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00:00:27For centuries,
00:00:29the prayers of Mexico's peasants
00:00:31have been their only shield
00:00:32against the devastating furies
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00:00:38And so today, again they kneel,
00:00:40terrified and helpless,
00:00:41as a new volcano is created
00:00:43by the mysterious and rebellious forces of nature.
00:00:46The earth has split a thousand times.
00:00:49Whole acres of rich farmlands
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00:00:53And millions of tons of molten lava
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00:00:57in a quake recorded on the seismograph
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00:01:03To the benighted citizenry
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00:06:34NICHON
00:06:34LOOK AT THIS
00:06:42OVER HERE TOO
00:06:47YOU SUPPOSE
00:06:52LOOK AT THAT
00:07:02What do you make of it?
00:07:05Must be that patrol car those telephone men saw,
00:07:08but I certainly have no idea what could have happened or why.
00:07:13What could do this to a car out here?
00:07:16You don't suppose they're trying to walk to San Lorenzo?
00:07:195-1-1, calling 5-1-1.
00:07:22Do you read me?
00:07:24Sergeant Vega, do you read me?
00:07:25This is headquarters calling 5-1-1.
00:07:29Hello?
00:07:30Hello, do you read me?
00:07:325-1-1, I read you, Sergeant Vega.
00:07:34What's your location?
00:07:36Sergeant Vega?
00:07:37Here, you better take this.
00:07:39Your head man down here.
00:07:41Hello?
00:07:42Go ahead, please.
00:07:44This is Arturo Ramos, professor of geology from the university.
00:07:47My associate and I came upon this patrol car.
00:07:50There has been an accident.
00:07:52I believe we're a few kilometers south of the village of San Lorenzo.
00:07:55Where's Sergeant Vega?
00:07:57He's not here.
00:07:58He...
00:07:59No one is here.
00:08:00The car is badly damaged, but there's no blood.
00:08:04Did the car run off the road?
00:08:05No.
00:08:06Frankly, it...
00:08:07Didn't the police sergeant make a report after the accident?
00:08:10The radio's working.
00:08:11No, we have heard nothing.
00:08:13Thank you, professor.
00:08:14Leave the patrol car as it is.
00:08:16We shall order military intelligence to send an emergency unit to San Lorenzo immediately.
00:08:20We will.
00:08:25Well, we're not doing any good here, pal.
00:08:33Hank?
00:08:34Some of my countrymen may like rattlesnakes from the house.
00:08:37I can do without them.
00:08:38Let's take a look.
00:08:39Let's take a look.
00:09:37Let's take a look.
00:10:00Let's take a look.
00:10:03Come on, fella.
00:10:04There you go.
00:10:08You had practice, Mr. Scott?
00:10:11I guess so, with four brothers and two sisters.
00:10:15What do you suppose caused this wreck?
00:10:17That police car out there?
00:10:19Could have been a bull.
00:10:21Well, if it was, it had to be the grandpappy of the biggest bull that ever was.
00:10:24Hank?
00:10:25Hmm?
00:10:26You did notice the fried beans were still hot on the stove.
00:10:29Yep.
00:10:29So?
00:10:30Look, when I've already got a half a dozen questions I can't answer, I try to ignore any new ones.
00:10:35You think we ought to use the radio to tell them about the kid?
00:10:37Nope.
00:10:38I think we ought to get to San Lorenzo as quick as we can.
00:10:41Oh, look at this kid.
00:10:43Not a beep out of him.
00:10:45You know, if I ever have any of my own, I think I'll feed them beans and tortillas, too.
00:10:49And I'll be able to get some sleep nights.
00:10:57Hey, wait a minute.
00:11:00Wait a minute.
00:11:46Every cartridge has been fired.
00:11:55Hello?
00:11:55Hello?
00:11:56We only found Sergeant Vega and the baby.
00:11:59I have that, Professor.
00:12:00Right.
00:12:00You said Vega's revolver had all chambers fired?
00:12:03Yes.
00:12:04All.
00:12:05And what?
00:12:06We wish we knew, too.
00:12:08Thank you again.
00:12:09The emergency unit will be in San Lorenzo tomorrow.
00:12:11Right.
00:12:12That's all.
00:12:14All.
00:12:26We're from Mexico City.
00:12:27I say we're from Mexico City.
00:12:29We're scientists.
00:12:30Is the mayor here?
00:12:33He's not to rest for a day or two.
00:12:35Rosa, don't let him try to do too much.
00:12:37Father!
00:12:38Father!
00:12:38Please come, Father Delgado.
00:12:40The war is open.
00:12:41Help is here.
00:12:42From Mexico City.
00:12:43At last.
00:12:44Thank God.
00:12:45I'll ask him in Spanish.
00:12:47Welcome to San Lorenzo.
00:12:52I am Father Delgado.
00:12:54Arturo Ramos of the University.
00:12:56Dr. Henry Scott from the United States.
00:12:59I'm afraid I can't introduce this one.
00:13:02Manuel Tiburcio.
00:13:03And the parents?
00:13:04They weren't there.
00:13:05I think it might be better if we discuss this inside, Father.
00:13:09Perla!
00:13:10Perla, where are you, Perla?
00:13:12Boisinger.
00:13:15Dad.
00:13:16They were dead.
00:13:18And now, Father, do you believe there's a demon bull
00:13:20killing us all one by one?
00:13:22Perla.
00:13:23I'll take Manuel.
00:13:24I'll take him with me.
00:13:26But I will not protect him from the devil
00:13:28just by lighting candles.
00:13:30Gentlemen, I know you are weary after your journey.
00:13:33Can I offer you what hospitality the village may provide?
00:13:36Thank you, Father.
00:13:37Con permiso.
00:13:46That car, Father, just pushed in as though it were paper.
00:13:51Finding the sergeant.
00:13:53The look of death none of us had ever seen before.
00:13:57And this isn't the first time?
00:13:59The first Sunday after the eruption.
