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A terrifying prehistoric sea monster, mutated by nuclear radiation, emerges from the ocean and brings destruction to the heart of London! The Giant Behemoth is a classic 1959 sci-fi creature feature that blends Cold War fear with monster movie mayhem.
This black-and-white gem delivers suspense, vintage special effects, and a chilling message about the dangers of atomic power. A must-watch for fans of retro science fiction and classic monster cinema.
This black-and-white gem delivers suspense, vintage special effects, and a chilling message about the dangers of atomic power. A must-watch for fans of retro science fiction and classic monster cinema.
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00:00:00And the Lord said, Behold now the behemoth.
00:00:30Behold now the behemoth.
00:01:00Behold now the behemoth.
00:01:30Behold now the behemoth.
00:01:36And afterwards, these mysterious figures, faces masked with lead.
00:01:43These are ourselves, men, the kings of the earth, trying to measure the extent of the destruction they themselves have created.
00:01:53Since the beginning of the atomic age, we have had 143 explosions such as these you've just seen here on the screen.
00:02:03Now one millionth part of a gram of radium is the safety limit.
00:02:10The amount one human can tolerate.
00:02:12And yet with each of these explosions, we are hurling into our atmosphere hundreds of tons of radioactive materials.
00:02:19Who is it?
00:02:20But it isn't only with dramatic explosions such as these that we are poisoning this planet.
00:02:26What about the dumping in our oceans of our atomic wastes?
00:02:30Granted, we are sealing them in lead containers.
00:02:33But lead disintegrates and corrodes at the bottom of the sea.
00:02:38Gentlemen, I was attached to Operation Crossroads as a marine biologist.
00:02:44As you all no doubt know, that was Bikini.
00:02:48And if there's one thing we found out, it was that there's no such thing as an even statistical dispersion of radioactive materials.
00:02:57Now we checked samples of the seawater in this area.
00:03:01And the radiation was insignificant.
00:03:04But in the tiny plankton living in this water, it was 2,000 times greater.
00:03:10And in the fish that ate this plankton, 40,000 times greater.
00:03:15And in the seabirds that fed upon these fish, the radioactivity was 500,000 times greater.
00:03:25Gentlemen, we are witnessing a biological chain reaction.
00:03:30A geometrical progression of deadly menace.
00:03:34I am in no position to question your findings, Mr. Kahn.
00:03:38But may I point out that these things occurred in the most desolate, uninhabited spot of the globe.
00:03:44But I refuse to be panicked.
00:03:46I do not believe that Mr. Kahn's wishes to panic us, as you put it.
00:03:51But if you remember, in Japan, boatloads of fish had to be destroyed many thousands of miles away from the test area.
00:03:58That's exactly what I mean.
00:04:00We cannot fence off the ocean.
00:04:05These radioactive particles are absorbed by the plankton.
00:04:09And then in a kind of biological progression from fish to bigger fish.
00:04:15Or by the strange attraction of protoplasmic masses, they form radioactive conglomerates unbelievably deadly.
00:04:23The ocean is my province, gentlemen.
00:04:29But how little we know about it.
00:04:32We only touch the surface with our lines and our dragnets, our diving suits and bathiscopes.
00:04:39For all we know, what we have started may have already matured.
00:04:45And who can tell when this, this, whatever it is, will rise to the surface and strike back at us.
00:04:54Make for the rock!
00:05:24Now, my fine friends, out of you!
00:05:42Now.
00:05:43Oh, this little beauty is for us.
00:05:45Let's run it up to the house and put it on the fire while I haul the rest up to the village.
00:05:48And pass the pub to brag to your cronies?
00:05:51I cannot imagine what you're referring to.
00:05:57What's that for?
00:05:58For the best fisherman in all Cornwall.
00:06:01Oh, get away!
00:06:14Dad! Don't be late!
00:06:17Dad!
00:06:18Dad!
00:06:19Dad!
00:06:20Dad!
00:06:21Be off with you!
00:06:47Dad!
00:06:48Dad!
00:06:49Dad!
00:06:56Father?
00:07:01Is that you, Dad?
00:07:09You'll be as drunk as a lord.
00:07:17That makes it you're around then, Charlie.
00:07:33That makes it you're around then, Charlie.
00:07:47Hello, John.
00:07:52Hello, Jean.
00:07:53Have you seen Dad?
00:07:54Well, not since this morning.
00:07:56He hasn't been by at all.
00:07:57No?
00:07:58That's strange.
00:08:00I thought he'd come by to show off his whitefish.
00:08:03So the old devil did it again, did he?
00:08:06Well, you see, we beached in the cove.
00:08:09Then I went on up to the house to start the dinner.
00:08:13And he was going to the village.
00:08:15Well, he couldn't have come through town, not with a whitefish.
00:08:17Otherwise, the whole world would have known of it.
00:08:24I'll tell you what.
00:08:26Let's go and look for him, shall we?
00:08:38Dad?
00:08:45Dad?
00:08:46Tom!
00:08:47Dad!
00:08:48Tom!
00:08:49Tom!
00:08:50Tom!
00:08:51Tom!
00:08:56Dad!
00:08:57Dad!
00:08:58John!
00:08:59Wait here.
00:09:00I'll look around.
00:09:02I'll look around.
00:09:20Get back, Jean!
00:09:21Don't look!
00:09:22Let me go!
00:09:25God!
00:09:26God!
00:09:28What happened, man?
00:09:30Can... can you talk to us?
