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TV, Movie, The Sea Children (1973) Adventure Family Fantasy Short Film
A group of English kids skin diving in Malta discover a fantastic undersea kingdom beneath the waves populated by a race of ancient but wrinkle-free children clad in neo-Aztec attire, who speak English at ultra-high speed. However, they also find that the civilisation of these sea children is threatened by human activities on land.
A group of English kids skin diving in Malta discover a fantastic undersea kingdom beneath the waves populated by a race of ancient but wrinkle-free children clad in neo-Aztec attire, who speak English at ultra-high speed. However, they also find that the civilisation of these sea children is threatened by human activities on land.
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00:50Thanks, Dad.
00:52Come on, James.
00:54Come on, James.
00:55Try not to be late for supper again.
00:56Don't worry, we won't.
00:57Enjoy yourselves.
00:58Bye.
00:58Bye.
01:09It was out there, Blackbeard the pirate.
01:11Lost half of his crew.
01:13Just vanished.
01:14That's what the legend says.
01:15Is this where you found the old pistol?
01:16Over there.
01:17And I bet we'll find other things.
01:19Maybe a cutlass.
01:20I saw something glinting on the seabed.
01:23Come on, get your things on.
01:26Get him off me, somebody.
01:35Get him off me, somebody.
02:08It was out here somewhere.
02:10All right, well, straight out.
02:12Where do I go?
02:13You stay with me.
02:15You stay with me.
02:49I'm out here.
02:49Hey!
02:51Come on, over!
02:58I'm over.
02:59I'm over.
03:00I'm over.
03:01I like him.
03:02Sarah!
03:02No!
03:04No!
03:05Ah!
03:11Paul!
03:24Did you see him?
03:25Who?
03:26Who?
03:27A creature!
03:28He came out of the sea!
03:29A weird boy with fins!
03:31It must be the sun.
03:33It makes people a bit funny.
03:34I'm telling you, I saw him!
03:37There he is!
03:38See?
03:39Told you!
03:40Quick!
03:41Get our shoes on and after him!
04:01There he is!
04:02Quick!
04:02Come on!
04:07Come back!
04:10Oh, come on!
04:17Come on!
04:19Hey!
04:19Come back!
04:34Where did he go?
04:35He just vanished!
04:37I ordered it!
04:40I may not see you at the end of the day.
04:41I think it's okay.
04:41You're done.
04:41No!
04:41No!
04:41No!
04:44No!
04:44No!
04:44No!
04:45No!
04:50The End
05:06Hold it!
05:07We've really lost him this time.
05:11Right, come for more back at the fort. Come on.
05:24Come on, James, get the push!
05:25Come on, James, push!
05:32Are you sure that boy just floated up from the bottom of the sea?
05:36Positive! Come on!
05:42Come on, James, push!
05:43Whoa!
05:44Whoa!
05:44Oh!
05:57Phew! What a chase.
05:59I wonder what he was.
06:00Something very strange.
06:02Did you see that sort of fork thing he was carrying?
06:05I hope he wasn't dangerous.
06:07I wasn't sorry when he escaped.
06:09Dangerous.
06:10If I'd have caught him, I'd have shown him who was dangerous.
06:14Oh, what's going on?
06:16He's up and quick! Surround him!
06:39I'm going to interrogate him.
06:41Don't be stupid. He's scared out of his wits.
06:47Who are you?
06:49Who are you?
06:50We're friendly.
06:51We won't hurt you.
06:53Do you speak English?
06:55Shhh.
06:56The sun's hurting his eyes.
07:05Shhh.
07:23The sun's hurting his eyes.
07:26Shhh.
07:29They've eaten!
07:32Shhh.
07:33Shhh.
07:33Sure!
07:33But it is fast.
07:37Shhh.
07:59We call him and play it back.
08:01What?
08:02Go on.
08:14Play it back at the slowest speed.
08:16Yes, yes.
08:17I remember this song about the drunken sailor.
08:20I heard it once a long time ago.
08:22I can understand your words when the machine goes fast.
08:25Please stop it now and I will make a message for you.
08:27It's fantastic.
08:28I can't believe it.
08:32We call fast.
08:36Speak.
08:39Shhh, listen.
08:51My name is Kirkle.
08:53I come from the land of Auradon, beneath the sea.
08:57My people have lived there for thousands of years.
08:59I was born 300 years ago.
09:02We live long because there are no germs in Auradon.
09:05My people are in great danger.
09:08Our land is being destroyed by unknown enemies.
09:11I have come to the surface to search for them.
09:15Switch off your machine.
09:16I think I can speak to you.
09:24Slower.
09:28Say it slower.
09:29Slower.
09:32I have to go now.
09:34Goodbye.
09:35Goodbye.
09:37Goodbye.
09:59Goodness, that door's locked.
10:01Goodbye.
10:02We will meet again.
10:04Goodbye.
10:05Goodbye.
10:05Goodbye.
10:11I tell my mum, she'll thump me.
10:14You're right.
10:14No one will believe us.
10:22A 300-year-old boy.
10:24It's true.
10:25What is he?
10:26And a little world under the sea.
10:27And then what did he say?
10:28And then he disappeared.
10:29It's one of those little island boys having you on.
10:44I told you he'd never believe us.
10:47I don't suppose we'll ever see him again.
10:51Oh, look.
10:52It's Kirkle.
10:53He's waving to us.
10:54Quick, let's go.
10:55Kirkle, we're coming.
11:20I told you we'd never see you again.
11:22They wouldn't believe us.
11:23And it's a really great.
11:24I told you.
11:24Lower.
11:26Lower.
11:27My land.
11:29Under the sea.
11:31And you're here to me.