00:14:01Various of the congregation were not in church.
00:14:04This is understandable, you realize.
00:14:06Travel might have been impossible.
00:14:09Then the Tiburcio family simply vanished.
00:14:13The farm, as you had described, ravaged as by some giant being.
00:14:18But there were no bodies.
00:14:20Not until last Thursday.
00:14:22Since then, a young girl,
00:14:26she was crossing the fields to spend that night with some cousins,
00:14:29was found in the morning.
00:14:32Horrible.
00:14:34And the Dominguez brothers' ranches
00:14:36were discovered in the gully with that look of horror on their faces.
00:14:41And no blood.
00:14:43It's small consolation, Father, I admit.
00:14:46But as a scientist, I know where the effects are so similar.
00:14:49There must be a simple, logical cause.
00:14:53I wonder how simple, Dr. Ramos.
00:14:56Or how logical.
00:14:58Father, what about that story about the demon bull?
00:15:01That seems like a strange superstition.
00:15:05Well, the demon bull is a symbol of evil
00:15:07among many ancient civilizations.
00:15:12About two days ago,
00:15:13all the workmen on the big Miraflores ranch,
00:15:15that's a huge estate on the other side of the foothills,
00:15:18decided to leave their work and come here to San Lorenzo.
00:15:22Now, these men, usually frightened of nothing,
00:15:25said they wouldn't work there a day longer.
00:15:28They brought the tale of the demon bull.
00:15:30Has Miraflores been attacked also?
00:15:34Well, cattle had been found dead in various areas of the ranch.
00:15:37They hadn't been rounded up yet this year.
00:15:40And for miles around,
00:15:42cowboys came upon one dead steer after another.
00:15:46One of them had heard the tale of the demon bull of the Maricopa.
00:15:50Now, gentlemen,
00:15:51I do not believe it,
00:15:52but it's as good an explanation as any other one.
00:15:56Well, I'd like to think that our research up here
00:15:58might be of some help.
00:16:00As do I.
00:16:01But this is no time to begin.
00:16:04I know you're exhausted from your journey,
00:16:07from listening to me.
00:16:09Tonight you will stay here,
00:16:10and maybe in the morning
00:16:11things won't seem quite so mysterious.
00:16:14Indeed, I hope so.
00:16:15Here we are, isolated,
00:16:17almost cut off from civilization,
00:16:20having lost family or friends,
00:16:23something absolutely unknown.
00:16:26We could be in another world.
00:16:32Good night, buddy.
00:16:33Good night.
00:16:47Thank you for everything, Father.
00:16:51I really appreciate it.
00:16:52That's all right.
00:16:56See you late this afternoon.
00:16:58Dr. Ramos, Dr. Scott,
00:17:00I will ask you one more time
00:17:01not to begin this unnecessary expedition.
00:17:04Major Casillo,
00:17:05Dr. Ramos and I have answered all of your questions.
00:17:07I don't see how we can be of any further service to you.
00:17:09No, I don't require you for my work here.
00:17:12I only know that if you start for that crater
00:17:14and find yourself in any kind of difficulties,
00:17:17men who are much more badly needed here
00:17:19will have to go find you.
00:17:21I'm sorry.
00:17:22So that's why you must come back safely
00:17:24and before sundown
00:17:25with all the answers to your questions
00:17:27and mine.
00:17:45Ah, now you've got me.
00:17:48What do you say, Doc?
00:17:49Should we try around over that side
00:17:51or over here?
00:17:53Neither one of them looks exactly
00:17:54like the Pan-American Highway.
00:17:57Everyone's always said
00:17:58that the best fishers were on the eastern slope.
00:18:00You can see the lava there.
00:18:02Maybe we can get close enough
00:18:03to get some pictures
00:18:04and plan our best approach.
00:18:13See the trail up around those rocks?
00:18:15I don't know about that,
00:18:16but I found something a lot more interesting.
00:18:19So?
00:18:20So.
00:18:21Oh, si, si, senor.
00:18:23Here, have a look.
00:18:24It'll do you a lot more good
00:18:25than that bottled water.
00:18:31Oh, yes.
00:18:32Now I see them.
00:18:34Oh, Doc,
00:18:35you haven't got that thing in focus.
00:18:37They're focused.
00:18:38And it's a very handsome horse
00:18:40and I'd like to get started, Hank.
00:18:41Horse?
00:18:45There was a girl on that horse.
00:18:47Come on.
00:18:48We've got to get started
00:18:49and find her.
00:19:10Now, don't move too much.
00:19:12I said don't move.
00:19:14Well, find out if you're all right first.
00:19:17Oh, I'm all right.
00:19:18Really.
00:19:19Except I could have done this more gracefully
00:19:21if I'd known spectators were around.
00:19:24Now, don't worry about that.
00:19:25Gently now.
00:19:26No broken bones, senorita?
00:19:28No sharp pain?
00:19:29No, really.
00:19:30I'm all right.
00:19:31I've fallen off Lucero before.
00:19:33Not for many years, but...
00:19:36I really can ride, gentlemen.
00:19:39I'm Teresa Alvarez, Amira Flores.
00:19:42Hank Scott.
00:19:43Dr. Arturo Ramos.
00:19:45Oh, the luck of the Alvarez.
00:19:47Come off a horse
00:19:47and land right next to a doctor.
00:19:49Doctors of Geology.
00:19:50We operate only with little hammers on rocks.
00:19:53Say, how about the horse?
00:19:55I saw him gallop off that way.
00:19:56Oh, don't bother.
00:19:57Lucero always goes back to Miraflores.
00:19:59But the saddle, I don't know.
00:20:02I'll get it.
00:20:02You're very kind.
00:20:04No bother at all.
00:20:05Do you happen to have a canteen?
00:20:07Oh, sure.
00:20:08Right on the cheap.
00:20:09Come on.
00:20:10Come on.
00:20:10You can be here.
00:20:16There's a mirror you can use.
00:20:17Right.