00:09:33Can you hear us, Tom?
00:09:35Dad!
00:09:36Dad!
00:09:39From the sea, burning like fire.
00:09:44What was it?
00:09:45Behemoth.
00:09:46Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble.
00:10:00He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down.
00:10:02Job, chapter 14, the first verse.
00:10:03And if any man could know the sufferings of Job, it was Thomas Trevethan.
00:10:07Job and his suffering turned to God for an answer.
00:10:09Then answered the Lord unto Job and said,
00:10:10Behold now the behemoth which I made with thee.
00:10:12He moveth his tail like a cedar.
00:10:13Out of his mouth go burning lamps.
00:10:14And sparks of fire and sparks of fire and the light of fire.
00:10:17He is a few days and full of trouble.
00:10:19He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down.
00:10:20Job, chapter 14, the first verse.
00:10:22And if any man could know the sufferings of Job, it was Thomas Trevethan.
00:10:25Job and his suffering turned to God for an answer.
00:10:28Then answered the Lord unto Job and said,
00:10:30Behold now the behemoth which I made with thee.
00:10:33He moveth his tail like a cedar.
00:10:36Out of his mouth go burning lamps.
00:10:38And sparks of fire leap out from the behemoth.
00:10:41He maketh the oceans to boil like a pot.
00:10:44His breath kindleth coals and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
00:10:47But in the words of the Lord,
00:10:49There is comfort for those Thomas Trevethan left behind.
00:10:53For the Lord said to Job,
00:10:56Gird up thy loins like a man.
00:10:58Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath.
00:11:01Then I will confess to thee,
00:11:03Thine own right hand can save thee.
00:11:08Thine own right hand can save thee.
00:11:14How will be going now?
00:11:15Not home.
00:11:17I wouldn't want to go there yet.
00:11:21Let's go for a walk, then.
00:11:44Look!
00:11:51Thousands of them. Thousands upon thousands.
00:12:03Let's come away, John.
00:12:05No, wait a minute.
00:12:10What's this stuff?
00:12:16John, your hand!
00:12:21John!
00:12:44Any luck with my tickets?
00:12:45Oh, I'm still working on your plane reservation, Mr. Collins.
00:12:47Pretty crowded, are they?
00:12:49Jammed. We'd hoped you'd be with us longer, sir.
00:12:52Wish I could be.
00:12:53Would you care to watch the television?
00:12:55I'll have you page the moment I know anything.
00:12:58All right. Thank you.
00:13:00And, therefore, all the news from the Middle East is, at the moment, most inconclusive.
00:13:09And now, our closing piece for the afternoon is an item of news from Cornwall.
00:13:14It appears that the fishing industry there has come to a complete standstill.
00:13:18All the beaches are clogged up with dead fish.
00:13:21And nobody can tell why these fish are dead.
00:13:24However, it has its more amusing side to it.
00:13:27For from Lou comes a report that a sea monster has been sighted.
00:13:31And, no doubt, one of the Loch Ness variety with fire breathing and all that.
00:13:36But it does prove one point, ladies and gentlemen.
00:13:39It proves that all the Scotch whisky has not been exported to America.
00:13:43Well, I'll say farewell now.
00:13:45I shall be back here, and I shall hope.
00:13:49Well, Mr. Collins, I think I have your reservation.
00:13:52What? Oh, I'm sorry. Canceled.
00:13:55Canceled?
00:13:58I'm sorry. The reservation has just been cancelled.
00:14:04Is Professor Bickford still in the lab?
00:14:07Good. May I speak to him, please?
00:14:10Yes, very early.
00:14:13Yes, come in.
00:14:17Oh, Mr. Collins.
00:14:19Sit down. You were halfway across London a minute ago.
00:14:22Subway.
00:14:24Subway?
00:14:25Oh, I see. The underground.
00:14:27You've mastered the intricacies of that system, have you?
00:14:30Have a cup of tea?
00:14:31No, thanks. I came to talk to you about that Cornwall report.
00:14:35Yes. Yes, there's rather more in it than the press reports.
00:14:38A man is dead.
00:14:40Dead?
00:14:41Yes. A fisherman from Lou. Died of burns.
00:14:44It's very peculiar.
00:14:46The report's a little vague, unfortunately.
00:14:48You know what these village doctors are.
00:14:50That there are burns, spotting of the skin, and perforating ulcers.
00:14:55Hmm. Same symptoms as Hiroshima.
00:14:58No, no, no. Don't let's jump to conclusions.
00:15:01Certain acids can cause similar reactions.
00:15:04A passing ship could have dropped something.
00:15:07That would account for the death of all those fish.
00:15:11I'm going down there, Professor Bickford.
00:15:12Maybe you're right about this acid.
00:15:14I only hope to God you are.
00:15:16But suppose you aren't.
00:15:18Now, how do you get that?
00:15:20Now, look here.
00:15:21We are young, aggressive.
00:15:23A chap can cause a great deal of trouble by charging into a situation like this.
00:15:27Oh, we can't just sit here on our tails and do nothing.
00:15:29For a thing like this, every hour counts.
00:15:31Look here, Steve.
00:15:32I'm chairman of a royal commission on this precise subject.
00:15:37You don't really imagine that we sit around on our tails drinking tea, do you?
00:15:44No, sir.
00:15:45I'm sorry.
00:15:46I didn't mean it to sound as bad as it did.
00:15:49No, no.
00:15:50To answer your question, Lou is in Cornwall.
