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“Assignment: Outer Space” (Italian title: Space Men) is a 1960 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Set in the distant future, the film follows reporter Ray Peterson as he joins a space mission and uncovers a deadly threat orbiting the Earth.
This movie is a cult example of early European sci-fi cinema, with retro-futuristic visuals, classic rocket designs, and Cold War–era space themes.
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony Dawson)
Starring: Rik Van Nutter, Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor
Language: English (dubbed)
Year: 1960
Country: Italy
Color: Black & White
Public Domain Source: https://archive.org/details/AssignmentOuterSpace
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“Assignment: Outer Space” (Italian title: Space Men) is a 1960 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Set in the distant future, the film follows reporter Ray Peterson as he joins a space mission and uncovers a deadly threat orbiting the Earth.
This movie is a cult example of early European sci-fi cinema, with retro-futuristic visuals, classic rocket designs, and Cold War–era space themes.
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony Dawson)
Starring: Rik Van Nutter, Gabriella Farinon, David Montresor
Language: English (dubbed)
Year: 1960
Country: Italy
Color: Black & White
Public Domain Source: https://archive.org/details/AssignmentOuterSpace
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#AssignmentOuterSpace #PublicDomainMovies #VintageSciFi #AntonioMargheriti #1960sSciFi #ClassicMovies #WatchFreeMovies #SpaceAdventure #CultCinema #RetroFuture
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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.
00:00:17Dateline, December 17th.
00:00:20Year, 2116.
00:00:23Spaceship, Bravo Zulu 88.
00:00:26Destination, Galaxy M12.
00:00:31Assignment, outer space.
00:00:56The editor of my paper assigned me to cover a routine check of infraradiation flux on
00:01:12Galaxy M12.
00:01:13The crew members, in order to overcome the earthly gravity, have been subjected to a state of
00:01:37hibernation, that is, the human body had put through a congealing process, simulating an
00:01:43apparent death.
00:01:47At a preset time, under the impulses of an electric brain, the heart resumes its normal beat.
00:01:54The lungs begin their regular functioning.
00:01:57The blood flowing evenly again.
00:01:58In short, man is reacquiring his earthly faculties.
00:02:03The human body is reacquiring his developmental system.
00:02:05The human body is a no longer a matter of разг Ask-ifier.
00:02:07The human body is tretraded by the various other surfaces in the airborne instances.
00:02:10In short, the woman lives as wellek Hisarus switch from the delegates correspond to the
00:02:33To counteract the state of weightlessness caused by lack of gravitation, special magnetic
00:02:56boots are provided to control the balance of space travelers.
00:03:26While 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.
00:03:41Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4. Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4, over.
00:03:50Zulu Extra 3-4 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, go ahead.
00:03:54Contact established. Hibernation period finished. Over.
00:03:58Is that you, Al? Hi, Richard.
00:04:01Any news to relay?
00:04:03The usual nausea when awakening, my boy.
00:04:06Bravo Zulu 8-8 has entered orbit of your satellite.
00:04:10Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing electronic brain. Over.
00:04:15Roger. Everything's in your hands again, Al.
00:04:18Thanks for nothing, pal.
00:04:20Hey, we got cargo aboard.
00:04:23We've already been informed.
00:04:25Reporter, eh?
00:04:26Did you wake up yet?
00:04:27No, not yet.
00:04:28I haven't brought him his coffee.
00:04:32Bravo Zulu 8-8 requesting your position.
00:04:34Coordinate 5-2-1, over.
00:04:37Okay.
00:04:39I'll send you the reporter as soon as possible.
00:04:41Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing.
00:04:44Hello, Archie.
00:04:47How are you feeling?
00:04:48Man, this time I had a dream.
00:04:50You had a dream?
00:04:51What about?
00:04:52I dreamt I was sleeping.
00:04:54Take over the controls while I wake up the baby.
00:04:59Ah, is it true when we took off?
00:05:02You're saying I'm a lullaby?
00:05:03That's right.
00:05:04Just call me space witness.
00:05:06Next time, why don't you just bring a cow along?
00:05:08Yeah, a pacifier would do.
00:05:12Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling extra 3-4.
00:05:15Over.
00:05:16Go ahead, Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:05:46To come out of a state of hibernation is an eerie sensation.
00:06:09I didn't know who or where I was until I heard Al's voice.
00:06:14Hi there, spaceman.
00:06:20Hello.
00:06:21This was not my first space flight.
00:06:24Previous assignments for my newspaper had sent me to the moon many times,
00:06:29but never into the vast reaches of deep space.
00:06:34I feared that ten days in a cramped ship with a crew of seven men
00:06:39who would resent a reporter's questions and lack of usefulness
00:06:42might make me an unpopular passenger.
00:06:47The coffin was much too small.
00:06:55Couldn't you have found me a bigger one to sleep in?
00:06:58We didn't have one, Leech.
00:07:00Why do you call me that?
00:07:03No offense, kid.
00:07:05It just means that here you're a parasite.
00:07:11Where are we now?
00:07:12Outside.
00:07:14Outside what?
00:07:15Outside everything.
00:07:16Breakfast is served.
00:07:21Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:07:22You're directly in line with us.
00:07:25We'll send you that reporter as soon as possible.
00:07:28Hey Al, they're asking for the boy.
00:07:33Hey!
00:07:34Hey Al!
00:07:35Al, what's happening?
00:07:36We're off to where's start?