00:20:22Well, we'll be here several weeks, at least.
00:20:25See, we're conducting a sort of a preliminary survey,
00:20:28and then some of the other boys will join us here sometime next month.
00:20:31You make it sound like a very intriguing occupation.
00:20:34Oh, it is.
00:20:35You meet such interesting volcanoes.
00:21:03Hey, Hank!
00:21:08Thank you, Doctor.
00:21:10Oh, thank you.
00:21:11I found this near the saddle.
00:21:13Oh, is that good?
00:21:14I'll say it is.
00:21:15It's obsidian.
00:21:16It's a ladder that's cool.
00:21:18Well, I wouldn't know.
00:21:20Cattle, yes.
00:21:21But rocks?
00:21:22Could I ask another favor of you?
00:21:24Oh, sure.
00:21:25Would you mind turning back and taking me to San Lorenzo?
00:21:27I'd be glad to.
00:21:28Oh, thank you.
00:21:34I must get there today.
00:21:36You see, the telephone isn't working,
00:21:37and I have to hire some riders to help with my cattle.
00:21:40That old volcano was really causing a lot of trouble this time.
00:21:43Yeah, we heard in the village about their cowboys.
00:21:46Oh?
00:21:47Well, if I lose my cattle, I lose everything.
00:21:50How are things in San Lorenzo?
00:21:52Oh, so-so.
00:21:55I don't know what's gotten into my vaqueros at Mira Flores.
00:21:58Saw there was an earthquake,
00:21:59and the cattle started eating some poisonous weed
00:22:02we haven't learned of yet.
00:22:04Is that any reason to act like frightened children?
00:22:06I don't think it's just a poisonous plant, senorita.
00:22:09Even in this climate, you don't grow them
00:22:11that can push in the side of a building and wreck a car.
00:22:31Oh, uh, don't forget.
00:22:33You promised to use Mira Flores as your headquarters.
00:22:35It will be a great convenience, senorita.
00:22:38There will be better?
00:22:39Right.
00:22:39There will be better for me.
00:22:52Chimoco, Felipe, José, all of you.
00:22:58Let me ask you this.
00:23:00If your patron, my father, were alive today,
00:23:03would you become frightened of sounds in the night
00:23:05and run like silly children to the safety of the village?
00:23:08Senorita Teresa, I understand you need a...
00:23:10I say only this, muchachos.
00:23:12I've known you all for all my life.
00:23:15We've always worked together.
00:23:17Many of you were born at Mira Flores.
00:23:19That's right.
00:23:22If you don't wish to return just to help me save my cattle for me,
00:23:25then return to save Mira Flores.
00:23:30¿Qué dicen, muchachos?
00:23:32Claro, muchachos.
00:23:32Seguro, muchachos.
00:23:35We'll return.
00:23:37Gracias.
00:23:41A los caballos.
00:23:42Vamos, vamos.
00:23:43Dr. Ramos.
00:23:45Dr. Scott.
00:23:46Mayor Corcio wants to see you.
00:23:48Where is it?
00:23:49In the laboratory with Dr. De La Cruz.
00:23:51Laboratory?
00:23:52You'll be surprised at the experiments that go on there.
00:23:55Where is it?
00:23:56This way.
00:23:59Doctor, is that the patrolman?
00:24:03Yes.
00:24:05Sergeant Vega, who lived during his duty and who may perform a greater one now.
00:24:12Please.
00:24:16Please.
00:24:25Well?
00:24:28Look like subcutaneous cells that had just burst or run rampant.
00:24:33My analysis is also, Dr. Scott.
00:24:38Not from any poison I can identify with this equipment.
00:24:43Lopez, you help again, please.
00:24:53And this pure alcohol.
00:24:56And this distilled water.
00:24:59And this tequila.
00:25:01In this water with some more salt.
00:25:07You, uh, think it is a poison, then?
00:25:09I do.
00:25:10Not a chemical poison, Doctor.
00:25:12No.
00:25:13But I believe for many reasons that this is an organic poison.
00:25:17I have had a little experience with them.
00:25:21The venomous of the snakes.
00:25:22The wasp spiders.
00:25:25Well, I will prepare the slides and specimens and take them to a man in Mexico City who will be
00:25:31sure to know.
00:25:32Velasco.
00:25:33You know Velasco?
00:25:34Who doesn't, Doctor?
00:25:36Well, as you say, if it's an organic poison, anything from nature, the great Velasco will identify it.
00:25:43You said for many reasons.
00:25:45What other reasons?
00:25:46Well, there was only one wound here, but not blood.
00:25:51Then, the situation of the tissues.
00:25:54The strange bacteria.
00:25:57Bacteria, I think.
00:25:59Found in the soil samples near the footprints.
00:26:02Footprints?
00:26:03Footprints.
00:26:03You're amazed.
00:26:08Where something knocks down dwellings, flattened cornfields, it would be amazing if there were no footprints.
00:26:15You never saw a mullage of a print this size.
00:26:19Whatever it is, my friends, I don't believe anyone has ever seen a food, a cloud this size, except those
00:26:28poor unfortunates who wish they never had.
00:26:32One question, Doctor.
00:26:33I hope I can answer it.
00:26:35The alcohol, the distilled water, the salt solution, I, I can understand that.
00:26:40But what's the tequila for?
00:26:42Well, uh, in your country, I believe you call it, uh, the coffee break.
00:26:52There's the hacienda.
00:26:54Yeah, that really looks like quite a place.
00:27:15Well, it looks like you were pretty lucky.
00:27:23That thing really came close, didn't it?
00:27:25Yes, we were blessed that it didn't go any further.
00:27:28Our plantation would have been ruined like the rest of the land.
00:27:45Senorita, thank heaven you're safe.
00:27:47When Lucero came back to the stables yesterday without you, I began to search for hills.
00:27:51Oh, Pio, I'd already been found by someone else.
00:27:54This is Dr. Scott and Dr. Ramos.
00:27:56This is my foreman, Pio.
