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In this gripping 1953 sci-fi thriller, scientists accidentally unleash a mysterious radioactive element with an insatiable appetite for energy. As the magnetic force grows beyond control, the very fabric of Earth’s balance is at stake.
The Magnetic Monster captures the atomic age fear of science gone too far, blending suspense, Cold War paranoia, and classic 1950s aesthetics. A must-watch for lovers of vintage science fiction and thought-provoking horror.
The Magnetic Monster captures the atomic age fear of science gone too far, blending suspense, Cold War paranoia, and classic 1950s aesthetics. A must-watch for lovers of vintage science fiction and thought-provoking horror.
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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.
00:02:02Jeff 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.
00:02:12Bye, honey.
00:02:14I'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 undignified 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 checkup.
00:02:40I want to know why you're so skinny.
00:02:42Other girls are fat in their fourth month.
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.
00:03:13Yes, General.
00:03:14Dr. Allard's in.
00:03:15I'm connecting you.
00:03:16Good morning, Dr. Stewart.
00:03:17Morning, Nellie.
00:03:18Dr. Forbes is waiting for you.
00:03:19He'd like you to come into the lab.
00:03:20He says it's urgent.
00:03:21Okay.
00:03:22Hey, Nellie.
00:03:23Yes, Dr. Stewart.
00:03:24You've got children, haven't you?
00:03:25A boy and a girl.
00:03:26Were you skinny in your fourth month?
00:03:27I was never skinny.
00:03:28Office of scientific investigation.
00:03:29Morning, Dan.
00:03:30Hi.
00:03:31Jeff, when was the last atomic test at Las Vegas?
00:03:33Couple months ago, of what?
00:03:34Would you mind checking these air samples for me, please?
00:03:51Sure.
00:03:52When was the last atomic test at Las Vegas?
00:03:55A couple of months ago.
00:03:57Would you mind checking these air samples for me, please?
00:04:00Sure.
00:04:03What's the trouble?
00:04:05I'll show you.
00:04:232,280 disintegrations per minute.
00:04:27Much higher than yesterday's concentration.
00:04:30Could there be something wrong with the counter?
00:04:32No, I checked it.
00:04:34Let's have another sample.
00:04:522,360 disintegrations per minute.
00:04:562,360 disintegrations per minute.
00:05:11Traces of radioactive dust.
00:05:17Give me the pad, will you?
00:05:22Average disintegrations per minute.
00:05:262,300.
00:05:29What time is it?
00:05:31Exactly 9 o'clock.
00:05:42Good morning, Mr. Simon.
00:05:45Good morning.
00:05:52Albert.
00:05:55Yes, 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.
00:06:07I don't get it.
00:06:10You don't get a lot of things, like a raise, for instance.
00:06:12It's my duty to pay your wages, and it's your duty to wind the clocks.
00:06:16But I wound them.
00:06:17The customers don't buy clocks that show the wrong time.
00:06:19I wound all the clocks last night.
00:06:21The electric clock, Mr. Simon.
00:06:2412 minutes past 12.
00:06:26There must have been a power failure.
00:06:28Try the lights.
00:06:32The lights are working.
00:06:33Well, then the clocks ought to work, too.
00:06:35Yes, but they don't.
00:06:37Mr. Simon.
00:06:38Mr. Simon.
00:06:39Mr. 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.
00:06:46Mr. Simon, these are magnetized, too.
00:06:49I can't understand it.
00:06:50My wristwatch is dogged.
00:06:52Mine, too.
00:06:54But mine still shows time.
00:06:55That's the time I entered the store.
00:06:57Look!
00:07:07Someone is wrecking my store with magnetic power.
00:07:13Magnetic power?
00:07:14We must call the police.
00:07:20Hello, operator.
00:07:21Give me the Department of Power and Light.
00:07:23Immediately.
00:07:24This is an emergency.
00:07:25Do you understand?
00:07:26An emergency.
00:07:29Engineer Watson speaking.
00:07:31Yes, I'm the chief engineer.
00:07:33Simon Hardware Store, 918 Lincoln.
00:07:37Yes, I know where that is.
00:07:40What's that?
00:07:42Well, you must have a powerful magnet in your store.
00:07:45You haven't?
00:07:47I can't have appliances sailing around my store.
00:07:51Listen, Mr. Simon, I have no time for practical jokes.
00:07:54But I am a taxpayer, do you understand?
00:07:56I insist.
00:07:57All right, all right, Mr. Simon.
00:07:58I'll have somebody over there right away.
00:08:00918 Lincoln.
00:08:02918 Lincoln.
00:08:10Office of Scientific Investigation.
00:08:12Connect me with Dr. Abbott, please.
00:08:14This is the Office of Power and Light.
00:08:17Watson speaking.
00:08:19Say, Doctor, Directive 149 says that if anything unusual happens,
00:08:23to contact your office immediately.
00:08:25I think you'd better send a couple of your A-men over to Simon Hardware.
00:08:32I think I was afraid of.
00:08:55Well, I'm glad you got here.
00:09:03My name is Simon.
00:09:04I'm the proprietor.
00:09:05I'm Dr. Stewart.
00:09:06This is Dr. Forbes, my assistant.
00:09:08What seems to be the trouble?
00:09:18This.
00:09:25When 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.
00:09:36Could I have a piece of stiff paper, please?
00:09:45And some small tacks.
00:09:46Enjoy.
00:09:55This proves our point, Mr. Simon.
00:10:03What point?
00:10:04See if we can find out where it comes from.
00:10:07Yeah, that's a good one.