00:07:37Calm down, my poor.
00:07:39You'll get along fine.
00:07:40Just control your nerves.
00:07:46There.
00:07:48From now on you'll be able to hear my instructions.
00:07:50Just remember to regulate your volume now.
00:07:53Hey!
00:07:55You're forgetting the tools of your trade.
00:07:57What's the matter, Sonny?
00:08:15Cut it out, Al.
00:08:18Are you scared, son?
00:08:20Stop treating me like a greenhorn.
00:08:22But that's what you are, my boy.
00:08:24I took the accelerated course before I started on this trip.
00:08:28It probably was too quick.
00:08:31I'm not going to take all the air out of the decompression chamber.
00:08:33You'll have an easier exit.
00:08:36I'll give you a count from 20 to 1.
00:08:38And out you go.
00:08:40I know what to do.
00:08:42Don, you don't know anything yet.
00:08:45Don't touch the metal frame around the hatch.
00:08:54Minus 20.
00:08:56Why?
00:08:57Can you see me?
00:08:59No.
00:09:01But the first time out they all behaved the same way.
00:09:06Minus 15.
00:09:08India Zulu 4 gone.
00:09:10You ready?
00:09:113...
00:09:125...
00:09:131...
00:09:14Wait a second!
00:09:152...
00:09:161...
00:09:17Out you go!
00:09:18Al was absolutely right.
00:09:21I was scared.
00:09:30The artificial satellite is like an island in the sky.
00:09:33In order not to disturb its calculated orbital chart, we lined up 2,000 feet parallel to it.
00:09:41The only way to get there was to float through the terrifying void between us.
00:09:46Keep talking, Al.
00:09:47What do you want to hear?
00:09:48Fairytale?
00:09:49Explain to me what's going on.
00:09:50That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.
00:09:51Are you still afraid?
00:09:52Yes.
00:09:53Of what?
00:09:54I don't know.
00:09:55What do you want to know?
00:09:56Oh, what?
00:09:57I don't know.
00:09:59Well, I don't know.
00:10:00You have to know.
00:10:01What do you want to know?
00:10:02Oh, what?
00:10:03I don't know.
00:10:04What?
00:10:05What do you want to know?
00:10:06What do you want to know?
00:10:07What do you want to know?
00:10:08Fairytale?
00:10:09Explain to me what's going on.
00:10:11That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.
00:10:12Are you still afraid?
00:10:14Yes.
00:10:15still afraid? Yes. Of what? I don't know. You still there? Say something. A chilly sense of emptiness. Do you understand me, Al? Sure, I understand. Every baptism has its mystery, even out here in space. I've never felt so lonely.
00:10:40Hey, Al. Maybe if I try to turn around. I did it. Al. I'm turning. India Zulu 4-1, get back to normal position. You're at the end of your trip.
00:11:10Once aboard Zulu Extra 3-4, I passed through the decompression chamber. I now regained my normal
00:11:27weight because the gravitational area was similar to our Earth's. The reason for this being all space
00:11:34stations rotate around a central axis.
00:11:48In the ship's cabin, I was met by King 116, the doctor in charge of all crew members' physical
00:11:55and mental health. Take off your space suit and report to the commander. He's waiting for you.
00:12:04Hey, what kind of a guy is our reporter? He still smells earthy.
00:12:34Special correspondent Ray Peterson, reporting to the commander.
00:12:43I've heard you're rather famous, honored.
00:12:45Well, I see my fame has reached the stars.
00:12:49But let me give you a bit of advice.
00:12:51Here among the stars, it is better not to be quite so cocky.
00:12:56You are only here to do a job.
00:12:58Don't worry, that's all I intend to do.
00:13:01On condition that you don't interfere with ours.
00:13:05You've arrived here at a critical moment.
00:13:07So much the better.
00:13:08Peace and tranquility don't have any news value.
00:13:21Sullivan.
00:13:21Yes, sir.
00:13:22How long would it take to reinstall the terminal stages to the spaceship that arrived from Earth just now?
00:13:26That all depends, sir. We only have two mechanics on board.
00:13:29Cancel all rest periods. The ship must be ready as soon as possible.
00:13:32I must go to base 12 on Mars.
00:13:33Yes, sir.
00:13:35You talk about Mars as if it were just down the street.
00:13:39There are no streets here.
00:13:40I firmly oppose your unwelcome visit.
00:13:46Are you trying to flatter me?
00:13:48But the high command refused to listen to me.
00:13:50It's apparent that you have quite a pull there.
00:13:52Not me.
00:13:54But my organization has.
00:13:56Don't forget, Peterson,
00:13:58that everything you put on your tape recorder will have to be sent by me before it's sent back to Earth.
00:14:02Here, 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 crews ready, sir.
00:14:22Any changes?
00:14:26No, Sullivan.
00:14:39Where 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 for authorization.
00:14:53Is it necessary?
00:14:55Absolutely necessary.
00:14:56Absolutely necessary.
00:14:59Okay.
00:15:00Hoping this special detail might make a good story, I went outside, without permission, to observe and photograph it.
00:15:13This special detail was a refueling operation, one of the most dangerous and delicate operations in space flight.
00:15:20The engineers carried an enormous tube from the space station and carefully attached it to a rear valve on our ship.
00:15:27Thousands of gallons of precious neohydrazine were being pumped into our fuel tanks in order for us to go on to Mars.
00:15:38Look out!
00:15:43The meteorite!