00:27:57Hi, Pio.
00:27:58Well, this way.
00:27:59Get down.
00:28:09Not only comfortable, but cool, too.
00:28:11Yeah, sometimes I think being cool is by far the most important on days like this.
00:28:16Well, I know you'll want showers.
00:28:22Florentina, show Dr. Ramos to the blue room.
00:28:24Si, senorita.
00:28:25And Juanito, you show Dr. Scott to the left wing.
00:28:29I'll take care of them.
00:28:33Well, I'll see you later.
00:28:34And you can tell me all about your expedition.
00:28:40Not bad, Doc.
00:28:47For half a day's work, Chamaco.
00:28:49Not bad.
00:28:50Tell the boys.
00:28:51Yes, Pio, yes.
00:28:52We get them all brought in by Thursday.
00:28:56Why put on such a face?
00:28:57We will do it if I have to stay in the saddle without sleep myself.
00:29:01Pio, don't you understand?
00:29:02Can't you see that cattle knows that something evil is carried on the wind?
00:29:06Let us wait, Pio.
00:29:07All women, Chamaco.
00:29:08Now let us have a good supper and forget these superstitions.
00:29:20Would you like some brandy, sir?
00:29:22Yes, thank you.
00:29:23Just a minute.
00:29:24Juanito, hurry with the brandy.
00:29:28Would you like some, too?
00:29:29Please.
00:29:30I'll take care of them.
00:29:35Muchas gracias.
00:29:46May I make a complaint, Teresa?
00:29:48Oh, I'm sorry.
00:29:49What was not done suitably?
00:29:51Well, that's just it.
00:29:53Everything was done beautifully.
00:29:56You know, you're making it very difficult to think about settling down to work.
00:29:59Well, is that so bad?
00:30:01It all depends.
00:30:03Might be very bad if I stop thinking about work altogether.
00:30:07Just started concentrating on pleasure.
00:30:11Hank, those volcanoes have been there for hundreds of years.
00:30:14I'm sure they wouldn't mind waiting just a little longer.
00:30:18I didn't expect you two to be discussing volcanoes.
00:30:21I've got something to show you.
00:30:30I noticed it last night at the village.
00:30:39See anything?
00:30:39Hold it up against the light.
00:30:48That's fantastic, Doc.
00:30:50Why, there's a scorpion trapped in there.
00:30:53I think so.
00:30:54A few hundred years old, but there he is.
00:30:56I wanted to show it to you before I broke it open.
00:31:05Hold it up against the light.
00:31:10Alive?
00:31:13Impossible.
00:31:14Juanito, bring a jar.
00:31:15I can't believe it.
00:31:16Life's enduring for centuries like this.
00:31:18And under all that heat?
00:31:20Velasco will certainly be interested in this.
00:31:22Here, Juanito.
00:31:32Pardon me, señores.
00:31:34Do you like to keep scorpions?
00:31:36I know places where they are millions.
00:31:38Oh, not like this one, Juanito.
00:31:43Pancho!
00:31:45Pancho, if you don't know how to behave,
00:31:48I have to send you out.
00:31:49I want a magnifying glass to watch this little monster.
00:31:55You know, I could throw the scorpion out the window,
00:31:57and then we'd really be alone.
00:31:59It's simpler than that.
00:32:00Why don't we go outside?
00:32:02Why don't we?
00:32:05Oh, excuse me.
00:32:06The line's been fixed.
00:32:11Hello?
00:32:12Hello?
00:32:14Just testing the line.
00:32:16Oh, is the line all fixed?
00:32:17All clear, ma'am.
00:32:18Me la floresce is the last one, señora.
00:32:28The End
00:32:56What's under the bridge
00:33:08Hey, come here
00:33:14Listen to this
00:33:17Hello, hello
00:33:20Hello, what's wrong?
00:33:21Look out!
00:33:28You want to tell your title?
00:33:30Get the truck!
00:33:32Get the truck!
00:33:34Get the truck!
00:33:36Get the truck!
00:33:43Get the truck!
00:33:45Get the truck!
00:34:01Ah!
00:34:06Ah!
00:34:10Ah!
00:34:29Ah!
00:34:35Ah!
00:34:37Ah!
00:34:41Ah!
00:34:44Where's the arroyal bridge?
00:34:45I'll show you.
00:34:49Pancho, what's happening to you tonight? Keep quiet.
00:34:54Jack, we have to move over to the bridge. There's some trouble. Come on.
00:34:57But you be a good boy.
00:35:01Get back here! Pancho! Pancho, get back here!
00:35:07Pancho!
00:35:09Pancho! Pancho, get back here!
00:35:12Pancho!
00:35:13What would you do tonight?
00:35:17Pancho, come back!
00:35:19I'll get you!
00:35:23Senorita!
00:35:25What's wrong with the caterpillar?
00:35:26With Ruth, I cannot say!
00:35:28Help! You missed your head!
00:35:29Well, that's Juanito!
00:35:47Run, Juanito!
00:35:49Give me your gun!
00:35:51Call for help!
00:35:59It's a gigantic scorpion!
00:36:00Where is Juanito?
00:36:01He's safe!
00:36:06Operator! Operator! Operator!
00:36:16Please, hurry! Operator!
00:36:20Please, hurry! Operator!
00:36:21Please, hurry! Operator!
00:36:35L, her, is my throat, to be blind!
00:36:43Please, hurry!
00:36:44GoodINS, Sven.
00:36:45Goooo!
00:37:03Then we're back!
00:37:0490нова turns...
00:37:57I shot that thing a dozen times.
00:37:59Must be after the cattle.
00:38:03Come on, quick.
00:38:22Come on, quick.
00:38:24Come on, quick.
00:38:26Come on, quick.
00:38:40Come on, quick.
00:38:59Come on, quick.
00:39:01Come on.
00:39:02Come on.
00:39:03Come on.
00:39:03Come on.
00:39:28Come on.
00:39:41Come on.