00:10:12That'll do it.
00:10:19The epicenter is up there.
00:10:22Epicenter?
00:10:22What do you keep up there, Mr. Simon?
00:10:26It has nothing to do with the store.
00:10:27They're opposite.
00:10:33It's a paramagnetic force.
00:10:34There's no doubt about it.
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.
00:10:43Not a metal one.
00:10:44The bamboo.
00:10:52There'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.
00:10:58What?
00:10:59Why does it tick?
00:11:00The clicking noise shows the presence of radiation.
00:11:05Radiation?
00:11:16Slow frequency indicates it's not dangerous yet.
00:11:18We'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.
00:11:40This 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?
00:11:54Dr. 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.
00:12:15Yes, sir.
00:12:15We have protective clothing in the car.
00:12:17I'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.
00:12:31The police?
00:12:32We'll use every means at our disposal to recover the radioactive matter.
00:12:36Police will be instructed to shoot to kill.
00:12:38Come on, let's go.
00:12:40We're getting hot, all right.
00:12:423-2-0 melting reprim.
00:13:06We're getting hot, all right.
00:13:08Beta rays increasing.
00:13:12You remember Newbold's theory of unipole magnetism?
00:13:24Sure.
00:13:25Heavy element out of equilibrium.
00:13:27Only one pole, north or south.
00:13:31Defies gravitation.
00:13:33Why?
00:13:34You supposed that this could be it?
00:13:39Stick close to it.
00:13:42Sounds like a machine gun.
00:13:58This place is really loaded.
00:14:01Must be right here.
00:14:02Come here.
00:14:11Come here.
00:14:25Come here.
00:14:25Overdose of radiation.
00:14:48Must have been dead for hours.
00:14:50Wonder who he is.
00:14:52We'll find that out later.
00:14:54If the impulses don't seem to be dying down.
00:14:58Emanation's constant.
00:14:594-2-0-M-R.
00:15:01There must be another strong source of radioactivity around here somewhere.
00:15:05Here it is.
00:15:14Come here.
00:15:18Go on.
00:15:22Here it is.
00:15:24It's empty. It isn't there anymore.
00:15:43It must have contained a very heavy element.
00:15:46Heavier than uranium.
00:15:48It must have been pretty close to an explosive stage, too.
00:15:52Strong enough to kill.
00:15:53I'll wipe out a few city blocks.
00:15:58Chip, being magnetic, it must be showing up on TV screens, interfering with radar.
00:16:04Right.
00:16:06Whatever it is, you can't hide from us.
00:16:10Come on, let's get going.
00:16:11Right.
00:16:1610.40 a.m.
00:16:18Forbes and I went back, checked the hardware store with special equipment,
00:16:21then returned to OSI.
00:16:24We didn't know where the element was, but we knew it would strike again.
00:16:28We tried to get ready for it, though our clues were pathetically few.
00:16:32The speed of an alpha particle is between 9 and 20,000 miles a second.
00:16:37Applying standard procedure, we measured the speed and distance of the radioactive particles
00:16:42emitted by the empty container we'd found in the attic.
00:16:45Next, we analyzed dust particles and fingernail scrapings taken from the dead man.
00:16:55Without a sample of the element itself, we could only hope for the best.
00:16:58From the film plate of the spectrum of an element, it is possible with amazing accuracy to obtain
00:17:06the isotopes, unit charge, and atomic weight of a substance.
00:17:11The spectrograph of our dust particles was carefully examined,
00:17:15but the tests yielded results we'd never seen before.
00:17:17In desperation, we decided to submit our findings to the electronic brain.
00:17:23Our calculations were forwarded by long-distance telephone,
00:17:27received by the input unit,
00:17:29and automatically recorded for assimilation by the brain.
00:17:32While our findings were being coded,
00:17:34and the computations punched on cards,
00:17:37the extensive library of every basic element
00:17:39and radioactive substance known to man was systematically examined.
00:17:43If a similar element existed,
00:17:46it would be found among the thousands of facts available to the machines
00:17:49that comprise the system known as the maniac.
00:17:53Finally, the tabulations were double-checked
00:17:56against our mathematical description of the element
00:17:58that had already taken the life of one man.
00:18:01Unless we were able to stop it,
00:18:03its radioactivity would remain a constant threat.
00:18:06Our problem was fed to the brain,
00:18:09an automatically sequenced computer
00:18:10employing a high-speed cathode ray memory unit.
00:18:14The maniac sings with weird voices when it is working.
00:18:20But even under skilled guidance,
00:18:23it faltered and was silent,
00:18:25frustrated by an unknown element that could kill.
00:18:291.15 p.m.
00:18:30Every means of communication was used to inform the city
00:18:33that a dangerously radioactive element was at large.
00:18:36The public and all federal and civilian agencies
00:18:39were instructed to report immediately
00:18:41any disturbances in home appliances,
00:18:44radio,
00:18:46television,
00:18:48radar screens and scopes,
00:18:50high-frequency equipment,
00:18:52telephone service,
00:18:54Western Union facilities,
00:18:56and all types of electrical equipment.
00:19:00Every 15 minutes,
00:19:01Dr. Allard and myself took turns broadcasting on the radio.
00:19:04Ladies and gentlemen,
00:19:06we are conducting a scientific test.
00:19:09Please let us know at once
00:19:11if any of your watches or clocks have become magnetic.
00:19:15Should you discover any magnetism coming from metallic objects,
00:19:19like your car,
00:19:21your toolbox,
00:19:22or your electrical equipments,
00:19:24call Ogden 2222.