00:15:43Suddenly, I saw a fiery ball racing toward the cosmonaut next to me.
00:15:47Dippantly, I pushed him out of the way.
00:15:48But the subsequent reaction caused me to bounce against the connection of the fuel valve, disconnecting it, and letting the irreplaceable neohydrazine escape.
00:16:01Close the fuel valve!
00:16:08Lost.
00:16:11500 gallons of hydrazine.
00:16:17Lost.
00:16:18I'm sorry.
00:16:20Furthermore, you went without my permission.
00:16:24I said I'm sorry, even though I saved a man's life.
00:16:29You didn't come here to be a hero.
00:16:32The damage you have just caused is much more serious than the mere loss of a life.
00:16:38Evidently, Commander, my way of thinking must seem prehistoric to you.
00:16:42I thought nothing was worse than the loss of a human being.
00:16:44But then I only saved a number.
00:16:46Yankee 1-3.
00:16:47I didn't even see his face.
00:16:49Maybe he hasn't got one.
00:16:55I knew that you were going to give me trouble.
00:16:57I see you're a psychologist, too.
00:16:59Now, look here, Peterson.
00:17:00Let's get this straight.
00:17:02From now on, you must ask permission for everything you do.
00:17:05And you won't ask me for it.
00:17:06That's an improvement.
00:17:08You'll have to ask my second-in-command.
00:17:10And I'm afraid you'll find that he's tougher than I am.
00:17:13You may go now.
00:17:13You may go.
00:17:19First, Commander, tell me one thing.
00:17:21Why do you deny me the honor of talking to you?
00:17:28I'm leaving, Peterson.
00:17:29I'm leaving.
00:17:30Let's get back.
00:17:31Let's get back.
00:17:33Let's get back.
00:17:33Let's get back.
00:17:34Hey, buddy.
00:17:59I'm King 116.
00:18:04Pardon me for not having called you by name.
00:18:07Allow me. India Zulu 41.
00:18:10What do you want?
00:18:12I'm looking for someone.
00:18:14Excuse me, I'm looking for a number.
00:18:16Yankee 13. He was injured.
00:18:19He should be around here, somewhere.
00:18:21Just dismissed. It was nothing but simple shock.
00:18:24Have a look in the biochemical lab.
00:18:27Please excuse my curiosity, Mr. King 116.
00:18:42May I come in?
00:18:44Hey, spaceman.
00:18:46Are you addressing me?
00:18:55Yes, but you're a...
00:18:58Go on.
00:18:59You're a girl.
00:19:01And you're selling flowers, too.
00:19:04There are no flowers here. These are diaspora.
00:19:07Even with a name like that, they're flowers.
00:19:10They serve the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen,
00:19:14and they're as necessary here as the air is on Earth.
00:19:19But I still say they're flowers.
00:19:22If you like.
00:19:24Do you sell them?
00:19:26I'm afraid not.
00:19:28But maybe we can make a deal.
00:19:30What do you mean?
00:19:32Oh, you see, you won't have to send them anywhere.
00:19:35I'll pay for them.
00:19:37But then I'll leave them here for you.
00:19:40Do you work in this section?
00:19:44Sometimes.
00:19:45But I'm really a navigator.
00:19:50When I'm not working with the astro compass, I like to substitute for the section chemistry.
00:19:56But tell me, why do you want to offer them to me?
00:20:00Oh, no particular reason. Just to celebrate the second smiling face I've run into.
00:20:06Al's was the first.
00:20:08And now I find you.
00:20:10Speaking of you, what's your name?
00:20:12I don't mean your numbers, cereals, codes, but just your name.
00:20:17Lucy.
00:20:18Lucy.
00:20:19Do you like it?
00:20:21It's not bad.
00:20:22My uncle had a mascot with that name.
00:20:25It was quite cute.
00:20:27I liked it very much.
00:20:29It was a monkey.
00:20:31Oh, really.
00:20:32She was very cute.
00:20:34I meant it as a compliment.
00:20:36Very flattering, Mr. Peterson.
00:20:39Do you know my name, too?
00:20:42Of course.
00:20:44I've already heard about you from George.
00:20:47You know, the commander.
00:20:49My old friend.
00:20:51But doesn't the commander have a number like everybody else?
00:20:55Not for me.
00:20:58And now, if you'll forgive me, I've got work to do.
00:21:03Yankee 1-3.
00:21:08I forgot.
00:21:09Thank you, Ray.
00:21:11I really mean thanks.
00:21:12Following the order from the commander, Al came over to our ship to pilot a space taxi from which I could photograph a passage of asteroids.
00:21:30India's Yulu 41.
00:21:31India's Yulu 41.
00:21:32We just made it.
00:21:33I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:37Yeah.
00:21:38Shooting these rocks is sure something.
00:21:40They're not rocks, my son.
00:21:42They're asteroids.
00:21:44Each of them 1,700 feet in diameter.
00:21:47The commander bawled me out for the loss of 500 gallons of hydrazine when I saved a life.
00:21:56And the girls, too.
00:21:57Ha!
00:21:58So you have a weakness for the weakest sex.
00:22:00And she doesn't even call him sir, just George.
00:22:02Buy all our rings around Saturday.
00:22:04They were right when they called you a meddler.
00:22:06Well, he's ashamed of that.
00:22:09Hold right now.
00:22:10I'm going to make a sharp turn.
00:22:16Who is the sheriff?
00:22:17George.
