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ASSIGNMENT: OUTER SPACE
| Sci-Fi | 1960 |

Plot:
In the 22nd Century, Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard a space station.

Crew:

• Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
• Written by: Ennio De Concini, Jack Wallace
• Starring: Rik Van Nutter, Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor, Archie Savage
• Produced by: Hugo Grimaldi
• Music by: Lelio Luttazzi
• Cinematography: Marcello Masciocchi
• Edited by:

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Transcript
00:00:00This is a playback of a radio-taped report of an exclusive feature story for the Planetary
00:00:13Chronicle of New York.
00:00:15Ray Peterson reporting, dateline December 17th, year 2116, spaceship Bravo Zulu 88,
00:00:57Jupiter.
00:01:06The editor of my paper assigned me to cover a routine check of infraradiation flux on
00:01:11Galaxy M-12.
00:01:33The crew members, in order to overcome the earthly gravity, have been subjected to a
00:01:37state of hibernation, that is, the human body had put through a congealing process simulating
00:01:43an apparent death.
00:01:48At a preset time, under the impulses of an electric brain, the heart resumes its normal
00:01:53beat.
00:01:54The lungs begin their regular functioning, the blood going evenly again.
00:01:59In short, man is reacquiring his earthly faculties.
00:02:29To counteract the state of weightlessness caused by lack of gravitation, special magnetic
00:02:57boots are provided to control the balance of space travelers.
00:03:27While the crew and I were still in a state of hibernation, the engineer pilot, Al, reported
00:03:37our approach to International Satellite Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:43Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:47Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4, over.
00:03:51Zulu Extra 3-4 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, go ahead.
00:03:56Flight established, hibernation period finished, over.
00:03:59Is that you, Al?
00:04:01Hi, Richard.
00:04:02Any news to relay?
00:04:04The usual nausea when awakening, my boy.
00:04:08Bravo Zulu 8-8 has entered orbit of your satellite.
00:04:11Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing electronic brain, over.
00:04:16Roger.
00:04:17Everything's in your hands again, Al.
00:04:19Thanks for nothing, pal.
00:04:21Hey, we got cargo aboard.
00:04:24We've already been informed.
00:04:26Reporter, eh?
00:04:27Did he wake up yet?
00:04:28No, not yet.
00:04:29I haven't brought him his coffee.
00:04:32Bravo Zulu 8-8 requesting your position.
00:04:35Coordinates Pi-2-1, over.
00:04:38Okay.
00:04:39I'll send you the reporter as soon as possible.
00:04:42Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing.
00:04:46Hello, Archie.
00:04:48How you feeling?
00:04:49Man, this time I had a dream.
00:04:51You had a dream?
00:04:52What about?
00:04:53I dreamt I was sleeping.
00:04:57Take over the controls while I wake up the baby.
00:05:00Al, is it true what we took out?
00:05:02You're saying I'm a lullaby?
00:05:04That's right.
00:05:05Just call me space wet nurse.
00:05:07Next time, why don't you just bring a cow along?
00:05:09A pacifier would do.
00:05:13Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling extra 3-4, over.
00:05:17Go ahead, Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:05:23Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:27Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:31Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:33Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:35Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:37Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:39Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:41Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:43Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:45Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:47Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:49Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:51Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:53Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:55Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:57Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:05:59Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:06:01Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:06:03Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:06:05To come out of a state of hibernation is an eerie sensation.
00:06:10I didn't know who or where I was until I heard Al's voice.
00:06:15Hi there, spaceman.
00:06:21Hello.
00:06:22This was not my first space flight.
00:06:25Previous assignments for my newspaper had sent me to the moon many times,
00:06:30but never into the vast reaches of deep space.
00:06:35I feared that ten days in a cramped ship with a crew of seven men
00:06:40who would resent a reporter's questions and lack of usefulness
00:06:44might make me an unpopular passenger.
00:06:48Your coffin was much too small.
00:06:56Couldn't you have found me a bigger one to sleep in?
00:06:59We didn't have one, Leech.
00:07:03Why do you call me that?
00:07:05No offense, kid.
00:07:07It just means that here you're a parasite.
00:07:12Where are we now?
00:07:13Outside.
00:07:15Outside what?
00:07:16Outside everything.
00:07:21Breakfast is served.
00:07:23Bravo Zulu 8-8, you're directly in line with us.
00:07:26We'll send you that reporter as soon as possible.
00:07:30Hey, Al, they're asking for the boy.
00:07:34Hey! Hey, Al!
00:07:36Al, what's happening?
00:07:38We're off to a bad start.
00:07:40Calm down, my boy.
00:07:41You'll get along fine.
00:07:42Just control your nerves.
00:07:46There.
00:07:48From now on, you'll be able to hear my instructions.
00:07:51Just remember to regulate your volume knob.
00:07:54Hey!
00:07:56You're forgetting the tools of your trade.
00:08:00What's the matter, sonny?
00:08:02Cut it out, Al.
00:08:04Are you scared, son?
00:08:07Stop treating me like a greenhorn.
00:08:10But that's what you are, my boy.
00:08:12I took the accelerated course before I started on this trip.
00:08:16I'm not afraid of you.
00:08:18I'm not afraid of you.
00:08:20I'm not afraid of you.
00:08:22I'm not afraid of you.
00:08:24I'm not afraid of you.
00:08:26I'm not afraid of you.
00:08:28How did you know I started on this trip?
00:08:30It probably was too quick.
00:08:32I'm not going to take all the air out of the decompression chamber.
00:08:35You'll have an easier exit.
00:08:37I'll give you a count from 20 to 1.
00:08:39And out you go.
00:08:41I know what to do.
00:08:43Don, you don't know anything yet.
00:08:53Don't touch the metal frame around the hatch.
00:08:55Minus 20.
00:08:57Why? Can't you see me?