00:19:27Ogden 2222.
00:19:29Yes, thank you.
00:19:48Yes, I heard you.
00:19:50I wrote it down.
00:19:51You'll hear from us.
00:19:52He says the battery of his hearing ain't burnt out,
00:19:55and he wants us to look into the matter.
00:19:57Oh, fine.
00:19:58What are these, more addresses?
00:20:00About two dozen.
00:20:01I've already checked three dozen.
00:20:03Oh, I'm worn in, done out beaten.
00:20:06Dr. Forbes,
00:20:07Dr. Allard told me to give this to you.
00:20:10Have the police get in touch with those people.
00:20:12Let them check the addresses.
00:20:14And, um, sweetheart,
00:20:15keep the intercom switch on.
00:20:19Your television set doesn't work?
00:20:21Where do you live?
00:20:22What do they think we are?
00:20:23Repairmen for broken-down equipment?
00:20:26Office of Scientific Investigation.
00:20:29White spots on your TV screen?
00:20:31White spots?
00:20:32That's cars going by.
00:20:33Anything significant?
00:20:34No, all blind alleys.
00:20:40Teletype from Washington.
00:20:41No radioactive matter reported missing from any plant.
00:20:48Well, that settles that.
00:20:50Office of Scientific Investigation.
00:20:52I drive a cab and I heard your broadcast.
00:20:55Yes.
00:20:56Please go on.
00:20:57Look, I just dropped a fare at the airport,
00:20:59but my cab act's kind of funny.
00:21:00She stopped on me.
00:21:01Won't start.
00:21:02Listen to this.
00:21:04I 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.
00:21:09But we can't fix your cab.
00:21:11Bob, please call your garage.
00:21:13They wouldn't know what to do.
00:21:14The motor's froze.
00:21:15My screwdriver sticks to the block.
00:21:18His motor's become magnetic.
00:21:19Yeah, this may be it.
00:21:20Nellie, switch is calling here.
00:21:23Hello, this is Dr. Stewart speaking.
00:21:25Where are you located?
00:21:26At the airport, Southgate.
00:21:27Your license number?
00:21:317Z1456.
00:21:337Z1456.
00:21:33Stay right where you are.
00:21:35I'm coming out.
00:21:35Stay where I am?
00:21:36Are you kidding?
00:21:37I can't move.
00:21:41Take a look at this, Jeff.
00:21:44Yes, sir.
00:21:44Air terminal reports.
00:21:46Extreme interference,
00:21:47radar, and radio communication.
00:21:50Well, that's it, all right.
00:21:51I better get out there.
00:21:52Right.
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.
00:21:59Dan, bring a guy to your counter.
00:22:00I'm with you.
00:22:01This is Stuart called.
00:22:01Don't forget to have a date with her tonight.
00:22:03Call her and tell her not to leave the house.
00:22:07Tell her to stay at home.
00:22:10I'm sorry, Nellie.
00:22:11Please give her that message.
00:22:33Where'd you pick him up?
00:22:44At 7th and Hill.
00:22:46What time was it when he left your cab?
00:22:48I don't know for sure.
00:22:49My watch stopped.
00:22:50You didn't say which plane he wanted to catch.
00:22:51No, but I got out here about 5 o'clock.
00:22:54We've got about 14 planes leaving during that hour.
00:22:56That's a lot of planes to stop.
00:22:57What'd he look like?
00:22:59Well, usually I don't take a good look
00:23:00at my fares in the daytime.
00:23:01Of course, at night it's different.
00:23:03But he was no kid.
00:23:05How old?
00:23:06Oh, about 60.
00:23:07He carried a large brown suitcase.
00:23:09You know, the kind of a case that opens on top.
00:23:12More like a briefcase.
00:23:13It was pretty heavy.
00:23:15Did you lift it?
00:23:16No, he wouldn't let me near it.
00:23:17But I could tell it was heavy by the way he carried it.
00:23:20He seemed nervous.
00:23:21He fumbled when he tried to pay me the money.
00:23:23He put the case between his feet.
00:23:25He seemed to be afraid somebody'd steal it.
00:23:28That's about all I can remember.
00:23:29Yeah.
00:23:30Yeah, all right.
00:23:31Thanks very much.
00:23:32What'd the old guy do, rob a bank?
00:23:33No, thanks for your help.
00:23:35You never can tell what you get in the cab now, Daze.
00:23:37Yesterday you probably got in my hack with a kangaroo.
00:23:39Yeah.
00:23:41You know, I quit driving a gasoline truck.
00:23:43I thought it was too dangerous.
00:23:44I don't know.
00:23:45I don't know.
00:23:45I don't know.
00:23:46I don't know.
00:23:47Mr. Rollins, please, that's the United Airlines information counter.
00:23:52Mr. Rollins, please.
00:23:55Your attention, por favor.
00:23:57Pan-American World Airways,
00:23:59announce the release of the World 581.
00:24:03Concepción a la Ciudad de México en Ciudades Intermedias.
00:24:14What do you want me to do?
00:24:15Can you instruct all planes to land at the nearest airport?
00:24:19I haven't got the authority.
00:24:21They get permission?
00:24:23All the planes would have reached their destination before I got through.
00:24:25All except one.
00:24:26Well, after all, there's a chance he didn't take a plane.
00:24:28Now, look, look.
00:24:29Very soon, the airplane that he's in is going to crash.
00:24:33How soon?
00:24:34It all depends on how far the briefcase is from the motors.
00:24:36What do you mean?
00:24:38If he's sitting in one of the forward seats,
00:24:40the 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.