00:22:18You understand him.
00:22:19Is it true that George is leaving?
00:22:23Yes.
00:22:24And Lucy, will she go with him?
00:22:26I'm sorry for you, but that's exactly what she'll do.
00:22:29Something very serious is going on.
00:22:31And all you can talk about is nonsense.
00:22:33We're leaving for Mars.
00:22:34We?
00:22:35You too, Al?
00:22:36Yes.
00:22:37Can't you tell me more about it?
00:22:38Top secret.
00:22:39Sulu extra 3-4 to space taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:22:43Hurry back to base.
00:22:44Over.
00:22:45Roger from Bravo 9-1.
00:22:49Al, can I radio my Earth base?
00:22:51Sure.
00:22:52You think you're still living back in the 21st century?
00:22:54Thanks.
00:22:55You better lower your head now.
00:22:57We're moving back into the satellite.
00:22:59I wanted to join this Mars expedition.
00:23:02Only an order from the High Command on Earth
00:23:04could persuade the commander to take me with him.
00:23:07I don't understand.
00:23:09What's making the pilot so late?
00:23:11He promised to join us immediately, sir.
00:23:14Al's really a strange type.
00:23:16He's the best there is.
00:23:19I'm sorry to be late, sir.
00:23:24We've been waiting for you.
00:23:26The situation has become worse.
00:23:29We've got to leave immediately.
00:23:31And you haven't been able to contact Alfred 2?
00:23:33No.
00:23:34Alfred 2 does not answer.
00:23:37We think the pilot may be dead.
00:23:40This could mean the end.
00:23:49That's what I'm afraid of.
00:23:51India Zulu 4-1 wishes to speak with you, sir.
00:23:55Let him talk to the second in command.
00:23:57You take care of him, Sullivan.
00:23:59He refuses to do so.
00:24:00He says he has a very urgent communication for you.
00:24:03Send him in.
00:24:10That's all we needed.
00:24:12This inquisitive, interfering meddler.
00:24:16These are pretty nice guys.
00:24:19Do you think so?
00:24:30This is absurd.
00:24:42Commander, you are insulting the high command.
00:24:45Absolutely against all regulations.
00:24:47Any more criticisms?
00:24:48Yes.
00:24:49Yes.
00:24:50So have I.
00:24:51But I keep them to myself.
00:24:58Gentlemen.
00:24:59Prepare to leave.
00:25:11Yankee 1-3.
00:25:13One moment, please.
00:25:14Yes.
00:25:15What is it, George?
00:25:24That man, Peterson, has persuaded the high command to let him come with us.
00:25:27It's an order.
00:25:28Aren't you exaggerating?
00:25:32I can't increase the crew.
00:25:35Can't you do without the radio operator?
00:25:37We'll get along just as well.
00:25:38No.
00:25:42I prefer to do without you.
00:25:45Please.
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?
00:26:08Perhaps 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.
00:26:25I'm just begging you.
00:26:27I understand you, George.
00:26:30I know that you always try to be worthy of your position.
00:26:34But you'd be better off if for once you tried...
00:26:37What?
00:26:39To be worthy of yourself.
00:26:40To be worthy of yourself.
00:26:52I'm sorry, George.
00:26:53Lucy's plea to the commander was effective.
00:27:12When we left the artificial satellite and returned to our spaceship, Bravo Zulu 8-8, Lucy was aboard and set our course for Mars.
00:27:20Is the nose still turned up?
00:27:23Don't be silly.
00:27:24The nose of the spaceship is always up, even when landing.
00:27:27He's not referring to the spaceship, Al. He's talking about me.
00:27:31My congratulations, Commander.
00:27:33Listen, Peterson. Remember you're extraneous here, so please keep to your place.
00:27:38What place?
00:27:40I don't even have a chair to sit on.
00:27:43Look, there's two cots in there that you can use when we haven't a chance to rest.
00:27:46Oh, while the rest of you are working, I'm supposed to sleep.
00:27:50There are times when all children should go to bed.
00:27:53Yeah.
00:27:59Listen, ever since we came on this trip, you've all done your very best to make me feel like an outsider.
00:28:05My congratulations, Peterson.
00:28:06What the devil is going on?
00:28:07I don't know, sir. Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:09Impossible.
00:28:10Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:11Look, Captain.
00:28:12What the devil is going on?
00:28:13I don't know, sir. Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:14Impossible.
00:28:15Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:16Look, Captain.
00:28:18What the devil is going on?
00:28:19I don't know, sir. Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:20Impossible.
00:28:21Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:22Look, Captain.
00:28:23Give me its position.
00:28:24Coordinate 113.
00:28:25Inertial position of object 512.
00:28:26What the devil is going on?
00:28:27What the devil is going on?
00:28:28I don't know, sir.
00:28:29Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:30Impossible.
00:28:31Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:32Look, Captain.
00:28:33What the devil is going on?
00:28:34I don't know, sir.
00:28:35Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:36Impossible.
00:28:37Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:38Look, Captain.
00:28:39Give me its position.
00:28:49Coordinate 113.
00:28:51Inertial position of object 512.
00:28:54Try to establish contact.
00:28:55It looks like a moonship.
00:29:01Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:02Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:03To unidentified object.
00:29:04Over.
00:29:05They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:11Switch to voice circuit.
00:29:22Metro Sierra 13.
00:29:24Metro Sierra 13 to Bravo Zulu 88.
00:29:27Over.