00:08:59No.
00:09:01But the first time out, they all behaved the same way.
00:09:06Minus 15.
00:09:09India Zulu 4-1.
00:09:11You ready?
00:09:125, 4, 3...
00:09:14Wait a second.
00:09:152, 1.
00:09:16Out you go.
00:09:18Al was absolutely right.
00:09:21I was scared.
00:09:27The artificial satellite is like an island in the sky.
00:09:31In order not to disturb its calculated orbital chart,
00:09:35we lined up 2,000 feet parallel to it.
00:09:39The only way to get there
00:09:41was to float through the terrifying void between us.
00:09:57Keep talking, Al.
00:09:59What do you want to hear? Fairytale?
00:10:01Explain to me what's going on.
00:10:03That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.
00:10:05You still afraid?
00:10:07Yes.
00:10:09Of what?
00:10:11I don't know.
00:10:13You still there?
00:10:14Say something.
00:10:16What do you want to hear?
00:10:18I don't know.
00:10:20You're still there?
00:10:21Say something.
00:10:23What do you want to hear?
00:10:25A chilly sense of emptiness.
00:10:28Do you understand me, Al?
00:10:30Sure, I understand.
00:10:32Every baptism has its mystery,
00:10:35even out here in space.
00:10:37I've never felt so lonely.
00:10:43Hey, Al.
00:10:45Maybe if I try to turn around...
00:10:48I did it!
00:10:50Al!
00:10:52I'm turning!
00:10:54India Zulu 4-1,
00:10:56get back to normal position.
00:10:58You're at the end of your trip.
00:11:18Once aboard Zulu Extra 3-4,
00:11:21I passed through the decompression chamber.
00:11:24I now regained my normal weight
00:11:26because the gravitational area
00:11:28was similar to our Earth's.
00:11:30The reason for this being
00:11:32all space stations
00:11:34rotate around a central axis.
00:11:47In the ship's cabin,
00:11:49I was met by King 116,
00:11:51the doctor in charge
00:11:53of all crew members' physical
00:11:55and mental health.
00:11:57Take off your space suit
00:11:59and report to the commander.
00:12:01He's waiting for you.
00:12:03Hey, what kind of a guy
00:12:05is our reporter?
00:12:07He still smells earthy.
00:12:19Special correspondent Ray Peterson
00:12:21reporting to the commander.
00:12:25I've heard you're rather famous
00:12:27on Earth.
00:12:29Well, I see my fame
00:12:31has reached the stars.
00:12:33Well, it's a good thing
00:12:35that you're here.
00:12:37It's a good thing
00:12:39that you're here.
00:12:41It's a good thing
00:12:43that you're here.
00:12:45It's a good thing
00:12:47as reached the stars.
00:12:49Let me give you a bit of advice.
00:12:51Here among the stars,
00:12:53it is better not to be quite so cocky.
00:12:55You are only here
00:12:57to do a job.
00:12:59Don't worry. That's all I intend to do.
00:13:01On condition that you don't
00:13:03interfere with ours.
00:13:05You've arrived here at a critical moment.
00:13:07So much the better.
00:13:09Peace and tranquility don't have any news value.
00:13:17Yes, sir.
00:13:18How long would it take to reinstall the terminal stages to the spaceship that arrived from
00:13:24Earth just now?
00:13:25That all depends, sir.
00:13:26We only have two mechanics on board.
00:13:27Cancel all rest periods.
00:13:28The ship must be ready as soon as possible.
00:13:29I must go to base 12 on Mars.
00:13:30Yes, sir.
00:13:31You talk about Mars as if it were just down the street.
00:13:32There are no streets here.
00:13:33I firmly oppose your unwelcome visit.
00:13:34Are you trying to play me for a fool?
00:13:35No, sir.
00:13:36I'm not playing you for a fool.
00:13:37I'm not playing you for a fool.
00:13:38I'm not playing you for a fool.
00:13:39I'm not playing you for a fool.
00:13:40I'm not playing you for a fool.
00:13:41I'm not playing you for a fool.
00:13:42I'm not playing you for a fool.
00:13:44Are you trying to flatter me?
00:13:48But the high command refused to listen to me.
00:13:51It's apparent that you have quite a pull there.
00:13:52Not me, but my organization has.
00:13:56Don't forget, Peterson, that everything you put on your tape recorder will have to be
00:14:00sent by me before it's sent back to Earth.
00:14:03Here, everything is regulated by machines.
00:14:05You'll find that things are very different here.
00:14:08You may go now.
00:14:09Later on, you'll be shown to your quarters.
00:14:20Working crew is ready, sir.
00:14:22Any changes?
00:14:26No, Sullivan.
00:14:40Where is everybody going?
00:14:42For a picnic?
00:14:44The working crew is leaving on a space detail.
00:14:46What if I wanted to go along?
00:14:48To get some air?
00:14:50You'd have to go and ask the commander.
00:14:52For authorization.
00:14:54Is it necessary?
00:14:55Absolutely necessary.
00:14:59Okay.
00:15:05Hoping this special detail might make a good story,
00:15:09I went outside, without permission,
00:15:11to observe and photograph it.
00:15:13This special detail
00:15:15was a refueling operation.
00:15:17One of the most dangerous
00:15:19and delicate operations in space flight.
00:15:21The engineers carried an enormous
00:15:23tube from the space station
00:15:25and carefully attached it to a rear valve
00:15:27on our ship.
00:15:31Thousands of gallons of precious neo-hydrazine
00:15:33were being pumped into
00:15:35our fuel tanks
00:15:37to go on to Mars.
00:15:41Look out! The meteorite!
00:15:43Suddenly, I saw a fiery ball
00:15:45racing toward the cosmonaut next to me.