00:24:49All right.
00:24:50I'll order all planes to land at the next emergency field.
00:24:53Give me the control tower, please.
00:24:54Jeff.
00:24:55Dan.
00:24:55I think I know which plane our man is on.
00:24:57Yeah, which one?
00:24:58We'll find out in a minute.
00:24:59Come on, quick.
00:24:59Coming, Mr. Smith.
00:25:02Cancel the call, please.
00:25:06Excuse me, please.
00:25:07Jeff, check the counter.
00:25:11Wow.
00:25:12Definitely radioactive.
00:25:14Our man took out an insurance policy.
00:25:15I don't wonder.
00:25:16But how do you know?
00:25:17Whatever blank he signed, it'll be plenty hot.
00:25:19This little machine is tracking him down like a bloodhound.
00:25:24Getting warmer.
00:25:29There it is.
00:25:31Howard Denker, flight 17.
00:25:3317 took off at 5.05.
00:25:35Yeah, get 17 back to the field.
00:25:36Howard Denker?
00:25:37I know him.
00:25:37He's a research physicist at Southwestern.
00:25:39Yeah, I've heard of him.
00:25:40Come on.
00:25:49I love to fly.
00:25:51It's the only sure cure for my hay fever.
00:25:54I often take a trip just to stop it.
00:25:57I never feel as well as in a plane.
00:26:01I wrote to the company and suggested they have special flights called hay fever rides.
00:26:06They'd make lots of money.
00:26:09Say, are you sick?
00:26:12It's the altitude.
00:26:16Anything wrong, sir?
00:26:18No.
00:26:19No.
00:26:20Let me take your briefcase.
00:26:21No.
00:26:23Don't touch it.
00:26:26Wouldn't you like to sit further back?
00:26:28You could rest better.
00:26:30Leave me.
00:26:31Leave me alone.
00:26:32Leave me alone.
00:26:32Will you?
00:26:33Move me alone.
00:26:51Airport's calling.
00:26:54Flight 17.
00:26:54this is flight 17 over return to the airfield at once your engines might quit at any moment
00:27:02what does he mean engines might quit
00:27:05starboard engine tell him we're coming back captain
00:27:23we've got a sick man on board his guns are bleeding
00:27:26receive message returning starboard engine cutting out have sick man aboard over
00:27:32he's suffering from radiation sickness isolating from the other passengers
00:27:37his briefcase contains dangerous radioactive material push it as far back toward the tail
00:27:43of the airplane as you possibly can don't touch it with your hands repeat do not touch it with
00:27:49your hands ambulance and decontamination squad will stand by at the airfield hope your engines will
00:27:55make it good luck over and out take over
00:27:59good thing we're not over the rockies i'll take care of that briefcase
00:28:05this man here all right get away from them till i can move that briefcase
00:28:13excuse me i've got to borrow your cane
00:28:17just just keep your seats full don't be alarmed everything will be all right
00:28:28fasten your seatbelts please we're gonna make a landing
00:28:39everything will be all right
00:29:09All 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.
00:29:31Now, where's the sick man?
00:29:33Up in front, on the right.
00:29:34Doctor?
00:29:34Folks, you may leave now, but please file out slowly.
00:29:40And 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.
00:30:04I'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?
00:30:21I kept bombarding you with alpha particles for 200 hours.
00:30:27It changed its properties.
00:30:30It became unipolar, magnetic.
00:30:35Why 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.
00:31:20Remember this, Stuart.
00:31:21Keep 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.
00:31:44It's monstrous, Stuart.
00:31:46Monstrous.
00:31:47It 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.
00:32:04My contribution
00:32:05is finished.
00:32:10I know this.
00:32:14In nuclear research,
00:32:16there's no place
00:32:19for lone wolves.
00:32:29Specially 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
00:32:44the power of 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 opened
00:33:06Denker's briefcase.
00:33:08Using non-magnetic tools,
00:33:10they carefully removed the cylinder
00:33:11containing the new element
00:33:13and transferred it to a case
00:33:14made of special alloys
00:33:16designed to prevent the spread
00:33:18of 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
00:33:38to 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.
00:34:34Jeff?
00:34:48Is that you, Jeff?
00:34:51Were you expecting
00:34:52somebody else?
00:34:54You've been away
00:34:55for days.
00:34:57Don't I rate a kiss?
00:34:59What kind of husband
00:35:00are you?
00:35:00The kind kind.
00:35:02I wouldn't kiss any girl
00:35:03with these whiskers
00:35:03on my face.
00:35:05Not even my own wife.
00:35:07Why did you call me?
00:35:09You know what time it is?
00:35:10No.
00:35:116.30 a.m.
00:35:15Oh, darling.
00:35:18This is the most
00:35:18beautiful bedroom
00:35:20in 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.
00:35:43What?
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.
00:36:00I ought to know.
00:36:03He's gonna have
00:36:04a patch of
00:36:05real green 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 in the fourth month...
00:36:20And I say
00:36:21hot cakes,
00:36:23syrup,
00:36:24sausage,
00:36:25white bread.
00:36:25If 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.
00:36:44You'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 recovered,
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 a nurse
00:37:17for a few days
00:37:18who can cook.
00:37:19I can cook.
00:37:22Well,
00:37:23a 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 the neighbors
00:37:33looking into our 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 care
00:37:40of itself slowly.
00:37:42Very slowly.
00:37:42Say,
00:37:46what happens
00:37:46if you're transferred
00:37:46to another place?
00:37:48You're a government employee
00:37:49and portable.