00:39:48Come on.
00:39:51Come on.
00:40:11Come on, quick.
00:40:38Come on.
00:40:41Come on.
00:40:49Come on.
00:40:52Come on.
00:40:54Come on.
00:41:36Come on.
00:41:37Come on.
00:41:38Come on.
00:41:53Come on.
00:41:57Come on.
00:42:00Come on.
00:42:28Come on.
00:42:31Come on.
00:42:32Come on.
00:42:32Come on.
00:42:32Come on.
00:42:44Come on.
00:42:51Come on.
00:42:54Come on.
00:43:01Come on.
00:43:01Come on.
00:43:01Come on.
00:43:23Come on.
00:43:23Come on.
00:43:27Come on.
00:43:28Come on.
00:44:06Major, tell your captain to hold all the heavy equipment until we call for it.
00:44:10Okay, Doctor.
00:44:21Here it is! A great big opening!
00:44:24I guess he found it, Doctor Velasco.
00:44:25Yeah.
00:44:31Look, there's something wrong with his horse! He's falling in!
00:44:38Let's hurry up there, Hank.
00:44:41Come on, let's go!
00:44:52We must get down to the lower level.
00:45:21This crevice is new. It must have opened during one of the earthquakes. This looks like a job for us,
00:45:26Doc.
00:45:27Of course.
00:45:28No chance for Mendoza?
00:45:30Yeah.
00:45:31How deep do you say it is?
00:45:33Well, Doc and I have been down many a cave, but there's no way of really telling until you actually
00:45:37hit bottom.
00:45:54Well, the only way we can find out is try to go down there ourselves. What do you say, Doc?
00:45:58Right.
00:45:59Dr. Velasco, will that poisonous gas work in a crevice this big?
00:46:02I could not anticipate such a void as this. It may dissipate.
00:46:07Major, I think you better bring all your heavy equipment up here. Crane, tanks and all.
00:46:13Captain, bring the crane and all the heavy equipment. You want my men to go down there? It is suicide.
00:46:21Don't worry about it. Doc and I haven't had a decent elevator ride in a long time.
00:46:26Hank, please, no.
00:46:32What are you doing here?
00:46:34I must go away.
00:46:36Look, Juanita, do me a favor, will you? And just stay out of the way.
00:46:40Yes, Mr. Hank.
00:46:41Good. And just sit in the Jeep like a big boy, okay?
00:46:52Put these in the cage.
00:46:54Why the birds, Professor?
00:46:55Because if the birds stop singing, that means there's poison gas in the cave.
00:46:59Hank, you don't have to do it. Neither of you. It's not your responsibility.
00:47:03Whose responsibility is it?
00:47:05The police. The army. The people who live here.
00:47:08Now, look, Doc and I know more about caves than anyone else here.
00:47:23Why did you do that?
00:47:25Maybe I just wanted to see what you do.
00:47:27What did I do?
00:47:29You did all right.
00:47:33Senorita, you can help us if you will keep the locker of the descent.
00:47:36How many meters down? The reports which are made?
00:47:39Sure. Keep yourself busy. That's my theory.
00:47:42Oh, and don't forget to take care of little Juanito.
00:48:06All right. Take it down.
00:48:21podcasts.
00:48:22lights work feeling.
00:48:40They forget to go to the river and asianara Humphries.
00:48:41In the corner of theå¡š.
00:48:42And I think so.
00:48:42Kirk's upside down as you could get us.
00:48:44I do not understand thisamento.
00:48:44Benji G were on!
00:48:50Evening is it lucky looking for like ...
00:48:54Yeah, look down there.
00:49:01Stop. Stop the cage a minute.
00:49:04Stop!
00:49:07Hank, are you all right?
00:49:09It's the head of a scorpion in the wall. Hold on a second.
00:49:23Okay, I got a picture of it. Hold on.
00:49:25All right, lower them down.
00:49:51We've just hit bar.
00:49:55We're in a huge cabin. I've never seen a cave so big in my life.
00:50:00Can you see any signs of Mendoza?
00:50:02Not from here. We'll take a look around.
00:50:20The birds seem all right.
00:50:22You're welcome.
00:50:48Oh, my God.
00:50:56Oh, my God.
00:51:26Oh, my God.
00:51:31Oh, my God.
00:51:42Oh, my God.
00:51:43Oh, my God.
00:52:00Oh, my God.
00:52:03Oh, my God.
00:52:15Oh, my God.
00:52:17Oh, my God.
00:52:18Oh, my God.
00:52:18Oh, my God.
00:52:21Oh, my God.
00:52:28Hey, Doc.
00:52:29Hey, Doc.
00:52:29Over here.
00:52:30Over here.
00:52:30Over here.
00:52:32Over here.
00:52:32Over here.
00:52:32Over here.
00:52:33Over here.
00:52:34Over here.
00:52:35Over here.
00:52:35Over here.
00:52:36Over here.
00:52:37Over here.
00:52:37Over here.
00:52:37Over here.
00:52:38Over here.
00:52:39Over here.
00:52:39Over here.
00:52:43Over here.
00:52:47Over here.
00:52:50Over here.
00:52:52Over here.
00:53:01It doesn't even penetrate it.
00:53:03Try another one.
00:53:28Try another one.
00:54:00Try another one.
00:54:28Try another one.
00:54:58Try another one.
00:54:59Try another one.
00:55:00Try another one.
00:55:05Try another one.
00:55:17Try another one.
00:55:26Try another one.
00:55:28Try another one.
00:55:51Try another one.
00:55:51Try another one.
00:56:19Try another one.
00:56:21Try another one.
00:56:48Try another one.
00:57:09Try another one.
00:57:17Try another one.
00:57:17Try another one.
00:57:18Try another one.
00:57:47Try another one.
00:57:48Try another one.
00:58:04Try another one.
00:58:05Try another one.
00:58:06right?...
00:58:17Ramos. Hank, are you there? Are you there, Dr. Ramos? Hank, answer me.