00:29:28Bravo Zulu 88 to Metro Sierra 13.
00:29:30Go ahead.
00:29:31Over.
00:29:31Tanks are exploded.
00:29:33Engines have failed.
00:29:33We're out of control and being attracted to Mars.
00:29:36Over.
00:29:37Try to get back into the orbit around Mars.
00:29:40We'll attempt rescue.
00:29:42What caused the explosion?
00:29:43Over.
00:29:44Impossible 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 structure's melted in several places.
00:29:52What about the crew?
00:29:54Three of us left, sir.
00:29:59One dead.
00:30:01Engineer.
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.
00:30:25We won't be able to make it.
00:30:27One of Mars satellites is crossing our path.
00:30:29I don't feel like ending my days in this trial.
00:30:52David, go.
00:30:57David, go.
00:31:03What are you doing?
00:31:05Can you make it?
00:31:10I'm climbing.
00:31:12One of my engines had started.
00:31:14I'm climbing.
00:31:15I'm climbing.
00:31:17I can make it.
00:31:20I'm getting lighter.
00:31:22I can't make it.
00:31:25No.
00:31:30It's on the engines to get ready for a vertical landing.
00:31:35We will fly above Phobos.
00:31:37Now, engines at seven gammas.
00:32:04Now.
00:32:04Engines at eight gammas.
00:32:12Look there to the right.
00:32:15Perhaps.
00:32:29Engines at 11 gammas.
00:32:30What's going on?
00:32:31We're going down, Parasite.
00:32:32But it's insane.
00:32:33With all stages full of fuel, we're like a bomb.
00:32:38Landing area at two degrees or about.
00:32:47Just so much.
00:32:49Engines at 14 gammas.
00:32:49Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:50Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:51Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:54Engines at 4 RPM.
00:32:56Engines at 4 RPM.
00:32:58mı?
00:32:59I don't know.
00:32:59It's time to get up.
00:33:01On the ship.
00:33:01There's no stages full of fuel.
00:33:01And now there's no schedule of fuel.
00:33:02We're like a bomb.
00:33:03Or like a bomb.
00:33:04We're like a bomb.
00:33:06Landing area at two degrees or about.
00:33:06We're going to cover this.
00:33:07Just so much.
00:33:08Engines at 14 gallons.
00:33:10Engines at 16 gallons.
00:33:11Engines at 16 gallons.
00:33:13Engines at 4 RPM.
00:33:45Put on your spacesuit, Leach.
00:33:50You're coming to help rescue that poor guy.
00:33:53The captain sits.
00:33:54Nine degrees to starboard.
00:34:17One more and we would have remained here forever.
00:34:20He's still alive.
00:34:36Let's hurry up.
00:34:37Captain, we're coming in.
00:34:40Lucy, keep the gyros working.
00:34:43As soon as they're inside, we'll get out of here.
00:34:45You stay here and look after him.
00:34:56I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:02Gyros unlocked!
00:35:03Roger!
00:35:03Roger!
00:35:18how is it bad i think you hold out till we get to mars we're almost there anyway aren't we
00:35:44no what do you mean no we've changed course we're now heading for venus you're what
00:35:50a direct order from the high command and you accepted it
00:35:55do you realize commander there's a dying man in there
00:36:12i don't have to account to you for my actions look 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 turn on the safety system
00:36:25i think you should tell him sir it's no longer top secret alpha 2 propelled by photonic energy
00:36:34is now without a pilot she is floating in space and is only controlled by the electronic brain
00:36:41the photonic heat which our radar has picked up has the power of destruction and death
00:36:47alpha 2 has re-entered the solar system during the sun's next revolution she will start to orbit
00:36:55around the earth and will destroy it completely burning everything and eliminating all forms of
00:37:01life ever any hope of stopping her that's why we're going to beat us it's the nearest point to the elliptical path of alpha 2
00:37:11our world was in danger about to be destroyed perhaps in a few days maybe in a few hours it was up to us a handful of cosmonauts from earth millions of miles away to try and save humanity
00:37:34humanity
00:37:36lucy
00:37:37lucy
00:37:38you're crying
00:37:41those dark spots
00:37:46those continents
00:37:48and there are the oceans and the trees
00:37:52you can't see them
00:37:54in my mind i can
00:37:56i'd like to run down a road that's a lot of pine trees
00:38:00would you
00:38:01yes and feel just once again the excitement of speed
00:38:05but we're already running at 90 000 miles an hour
00:38:09and we're standing still
00:38:11that's nothing by an illusion
00:38:15do you know what day it is
00:38:18don't you know that in space we don't count the days
00:38:22no but do you know what date it is
00:38:26it's the 359th of rotation around the sun
00:38:30that's just part of it
00:38:33it's christmas lucy
00:38:52we started to land at the interplanetary base on venus
00:38:57the largest best equipped base
00:38:59closest to alpha 2
00:39:02from there alpha 2 could be intercepted
00:39:04and we hoped destroyed
00:39:06by the remote controlled atomic missiles
00:39:09the
00:39:23hey archie
00:39:24is that the base
00:39:25yes right under the protective dome
00:39:27there's too much hydrogen in venus's atmosphere
00:39:32from here it looks like the glass dome of a temple
00:39:34you don't need a respirator inside
00:39:36what about those plugs are they purifying filters
00:39:38hey that'll read a course assuring results isn't it
00:39:41tell me
00:39:42why is it that with him wants to protect himself
00:39:44he hides himself under a dome
00:39:46put on your helmet kid
00:39:48i'm going to take you on a quick tour of venus
00:39:51only 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
00:40:107,500
00:40:127,000 miles
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00:40:56an invisible sphere of heat which radiates up to 5,000 miles.