00:37:51Darling,
00:37:51stop worrying.
00:37:53Now,
00:37:53look,
00:37:54you've eaten
00:37:55all your pancakes.
00:37:56Well,
00:37:56have 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,
00:38:08Jeff.
00:38:09Remember,
00:38:10you're taking the day off
00:38:10to look for a house
00:38:11with a backyard
00:38:11and a 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.
00:38:41How bad?
00:38:45Very.
00:38:48Dr. Chase was killed
00:38:50and Freddie Lipton.
00:38:52You know Freddie.
00:38:53Oh,
00:38:53that's terrible.
00:38:54It was that same thing
00:38:55that killed Dr. Denker.
00:38:57Jeff.
00:38:58I know.
00:38:58I'll be careful.
00:39:00I've got to come back
00:39:01to both of you.
00:39:02I'll be right back to 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
00:39:20was hungry.
00:39:21When I arrived at the office
00:39:23of scientific investigation,
00:39:25the entrance was blocked.
00:39:27The auto gate shut.
00:39:28There'd never been a reason
00:39:29to evacuate the 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.
00:39:42It gave an eerie,
00:39:45somber feeling
00:39:46to OSI.
00:40:06We 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 the 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.
00:40:30A 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.
00:40:46Girders 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've 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 in the center
00:41:21of 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.
00:41:45It 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?
00:42:03Mrs. Forbes.
00:42:04I'm ready with the samples.
00:42:05We'll deal right away.
00:42:07We'll examine the element
00:42:08under the electronic microscope.
00:42:10Would you gentlemen
00:42:10please follow me?
00:42:13Turn out the light,
00:42:14Captain, please.
00:42:18Maximum vacuum,
00:42:18Dr. Stewart.
00:42:29It's extraordinary.
00:42:49It's extraordinary.
00:42:49It's extraordinary.
00:42:52Look, 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.
00:43:16You know what's happening?
00:43:22Mass is forming
00:43:23in supposedly empty space.
00:43:26I...
00:43:27I don't follow.
00:43:30Energy's being drawn
00:43:31into space,
00:43:33transforming itself
00:43:34into mass.
00:43:35What does it mean?
00:43:37They're like planets.
00:43:47This process
00:43:49might have been
00:43:49the origin
00:43:49of the solar system.
00:43:52Yes, gentlemen.
00:43:54We're witnessing
00:43:55the secret of creation.
00:43:59Diameter of the molecule,
00:44:0145 thousandths
00:44:04of one millimeter.
00:44:08Cycle of multiplication,
00:44:10four seconds
00:44:12and four tenths.
00:44:31This growing process
00:44:33follows a straight
00:44:34mathematical progression.
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
00:44:46the data to Maniac.
00:44:47Who's the Maniac?
00:44:49M-A-N-I-A-C.
00:44:51Mathematical Analyzer,
00:44:52Numerical Integrator
00:44:53and Computer.
00:44:54You mean
00:44:55the giant brain machine?
00:44:56Maniac,
00:44:57in short.
00:44:59855.
00:45:01With the sample
00:45:01of 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
00:45:17the scope
00:45:18of the Geiger
00:45:18counterscaling unit.
00:45:20But testing it
00:45:20under extremely
00:45:21high frequencies,
00:45:23we were able
00:45:23to ascertain
00:45:24the exact strength
00:45:25of its magnetic field.
00:45:27The response
00:45:28of the element
00:45:28bore out Denker's statement.
00:45:31It was of a highly
00:45:32unstable nature.
00:45:34Its wavelength
00:45:35yielded frequencies
00:45:36well above
00:45:372 million megacycles
00:45:39per second.
00:45:40Intense heat
00:45:41enabled us
00:45:42to photograph
00:45:42its spectrum.
00:45:44And three hours later,
00:45:45we had compiled
00:45:45all the information
00:45:46possible.
00:45:48Our next step
00:45:49was to consult
00:45:49the maniac.
00:45:50At last,
00:45:51we were coming
00:45:51close to a true picture
00:45:53of the monster
00:45:54Denker had blundered
00:45:55into existence.
00:45:56The problems
00:45:58are broken down
00:45:58in code.
00:46:00You must feed them
00:46:00to the computer
00:46:01as soon as possible
00:46:02and teletype us
00:46:03the results.
00:46:04There can't be
00:46:04any delay.
00:46:06The total problem.
00:46:08Data as follows.
00:46:10Energy,
00:46:110011.
00:46:14Time of cycle,
00:46:151001.
00:46:18Atomic weight,
00:46:2010011.
00:46:21Radiation,
00:46:24101.
00:46:2611.55.
00:46:27Last-minute
00:46:28preparations were made.
00:46:30Our coded results
00:46:31were checked
00:46:31and rechecked.
00:46:34Finally,
00:46:35everything was ready.
00:46:38The computer
00:46:39was awakened
00:46:39from its slumber
00:46:40and the data
00:46:41fed into the brain
00:46:42of the maniac.
00:46:44It was a matter
00:46:44of time
00:46:45until we would know
00:46:47whether we had succeeded
00:46:48or failed.
00:46:51this is worse
00:46:53than waiting
00:46:54for a baby.
00:46:58It's almost six.
00:46:59I've got to
00:47:00leave 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.
00:47:08Hi.
00:47:08Hi.
00:47:09Brought you some java.
00:47:10Yo.
00:47:11Nothing yet?
00:47:13No.
00:47:14Any word
00:47:14from the maniac?
00:47:16Not yet.
00:47:21Jeff, what do you think?
00:47:27I don't guess that.