00:15:52You change trains at Plymouth and arrive at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
00:15:57Would you care to come along?
00:16:02Yeah.
00:16:03You chaps are great ones with shaking hands, I'm sure.
00:16:24Morning.
00:16:27Morning.
00:16:30Can anyone tell me where I can find Dr. Morris, please?
00:16:34That's his house up there.
00:16:36But it's too early for him yet.
00:16:39Why aren't the boats out?
00:16:42You from the newspapers?
00:16:44No, we're from the Atomic Energy Commission.
00:16:46We've come here to do some tests.
00:16:47It's time somebody did something.
00:16:48Aye, and it better be something more than tests.
00:16:52Hmm. Things bad about here?
00:16:54You should have seen the beach last week.
00:16:55Aye, and outside too.
00:16:57Everywhere a man looked.
00:16:59Fish floating.
00:17:00Belly up.
00:17:01How are these men going to feed their families?
00:17:02Will you answer me that?
00:17:03This is the season.
00:17:04We make her a living for the whole year, ma'am.
00:17:06How long's it been since they've been out?
00:17:08It's five days now.
00:17:10Hasn't anybody even tried?
00:17:12After what happened to Trevathan?
00:17:14Here, mister.
00:17:15You try.
00:17:16Go on.
00:17:17I'll loan you my boat.
00:17:18Take her out.
00:17:19Is there any way we can see any of these fish that were washed up?
00:17:23Most of them washed out yesterday on the tide.
00:17:24The rest we burned.
00:17:26What did they look like?
00:17:28They looked like dead fish.
00:17:30Did anybody see anything that might have killed them?
00:17:35No one saw anything unusual at all.
00:17:39I saw lights.
00:17:42Lights? What kind of lights?
00:17:43Oh, like a giant cloud, you might say.
00:17:46Down there, underneath the water.
00:17:48A cloud like...
00:17:50Have you ever seen the city at night with a storm coming on?
00:17:53It was like that.
00:17:55A great white cloud, lighted from underneath.
00:17:57Well, it could have been fast for us.
00:17:59Different.
00:18:00Did it seem to move?
00:18:01I was moving too fast myself to notice.
00:18:04Well, perhaps we'd better try and find the doctor.
00:18:07I'll take you up there if you like.
00:18:13Come in.
00:18:15Ah, John Mallette. How's the flipper?
00:18:16There's a couple of gentlemen to see you, doctor.
00:18:17From the atomic something...
00:18:18Ah, gentlemen, come in.
00:18:19Good morning.
00:18:20My name is Bickford. How'd you do?
00:18:21This is Mr. Carnes.
00:18:22How'd you do?
00:18:23Sit down, please.
00:18:25Uh, we'd like to ask you a few questions about Mr. Travezil.
00:18:32There's a couple of gentlemen to see you, Doctor, from the Atomic... something.
00:18:36Gentlemen, come in.
00:18:38Good morning. My name is Bickford. Howdy-do.
00:18:41This is Mr. Carnes. Howdy-do.
00:18:43Sit down, please.
00:18:47We'd like to ask you a few questions about Mr. Trevesant.
00:18:51Oh, sad case. Very sad, indeed.
00:18:54What would you say was the cause of his death?
00:18:57Burns. First, second and third degree combined with shock, of course.
00:19:01You didn't call in a consultant?
00:19:03I was dying when I got there. What was the good?
00:19:06For a post-mortem.
00:19:07Why? Modify the daughter more?
00:19:10Well, this is an unusual case.
00:19:12What would you say was the cause of the burns?
00:19:16Some sort of poisoning, I would say.
00:19:18Not an acid? It's like no acid I ever treated.
00:19:21But from time to time, a jellyfish or a kelp could cause that sort of thing...
00:19:26combined with perhaps a very strong allergic reaction.
00:19:29Have you ever had a similar case?
00:19:31No.
00:19:33Oh, just a minute.
00:19:35John, do you mind?
00:19:38I'm afraid it isn't very pretty.
00:19:48Does it remind you of something?
00:19:49Yes. The test is in the Pacific.
00:19:51And, Doctor, I think perhaps you'd better send this man up to our clinic in London for a check over.
00:20:01How did this happen?
00:20:02It was on the beach. I was walking and I see this strange stuff. It was like a piece of jellyfish it was.
00:20:11Only it had a kind of shine to it.
00:20:13A shine?
00:20:14I bent down to touch it and...
00:20:15Just where did it happen?
00:20:16In the cove.
00:20:17I can... I can show you if you like.
00:20:18It was the same cove where the old man died.
00:20:21Uh, gentlemen, you can change here if you want to.
00:20:23Uh, gentlemen, you can change here if you want to.
00:20:58Well, I checked the rocks and algae, nothing.
00:21:23John, can you show me the exact spot where you got your burn?
00:21:34Well, the tide was out like it is now.
00:21:38And that rock there was on the left.
00:21:41Yes, it was by this rock.
00:21:48It was like this stuff got caught behind it when the tide went out.
00:21:52Nothing here at all.
00:22:02Miss Trevathan, was your father still alive when you reached him?
00:22:06He was.
00:22:08Did he say anything? Could he speak?
00:22:10He said, it came out of the sea.
00:22:14And then he said, behemoth.
00:22:17Behemoth? What do you think he meant by that?
00:22:21It's a prophecy from the Bible.
00:22:23It means some sort of monstrous great beast.
00:22:27All right. Thank you very much.
00:22:31I don't get it.
