungry,
00:55:54it would have to wait
00:55:55until the fighter quenched its thirst.
00:55:57Our bomber was next.
00:56:11Finally, our tanks were full.
00:56:30Time, 11.51.
00:56:32Destination, Nova Scotia.
00:56:35What we'd do there,
00:56:36we didn't know for sure.
00:56:38If we got there,
00:56:38we had exactly one hour
00:56:40and 35 minutes to find out.
00:56:50Now, here are the Americans.
00:56:52I hope they know what they're doing.
00:56:57Dr. Besson?
00:56:58Yeah, this way.
00:57:08That's a hot potato you tossed us.
00:57:12I read your report
00:57:13you sent over by teletype.
00:57:15And I say I'm quite at a loss.
00:57:17That's why we're here, Dr. Batten.
00:57:20How far down are you taking us?
00:57:21Oh, 1,700 feet.
00:57:23This is an old mine.
00:57:24The government put us down here
00:57:26in the interest of public safety.
00:57:28I've studied the specifications
00:57:29of your deltatron, doctor.
00:57:32I hope it's powerful enough
00:57:33to do the job.
00:57:34What is the nature of your job?
00:57:40What's the maximum output
00:57:41of your machine?
00:57:42Your specifications didn't state it.
00:57:44600 million volt maximum.
00:57:47That's all?
00:57:49The insulators haven't been tested
00:57:50for more.
00:57:53We haven't time left
00:57:54to run a test.
00:58:04It's cold down here.
00:58:12Yes, we're under the ocean floor.
00:58:14This is the deepest mine shaft
00:58:15we could find.
00:58:16Just perfect for our purpose.
00:58:18Safety reasons?
00:58:20Only partly.
00:58:21The seawater's almost
00:58:22at freezing point down here.
00:58:23We need it to cool the deltatron.
00:58:28Nice to see the sun again.
00:58:30A patch of grass.
00:58:31For 11 years,
00:58:33I've practically lived
00:58:34in this hole under the ocean,
00:58:35Dr. Stewart.
00:58:36Yes, Dr. Benton.
00:58:37I'm familiar with your work.
00:58:39And you can understand
00:58:40my apprehension and curiosity.
00:58:43How do you plan
00:58:44to use my deltatron?
00:58:47I'm going to try
00:58:47to kill that thing
00:58:48we sent you.
00:58:50How are you going about it?
00:58:52Choke it.
00:58:53I don't follow you.
00:58:54It feeds on energy.
00:58:55Our only chance
00:58:56is to overfeed it.
00:58:57Ram all available power
00:58:59down its throat.
00:59:00Choke it to death.
00:59:00But if it can assimilate
00:59:02all the energy,
00:59:04what then?
00:59:06I leave that
00:59:06to your imagination.
00:59:07open the plug-in.
00:59:31The deltatron
00:59:32is beyond those doors.
00:59:34Safety detector again?
00:59:35Just in case
00:59:37an explosion
00:59:37should blow through
00:59:38the floor of the ocean
00:59:39sometime,
00:59:40there are water tattoos.
00:59:41bottle of the ocean,
00:59:44as to the ocean.
00:59:53The plot Straight
00:59:58comes first.
00:59:59She looks rude, ain't she?
01:00:01It took 11 years to build her.
01:00:07They say the maximum load would be 600 million volts.
01:00:11That's the upper limit, although we'd never been that high.
01:00:13It's not high enough, then.
01:00:15The Deltatron has an output of 600 million volts.
01:00:17That will be the limit of your operating conditions.
01:00:21Mind if I have a look?
01:00:23I'm good.
01:00:25I'm good.
01:00:27Mind if I have a look?
01:00:29Go ahead.
01:00:49But I don't understand.
01:00:51What's he got on his mind?
01:00:53How much voltage is he gonna use?
01:00:55We can solve the maniac.
01:00:59Here's the answer.
01:01:09But this is preposterous.
01:01:11This is impossible.
01:01:13I don't think that the maniac made a mistake.
01:01:15I don't question the maniac, but at this high voltage, the molecular movement can't be controlled.
01:01:21There's no way of directing it.
01:01:23Do you have a better plan?
01:01:25Do you have a better plan?
01:01:45What's up there?
01:01:47It's the telemetering control room.
01:01:49I'd better talk to the defense minister.
01:01:53I won't take any responsibility for the safety of the people and the equipment.
01:01:59But I must repeat, their lives are in danger.
01:02:03Very well, sir.
01:02:05Stand.
01:02:07Cartwright here.
01:02:09Cartwright.
01:02:11Yes, sir.
01:02:13Tell the crew that Dr. Stewart is in full charge.
01:02:27They'll take orders from him.
01:02:29Yes, sir.
01:02:31Yes, sir.
01:02:38Stuart.
01:02:44How can you take such a personal risk?
01:02:49I'm gonna set the machine and leave in time.
01:02:52That's all the men.
01:02:53But she isn't built to take such a load. She'll break up.
01:02:55Dr. Benton.
01:02:56Our only hope is that she'll break that element before she breaks herself.
01:03:21Start your generators.
01:03:23Cutting emergency voltage when called for.
01:03:26Stand clear of the machine.
01:03:28I'm gonna see how much it can take.
01:03:53Control.
01:03:54Turn to the machine.
01:03:55Music.
01:03:56It could be anything.
01:03:58We're just tired of having the battery to get to work and see how, how to make develop and understand what it may have been beenwow.
01:04:00And watch the camera down from over.
01:04:01Wildcatcit
01:04:06Two.
01:04:08Cutting now.
01:06:09This is the reason it's insanity what you're doing.
01:06:11Get out of here, Benton.
01:06:12I'm going to close those gates.
01:06:13But I implore you, listen to me.
01:06:16Lock the remote controls and come on down.
01:06:39I'm going to close those gates.
01:07:09You know I can't be stopped now.
01:07:13Come on, get out of here.
01:07:15Come on, get out of here.
01:07:45Now you have to stop the generation.
01:07:48You have to.
01:07:51You have to.
01:07:52You want 400 men.
01:07:55All of you.
01:07:56The gates won't close.
01:08:04The gates won't close.
01:08:17Clear the line.
01:08:18Get out.
01:08:19I'm going to close that mail.
01:08:21Let's go!
01:08:22I'm going to close that door.
01:08:23I'm going to close that door.
01:08:47Give me the big cutters!
01:09:17Give me the big cutters!
01:09:47Give me the big cutters!
01:10:17Give me the big cutters!
01:10:46Give me the big cutters!
01:11:16Give me the big cutters!
01:11:22He's still alive.
01:11:24It's the end.
01:11:27Give me the big cutters!
01:11:33Give me the big cutters!
01:11:39Give me the big cutters!
01:11:45Give me the big cutters!
01:11:55Give me the big cutters!
01:12:01It's gone.
01:12:03It's gone forever.
01:12:07Give me the big cutters!
01:12:13All aboard flight 400 for Nashville and Intermediate City.
01:12:17Now boarding at American Concourse, gate number 7.
01:12:21All aboard flight 400.
01:12:23All aboard flight 400.
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01:12:40Hey, you're not so skinny.
01:12:44I'm working on it. I'm getting bigger and better.
01:12:47The secret of multiplication.
01:12:49What are you talking about?
01:12:51I'm not sure.
01:12:53Excepting they both seem to have something to do with multiplication.
01:12:57Done through love, the result is a baby, a lovely thing.
01:13:02But without love, done through hate or with fear,
01:13:07the result is a monster, an element that grows.
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