00:15:47Quickly, I pushed him out of the way.
00:15:49But the subsequent reaction
00:15:51caused me to bounce against the connection
00:15:53of the fuel valve,
00:15:55disconnecting it and letting
00:15:57the irreplaceable neo-hydrazine escape.
00:16:01Close the fuel valves!
00:16:07Lost.
00:16:11500 gallons of hydrazine.
00:16:17Lost.
00:16:19I'm sorry.
00:16:21Furthermore, you went without my permission.
00:16:25I said I'm sorry,
00:16:27even though I saved a man's life.
00:16:29You didn't come here to be a hero.
00:16:33The damage you have just caused
00:16:36is more serious than the mere loss of a life.
00:16:38Evidently, Commander,
00:16:40my way of thinking must seem prehistoric to you.
00:16:42I thought nothing was worse
00:16:44than the loss of a human being.
00:16:46But then I only saved a number.
00:16:48Yankee 13.
00:16:50I didn't even see his face.
00:16:52Maybe he hasn't got one.
00:16:56I knew that you were going to give me trouble.
00:16:58I see you're a psychologist, too.
00:17:00Now look here, Peterson.
00:17:02Let's get this straight.
00:17:05I'll do anything you do,
00:17:07and you won't ask me for it.
00:17:09That's an improvement.
00:17:11You'll have to ask my second-in-command,
00:17:13and I'm afraid you'll find that he's tougher than I am.
00:17:15You may go now.
00:17:17You may go.
00:17:21First, Commander, tell me one thing.
00:17:23Why do you deny me the honor of talking to you?
00:17:29I'm leaving, Peterson.
00:17:35I'm leaving.
00:18:02Hey, buddy.
00:18:04Pardon me for not having called you by name.
00:18:06Allow me. India Zulu 4-1.
00:18:09What do you want?
00:18:11I'm looking for someone.
00:18:13Excuse me, I'm looking for a number.
00:18:15Yankee 1-3.
00:18:17He was injured. He should be around here somewhere.
00:18:20Just dismissed. It was nothing but simple shock.
00:18:23Have a look in the biochemical lab.
00:18:26Please excuse my curiosity.
00:18:28Mr. King 1-1-6.
00:18:34May I come in?
00:18:37Hey, spaceman.
00:18:46Are you addressing me?
00:18:49Yes, but you're a...
00:18:51Go on.
00:18:53You're a girl.
00:18:55And you're selling flowers, too.
00:18:58I'm not selling flowers.
00:19:02And you're selling flowers, too.
00:19:05There are no flowers here. These are diaspora.
00:19:08Even with a name like that, they're flowers.
00:19:11They serve the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen.
00:19:15And they're as necessary here as the air is on Earth.
00:19:20But I still say they're flowers.
00:19:23If you like.
00:19:26Do you sell them?
00:19:28I'm afraid not.
00:19:30I can make a deal.
00:19:32What do you mean?
00:19:34Oh, you see, you won't have to send them anywhere.
00:19:37I'll pay for them.
00:19:39But then I'll leave them here for you.
00:19:44Do you work in this section?
00:19:47Sometimes.
00:19:50But I'm really a navigator.
00:19:53When I'm not working with the astrocompass, I like to substitute for the section chemist.
00:19:59But tell me, why do you want to offer them to me?
00:20:02Oh, no particular reason.
00:20:04Just to celebrate the second smiling face I've run into.
00:20:07Al's was the first.
00:20:09Now I find you.
00:20:11Speaking of you, what's your name?
00:20:13I don't mean your numbers, serials, codes.
00:20:16But just your name.
00:20:18Lucy.
00:20:20Lucy.
00:20:21Do you like it?
00:20:22It's not bad.
00:20:24My uncle had a mascot with that name.
00:20:26It was quite cute.
00:20:28I liked it very much.
00:20:29It was a monkey.
00:20:32Oh, really.
00:20:33She was very cute.
00:20:34I meant it as a compliment.
00:20:36Very flattering, Mr. Peterson.
00:20:40Do you know my name, too?
00:20:43Of course.
00:20:45I've already heard about you from George.
00:20:48You know, the commander.
00:20:50My old friend.
00:20:51But doesn't the commander have a number, like everybody else?
00:20:57Not for me.
00:20:59And now, if you'll forgive me, I've got work to do.
00:21:04Yankee 1-3.
00:21:09I forgot.
00:21:10Thank you, Ray.
00:21:14I really mean it.
00:21:15Thanks.
00:21:22Following the order from the commander,
00:21:25I went over to our ship to pilot a space taxi
00:21:28from which I could photograph a passage of asteroids.
00:21:31India Zulu 4-1, we just made it.
00:21:34I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:38Yeah, shooting these rocks is sure something.
00:21:41They're not rocks, my son.
00:21:43They're asteroids.
00:21:45Each of them 1,700 feet in diameter.
00:21:49The commander bawled me out for the loss of 500 gallons of hydrazine
00:21:53when I saved a life, and a girl's, too.
00:21:56So you have a weakness for the weakest eggs.
00:21:59And she doesn't even call him sir, just George.
00:22:01By all our writs around Saturn,
00:22:03they were right when they called you a middler.
00:22:05Well, he's ashamed of that.
00:22:08Hold tight now, I'm going to make a sharp turn.
00:22:15Who is ashamed?
00:22:16George.
00:22:17You understand him.
00:22:20Is it true that George is leaving?
00:22:22Yes.
00:22:23And Lucy, will she go with him?
00:22:25I'm sorry for you, but that's exactly what she'll do.
00:22:27Something very serious is going on.
00:22:29And all you can talk about is this nonsense.
00:22:31We're leaving for Mars.
00:22:33We? You too, Al?
00:22:34Yes.
00:22:35Can't you tell me more about it?