00:22:38Behemoth.
00:22:40Who knows what the man saw?
00:22:42If he saw anything.
00:22:43I must have seen something.
00:22:45A strange marine animal of some sort.
00:22:48We know radioactivity can cause a sudden unhealthy growth, mutations.
00:22:52The man was dying in agony.
00:22:54It's hardly the sort of report I'd like to base a theory on.
00:22:56Well, I'm not basing any theories.
00:22:58I just don't want to overlook any possible evidence.
00:23:01Now, this stuff that John touched, whatever it was, he said it was shining.
00:23:05Well, radiation doesn't shine.
00:23:06No, no, no.
00:23:07Wait a minute.
00:23:08Wait a minute.
00:23:09We've no proof there was any radiation here.
00:23:10If there had been, we'd have picked it up on our instruments.
00:23:13Those are radiation burns on his hand.
00:23:15They know that.
00:23:16Yes, well.
00:23:17I'll know it when I hear the report from the clinic in London.
00:23:24Look.
00:23:25Can you have your station send in specimens from all up and down the coast?
00:23:29Sea water, algae, plankton, and especially fish.
00:23:32Could you do that?
00:23:33Yes, of course.
00:23:35I'm never against checking.
00:23:39Because one thing's for sure.
00:23:41Something has happened here that isn't in the book.
00:23:47Something came out of the ocean.
00:23:51And now has gone back into it.
00:24:03We've received samples from 72 coastal stations.
00:24:06Still missing those from Hebrides.
00:24:08Hello.
00:24:09Oh, hello, Steve.
00:24:10Steve Carnes, Ned Lee.
00:24:11Hello.
00:24:12How are you?
00:24:13I see your stations are working very fast.
00:24:15Tell me, what technique do you use for measuring radiation?
00:24:18Well, we evaporate the liquid and then examine the residue.
00:24:22This new ionization chamber is very sensitive
00:24:24and shows the slightest deviation from normal radiation.
00:24:27What are the results?
00:24:28So far, all normal.
00:24:29Is everything ready for the radio autograph?
00:24:31Yes, everything's all prepared.
00:24:33Well, I'll leave you to work with Ned.
00:24:35I'll see you later, Steve.
00:24:36Fine.
00:24:37You'll follow me, Mr. Carnes.
00:24:38Yes, indeed.
00:24:39I hope the instruments will be satisfactory, Mr. Carnes.
00:24:43Oh, these are very nice, Mr. Lee.
00:24:45But I'm not going to perform brain surgery.
00:24:47I'm going to slice a fish.
00:24:49Good old Phleonectes fleeces.
00:24:50Glad we've got this one.
00:24:51If anything going on at the bottom of the sea, this is the old girl who can let us know about it.
00:25:04Now, you see, we cut longitudinally here, being very careful to lay bare the internal organs without touching or injuring them.
00:25:22And now we have to dry out the extra moisture.
00:25:24Are the dryers ready?
00:25:25Oh, yes, Mr. Carnes.
00:25:26Oh.
00:25:27Come on.
00:25:28Here we have another excellent specimen.
00:25:32Well, that finishes the first batch.
00:25:33Are we ready for photography?
00:25:34Yes, I think so.
00:25:35This way, Mr. Carnes.
00:25:36This way, Mr. Carnes.
00:25:37Oh, this is fine.
00:25:38Perfect.
00:25:39Here we have number one.
00:25:40Thoroughly dry?
00:25:41Perfect, sir.
00:25:42Good.
00:25:43Lights, please.
00:25:44Oh, this is fine.
00:25:45Perfect.
00:25:46We have number one.
00:25:47Thoroughly dry?
00:25:48Perfect.
00:25:49Good.
00:25:50Good.
00:25:51Good.
00:25:52Good.
00:25:53Good.
00:25:54Good.
00:25:55Good.
00:25:56Good.
00:25:57Good.
00:25:58Good.
00:25:59Good.
00:26:00Good.
00:26:01Good.
00:26:02Good.
00:26:03Good.
00:26:04Good.
00:26:05Good.
00:26:06Good.
00:26:07Good.
00:26:08Good.
00:26:09Good.
00:26:10Good.
00:26:11Good.
00:26:12Good.
00:26:13Good.
00:26:14The lights, please.
00:26:15Now, parts here like this.
00:26:18Get a contact impression.
00:26:19Time clock.
00:26:20Twenty seconds.
00:26:23What light do you use?
00:26:24We don't use any.
00:26:25Now, if the fish has absorbed any radioactive particles,
00:26:28they'll be concentrated in the bones and the internal organs.
00:26:31So, actually, the fish exposes itself with a kind of built-inroll,
00:26:36and we call it radio autogram.
00:26:38Let's go.
00:26:39Let's go.
00:26:40Next.
00:26:45Come in.
00:27:07Come in.
00:27:09Well?
00:27:11They're developing.
00:27:12How soon will the plates be ready?
00:27:13We have the first few now.
00:27:15May we see them?
00:27:27Nothing wrong with that one.
00:27:33That one seems to be all right.
00:27:37I wonder what that is.
00:27:41It could be a floor in the film.
00:27:44Well, this is important.
00:27:45Is there any way light could have leaked into this room?
00:27:47Well, let's see.
00:27:48Turn off all the lights.
00:27:55What's that?
00:27:58No, no, don't touch it.
00:28:04My gloves and pincers.
00:28:08Let's have some lights now.
00:28:13Where's the microscope?
00:28:14Over here.