00:41:03We've just had the proof of it.
00:41:06It's indestructible.
00:41:08Though one of man's dreams has finally come true,
00:41:11an indestructible destroyer.
00:41:15Unless we have a sudden change in the next solar system revolution,
00:41:19Alpha-2 will start orbiting around the Earth at only 3,500 miles from it.
00:41:26That means 1,500 miles within the safety limit.
00:41:32In a few days, maybe a few hours,
00:41:35our planet will become a mass of boiling mud,
00:41:39as it was soon after its formation.
00:41:42We mustn't give up hope. Something might stop it in time.
00:41:45Maybe a miracle.
00:41:49And while we're waiting here for your miracle,
00:41:52I would suggest that we immediately put into operation
00:41:55all the means at our disposal.
00:41:57They've already prepared to fire missiles from the other hemisphere.
00:42:00Meanwhile, why don't you order your men
00:42:02to reach the audio stations on the beach?
00:42:08You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:136,800.
00:42:145,700.
00:42:195,200.
00:42:215,000.
00:42:234,500.
00:42:244,000.
00:42:253,700.
00:42:272,900.
00:42:282,400.
00:42:292,200.
00:42:31I don't understand.
00:42:34With your permission, sir, I have an explanation.
00:42:37What is it?
00:42:38I think I've found the answer.
00:42:39Tell it to us.
00:42:40I'm sure that due to some technical error,
00:42:42that spaceship is vulnerable.
00:42:44The two photonic deflectors at both...
00:42:45Your ability?
00:42:46Two semispheres separated in their fields by a channel.
00:42:47You mean like a halved orange?
00:42:48A perfect example, my son.
00:42:49That's why a missile has gone through.
00:42:50According to you, it was the only one fired exactly into the center of the channel.
00:42:52But why did the last one disintegrate at 2,200 miles?
00:42:53Because of some imperceptible deviation.
00:42:54Perhaps it was attracted by one of the photonic fields.
00:42:55Which is right, Al.
00:42:56There's still a chance.
00:42:57What chance?
00:42:58What chance?
00:42:59We'd have to fire on a straight line, from another spaceship, traveling alongside Alton
00:43:01of the Earth.
00:43:02You mean like a halved orange?
00:43:03A perfect example, my son.
00:43:04That's why a missile has gone through.
00:43:05According to you, it was the only one fired 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.
00:43:16Which is right, Al.
00:43:19There's still a chance.
00:43:21What chance?
00:43:22We'd have to fire on a straight line, from another spaceship, traveling alongside Alton
00:43:27Alpha 2 at the same rate of speed.
00:43:29I think I've earned the right to try, sir.
00:43:31Why the right?
00:43:32Because if my hunch turns out to be correct, I'd like to be the one to receive the credit.
00:43:38And if it's wrong, you 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.
00:43:48May I go ahead, sir?
00:43:51Yes.
00:43:54Yes.
00:43:57And I hope you'll manage to save humanity.
00:44:04We'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.
00:44:15Hey, Ray.
00:44:16Now you have a chance to do a real exclusive.
00:44:22It'll be a universal scoop.
00:44:25Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:44:28Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:44:53Let's just go.
00:44:54Let's just go.
00:45:12We're out of it now.
00:45:14You did very well, Peterson.
00:45:19It's not everybody that can stand 16 gammas.
00:45:22Considering the fact that I'm a parasite.
00:45:24Tango Sierra 1-3.
00:45:25Tango Sierra 1-3.
00:45:26Tango Sierra 1-3.
00:45:27To Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:45:28Over.
00:45:41Now, piloting the old atomic spaceship, Tango Sierra 1-3, flew alongside us.
00:45:46Both spaceships shut off their engines and the inertial thrust allowed them to fly at fantastic speeds.
00:45:53His mission, to find the channel between the two semispheres of Alpha 2.
00:45:58Tango Sierra 1-3.
00:45:59Go ahead.
00:46:00Everything okay, Captain?
00:46:01Perfect.
00:46:02How's the reporter?
00:46:03Good.
00:46:04Good.
00:46:05Good.
00:46:06Good.
00:46:07Good.
00:46:08Good.
00:46:09Good.
00:46:10Good.
00:46:11Good.
00:46:12Good.
00:46:13Good.
00:46:14Good.
00:46:15Good.
00:46:16Good.
00:46:17Good.
00:46:18Good.
00:46:19Good.
00:46:20Good.
00:46:21Good.
00:46:22Good.
00:46:23Good.
00:46:24Good.
00:46:25Good.
00:46:26Good.
00:46:27Good.
00:46:28Good.
00:46:29Good.
00:46:30Good.
00:46:31Good.
00:46:32Good.
00:46:33Good.
00:46:34Good.
00:46:35Good.
00:46:36Good.
00:46:37Good.
00:46:38Good.
00:46:39Good.
00:46:40Good.
00:46:41Good.
00:46:42Good.
00:46:43Good.
00:46:44Good.
00:46:45Good.
00:46:46Good.
00:46:47Good.
00:46:48Good.
00:46:49Good.
00:46:50Good.
00:46:51I'll request another route check on approach and let's hope for the best. Radio out.