00:22:37Top secret.
00:22:38Zulu Extra 3-4 to space taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:22:41Hurry back to base. Over.
00:22:43Roger for Bravo 9-1.
00:22:46Al, can I radio my Earth base?
00:22:48Sure.
00:22:49You think you're still living back in the 21st century?
00:22:51Thanks.
00:22:52You'd better lower your head now.
00:22:54We're moving back into the satellite.
00:22:56I wanted to join this Mars expedition.
00:22:59Only an order from the high command on Earth
00:23:01could persuade the commander to take me with him.
00:23:04I don't understand.
00:23:06What's making the pilot so late?
00:23:08He promised to join us immediately, sir.
00:23:10Al's really a stud.
00:23:12He promised to join us immediately, sir.
00:23:14Al's really a strange type.
00:23:16He's the best there is.
00:23:24I'm sorry to be late, sir.
00:23:26We've been waiting for you.
00:23:28The situation has become worse.
00:23:30We've got to leave immediately.
00:23:32And you haven't been able to contact Alpha 2?
00:23:34No.
00:23:35Alpha 2 does not answer.
00:23:38We think the pilot may be dead.
00:23:42This could mean the end.
00:23:45That's what I'm afraid of.
00:23:47India Zulu 4-1 wishes to speak with you, sir.
00:23:51Let him talk to the second in command.
00:23:53You take care of him, Sullivan.
00:23:55He refuses to do so.
00:23:57He says he has a very urgent communication for you.
00:23:59Send him in.
00:24:07That's all we needed.
00:24:10That's all we needed.
00:24:12This inquisitive, interfering meddler.
00:24:16He's a pretty nice guy.
00:24:19Do you think so?
00:24:40This is absurd.
00:24:42Commander, you are insulting the high command.
00:24:45Absolutely against all regulations.
00:24:47Any more criticisms?
00:24:49Yes.
00:24:50So have I, but I keep them to myself.
00:24:58Gentlemen, prepare to leave.
00:25:10Jackie, 1-3.
00:25:12One moment, please.
00:25:13Yes.
00:25:17What is it, George?
00:25:22That man, Peterson, has persuaded the high command to let him come with us.
00:25:26It's an order.
00:25:27Aren't you exaggerating?
00:25:30I can't increase the crew.
00:25:34Can't you do without the radio operator?
00:25:36We'll get along just as well.
00:25:38No.
00:25:41I prefer to do without you.
00:25:44Me?
00:25:47I would not want my choice influenced by opinions that are not objective.
00:25:53Anyway, I think I could get along better without a navigator than without a radio operator.
00:26:00If I weren't the navigator, then would you give up taking one with you?
00:26:07Perhaps not.
00:26:09You see, you're not being objective.
00:26:12Besides, I don't want to be left behind, George.
00:26:16It's not that I pretend to be of more value than the high command is.
00:26:20But I'm not of less value either.
00:26:22You aren't giving me an order, are you?
00:26:24No, I'm just begging you.
00:26:28I understand you, George.
00:26:31I know that you always try to be worthy of your position.
00:26:35But you'd be better off if for once you tried...
00:26:38What?
00:26:39To be worthy of yourself.
00:26:52I'm sorry, George.
00:27:05Lucy's plea to the commander was effective.
00:27:08When we left the artificial satellite and returned to our spaceship, Bravo Zulu 8-8,
00:27:14Lucy was aboard and set our course for Mars.
00:27:17Is the nose still turned up?
00:27:19Don't be silly.
00:27:20The nose of the spaceship is always up, even when landing.
00:27:23He's not referring to the spaceship, Al.
00:27:25He's talking about me.
00:27:26My congratulations, Commander.
00:27:29Listen, Peterson.
00:27:32I don't even have a chair to sit on.
00:27:34Look, there are two cots in there that you can use when we haven't a chance to rest.
00:27:38Oh, while the rest of you are working, I'm supposed to sleep.
00:27:41There are times when all children should go to bed.
00:27:44Yeah.
00:27:50Listen, ever since we came on this planet,
00:27:53we've had a lot of trouble.
00:27:55We've had a lot of trouble.
00:27:57We've had a lot of trouble.
00:27:59We've had a lot of trouble.
00:28:01Since we came on this trip, you've all done your very best to make me feel like an outsider.
00:28:07My congratulations, Peterson.
00:28:27What the devil is going on?
00:28:29I don't know, sir.
00:28:30It looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:32Impossible.
00:28:33Listen to the wave forms, sir.
00:28:35Look, Captain.
00:28:47Give me its position.
00:28:49Coordinate 113.
00:28:51Inertial position of object 512.
00:28:55Try to establish contact. It looks like a moon ship.
00:29:01Bravo Zulu 8-8. Bravo Zulu 8-8 to unidentified object, over.
00:29:09They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:11Switch to voice circuit.
00:29:22Metro Sierra 1-3. Metro Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:29:28Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Metro Sierra 1-3, go ahead, over.
00:29:31Tanks are exploded. Engines have failed.
00:29:33We're out of control and being attracted to Mars, over.
00:29:37Try to get back into the orbit around Mars.
00:29:39We'll attempt rescue.
00:29:41What caused the explosion? Over.
00:29:43Impossible to say.
00:29:45A sudden rush of hot air overpowered us.
00:29:47The instruments have gone crazy.
00:29:49The tanks have exploded.
00:29:50The structures melted in several places.
00:29:52What about the crew?
00:29:53Three of us left, sir.
00:29:58One dead.
00:30:00The engineer.
00:30:01Put on your spacesuits and stand by for immediate bailout as soon as you enter orbit.
00:30:05Radio out.
00:30:07Disconnect the voice circuit.
00:30:10Do you think they'll make it?
00:30:12That's what I'm checking now.