00:47:30Afraid?
00:47:31Sure.
00:47:33Aren't you?
00:47:33Hmm.
00:47:38What's that?
00:47:42Dan, look!
00:47:45Magnetic field's increasing.
00:47:46It's actually growing.
00:48:04Jeff, that's a live thing.
00:48:06If 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
00:48:17into mass.
00:48:19Nuclei and electrons
00:48:20form matter.
00:48:22Let's feed that thing
00:48:22electrons.
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.
00:48:44That's it.
00:48:45It's quiet again.
00:49:14Yeah, for the time being.
00:49:21Cerny was right.
00:49:23About what?
00:49:27It's doubled its size.
00:49:31And its appetite.
00:49:36Yes?
00:49:38Right, Chief.
00:49:39Alan's got the maniac on the wire.
00:49:41Here, give me my coat.
00:49:41Here it is, gentlemen.
00:49:46Energy gain per cycle,
00:49:47500 million Erds.
00:49:50Unstable.
00:49:51Unipolar.
00:49:53Cycles of implosion,
00:49:5411 hours.
00:49:56It'll double its size
00:49:57every 11 hours.
00:49:59The last implosion
00:50:00was 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.
00:50:08There was an implosion at 6,
00:50:11but we stopped it.
00:50:12And there'll be another one
00:50:13at 5 in the morning.
00:50:15Only double its size.
00:50:18Gentlemen, we have
00:50:1910 hours and 30 minutes.
00:50:21While Forbes kept watch
00:50:25on the element,
00:50:26I attended an all-night session
00:50:27at City Hall.
00:50:29Scheduled implosion
00:50:30at 5 the next morning
00:50:31would be met
00:50:32with all the available
00:50:32power in the city.
00:50:34Radio and TV stations
00:50:35remained on the air
00:50:36to inform the public
00:50:38that a special test
00:50:39was to be made
00:50:39the following morning.
00:50:42Ladies and gentlemen,
00:50:43in 10 minutes,
00:50:44we are suspending
00:50:45our telecast
00:50:45for a period of 30 minutes.
00:50:47The Department of Power
00:50:48and Light informed us
00:50:49that the city
00:50:50will go dark
00:50:50for a half hour.
00:50:52We tried to contact
00:50:53the mayor's office,
00:50:54but we were refused
00:50:54explanation.
00:50:57Gentlemen,
00:50:58as mayor of this city,
00:51:00you see what I'm up against?
00:51:01Mr. Mayor,
00:51:02the city must go out
00:51:03to supply the power we need.
00:51:04And after 11 hours,
00:51:06what then?
00:51:07Then we'll need
00:51:07the entire power
00:51:08of Boulder Dam
00:51:09to feed it.
00:51:09We must make preparation
00:51:11to evacuate the city.
00:51:12How can we evacuate
00:51:144 million people
00:51:15in a few hours?
00:51:16What's the limit
00:51:17of its growth?
00:51:18There is no limit,
00:51:19General.
00:51:19It'll grow larger
00:51:20and larger,
00:51:21doubling its size
00:51:22with each cycle.
00:51:23But what would happen?
00:51:25Look,
00:51:26as long as the Earth
00:51:27remains in equilibrium,
00:51:29nothing will change.
00:51:30But very soon,
00:51:32this element
00:51:32is going to make
00:51:33the Earth eccentric.
00:51:34It's going to fly
00:51:35out of its orbit
00:51:36into space.
00:51:42You can't be serious.
00:51:44Mr. Mayor,
00:51:45we're stating facts.
00:51:46How large
00:51:50is our supply
00:51:50of electricity?
00:51:52600,000 kilowatts
00:51:54for the whole city.
00:51:55Well,
00:51:55let's shoot it
00:51:56into space.
00:51:57As far as I know,
00:51:57sir,
00:51:58we don't possess
00:51:58a rocket that powerful.
00:51:59What about dumping
00:52:00it into the ocean?
00:52:01In a matter of weeks,
00:52:02the ocean would turn
00:52:03into steam.
00:52:04Isn't there some way
00:52:05to stop its growth?
00:52:06Yes,
00:52:07Mr. Mayor,
00:52:07theoretically.
00:52:08If we could use
00:52:09its own power,
00:52:10bombard it with that power,
00:52:12overfeed it
00:52:12until it burst
00:52:13and fissioned
00:52:14into two stable elements.
00:52:15You mean elements
00:52:16that are not cancerous?
00:52:18How many volts
00:52:19would it take
00:52:19to split it?
00:52:20According to the maniac,
00:52:23900 million volts.
00:52:26There isn't a generator
00:52:27that powerful.
00:52:28That's right.
00:52:29Wait.
00:52:31The Canadian government
00:52:32operates a top secret
00:52:33plant in Nova Scotia.
00:52:35They own the most powerful
00:52:36deltatron in existence.
00:52:37When they realize
00:52:38the common danger,
00:52:39they'll let us use it.
00:52:41Nova Scotia
00:52:41is 4,000 miles away.
00:52:44The period between cycles
00:52:46is 11 hours.
00:52:47How are we going
00:52:48to transport it there
00:52:49in that time?
00:52:50Our jets travel
00:52:51at 600 miles an hour.
00:52:52And what's more,
00:52:53the new alloys
00:52:53used in our jets
00:52:54are non-magnetic
00:52:55and will not be affected
00:52:56by the cargo.
00:52:57You, Dr. Stewart,
00:52:58and Forbes can follow
00:52:59on 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
00:53:06with the Secretary of Defense.
00:53:08I like this world.