00:47:04Satellite Zulu extra 3-4. Satellite Zulu extra 3-4 calling Bravo Zulu 8-8. Over.
00:47:11Bravo Zulu 8-8 to satellite. Zulu extra 3-4. Go ahead.
00:47:15Captain, this is Sullivan.
00:47:17What's the trouble, Sullivan?
00:47:18About 45 seconds ago, the photonic field around spaceship Alpha 2 came into collision with the asteroids.
00:47:25Well then?
00:47:26Alpha 2 has changed her course by 6 degrees in respect to Vega.
00:47:31I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth before the estimated time.
00:47:39Can you ascertain her present position?
00:47:41Yes, I can. High coordinate 27 degrees.
00:47:45Movement of ellipses gradually advancing.
00:47:48Look out! It's coming towards you!
00:47:57Yes. It will be on top of us any minute.
00:48:01What about the men, Sullivan?
00:48:03They are all on standby, sir.
00:48:06Two mechanics went out on the space taxi to Solar Mirror Foxtrot 1-2.
00:48:12I ordered them not to come back.
00:48:15Commander, see if you can save them.
00:48:20Sullivan, save yourself!
00:48:23It's too late, sir.
00:48:25Sullivan!
00:48:27Sullivan!
00:48:28Can you hear me?
00:48:32Sullivan!
00:48:50Sullivan!
00:48:51Ray, don't forget Sullivan and your scoop, write this, he was never afraid, since man,
00:49:04even in space, changes his position but not his character, he is what he is, wherever
00:49:11he lives.
00:49:13What's he mean?
00:49:18What you're always saying, to himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:33Commander, I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:49:38Tell it to me.
00:49:40Coordinate pi 28 eight degrees, in respect to Aldebaran.
00:49:44We're changing course and we'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:49:51Bravo Zulu 8 eight 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 eight, space taxi, Bravo 9-1.
00:50:08We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:10Be ready to bail out.
00:50:12Out.
00:50:14The commander says your boys should rest.
00:50:31No, Ray.
00:50:32Show them in here.
00:50:33I just wanted to see you boys.
00:50:50Barry.
00:50:52Jackson.
00:50:54I'm glad to see you.
00:50:57Go and get some rest now.
00:51:00Go and get some rest.
00:51:02Go, go.
00:51:03Go.
00:51:05Go.
00:51:07Go.
00:51:09Go.
00:51:10Go, go.
00:51:11Go.
00:51:13Go.
00:51:18Go.
00:51:20Go.
00:51:21Go.
00:51:22Go.
00:51:23Go.
00:51:24Go, go.
00:51:25Go.
00:51:26Go.
00:51:27Go.
00:51:28How do you like that, Jackson?
00:51:38They called us boys.
00:51:40Yeah, and he even remembered our names.
00:51:43I didn't think he even knew.
00:51:47Sir, I'm now 7,000 miles from Alpha 2.
00:51:58In a few seconds, I'll start firing the rockets.
00:52:145,000 miles.
00:52:174,500.
00:52:214,000.
00:52:233,500.
00:52:243,000.
00:52:32It's disintegrated.
00:52:35I'll try again.
00:52:425,000.
00:52:444,500.
00:52:464,000.
00:52:473,500.
00:52:483,000.
00:52:492,500.
00:52:512,000.
00:52:521,500.
00:52:531,000.
00:52:55900.
00:52:56800.
00:52:56Going to make it?
00:52:58700.
00:52:59600.
00:53:00500.
00:53:01400.
00:53:02300.
00:53:032,1.
00:53:08Fire another rocket.
00:53:10I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:12It's too dangerous, Al.
00:53:22Stop.
00:53:23You'll be attracted by the photonic field.
00:53:25I've located the channel.
00:53:27I'll try to break through it, Commander.
00:53:29I'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.
00:53:43But I'm not taking orders anymore.
00:53:45It's a useless sacrifice.
00:53:48Son, I'm 1,200 miles away from it.
00:53:53I don't want to disillusion you.
00:53:55But what would be the use of living if the Earth were destroyed?
00:53:58We'd all be prisoners of space, with no hope of return.
00:54:07800 miles.
00:54:08Al, please.
00:54:10After 200 miles, you'll have only a very slight chance to keep on a steady course.
00:54:14That slight chance challenges me to try.
00:54:16I'll go.
00:54:45Al, you don't know what you're doing.
00:54:47Maybe not, Commander.
00:54:49Al!
00:54:49But in a few seconds, I'll know for sure.
00:55:08Al has succeeded in proving the existence of a channel by the sacrifice
00:55:13of his own life, but we still haven't got a chance.
00:55:19There's nothing for him 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.
00:55:33Well, then.
00:55:35I don't know.
00:55:39What's that object that keeps appearing on the screen?
00:55:43It's the Space Taxi from the disintegrated satellite.
00:55:53It is now circling in orbit around us.
00:56:05The Space Taxi.
00:56:06The Space Taxi.
00:56:06The Space Taxi.
00:56:10I wrote on it once with Al.
00:56:31Are you afraid, Lucy?
00:56:33Yes, for him.
00:56:34I understand.
00:56:39I love him, George.
00:56:41I know.
00:56:44But love has no meaning anymore, George.
00:56:48I...
00:56:49Perhaps it's the only thing that does matter.
00:56:55The world of human feelings has been much less explored than the whole of the universe put
00:57:08together.
00:57:11But now it's late.