00:30:15Are you thinking the same thing I am, Al?
00:30:18They can't make it.
00:30:19Why not?
00:30:24No. We won't be able to make it.
00:30:27One of Mars' satellites is crossing our path.
00:30:29Try the engines again.
00:30:37David. David.
00:30:43David. Don't.
00:30:46Don't, David. It's suicide. Don't jump.
00:30:49I don't feel like ending my days in a trap.
00:30:57David, don't.
00:31:04What are you doing?
00:31:06Can you make it?
00:31:11I'm climbing.
00:31:13One of my engines has started.
00:31:15I'm climbing.
00:31:19I can make it.
00:31:21I'm getting lighter.
00:31:23I can make it.
00:31:25No!
00:31:27No!
00:31:30Start the engines and get ready for a vertical landing.
00:31:35We will fly above Bobos.
00:31:45Now.
00:31:48Engines at seven gammas.
00:31:55Now.
00:31:59Engines at eight gammas.
00:32:03Look there to the right.
00:32:06Perhaps.
00:32:25Engines at 11 gammas.
00:32:27Gyros are locked.
00:32:29Moving to vertical position.
00:32:44Engines at 12 gammas.
00:32:47What's going on?
00:32:49We're going down.
00:32:51But it's insane.
00:32:54With all stages full of fuel.
00:32:56We're like a bomb.
00:32:59Landing area at two degrees off our coordinates.
00:33:02Just below us.
00:33:04Engines at 14 gammas.
00:33:10Engines at 16 gammas.
00:33:21Engines at four RPM.
00:33:24Now.
00:33:30We're going to go.
00:33:49Put on your spacesuit, Bleach.
00:33:51You're coming to help rescue that poor guy.
00:33:54The captain sits.
00:34:15Nine degrees to starboard.
00:34:18One more and we would have remained here forever.
00:34:24He's still alive.
00:34:26Let's hurry up.
00:34:28Captain, we're coming in.
00:34:31Lucy.
00:34:33Keep the gyros working.
00:34:35As soon as they're inside, we'll get out of here.
00:34:43You stay here and look after him.
00:34:45I'll take care of the gyros.
00:34:47Gyros, unlock.
00:34:49Roger.
00:35:17The end
00:35:37How is it?
00:35:39Bad.
00:35:41I think it'll hold out until we get to Mars.
00:35:43We're almost there anyway, aren't we?
00:35:45What do you mean, now?
00:35:47We've changed course. We're now heading for Venus.
00:35:49You're what?
00:35:52A direct order from the High Command.
00:35:54And you accepted it?
00:36:09Do you realize, Commander, there's a dying man in there?
00:36:12I don't have to account to you for my actions.
00:36:14Look, Captain. I'm picking up an area of intense heat.
00:36:18It's almost as hot as the photonic field of the sun itself.
00:36:23Turn on the safety system.
00:36:25I think you should tell him, sir.
00:36:27It's no longer top secret.
00:36:31Alpha 2, propelled by photonic energy, is now without a pilot.
00:36:36She is floating in space and is only controlled by the electronic brain.
00:36:41The photonic heat which our radar has picked up
00:36:44has the power of destruction and death.
00:36:49Alpha 2 has re-entered the solar system.
00:36:52During the sun's next revolution, she will start to orbit around the Earth
00:36:56and will destroy it completely,
00:36:58burning everything and eliminating all forms of life.
00:37:01Have we any hope of stopping her?
00:37:05That's why we're going to Venus.
00:37:08It's the nearest point to the elliptical path of Alpha 2.
00:37:12We have but one chance in a million.
00:37:20Our world was in danger, about to be destroyed.
00:37:24Perhaps in a few days, maybe in a few hours.
00:37:27It was up to us, a handful of cosmonauts from Earth,
00:37:31millions of miles away, to try and save humanity.
00:37:36Lucy.
00:37:38You're crying.
00:37:45This is Dark Spot.
00:37:48The continents.
00:37:50And there are the oceans and the trees.
00:37:53You can't see them.
00:37:55In my mind, I can.
00:37:57I'd like to run down a road that's laden with pine trees.
00:38:01Would you?
00:38:03Yes, and feel just once again the excitement of speed.
00:38:07But we're already running at 90,000 miles an hour.
00:38:11And we're standing still.
00:38:14That's nothing but an illusion.
00:38:18Do you know what day it is?
00:38:21Don't you know that in space we don't count the days?
00:38:24No, but do you know what date it is?
00:38:27It's the 359th of rotation around the sun.
00:38:31That's just part of it.
00:38:34It's Christmas, Lucy.
00:38:54We started to land at the interplanetary base on Venus,
00:38:58which is the best-equipped base closest to Alpha 2.
00:39:02From there, Alpha 2 could be intercepted,
00:39:05and we hoped, destroyed by the remote-controlled atomic missiles.
00:39:23Hey, Archie, is that the base?
00:39:25Yes, right under the protective dome.
00:39:27There's too much hydrogen in Venus' atmosphere.
00:39:32From here, it looks like the glass dome of a temple.
00:39:35You don't need a respirator inside.
00:39:37What about those plugs? Are they purifying filters?
00:39:39Hey, that'll really cause assuring results, isn't it?
00:39:42Tell me, why is it that when one wants to protect himself,
00:39:45he hides himself under a dome?
00:39:47Put on your helmet, kid.
00:39:50I'm going to take you on a quick tour of Venus,
00:39:52only this time it won't be for sightseeing.
00:39:58Emergency action was taken immediately
00:40:00by firing an atomic missile at Alpha 2
00:40:03in an attempt to destroy this deadly mechanical monster.
00:40:078,500.
00:40:098,000 miles.
00:40:117,500.
00:40:147,000 miles.