00:53:09Let's keep it.
00:53:10in one piece.
00:53:12Or at least let's try.
00:53:40July 21,
00:53:487.45 a.m.
00:53:50We had sapped
00:53:52the 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
00:53:58was at rest.
00:54:00The air command
00:54:01supplied us
00:54:01with jet aircraft,
00:54:03one for Forbes
00:54:04and myself
00:54:04and one for the element.
00:54:08It had quadrupled
00:54:09its size
00:54:10and due to its
00:54:11increasing density,
00:54:12we were no longer
00:54:12able to extract
00:54:13a sample
00:54:14even for test purposes.
00:54:16A new cylinder
00:54:17had been fashioned
00:54:18from a combination
00:54:18of special alloys.
00:54:20We were able
00:54:21to contain the strength
00:54:22of the element's
00:54:22magnetic field
00:54:23and lessen the degree
00:54:24of its radiation.
00:54:25but like a chain beast,
00:54:27it had the power
00:54:28to break loose
00:54:28in an unpredictable frenzy.
00:54:31The element was loaded
00:54:32into the plane
00:54:33for the trip
00:54:33that we hoped
00:54:34would carry it
00:54:35to final and total destruction.
00:54:37Forbes and I
00:54:41had already taken off
00:54:42in the jet bomber
00:54:42that had been placed
00:54:43at our disposal
00:54:44by the air command.
00:54:45Ours was a fast ship
00:54:47but no match
00:54:48for the pursuit job
00:54:49that was to carry
00:54:49the element
00:54:50to its destination.
00:54:52By placing the element
00:54:53in the plane,
00:54:54the technicians
00:54:55from State University
00:54:56had fulfilled
00:54:57their end
00:54:57of the bargain.
00:54:59The rest
00:54:59was up to the pilot.
00:55:078.43 a.m.
00:55:20The element
00:55:21was airborne.
00:55:23We'd made countless tests
00:55:25with the monster
00:55:26Denker had created
00:55:27but we didn't know
00:55:28how it would react
00:55:29to the sudden acceleration
00:55:30of a jet fighter plane.
00:55:32Fortunately
00:55:33or unfortunately,
00:55:35the pilot
00:55:35would be the only one
00:55:36who could tell us.
00:55:3911.17 a.m.
00:55:41Somewhere over Kansas.
00:55:43The fighter
00:55:43had dropped
00:55:44its wing tanks
00:55:45and was prepared
00:55:46to take on fuel
00:55:47while in flight
00:55:47to save the one
00:55:48important factor,
00:55:50time.
00:55:52If the element
00:55:53was hungry,
00:55:54it would have to wait
00:55:55until the fighter
00:55:56quenched its thirst.
00:56:06our bomber
00:56:10was next.
00:56:11Our bomber
00:56:12was next.
00:56:13finally,
00:56:27our tanks
00:56:28were full.
00:56:30Time,
00:56:3111.51.
00:56:32Destination,
00:56:34Nova Scotia.
00:56:35What we'd do there,
00:56:36we didn't know
00:56:37for sure.
00:56:38If we got there,
00:56:39we had exactly
00:56:39one hour
00:56:40and 35 minutes
00:56:41to find out.
00:56:50Now,
00:56:51get out of the Americans.
00:56:52I hope they know
00:56:52what they're doing.
00:56:57Want to bed?
00:56:58Yeah,
00:56:58this way.
00:57:09That's a hot potato,
00:57:10you tossed us.
00:57:12I read your report
00:57:13you sent over
00:57:13by teletype.
00:57:15And I say
00:57:15I'm quite at a loss.
00:57:17That's why we're here,
00:57:18Dr. Batten.
00:57:20How far down
00:57:20are you taking us?
00:57:21Oh,
00:57:221,700 feet.
00:57:23This is an old mine.
00:57:24The government
00:57:25put us down here
00:57:26in the interest
00:57:26of public safety.
00:57:28I've studied
00:57:28the specifications
00:57:29of your Deltatron,
00:57:30doctor.
00:57:32I hope it's powerful
00:57:33enough to do the job.
00:57:35What is the nature
00:57:36of your job?
00:57:40What's the maximum
00:57:41output of your machine?
00:57:42Your specifications
00:57:43didn't state it.
00:57:44600 million volt
00:57:46maximum?
00:57:47That's all?
00:57:49The insulators
00:57:49haven't been tested
00:57:50for more.
00:57:53We haven't time left
00:57:54to run a test.
00:57:57It's cold down here.
00:58:12Yes,
00:58:13we're under the ocean floor.
00:58:14This is the deepest mine
00:58:15shaft we could find.
00:58:16Just perfect
00:58:17for our purpose.
00:58:18Safety reasons?
00:58:20Only partly.
00:58:21The seawater's
00:58:22almost at freezing
00:58:22point down here.
00:58:23we need it
00:58:24to cool
00:58:24the Deltatron.
00:58:28I used to see
00:58:29the sun again.
00:58:30A patch of grass.
00:58:32For 11 years
00:58:33I've practically
00:58:34lived in this hole
00:58:34under the ocean,
00:58:35Dr. Stewart.
00:58:36Yes, Dr. Benton.
00:58:37I'm familiar
00:58:38with your work.
00:58:39And you can
00:58:39understand my
00:58:40apprehension
00:58:40and curiosity.
00:58:43How do you
00:58:43plan to use
00:58:44my Deltatron?
00:58:47I'm going to
00:58:47try to kill
00:58:48that thing
00:58:48we sent you.
00:58:50How are you
00:58:50going 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
00:58:58power down its throat.