00:57:14What have we been doing all these thousands of years?
00:57:18We've been congratulating ourselves and our progress in going faster and faster and faster.
00:57:27When, in reality, we've only been getting further away from ourselves.
00:57:33Lucy.
00:57:44Lucy.
00:57:46Take my place, will you?
00:57:49Lucy.
00:57:50Take my place, will you?
00:57:51where do you think you're going out in the space taxi that's madness maybe
00:58:21so but it's not half as mad as the idea that brought us at this point you are staying here
00:58:25listen lucy loves you and lucy has been and is everything in the world that matters to me
00:58:33you may not understand it but for that very reason i will stop you from going to certain
00:58:39death why stop me we are all going to get killed anyway i'm going to stop you even if i have to
00:58:46use force
00:59:16he's going to make it
00:59:28he's picked up the botanic field alongside the channel
00:59:37to find my way through the channel i had to throw to the right and left any loose objects in a space
00:59:59taxi in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration look it's insane
01:00:13the channel is getting down every second
01:00:18what's he throwing out plugs transistors the spare parts from the mechanics toolkit
01:00:23george i'm going to make it i'll get through go on ray go on you're nearly there
01:00:39i don't have anything else to throw out get rid of everything which isn't essential quick
01:01:01the path is clear george i'm going through
01:01:17the hatch is above you right in the middle of the sphere
01:01:47the
01:02:05ray can you hear me
01:02:09ray answer me
01:02:12go ahead george i'm listening
01:02:13get into the pilot seat and disconnect the electronic brain
01:02:20it should be on the left hand panel turn off everything else
01:02:34the pilot's still inside the hibernation cell
01:02:37dead disconnect all contacts on the left hand panel
01:02:43of the right hand panel
01:02:50george they're already disconnected
01:02:53the electronic brain ray you must disconnect the electronic brain
01:02:58i'm standing in front of it what should i do
01:03:07i'm standing in front of it what should i do
01:03:11destroy it disconnect the cables
01:03:23i can't they won't come loose
01:03:35he can cut them there are emergency tools right under the footrest of the pilot's seat
01:03:39did you hear ray under the footrest all right
01:03:42the right
01:03:44quick
01:03:44quick
01:03:44quick
01:03:45you'd better hurry sir
01:03:46we're entering the earth's gravity zone
01:03:50our speed is increasing
01:03:52use a pair of wire cutters
01:03:55come george now cut the wires
01:03:58i'm cutting through the last wire
01:04:19ray deflector has stopped
01:04:21maybe 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
01:04:45we're getting through it ray we're coming the nightmare is over
01:05:10hurry up ray we're coming get ready to be rescued
01:05:15hurry up
01:05:24we're along sergeant ray
01:05:26bail out
01:05:35george lucy
01:05:37the external hatch is jammed
01:05:39it won't open
01:05:41it will never open again never
01:05:44Try again, Ray.
01:05:45Try.
01:05:46Quick.
01:05:49He can't open it.
01:05:51He cut the cables.
01:05:52There's no more power inside the ship.
01:05:59Earth Base 9.
01:06:00Earth Base 9.
01:06:02Earth 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?
01:06:14If 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 suit's on.
01:06:39Lucy.
01:06:41Take my place.
01:06:49We'll manage.
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.
01:07:07I can't hold out any longer.
01:07:11I can't control the oxygen flow.
01:07:13Use the regulator, Ray.
01:07:15I don't have it anymore.
01:07:18It was the last thing I threw out into space.
01:07:21Ray.
01:07:22You must hold out.
01:07:26Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:27Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:29Are you listening?
01:07:29Ray?
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.
01:07:48They 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.
01:08:00We're very close now.
01:08:02The men are now going out.
01:08:05Too much air.
01:08:06An orgy of air.
01:08:08My thoughts are running wild.
01:08:10Don't talk to me, Lucy.
01:08:27Everything is spinning.
01:08:31Where are you, Lucy?
01:08:36Here.
01:08:37Beside you.
01:08:40Wait for the cold way port here.
01:08:48What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy?
01:08:52If I'm going to be lost myself.
01:08:56No.
01:08:57You can't say this, Ray.
01:08:59You believed more than any of us.
01:09:03Truly believed, Ray.
01:09:10Ray, Ray, answer me.
01:09:14I believed, but there's no faith
01:09:17that can destroy the fear of death.
01:09:24Ray, Ray, hang on.
01:09:32Goodbye, Lucy.
01:09:33Lucy, we're inside.
01:09:49Be ready to turn the ship.
01:09:50Lucy, I'll watch the gyros.
01:10:04I'll tell you when to stop the engine.
01:10:06Gyros are locked.
01:10:09We're in, Lucy.
01:10:10Be ready.
01:10:11Be ready.
01:10:14Contact.
01:10:14We made it, Lucy.
01:10:27Engines at maximum speed.
01:10:29We made it, Lucy.
01:10:31Engines at maximum speed.
01:10:33We made it, Lucy.
01:10:34We made it, Lucy.
01:10:37We made it, Lucy.
01:10:38We made it, Lucy.
01:10:39We made it, Lucy.
01:10:40Engines at maximum speed.
01:10:41We made it, Lucy.
01:10:42Engines at maximum speed.
01:11:07Now, you're really worthy, Lucy, George.
01:11:21That's the Earth.
01:11:37The Earth has been, Lucy.
01:11:56THE END
01:12:26THE END