00:58:47Lock the crane. I'll be pulled in. Throw some rocks under that crane.
00:58:57Those are cage, gas tanks, everything.
00:59:25There's no weight on the cable.
00:59:27No.
00:59:29Here, take the cable, Doc. Send it back down as fast as you can.
00:59:32Bring it in slow.
00:59:39Maybe they are on it.
00:59:41Oh, pull it up. Please pull it up.
00:59:42Keep bringing it in.
00:59:47Keep going, Doc.
00:59:48Come on, Doc. You can make it.
00:59:57Keep going.
00:59:58Come on. Hold on.
01:00:00Hold on.
01:00:24Hold on.
01:00:48What happened to Hank?
01:00:50Hank and Juanito are down there, too.
01:00:51Juanito.
01:00:52Get a loop on the cable.
01:00:53Send it down.
01:00:53Quick.
01:00:54Make a loop on the cable.
01:01:46Oh, Juanito.
01:01:48Oh, Juanito, why did you do it?
01:01:49I tried to help them.
01:01:54It'll be dark in about an hour, and those scorpions will be coming out again.
01:01:57You couldn't use the gas?
01:01:58No, we lost it in the molten lava.
01:02:00There must be about 50 of those things down there.
01:02:03Can we close that opening with dynamite and seal it?
01:02:05Oh, you have no idea as to the size of that place.
01:02:08Wait till you see these pictures.
01:02:09I want those pictures.
01:02:11I even hope to get a specimen.
01:02:13What?
01:02:13You couldn't get one of those things out, even with this crane.
01:02:17Major, we must try to seal it shut with an explosion.
01:02:19We must try before nightfall.
01:02:26I thought you said scorpions could go for months without food.
01:02:29The giants don't last that long.
01:02:31They eat their own weight every three or four days.
01:02:33But suppose they find another way, those passages down there.
01:02:37This is the only place they have appeared.
01:02:39This probably is their only exit from the cavern.
01:02:43Major?
01:02:44Yes, Doctor.
01:02:45Let's close it.
01:02:46Ready?
01:02:49Let it go.
01:02:54Yes, that does it.
01:03:12Midnight.
01:03:13But everyone goes back to what he was before.
01:03:19This isn't the end of anything.
01:03:21Not for us.
01:03:22It's the beginning.
01:03:25Hank, all of us have done our work now.
01:03:27And thank heaven it can be done without any more tragedy.
01:03:30And you still have your survey of the volcanoes to make yet.
01:03:33Oh, that's fine.
01:03:34I'll be home every night for dinner.
01:03:37I have to leave at once.
01:03:39I should have left for the States two months to go to buy cattle for the herd.
01:03:43You'll be in Mexico City for a week first, huh?
01:03:46Yes.
01:03:47And I'll finish up my work here with that.
01:03:49And I'll meet you there and you can show me the time.
01:03:53Oh, but even if we do have what?
01:03:55A day, two days?
01:03:57I don't want to settle for just two days, Hank.
01:04:01I don't want just two days either.
01:04:05I don't fool people.
01:04:07I don't want them to fool me either.
01:04:10I'm not, darling.
01:04:13I like you very much indeed.
01:04:16And I want you very much.
01:04:28Dr. Scott.
01:04:29Hello, I can hardly hear you.
01:04:31This is Dr. Velasco.
01:04:33Oh, Dr. Velasco.
01:04:34How are you, sir?
01:04:36Well, we're just getting started, finally.
01:04:39Right now.
01:04:40Hank, I regret to have to complicate the plans you and Dr. Ramos have made for so long.
01:04:45But some of my colleagues here in Mexico are very, very anxious to talk to you both at once.
01:04:51Well, I don't really think there's anything we can add to what you already know, Dr. Velasco.
01:04:55I am with the Director of Civilian Defense and High Army Officers right now, Hank.
01:05:00Hank, it is imperative that you both return here at once to complete your report.
01:05:05I don't like to say that you could be ordered.
01:05:07What's the trouble?
01:05:09Everything is under control, isn't it?
01:05:11There's no cost for alarm.
01:05:13Not at all.
01:05:13But a request for cooperation has been made by a good neighbor to the South.
01:05:19Don't we feel that...
01:05:20Well, if you put it like that...
01:05:22Look, we've already postponed the trip five times.
01:05:25I guess once more won't matter.
01:05:28What?
01:05:29Oh, a plane.
01:05:30Yeah, sure.
01:05:30That would help a lot.
01:05:32Oh, uh, Dr. Velasco, uh...
01:05:36Do you suppose there'd be room for three on that plane?
01:05:38Of course there'll be room for three.
01:05:40All right, sir.
01:05:42Yes, sir, I understand.
01:05:43Right.
01:05:44See you then.
01:05:44Hasta luego.
01:05:47Did you suspect?
01:05:48No.
01:05:49I don't think so.
01:05:50He assumes that the danger is completely over.
01:05:52That's fine.
01:05:53You seemed, uh, very willing to postpone our trip once you learned that Teresa could ride with us on the
01:05:58plane.
01:05:58Well, at least it was, uh, some sort of an inducement.
01:06:02My friend, remember, this is not the balcony of the neighborhood movie theater.
01:06:06This is Mexico.
01:06:07And when a man shows as much attention to a girl as you have, all of a sudden he's in
01:06:12the cathedral and wondering how he got there.
01:06:14So?
01:06:14What do you get against marriage, Doc?
01:06:16Oh, I try to remember what my father told me at one time.
01:06:19He said, Arturo, every child in the world is born single.
01:06:23Please try to profit more than I did by the experience.
01:06:35Dr. Ramos, Dr. Scott.
01:06:37Yes?
01:06:38I am Victor Esteban.
01:06:39Dr. Velasco has asked me to take you to him at once.
01:06:42Right away?
01:06:43But what about Senorita Alvarez?
01:06:45I have ordered to take Senorita Alvarez wherever she wishes.