00:40:166,500.
00:40:186,000 miles.
00:40:205,800.
00:40:225,500.
00:40:245,200.
00:40:265,000 miles.
00:40:29Hold on. Disintegrated.
00:40:32Exactly at 5,000 miles.
00:40:38We'll have a chance to hit her
00:40:40only if the electronic brain which propels her
00:40:43has gone out of control.
00:40:46You see, the two photonic generators
00:40:49which are moving gyroscopically at each end of the spaceship
00:40:52are creating around Alpha 2
00:40:55an invisible sphere of heat
00:40:58which radiates up to 5,000 miles.
00:41:02We've just had the proof of it.
00:41:05It's indestructible.
00:41:07The one of man's dreams has finally come true.
00:41:10An indestructible destroyer.
00:41:14Unless we have a sudden change
00:41:16in the next solar system revolution,
00:41:18Alpha 2 will start orbiting around the Earth
00:41:22at only 3,500 miles from it.
00:41:25That means 1,500 miles within the safety limit.
00:41:31In a few days, maybe a few hours,
00:41:34our planet will become a mass of boiling mud
00:41:38as it was soon after its formation.
00:41:41We mustn't give up hope. Something might stop it in time.
00:41:44Maybe a miracle.
00:41:48And while we're waiting here for your miracle,
00:41:51I would suggest that we immediately put into operation
00:41:54all the means at our disposal.
00:41:56They've already prepared to fire missiles
00:41:58from the other hemisphere.
00:42:00Meanwhile, why don't you order your men
00:42:02to reach the audio stations on the beach?
00:42:07You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:126,800.
00:42:185,700.
00:42:205,200.
00:42:225,000.
00:42:244,500.
00:42:254,000.
00:42:263,700.
00:42:272,900.
00:42:282,400.
00:42:302,200.
00:42:36I don't understand.
00:42:38With your permission, sir, I have an explanation.
00:42:41What is it?
00:42:42I think I've found the answer.
00:42:44Tell it to us.
00:42:45I'm sure that due to some technical error,
00:42:48that spaceship is vulnerable.
00:42:50The two photonic deflectors at both...
00:42:52Mobility?
00:42:53Two hemispheres separated in their fields by a channel.
00:42:57You mean like a halved orange?
00:43:00A perfect example, my son.
00:43:02That's why a missile has gone through.
00:43:04According to you, it was the only one
00:43:06fired exactly into the center of the channel.
00:43:08But why did the last one disintegrate at 2,200 miles?
00:43:11Because of some imperceptible deviation.
00:43:13Perhaps it was attracted by one of the photonic fields.
00:43:16Hunch is right, Al.
00:43:18There's still a chance.
00:43:20What chance?
00:43:22We'd have to fire on a straight line
00:43:25from another spaceship
00:43:26traveling alongside Alpha 2 at the same rate of speed.
00:43:29I think I've earned the right to try, sir.
00:43:31By the right.
00:43:32Because if my hunch turns out to be correct,
00:43:35I'd like to be the one to receive the credit.
00:43:38And if it's wrong,
00:43:40you want to be the one to risk it.
00:43:42There's an old atomic spaceship here, sir.
00:43:45I'll use its remote-controlled missiles.
00:43:49May I go ahead, sir?
00:43:53Yes.
00:43:56And I hope you'll manage to save humanity.
00:44:03We'll take off and follow you as close as possible, Al.
00:44:07All of us.
00:44:10As if we were right there with you.
00:44:13All of us.
00:44:19Hey, Ray.
00:44:20Now you have a chance to do a real exclusive.
00:44:23It'll be a universal scoop.
00:44:27Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:44:39Let's go!
00:45:10We're out of it now.
00:45:15You did very well, Peterson.
00:45:17It's not everybody that can stand 16 gammas.
00:45:20Considering the fact that I'm a parasite.
00:45:23Tango Sierra 1-3.
00:45:25Tango Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:45:28Over.
00:45:40Now, piloting the old atomic spaceship Tango Sierra 1-3,
00:45:44flew alongside us.
00:45:46Both spaceships shut off their engines
00:45:49and the inertial thrust allowed them to fly at fantastic speeds.
00:45:53His mission?
00:45:55To find the channel between the two hemispheres of Alpha 2.
00:46:10Tango Sierra 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:13Everything okay, Captain?
00:46:15Perfect.
00:46:17How's the reporter?
00:46:21Doing fine.
00:46:24Requesting route check.
00:46:26Present inertial speed 30,000 miles.
00:46:29Coordinate 1-3 in respect to Vega.
00:46:32Estimated intersection point with Alpha 2
00:46:35on coordinate 1-3.
00:46:37Intersection point with Alpha 2 on coordinate 4-1
00:46:41in respect to Earth at 18 degrees.
00:46:44Over.
00:46:45Correct, but change approximately 3 degrees
00:46:48at intersection point with Alpha 2.
00:46:51We'll go.
00:46:53I'll request another route check on approach
00:46:55and let's hope for the best.
00:46:57Radio out.
00:47:00Satellite Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:47:03Satellite Zulu Extra 3-4 calling Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:47:07Over.
00:47:08Bravo Zulu 8-8 to satellite.
00:47:11Zulu Extra 3-4, go ahead.
00:47:13Captain, this is Sullivan.
00:47:15What's the trouble, Sullivan?
00:47:16About 45 seconds ago,
00:47:18the photonic field around spaceship Alpha 2
00:47:21came into collision with the asteroids.
00:47:23Well, then?
00:47:24Alpha 2 has changed course
00:47:26by 6 degrees in respect to Vega.
00:47:29I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth
00:47:32before the estimated time.
00:47:36Can you ascertain her present position?
00:47:39Yes, I can.
00:47:40High coordinate 27 degrees.