00:28:16Where should it be?
00:28:18I don't know.
00:28:20Phosphorus combined with radium will glow.
00:28:25I've never seen anything like that before.
00:28:26I've never seen that before.
00:28:33Here.
00:28:34Take a look.
00:28:35What's the tag on that specimen, Mr. Lee?
00:28:38Number 14.
00:28:39That's...
00:28:40Clement.
00:28:41Will you bring in plate 14, please?
00:28:43I have this tested for radioactivity.
00:28:45And give me the Department of Fisheries on the telephone right away.
00:28:47Yes, sir.
00:28:57Look at that.
00:28:58You see how each bone stands out?
00:29:01There's an enormous concentration of radioactive particles.
00:29:04Now, this is the spot where we've removed that glowing matter.
00:29:11Hello?
00:29:12This is Professor Bickford of Atomic Research.
00:29:14I want to speak to Mr. Lavin.
00:29:15I don't care what conference he's in, this is a matter of extreme urgency.
00:29:18Very well.
00:29:20Well, will you ask him to ring me within five minutes?
00:29:25If stuff like that got on the market, the result could be disastrous.
00:29:28We must block it off at the port.
00:29:29Well, it isn't enough to block off the results.
00:29:31We've got to find the cause of this.
00:29:34Now, I want to go to Plymouth.
00:29:36I want to scout out the exact area where that fish was found.
00:29:39Can you get me a boat?
00:29:40Are you still holding to the monster there?
00:29:43Well, there's something that moves under its own power and moves fast.
00:29:46Currents couldn't have carried it.
00:29:47Well, it could be a separate incident.
00:29:49Well, either way, there's only one thing to do.
00:29:51Track down this thing.
00:29:53Find out what it is and then destroy it.
00:30:01I'll get you a boat.
00:30:02What's her position?
00:30:17We passed the banks, Mr. Carnes.
00:30:19Is that the place the condemned fish came from?
00:30:21It came from half a mile back, past square over the spot.
00:30:24Didn't you wish he'd tell you anything?
00:30:26No.
00:30:27No.
00:30:28Do we give it another run?
00:30:30No.
00:30:31No, let's lay to for a while.
00:30:33Right.
00:30:34Right.
00:30:45Are you sure we couldn't have missed the spot in the fog?
00:30:47Look, mister, I've been fishing those banks since I was 12 years old.
00:30:52You tell me exactly what it is you're looking for.
00:30:55Skipper, did you ever spend a night in the jungle?
00:30:59Me?
00:31:00And you feel something out there beyond the light of your fire prowling around?
00:31:05A tiger?
00:31:06I don't know.
00:31:07Any more than I know what we're looking for right now.
00:31:10Attention.
00:31:11Attention.
00:31:12The steamship Valkyria bound for Hull is now more than 12 hours overdue.
00:31:16If you have sighted this vessel, please call the coast guard at once.
00:31:19I know the Valkyria.
00:31:21She's a beauty.
00:31:28Look there.
00:31:29Two points off the port down.
00:31:36The Valkyria.
00:31:39Oh, climb the other way.
00:31:41Sure, bolt.
00:31:42Let's go.
00:31:43That's it.
00:31:44You're tiger?
00:31:45Yes, Heldon.
00:31:46Skipper, I have to warn you.
00:31:48Whatever this thing is, it can be very dangerous.
00:31:51I'll roast you.
00:31:52All right, let's go.
00:31:53Yeah.
00:31:54We're close.
00:31:55Okay.
00:31:56Let's go.
00:31:57We're close.
00:31:59We're close.
00:32:01We're close.
00:32:02We're close.
00:32:03We're close.
00:32:04We're close.
00:32:05We're close.
00:32:06Can't we get any more speed? It's pulling away.
00:32:21Engine room, more speed.
00:32:36Engine room, more speed.
00:32:47Well, it's gone.
00:32:49What do we do now?
00:32:52Let's circle around a while.
00:32:55Coast Guard calling the trawler, Molly T. Over.
00:32:59Molly T calling Coast Guard, standing by. Over.
00:33:02Do you have Mr. Stephen Carnes aboard? Over.
00:33:05Mr. Carnes is aboard. Do you want to speak to him? Over.
00:33:08Molly T, you will return to port at once. That is all.
00:33:12Know what?
00:33:15They sound as if they mean it.
00:33:32Are you Mr. Carnes?
00:33:33Yes. What is it?
00:33:36The steamship Valkyria was found beach last night.
00:33:38No reasonable explanation.
00:33:40Professor Bickford called us to take you there at once.
00:33:42Hello, Mr. Carnes.
00:33:47Well, this is as far now as we can get.
00:33:49How many survivors?
00:33:50There aren't any.
00:33:51I've never seen such terrible injuries. What is it?
00:33:52Radiation.
00:33:53What do you make of all this?
00:33:54I don't know.
00:33:56What do you make of all this?
00:33:57I don't know.
00:33:58But this damage, I mean, it must have been some gigantic impact.
00:34:01This is a quarter of an inch steel plate reinforced. It's incredible.
00:34:02Well, I've got to get back to London. Can you fix it up?
00:34:06Certainly.
00:34:07Lieutenant, will you arrange Mr. Carnes to go back to London?
00:34:08All right.
00:34:09Thank you, sir.
00:34:10Thank you, sir.
00:34:11Thank you, sir.
00:34:12What do you make of all this?
00:34:15I don't know.
00:34:17But this damage...