01:06:48But you gentlemen must then accompany me to the university.
01:06:52All right.
01:07:05Follow me, please.
01:07:08Gentlemen, we are grateful that you have given up your own plans to help us.
01:07:13And, uh, we must apologize for bringing you here under false pretenses.
01:07:19It is not an enabling country which needs your help.
01:07:22It is our government.
01:07:24Senor Moreno, of course there's always a possible danger again.
01:07:28Twenty years from now, another earthquake.
01:07:30It is not a potential danger, gentlemen.
01:07:33We all fear it is all too real.
01:07:35And not twenty years from now.
01:07:37Perhaps in less than a month.
01:07:38Dr. Velasco, maybe you'd better fill us in from the beginning, huh?
01:07:42Yes, of course.
01:07:42I'm in charge of an aerial mapping project for our government.
01:07:50Recently our planes were photographing the area near San Lorenzo.
01:07:54Gentlemen, perhaps if you would sit down and take a look.
01:07:58All right, put up the lights.
01:08:12Now, not near the city.
01:08:14It is one of them.
01:08:16Now you're convinced our fears are justified?
01:08:18I don't like to disagree, but...
01:08:21Merely because a dead scorpion was found trying to make its way to the surface
01:08:24doesn't necessarily mean that we didn't destroy them all when we dynamited.
01:08:28Now this scorpion may have just been one that...
01:08:30Excuse me, sir.
01:08:31Naturally the same thought had occurred to us.
01:08:34We rechecked our photographs.
01:08:36On the 21st, two days after the earthquake, the scorpion was not there.
01:08:40He was not there until a day after you exploded the dynamite.
01:08:43And you thought you destroyed the scorpions.
01:08:46It is obvious that at least one survived that explosion
01:08:49and almost succeeded in reaching the surface.
01:08:52Switch the lights on.
01:08:53And gentlemen, we must proceed as if there are more of them left.
01:08:57Exactly where is this area where it was photographed?
01:09:01Southwest of the volcano.
01:09:03Almost directly across from the fissure where you and Dr. Scott descended.
01:09:08You will see here is the fissure.
01:09:12This is San Lorenzo.
01:09:14No. It was here.
01:09:17Exactly here that the photograph was taken.
01:09:19Gentlemen, I still think you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
01:09:22Dr. Velasco knows how that mountain went when we blew it up.
01:09:26Nothing could live under those tons of rock.
01:09:28But if they were under the rocks, no.
01:09:30I don't think I'd quite follow you.
01:09:31From your description, what Dr. Velasco told us,
01:09:34it is obvious that the cavern into which you two men descended
01:09:38is part of Jamilpa Caves.
01:09:40Huge tunnels that run under the earth at depths up to five miles,
01:09:45many of which have been mapped in the region around Mexico City.
01:09:49Some are flooded, part of the underground lakes.
01:09:52Yes, I've heard it.
01:09:53Here they are.
01:09:54Notice how this large fissure here is directly above this arm of the system.
01:10:02This large pocket here is exactly the place where you took your photographs.
01:10:07Now, also note that here, where the scorpion was photographed from the air,
01:10:12is also part of the connecting system.
01:10:15The scorpions could easily have fled underground to one of many underground shelters.
01:10:19As you thought at the time could happen, Hank.
01:10:22What is that long arm there?
01:10:24That is a cavern which extends southward to within 20 miles of Mexico City.
01:10:29There, where it lies under the railroad.
01:10:33This is what we wonder.
01:10:34How many of the scorpions might have decided to rush here?
01:10:38And when will they decide to come to the surface after plot?
01:10:44So that is why we brought you here.
01:10:46The day after tomorrow, we want you to address a group of scientific and military experts
01:10:51so that we may plan for any emergency.
01:10:53What kind of rifles were you using?
01:10:56How powerful?
01:10:58Well, the cartridges I was using are supposed to penetrate two inches of steel.
01:11:02But they didn't stop the scorpions.
01:11:04How do they kill each other?
01:11:06The throat.
01:11:06There's a small spot right here that has no armor.
01:11:09That's its weak point.
01:11:11When they attack each other, of course, they have the poison to inject into their enemy's throat.
01:11:15Can you duplicate the poison?
01:11:17No.
01:11:18Not without a giant scorpion.
01:11:20Now, what we need is something that will penetrate that small area exactly
01:11:23and then send some sort of poison into the circulatory systems.
01:11:27What it could be, I have no idea.
01:11:29We're all in the same dilemma.
01:11:31But with a meeting on Friday, I'm sure we will reach a solution.
01:11:35Gentlemen, I do not have to tell you that everything we have discussed here is absolutely secret.
01:11:42This is a city of four million people.
01:11:45If word of this leaks out, the panic of the population could be worse than the scorpions.
01:12:00Nice dress.
01:12:01Nice girl.
01:12:02Well, thank you.
01:12:04I'm glad you can see me in something else beside those clothes I wear at the ranch.
01:12:08For two days at least.
01:12:10So am I.
01:12:12Hank, what's the meeting on Friday about?
01:12:15Oh, some geophysical conference Dr. Velasco roped us in on.
01:12:18Cigarette?
01:12:19Not right now.
01:12:20After you finish that, where am I taking you for dinner?
01:12:24Hank, it's only nine o'clock.
01:12:27That's what I mean.
01:12:28Do you realize this is Mexico City and no one has dinner before 11 o'clock at night?
01:12:33Sometimes midnight.
01:12:35Why, it's practically afternoon right now.
01:12:38Lots of men are just leaving their offices.
01:12:40Oh, am I going to have trouble with you?
01:12:44Well, you work on, teacher.
01:12:46I think you can solve me.
01:12:47Nice work.
01:12:48I think I'm going to have trouble with you.
01:12:59Have you done the last night?
01:13:04Have you been doing it?
01:13:08Have you been doing it?
01:13:11Have you done the last night?
01:13:13Have you done the last night?
01:13:16Well, my heart of my heart.