00:47:43Movement of ellipses gradually advancing.
00:47:46Look out.
00:47:47It's coming towards you.
00:47:50Yes, sir.
00:47:52It will be on top of us any minute.
00:47:55What about the men, Sullivan?
00:47:57They are all on standby, sir.
00:48:01Two mechanics went out of the space taxi
00:48:03to solar mirror Foxtrot 1-2.
00:48:06I ordered them not to come back.
00:48:08Commander, see if you can save them.
00:48:12I can't, sir.
00:48:15Commander, see if you can save them.
00:48:20Sullivan, save yourself.
00:48:23It's too late, sir.
00:48:26Sullivan.
00:48:27Sullivan.
00:48:29Can you hear me?
00:48:32Sullivan.
00:48:34Sullivan.
00:48:45Sullivan.
00:48:54Ray.
00:48:56Al.
00:48:57Don't forget Sullivan in your scoop.
00:49:00Write this.
00:49:02He was never afraid.
00:49:04Since man, even in space,
00:49:06changes his position but not his character.
00:49:09He is what he is, wherever he lives.
00:49:14What do you mean?
00:49:19What you always say.
00:49:21To himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:33Commander.
00:49:35I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:49:38Tell it to me.
00:49:40Coordinate Pi-28, 8 degrees.
00:49:43We're changing course.
00:49:45We'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:49:53Bravo Zulu 8-8 to space taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:49:57We're coming in to rescue you.
00:49:59Be ready to bail out.
00:50:04Bravo Zulu 8-8 to space taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:50:08We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:10Be ready to bail out.
00:50:12Out.
00:50:28The commander says you boys should rest.
00:50:30No, Ray. Show them in here.
00:50:43I just wanted to see you boys.
00:50:48Mary.
00:50:50Jackson.
00:50:52I'm glad to see you.
00:50:55Go and get some rest now.
00:51:12How do you like that, Jackson?
00:51:38They called us boys.
00:51:40And he even remembered our names.
00:51:43I didn't think he'd even do it.
00:51:47Sir, I'm now 7,000 miles from Alpha 2.
00:51:51In a few seconds, I'll start firing the rockets.
00:52:145,000 miles.
00:52:164,500.
00:52:214,000.
00:52:233,500.
00:52:273,000.
00:52:32It's disintegrated.
00:52:35I'll try again.
00:52:435,000.
00:52:444,500.
00:52:464,000.
00:52:473,500.
00:52:483,000.
00:52:492,500.
00:52:502,000.
00:52:511,500.
00:52:531,000.
00:52:54900.
00:52:55800.
00:52:56Going to make it?
00:52:57700.
00:52:58600.
00:52:59500.
00:53:00400.
00:53:01300.
00:53:02200.
00:53:07Fire another rocket.
00:53:10I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:21It's too dangerous, Al.
00:53:22Stop.
00:53:23You'll be attracted by the photonic field.
00:53:25I've located the channel.
00:53:26I'll try to break through it, Commander.
00:53:28I'm sure that I can get at least 1,500 miles away from the spaceship.
00:53:33Come back, Al.
00:53:34It's murder.
00:53:35I'm 2,000 miles away from Alpha 2 now, sir.
00:53:38Let me try.
00:53:40Al, that's an order.
00:53:41I'm sorry, sir.
00:53:42But I'm not taking orders anymore.
00:53:45It's a useless sacrifice.
00:53:48Son, I'm 1,200 miles away from you.
00:53:53I don't want to disillusion you.
00:53:55But what would be the use of living if the Earth were destroyed?
00:54:00We'd all be prisoners of space with no hope of return.
00:54:07800 miles.
00:54:08Al, please.
00:54:09After 200 miles, you'll have only a very slight chance to keep on a steady course.
00:54:14A slight chance challenges me to try.
00:54:45Al, you don't know what you're doing.
00:54:47Maybe not, Commander.
00:54:48Al!
00:54:49But in a few seconds, I'll know for sure.
00:54:52Al, I succeeded in proving the existence of a channel by the sacrifice of his own life.
00:55:16But we still haven't got a chance.
00:55:19There's nothing for us to do but follow his lead.
00:55:22But how, Lucy?
00:55:24Commander, why don't you request more spaceships equipped with missiles?
00:55:28It's too late now.
00:55:29They'd never get here in time.
00:55:32Well, then.
00:55:35I don't know.
00:55:39What's that object that keeps appearing on the screen?
00:55:48It's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite.
00:55:53It is now circling in orbit around us.
00:56:05The space taxi.
00:56:14I rode on it once with Al.
00:56:31Are you afraid, Lucy?
00:56:32Yes, for him.
00:56:36I understand.
00:56:39I love him, George.
00:56:41I know.
00:56:44But love has no meaning anymore, George.
00:56:47Does it?
00:56:52Perhaps it's the only thing that does matter.
00:57:00The world of human feelings has been much less explored than the whole of the universe put together.
00:57:12But now it's late.
00:57:15What have we been doing all these thousands of years?
00:57:20We've been congratulating ourselves on our progress and going faster and faster and faster.
00:57:27When in reality, we've only been getting further away from ourselves.
00:57:44Lucy.
00:57:48Take my place, will you?
00:58:15Where do you think you're going?
00:58:17Out in the space taxi.
00:58:19That's madness.
00:58:21Maybe so, but it's not half as mad as the idea that brought us to this point.
00:58:24You are staying here.
00:58:26Listen.
00:58:27Lucy loves you.
00:58:29And Lucy has been and is everything in the world that matters to me.
00:58:34You may not understand it, but for that very reason, I will stop you from going to certain death.
00:58:40Why stop me?
00:58:41We are all going to get killed anyway.
00:58:43I'm going to stop you even if I have to use force.