00:34:19I mean, it must have been some gigantic impact.
00:34:22This is quarter of an inch steel plate reinforced.
00:34:25It's incredible.
00:34:27Well, I've got to get back to London. Can you fix it up?
00:34:30Certainly.
00:34:31Sub-Lieutenant.
00:34:32Will you arrange Mr. Garnes to get back to London?
00:34:34All right.
00:34:35Thank you, sir.
00:34:42I'm sorry.
00:35:02Go right in, sir. Professor Bickford is already here.
00:35:06Well, nice to you. You all right?
00:35:08Yes, sir.
00:35:09Mr. Garnes?
00:35:10Sir?
00:35:11I've just been showing Professor Bickford our report on the Valkyria disaster.
00:35:15You visited the vessel, too, I believe.
00:35:17Yes, sir.
00:35:18What did the commander give us the cause?
00:35:20It didn't state.
00:35:21It merely said what it wasn't.
00:35:23What's your idea, Steve?
00:35:25I'm afraid it's going to sound unbelievable.
00:35:27Everything about this affair is unbelievable.
00:35:30But it happened.
00:35:34I feel, Admiral, what we're facing is a marine animal...
00:35:38of tremendous size and strength.
00:35:40Do you really believe that a whale could have smashed through steel plates so high above the waterline?
00:35:45I didn't say a whale.
00:35:47Behemoth?
00:35:48That's as good a name as any for now.
00:35:50Did you get my message from the trawler?
00:35:52Yes, I've just read it.
00:35:53Well, we saw it from a distance.
00:35:55Too far to tell just what it was.
00:35:57But it was gigantic.
00:35:59And moving very fast.
00:36:00And then we lost it.
00:36:02And as to its unbelievable strength, well, the Valkyria is proof of that.
00:36:06Carnes has been developing this, what shall I call it, behemoth theory for some time, Admiral.
00:36:10As to the radioactivity of the thing, there could be no doubt.
00:36:13But as to its size and shape, well, I was very unwilling to go along with them.
00:36:17However, even before receiving this Valkyria report, I had independent confirmation from my own laboratory.
00:36:24That glowing substance which we sent for chemical analysis, it has been found to contain cells from the stomach wall of some unidentified species.
00:36:32So now you agree with Mr. Collins?
00:36:35Yes, sir.
00:36:36Very well.
00:36:37We shall organize a pattern of such.
00:36:40Thank you, gentlemen, for alerting us to this danger.
00:36:43We shall shortly find this creature, wherever it is, and dispose of it.
00:36:47Is there any way of knowing which way the beast is headed?
00:36:51No, sir.
00:36:52Up until now, it's been moving north.
00:36:54I see.
00:36:55Well, in that case, we'd better alert the coastal nations through NATO.
00:37:00Yes.
00:37:01Highly radioactive.
00:37:02Of course, we're informing all other European navies.
00:37:07I repeat.
00:37:08Highly radioactive.
00:37:10Attention, attention.
00:37:11Alert immediately, Brest, Bordeaux, Le Hague, Saint-Nazaire.
00:37:16We'll immediately realize all extraordinary events that could be happening in these ports.
00:37:19The security forces of the portals are in immediate alert.
00:37:23I repeat, in immediate alert.
00:37:26Absolute priority for these orders.
00:37:28Defense of the territory.
00:37:29Radio stations.
00:37:30Oslo.
00:37:31Stavanger.
00:37:32Bergen.
00:37:33Rondheim.
00:37:34Romsรธ.
00:37:35I put the redskap.
00:37:36I know.
00:37:37I know.
00:37:38I know.
00:37:39The Danish Marine.
00:37:40I know.
00:37:41The ones who are not holding in the air-sad, sir.
00:37:42The black guard.
00:37:43They're sitting here.
00:37:44They're raging, they're raging.
00:37:45Are they in line to the triple-iver?
00:37:46The jack.
00:37:47The black guard.
00:37:48The black guard.
00:37:49The black guard.
00:37:50The black guard.
00:37:51The black guard.
00:37:52The black guard.
00:37:53What's wrong with a turkey?
00:38:23What's wrong with a turkey?
00:38:53What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:23What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:25What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:29What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:31What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:33What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:39What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:41What's wrong with a turkey?
00:39:43Right here, sir.
00:39:51There's a footprint, sir.
00:39:53Imagine the size of the thing.
00:39:57That's the dead man, sir.
00:39:59The farmer.
00:40:00And that's the farm, what's left of it.
00:40:02Looks like a tornado.
00:40:04Did anyone actually see the thing?
00:40:06Nobody that lived.
00:40:07A neighbor called the constable later.
00:40:09Is there anything more we can do for you, professor?
00:40:12No.
00:40:13No, thank you, officer.
00:40:14Good night, sir.
00:40:15Steve, have you ever seen footprints like these?
00:40:24Well, I've seen fossils, but that's, that's crazy.
00:40:29They belong to a different age.
00:40:32Well...
00:40:34Who's your best man in paleontology?
00:40:38Samson.
00:40:40He is the curator of the Natural History Museum.
00:40:43Let's talk to him.
00:40:47Professor Bigford.
00:40:48Oh, it's an honor, even at this hour.
00:40:50Dr. Samson, this is Mr. Carr.
00:40:52How do you do?
00:40:53How do you do, sir?
00:40:54I'm sorry to disturb you so early.
00:40:56Oh, no, don't mention it.
00:40:57I live just across the street.
00:40:58We wanted to get your opinion on this.