00:59:00Choke it to death.
00:59:00But if it can
00:59:01assimilate all the
00:59:02energy, what then?
00:59:06I leave that
00:59:06to your imagination.
00:59:07open the blockade.
00:59:31The Deltatron
00:59:32is beyond those doors.
00:59:34Safety factory gun?
00:59:35Just in case
00:59:37an explosion
00:59:37should blow
00:59:38through the floor
00:59:38of the ocean
00:59:39sometime,
00:59:40there are water
00:59:40tattles.
00:59:41the water.
01:00:04She's a brute,
01:00:05ain't she?
01:00:06Took 11 years
01:00:06to build her.
01:00:11You say the maximum
01:00:12load would be
01:00:13600 million volts.
01:00:15That's the upper limit
01:00:16although we'd never
01:00:16been that high.
01:00:18It's not high enough
01:00:19then.
01:00:20The Deltatron has
01:00:21an output of
01:00:21600 million volts.
01:00:23That will be the limit
01:00:24of your operating
01:00:25conditions.
01:00:28Mind if I have a look?
01:00:29Go ahead.
01:00:30But I don't understand
01:00:52what you've got on
01:00:53his mind.
01:00:54How much voltage
01:00:55is it going to use?
01:00:56We can solve the
01:00:57maniac.
01:01:00Here's the answer.
01:01:10But this is preposterous.
01:01:12This is impossible.
01:01:14I don't think
01:01:15the maniac made a mistake.
01:01:19I don't question
01:01:19the maniac
01:01:20but at this high voltage
01:01:21the molecular movement
01:01:22can't be controlled.
01:01:23There's no way
01:01:24of directing it.
01:01:24Do you have
01:01:26a better plan?
01:01:46What's up there?
01:01:49It's the telemetering
01:01:50control room.
01:01:52I'd better talk
01:01:52to the defense minister.
01:01:53I won't take
01:01:57any responsibility
01:01:58for the safety
01:01:59of the people
01:02:00and the equipment.
01:02:02But I must repeat
01:02:03their lives are in danger.
01:02:08Very well, sir.
01:02:11Stand.
01:02:12Cartwright here.
01:02:22Cartwright here.
01:02:23Cartwright.
01:02:24Yes, sir?
01:02:25Tell the crew
01:02:26that Dr. Stewart
01:02:27is in full charge.
01:02:30They'll take orders
01:02:30from him.
01:02:32Yes, sir.
01:02:39Stewart.
01:02:39How can you take
01:02:45such a personal risk?
01:02:50I'm going to set
01:02:51the machine
01:02:51and leave in time.
01:02:53So will the men.
01:02:54But she isn't built
01:02:54to take such a load.
01:02:55She'll break up.
01:02:56Dr. Benton,
01:02:57our only hope is
01:02:58that she'll break
01:02:59that element
01:03:00before she breaks
01:03:00herself.
01:03:01Okay.
01:03:01Okay.
01:03:01Okay.
01:03:01Start your generators.
01:03:24Cutting emergency voltage when called for.
01:03:27Stand clear of the machine.
01:03:28I'm going to see how much it can take.
01:03:31I'm going to see how much it can take.
01:04:01I'm going to see how much it can take.
01:04:31I don't know.
01:05:01I don't know.
01:05:31I'm now going to set the Deltatron at its maximum output and close the floodgates.
01:05:50I want you all to leave.
01:05:51You've got about seven minutes to reach the surface.
01:05:54What about you?
01:05:55I'll get out in time, too.
01:05:57The floodgates will hold no matter what happens.
01:05:59You'll be safe on the other side of them.
01:06:01I'm now going to close those gates.
01:06:04You can't do that!
01:06:05You can't do that!
01:06:08Benton, what are you doing up here?
01:06:09But you've got to listen to the reason.
01:06:10It'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!
01:06:43Cut that, cut it!
01:07:10You know it can't be stopped now!
01:07:13Come on, get out of here!
01:07:15Open up!
01:07:37Come on, come on, come on!
01:07:38Come on!
01:07:38Now you'll have to stop the generators!
01:07:48You'll have to!
01:07:51You'll drown!
01:07:53You and 400 men!
01:07:55All of you!
01:08:08You and 400 men!
01:08:10You and 400 men!
01:08:11You and 400 men!
01:08:12You and 400 men!
01:08:13You and 400 men!
01:08:14You and 400 men!
01:08:15Your dates won't flow!
01:08:16Clear the line!
01:08:17Get out!
01:08:18They're close, they're close!
01:08:20I'm sorry!
01:08:21You and 400 men!
01:08:22I'm sorry!
01:08:38Give me the big cutters!
01:09:02Give me the big cutters!
01:09:08Give me the big cutters!
01:09:15You and 400 men!
01:09:19You and 500 men!
01:09:21How long did you get that?
01:09:22How long did you get that?
01:09:24I've got it!
01:09:27I've got a lot of people!
01:09:28I've got a lot of people!
01:09:30I have a lot of people!
01:09:32I've got a lot of people!
01:09:34I've got a lot of people!
01:09:35So, let's go.
01:10:05So, let's go.
01:10:35So, let's go.
01:11:05So, let's go.
01:11:35So, let's go.
01:12:05It's gone forever.
01:12:35Hey, you're not so skinny.
01:12:44I'm working on it.
01:12:45I'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.
01:13:01But without love, done through hate or with fear, the result is a monster, an element that grows.
01:13:11Jeff.
01:13:13Jeff.
01:13:41Oh, I'm not sure.
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