00:59:13Commander.
00:59:27He's going to make it.
00:59:35He's picked up the platonic field alongside the channel.
00:59:53To find my way through the channel, I had to throw to the right and the left any loose objects in the space taxi
01:00:00in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration.
01:00:04Look, it's insane.
01:00:13The channel is getting narrow.
01:00:16Every second.
01:00:18What's he throwing out?
01:00:19Plugs, transistors, spare parts from the mechanics tool kit.
01:00:27George, I'm going to make it.
01:00:28I'll get through.
01:00:30Go on, Ray.
01:00:32Go on.
01:00:34You're nearly there.
01:00:48I don't have anything else to throw out.
01:00:50Get rid of everything which isn't essential.
01:00:52Quick.
01:01:06The path is clear.
01:01:07George, I'm going through.
01:01:30Ray, hurry.
01:01:32Don't lose time.
01:01:34The hatch is above you.
01:01:36Right in the middle of the sphere.
01:02:05Ray, can you hear me?
01:02:09Ray, answer me.
01:02:12Go ahead, George.
01:02:13I'm listening.
01:02:15Get into the pilot seat and disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:20It should be on the left-hand panel.
01:02:23Remove everything else.
01:02:34The pilot is still inside the hibernation cell.
01:02:37Dead.
01:02:38Disconnect all contacts on the left-hand panel.
01:02:51They're already disconnected.
01:02:53The electronic brain.
01:02:55Ray, you must disconnect the electronic brain.
01:03:07I'm standing in front of it.
01:03:08What should I do?
01:03:11Destroy it.
01:03:13Disconnect the cables.
01:03:29I can't.
01:03:30They won't come loose.
01:03:35He can cut them.
01:03:36There are emergency tools right under the footrest of the pilot seat.
01:03:39Did you hear, Ray?
01:03:40Under the footrest.
01:03:41All right.
01:03:43Quick.
01:03:45You'd better hurry, sir.
01:03:46We're entering the Earth's gravity cell.
01:03:49Our speed is increasing.
01:03:52Use a pair of wire cutters.
01:03:55Come, George.
01:03:56Now cut the wires.
01:04:08I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:19Ray's deflector has stopped.
01:04:23Maybe we've made it.
01:04:27How can you prove that the photonic field has been disintegrated?
01:04:31There's only one way of telling for certain.
01:04:36We're coming in.
01:04:497,000.
01:04:516,500.
01:04:546,000.
01:04:565,500.
01:04:585,000.
01:05:00We're getting through it.
01:05:02Ray, we're coming.
01:05:04The nightmare is over.
01:05:10Hurry up, Ray.
01:05:11We're coming.
01:05:12Get ready to be rescued.
01:05:24We're alongside you, Ray.
01:05:26Bail out.
01:05:34George.
01:05:35Lucy.
01:05:36The external hatch is jammed.
01:05:38It won't open.
01:05:40It will never open again.
01:05:42Never.
01:05:43Try again, Ray.
01:05:44Try.
01:05:45Quick.
01:05:48He can't open it.
01:05:50He cut the cables.
01:05:52There's no more power inside the ship.
01:05:59Earth Base 9.
01:06:00Earth Base 9.
01:06:01Earth Base 9 to Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:06:04Can you hear us?
01:06:05Over.
01:06:07Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Earth Base 9.
01:06:10Go ahead.
01:06:11Are you all going insane up there?
01:06:13If you keep racing that fast, you'll disintegrate when you reach the Earth's atmosphere.
01:06:18Separate and change your course immediately.
01:06:21Alpha 2 is out of control.
01:06:23There's a man inside.
01:06:28We're going down to try to rescue him.
01:06:32Space suits on.
01:06:39Lucy.
01:06:41Take my place.
01:06:50We'll manage.
01:07:02Ray?
01:07:03Ray?
01:07:04Lucy.
01:07:05George and the others are coming to get you out.
01:07:08I can't hold out any longer.
01:07:11I can't control the oxygen flow.
01:07:13Use the regulator, Ray.
01:07:16I don't have it anymore.
01:07:18That was the last thing I threw out into space.
01:07:21Ray, you must hold out.
01:07:25Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:27Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:29Are you listening?
01:07:31Roger.
01:07:32Go ahead.
01:07:33This is an order from the high command.
01:07:35Stop rescue of Alpha 2 pilot.
01:07:38Change your course immediately or you'll soon enter the atmosphere.
01:07:42Repeat.
01:07:43This is an order from the high command.
01:07:46They don't know what they're talking about.
01:07:49They don't know what would have happened if Ray established contact again.
01:07:54And we'll stay as close as possible.
01:07:58Ray, we're very close now.
01:08:02The man's now going out.
01:08:04Too much air.
01:08:06An orgy of air.
01:08:08My thoughts are running wild.
01:08:10Talk to me, Lucy.
01:08:27Everything is spinning.
01:08:31Where are you, Lucy?
01:08:37Here.
01:08:38Beside you.
01:08:41Quick, the cold may port here.
01:08:49What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy?
01:08:53If I'm going to be lost myself?
01:08:56No.
01:08:58You can't say this, Ray.
01:09:00You believed more than any of us.
01:09:04I believe you, Ray.
01:09:11Ray, Ray, answer me.
01:09:14I believed.
01:09:16But there's no faith that can destroy the fear of death.
01:09:24Wait, wait, hang on.
01:09:32Goodbye, Lucy.
01:09:44Lucy, we're inside.
01:09:49Be ready to turn the ship.
01:10:09We're in, Lucy.
01:10:10Be ready.
01:10:14Contact.
01:10:39We've made it, Lucy.
01:10:41Engines at maximum speed.
01:11:10Now, you're really worthy, Lucy, George.
01:11:19That's the Earth.

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