00:41:00Hmm?
00:41:01Sure.
00:41:05It's quite blurred, gentlemen.
00:41:07Right.
00:41:08It's a footprint, of course.
00:41:10Made by some lizard, yes?
00:41:13But the size, Dr. Samson.
00:41:14This is a police car here.
00:41:16Oh, I see.
00:41:18Oh!
00:41:19Oh, this is interesting.
00:41:20Well, you see, the old Palaeosaurus family.
00:41:23Well, like this specimen we've got here, only...
00:41:26Much larger.
00:41:27Much larger.
00:41:28I should say this beast must have been about 150 to...
00:41:32200 feet long.
00:41:34Wait, I'll show you.
00:41:36Yes, we had some here.
00:41:39Hmm.
00:41:40There.
00:41:41You see?
00:41:42Now, that's the largest footprint known.
00:41:45Only seven feet long.
00:41:46Dr. Samson, do you have an illustration of the whole creature?
00:41:50Oh, certainly, indeed.
00:41:51Oh, what a splendid fossil you found.
00:41:53I'll get my assistant to take a class this morning.
00:41:56Dr. Samson, this creature is not dead.
00:41:59You're joking.
00:42:00No.
00:42:01It's alive.
00:42:02Very much alive.
00:42:03Well, where is it?
00:42:04We must organize an expedition straight away.
00:42:05I'll get all my staff.
00:42:06Uh, in the Pacific, I presume?
00:42:07No, in England.
00:42:08It was last seen off the Essex coast.
00:42:09Oh, it's heading for the Thames.
00:42:10They always made for the freshwater rivers to die.
00:42:11That's where the skeletons have been found.
00:42:12Some irresistible instinct to die in the shallows that gave them birth.
00:42:14You know, all my life, I hoped this would happen.
00:42:33Ever since childhood, I've expected it.
00:42:35I knew these creatures were alive somewhere.
00:42:39But I had no proof, no scientific proof.
00:42:43And I, I had to keep it to myself or my colleagues would have all laughed at me.
00:42:48You see, no form of life ceases abruptly.
00:42:52And all these reports of sea serpents,
00:42:55well, what can they be?
00:42:57The tall, graceful neck of Paliosaurus.
00:43:01He can stay underneath the surface for an age.
00:43:04And now, now he comes to the top.
00:43:08But, Dr. Samson, we must organize an expedition straight away.
00:43:12Oh, think of it.
00:43:13What a wonderful specimen to have in the museum.
00:43:16Oh, but it's, it's dreadfully dangerous.
00:43:19And I suppose you know it's also electric.
00:43:21Electric?
00:43:22Then I would account for the glowing.
00:43:24Electric, like an eel.
00:43:26But this beast isn't only electric.
00:43:28It's intensely radioactive.
00:43:30Radioactive?
00:43:32And then I, I suppose the creature will have to be killed.
00:43:40Dr. Samson, I must get to the Admiralty now.
00:43:43May I take this with me?
00:43:44Yes.
00:43:45Thank you very much.
00:43:46And thank you for all your help.
00:43:48Goodbye.
00:43:49Oh, but first, gentlemen, a fairer study.
00:43:52The photographs.
00:43:54Well, at least now we know what our adversary looks like.
00:43:57This sketch is the paleontology people's best guess.
00:44:00Pleasant looking chap, isn't he?
00:44:02We're told that he carries a strong electric charge.
00:44:04Judging by the beast's size, I would say it was powerful enough to drive a battleship.
00:44:08Of course, its tremendous electric charge is what projects the radiation.
00:44:12That's what makes a creature so deadly.
00:44:14Well, have you any concrete suggestions?
00:44:17Yes.
00:44:18First, block off the Thames.
00:44:20But London is fed by ships.
00:44:22You're asking us to evacuate the city.
00:44:24Why, we didn't do that even at the height of the Blitz.
00:44:26But, Admiral.
00:44:27And now for a single overgrown crocodile, which we don't even know is heading this way.
00:44:32Oh, no.
00:44:34The Thames estuary is already blocked off by radar.
00:44:38But why don't you see for yourselves?
00:44:40I can have you there within the hour.
00:44:44This screen, sir, shows everything that's going on in the estuary.
00:44:50We're maintaining radio contact with all ships as well as with the helicopter patrol.
00:44:57Now, this screen corresponds to the area marked H in our maps.
00:45:01Oh, there's a destroyer, as you see.
00:45:04It's proceeding into the adjoining area.
00:45:06And up there in the right-hand corner, you see a helicopter entering the area.
00:45:11That'll be our friend Dr. Samson with his cameras.
00:45:16I wonder if you'll get his pictures.
00:45:18In this fog, I imagine we get a better picture down here than he will in his helicopter.
00:45:22I'm dropping down.
00:45:41You got your camera ready, Peters?
00:45:57Plenty of film?
00:45:58Yes, Dr. Samson.
00:46:00We must realize with visibility that these...
00:46:03Oh, we'll sight it, Peters.
00:46:05After all these years, we must...
00:46:10Look.
00:46:11Down there on the left.
00:46:13I can't see anything.
00:46:23There is something there.
00:46:25A white patch beneath the surface.
00:46:28I think it's moving.
00:46:30That's it.
00:46:32I knew it.
00:46:33We've sighted a moving object underneath the water.
00:46:36Our position is at H-32.
00:46:40Where's H-32?
00:46:42There, sir.
00:46:43The helicopter?