01:13:18why it's so expensive well it's a whole year's work for a sturgeon
01:13:29it's been wonderful these past two days i wish they'd never end they don't have to
01:13:34for a while they do i wish you'd change your mind you don't have to go away and that volcano
01:13:40can
01:13:40wait no you'll get through with your speech tomorrow and your silly expedition and i'll
01:13:46do everything i have to do and then when we come back we won't have a worry in the world
01:14:45uh...
01:14:46yeah
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01:15:51Come on!
01:16:36We interrupt this program to bring you a news bulletin.
01:16:38The express train from Monterrey has been derailed outside of Mexico City.
01:16:42Early reports indicate an appalling loss of life.
01:16:44There are eyewitness accounts which state that monster scorpions have swarmed around the wreckage, creating havoc.
01:16:50One moment, please. We're trying to get through to the emergency area.
01:16:53Reports to this moment from all available hospital and emergency field units
01:16:57indicate that many of the victims of the disaster are so badly injured, there is little hope of their survival.
01:17:03All ambulances, private cars, trucks and other vehicles have been commenteered by the authorities in this emergency.
01:17:09We have received a verified report from the scene of the wreck confirming that 129 persons are killed and hundreds
01:17:14unaccounted for.
01:17:14Survivors report that a giant black scorpion has attacked and killed the smaller scorpions and is now headed for Mexico
01:17:20City.
01:17:21We were trying to find you.
01:17:22What can we do?
01:17:23You can help us soon enough.
01:17:25We're still not sure how many of them are left, but I believe the largest may be the only one.
01:17:30With the lust for blood after the wreck, the scorpions went mad.
01:17:33The largest killed four of them, and I think may have killed the rest of them.
01:17:37Where is the scorpion?
01:17:38We've lost it in the hills, 10 miles out of town.
01:17:41But it's approaching the northwest area of the capital.
01:17:46Yes?
01:17:47Yes.
01:17:49It has been seen.
01:17:50Let's go.
01:17:53Attention!
01:17:53Attention!
01:17:54The city is under martial law.
01:17:56All inhabitants living north of Tacovaya and west of Guadalupe are ordered to leave their homes.
01:18:01Follow the orders of the police.
01:18:06Listen, darling, you get in that building and stay there.
01:18:11The scorpion has not yet reached the city.
01:18:13It has now been verified that only one giant black scorpion is alive.
01:18:16The public is warned that the city will have a complete blackout.
01:18:19A defense ring is being set up completely surrounding the area where it was last seen.
01:18:24Authorities are taking all possible protective measures.
01:18:26Observe safety precautions.
01:18:28Protect your homes from fire hazards.
01:18:29Sections of the community have been thrown into a state of panic,
01:18:33adding greatly to the burden of the authorities
01:18:34and threatening to disrupt communications vital to the defense of the city.
01:18:39Rifles and cannon won't stop it.
01:18:41Major Cosillo here.
01:18:43Yes?
01:18:44We have narrowed the ring one mile along in Surgentes.
01:18:47Operation is proceeding.
01:18:48Okay, that's fine.
01:18:50Have Major Ortega meet us in front of the stadium with the weapon.
01:18:57And generator.
01:19:01But what kind of weapon?
01:19:04I hope it is a weapon.
01:19:06Just now it is only a prayer.
01:19:07Dr. Velasco.
01:19:08Yes?
01:19:08Tell Colonel Sanchez to move all the heavy equipment into the stadium.
01:19:13Colonel Sanchez.
01:19:14Colonel Sanchez.
01:19:15Dr. Velasco here.
01:19:17Move all the heavy equipment into the stadium right away.
01:19:28Oh, I'm sorry.
01:19:38Oh, I'm waiting.
01:19:43Oh, I'm waiting.
01:19:57THE END
01:20:32The projectile enters the throat
01:20:34If I'm lucky, Dr. Velasco
01:20:35But I have never used a weapon like this before
01:20:39Attached to the projectile is a copper wire
01:20:41Then the insulated wire which leads to the cable and the generator
01:20:45It should give 600,000 volts
01:21:02The END
01:21:21This meat should bring him in here
01:21:22I hope so
01:21:27It's about the only way we can corner it
01:21:29You might need more than one shot, Major
01:21:37The END
01:21:38The END
01:21:39The END
01:21:40The END
01:22:06Senor Morello
01:22:13Senor Morello
01:22:35There it is.
01:22:47There it is.
01:23:16There it is.
01:23:20There it is.
01:23:21There it is.
01:23:21There it is.
01:23:21The throat pleaser.
01:23:22Remember the white area on the throat.
01:23:24The head comes back just before it strikes.
01:23:26Right.
01:23:28The throat pleaser.
01:23:29The throat pleaser.
01:24:05You missed!
01:24:27I won't miss this time.
01:24:31Turn it off, turn it off!
01:24:32Turn it off!
01:24:36Turn it off!
01:24:39Turn it off!
01:24:44Turn it off!
01:24:53Turn it off!
01:25:02Turn it off!
01:25:05Turn it off!
01:25:08Turn it off!
01:25:37Turn it off!
01:25:38Turn it off!
01:25:38Turn it off!
01:25:39Turn it off!
01:25:50Turn it off!
01:26:00The End
01:26:44Shut up!
01:27:00Now we can secure some of the actual poison from the scorpion eater, Rex.
01:27:05Analyze it and create a simple protection against them, if ever again.
01:27:09Hank, Velasco wants to...
01:27:10Gentlemen, we must not waste any time.
01:27:13If we could all meet tomorrow at my laboratory for a recapitulation...
01:27:17Hank, Senorita Alvarez, we have not yet finished.
01:27:21Neither have we.
01:27:32The End
01:27:37The End
01:27:40The End
01:27:41The End
01:27:42The End
01:27:44The End
01:27:45The End
01:27:46The End
01:27:47The End
01:27:48The End
01:27:50The End
01:27:50The End
01:27:50The End
01:27:50The End
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