00:46:44I'm going down to investigate.
00:46:46Over.
00:46:47You make out anything below them?
00:46:58No, sir.
00:46:59There's nothing showing on the screen.
00:47:01Must be a false alarm.
00:47:03It's definite.
00:47:05I can see it very plainly.
00:47:07We're just above it.
00:47:09Moving at the same speed.
00:47:10There's nothing on the screen.
00:47:12But the helicopter?
00:47:17Aren't there some things that radar can't pick up?
00:47:20No, sir.
00:47:21We can even see the fish.
00:47:23And they're running.
00:47:24Nothing can get by us.
00:47:26Well...
00:47:27I'm afraid there's something that can now.
00:47:47Can't pick up the helicopter.
00:48:00Control tower calling X-134.
00:48:03Will you resume contact?
00:48:04Will you come in?
00:48:05Over.
00:48:08Nothing shows.
00:48:09Nothing.
00:48:10We'd better go back to the atmosphere at once.
00:48:13Calling all surface and aircraft in the vicinity of area H.
00:48:16Proceed at once to point H-32 on your map.
00:48:21Where'd we go?
00:48:26The End
00:48:56The End
00:49:26The End
00:49:56The End
00:50:26The End
00:50:56The End
00:51:26The End
00:51:56The End
00:52:25The End
00:52:55We repeat the Metropolitan Police Bulletin. We repeat the Metropolitan Police Bulletin. The situation is well in hand. There is no reason for panic, but the immediate vicinity of the River Thames is dangerous.
00:53:08Oh, fiddlesticks.
00:54:10The beast can strike anywhere, and we're planning to meet it anywhere.
00:54:14A committee of scientists, and we're doing it.
00:54:16And we're doing it, and we're doing it.
00:54:18And we're doing it, and we're doing it.
00:54:20Meanwhile, we're doing it, and we're doing it.
00:54:22The army and the police are doing it, and we're doing it, and we're doing it.
00:54:24The army and the police are taking all possible steps for the protection of the civilian population.
00:54:27The army and the aspirant of the Sergei Let's do it, and we're doing it, and we're doing it and we're doing it.
00:54:31There, and there are jueing ouragnoste, and we're doing it.
00:54:31Here, and we're doing it, and we're doing it.
00:54:32There, and we're doing it.
00:54:35Here, and we're doing it.
00:54:37This is the first goodbye.
00:54:39I'm telling you.
00:54:41Let's go.
00:55:11Let's go.
00:55:41Let's go.
00:56:11Let's go.
00:56:41Let's go.
00:57:11Let's go.
00:57:13Let's go.
00:57:15Let's go.
00:57:17Let's go.
00:57:19Let's go.
00:57:49Let's go.
00:57:51Let's go.
00:57:53Let's go.
00:57:55Let's go.
00:57:57Let's go.
00:57:59Let's go.
00:58:01Let's go.
00:58:03Let's go.
00:58:05Let's go.
00:58:11Let's go.
00:58:13Let's go.
00:58:15Let's go.
00:58:17Let's go.
00:58:19Let's go.
00:58:21Let's go.
00:58:23Let's go.
00:58:25Let's go.
00:58:27Let's go.
00:58:29Let's go.
00:58:31Let's go.
00:58:33Let's go.
00:58:35Let's go.
00:58:37Let's go.
00:58:39Let's go.
00:58:41Let's go.
00:58:43Let's go.
00:58:45Let's go.
00:58:47Let's go.
00:58:49Let's go.
00:58:51Let's go.
00:58:53Let's go.
00:58:55Let's go.
00:58:57Let's go.
00:58:59Let's go.
00:59:01Let's go.
00:59:03I have a watch to keep inside the beast.
00:59:07That seems to be the answer.
00:59:09You agree?
00:59:10Yes.
00:59:11Yes.
00:59:12And we have the radium at์.
00:59:14I can get your miniature submarine in time.
00:59:16That would be the surest way of delivering the torpedo.
00:59:18Do you realize the danger?
00:59:24Yes.
00:59:25Can you give us the latest news?
00:59:28We've nothing, sir. Not been sighted.
00:59:58Oh, my God.
01:00:28Oh, my God.
01:00:58Oh, my God.
01:01:28Oh, my God.
01:01:58Oh, my God.
01:02:28Oh, my God.
01:02:58Oh, my God.
01:03:28Oh, my God.
01:03:30Oh, my God.
01:04:00Oh, my God.
01:04:30Oh, my God.
01:05:00Oh, my God.
01:05:30Oh, my God.
01:06:00Oh, my God.
01:06:30Oh, my God.
01:07:00Oh, my God.
01:07:30Oh, my God.
01:08:00Oh, my God.
01:08:30Oh, my God.
01:09:00Oh, my God.
01:09:30Oh, my God.
01:10:00Oh, my God.
01:10:29Oh, my God.
01:10:59Oh, my God.
01:11:29Oh, my God.
01:11:59Oh, my God.
01:12:29Oh, my God.
01:12:59Oh, my God.
01:13:29Oh, my God.
01:13:59Oh, my God.
01:14:29Oh, my God.
01:14:59Oh, my God.
01:15:29Oh, my God.
01:15:59Oh, my God.
01:16:29Oh, my God.
01:16:59Oh, my God.
01:17:29Oh, my God.
01:17:59Oh, my God.
01:18:29Oh, my God.
01:18:59Oh, my God.
01:19:29Oh, my God.
01:19:59Oh, my God.
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