11:33You and my guests.
11:36Come.
11:41Come.
11:41I'll warn them.
11:42We are coming.
11:56Come.
11:58Don't be afraid.
12:00Follow me.
12:02Come.
12:11Come on.
12:12Come on.
12:20Come on,arlo.
12:22Come on,arlo.
12:27Come!
12:28Come he میbr이.
12:29Come he certainty is not embryo.
12:30Ah available, Maricot Tut fueron.
12:30He's with no power.
12:30Oh look.
12:31I love them, AUDIO.
12:31I guess I must bemeraight.
13:57I'm not sure about all this.
13:59I'm scared, Steph.
14:08Sit down.
14:11Do not be frightened.
14:13Now we must see that we have brought no germs to Oridan.
14:35Careful.
14:37Careful.
14:39Careful.
15:00Oh, my ears.
15:03Oh, my ears.
15:33Oh, my heavens.
15:34Look at that.
15:36Pat, don't let James wander off.
15:38All right.
15:44They've got no windows or doors.
15:46That looks like some kind of fruit.
15:49It's a great world.
15:51It's utterly incredible.
15:55Fancy all this growing under the sea.
15:59Isn't it beautiful?
16:01Isn't it beautiful?
16:01All these lovely little caverns.
16:04They've never seen anyone like us before.
16:07I must take some samples back.
16:09This is fascinating.
16:10Here.
16:12Here.
16:12Take this piece.
16:13It is called iridium.
16:21Here.
16:22And here.
16:39See you.
16:46My king says, welcome to Oridon, children of the surface.
16:52I am Zoldar, king of all Oridon, since the end of the dark tyranny 2,000 years ago.
17:00Thank you, sire.
17:04I remember something of your strange, slow tongue.
17:14Come, I will show you something of my kingdom.
17:40Has Kirkle told you we are all hundreds of years old?
17:43Is it out?
17:44Yes, sire.
17:45I'm about the dream for the atmosphere.
17:48It is our dew tree.
17:50We drink the nectar from it.
17:54Kirkle said that after one day on the surface, we might catch cold and die.
17:59Indeed, he might.
18:01Or worse.
18:02Worse, sire?
18:03Yes, worse, I tell you.
18:04Far worse.
18:05You see, when we Oridons venture to the surface, if we did not catch cold, we would slowly grow up
18:12and forget about Oroden.
18:15Over here is one of our gardens.
18:22Oh, it's beautiful.
18:28At one time, we used to be able to live much nearer to the surface than we do now.
18:33Sometimes inside mountains, in some parts of Kentucky.
18:37And in Ireland, leprechauns.
18:40The little folk.
18:41Ah, yes.
18:42The leprechaun.
18:43But most of them are dead by now.
18:45I must leave you now.
18:47I must leave you now.
18:47Lord Kirkle will look after you.
19:12Lord Kirkle will look after you.
19:14It's time.
19:19This is where we make our light.
19:23The Octostone is left in our liquid for 17 Oroden moments.
19:29And it becomes like this.
19:33Look how bright it is.
19:36Kirkle, why did you bring us here?
19:39There is another part of Oroden.
19:42What's wrong?
19:44Come with me.
19:45I must show you a very dangerous place.
20:09These will protect you from the foul air.
20:13Put them on carefully.
20:15And make sure they fit tight.
20:23These rocks burn.
20:25Do not touch them.
20:30Be careful.
20:32This plant is poisonous.
20:35Stay close.
20:37And walk exactly where I do.
20:42It's getting hotter all the time.
20:45The air is burning.
20:48I don't like it.
20:50I'm frightened.
20:51It's hard to breathe.
20:54You can take your masks off now.
20:57But hold them tight.
20:58We still have to get back.
21:08This is horrible.
21:11It's very strange.
21:13We call it Glenvang.
21:15Which in our language means...
21:17Dead place.
21:34It's just like the rest of Oroden.
21:37But in recent times...
21:38The air supply has putrefied.
21:40It's almost ceased.
21:50Where did the air come from?
21:52From the surface.
21:54Our air is the same air as you breathe.
21:57But it is purified as it filters through the earth.
22:01But soon we will have to seal this place off.
22:04How awful.
22:05When you build cities on the surface...
22:08And cover the ground with concrete...
22:11Our air supply is stopped.
22:13That's dreadful.
22:16We wanted you to see this.
22:18Now I must take you back to King Zoldar.
22:21Put on your masks.
22:22And don't forget the dangers I have shown you.
22:38Now you have seen Cranbeg.
22:40I hope it did not upset you too much.
22:44But what happened to the people who lived there before?
22:47Some came to live here.
22:49Many died rather than leave their homes.
22:52Died?
22:52Couldn't you do anything?
22:53What could we do?
22:55The grown ups on the surface do not believe we exist.
22:58Maybe our fathers could help.
23:00They worked for the International Space Federation.
23:02They're building a concrete base for a rocket tracking station and...
23:06Oh no.
23:08Bring me the map.
23:18Now.
23:19Where is this base?
23:23If that's the harbour, then this must be the fort.
23:28That must be the base.
23:29Round here.
23:30That is right above Cranbeg.
23:33Zoldar.
23:33We want to help.
23:34We'll find out what the engineers at the site plan to do.
23:37Then we'll come back with the information.
23:38You are true friends of Oradin.
23:40May the octopus of fortune be with you.
23:44Thank you, sir.
23:45Thank you, sir.
23:45Thank you, sir.
23:47Thank you, sir.
23:47Thank you, sir.
23:56The octopus of fortune?
23:57The octopus is a bringer of much love.
24:01It is the same in our land.
24:08This will take you safely back to the surface.
24:15Try and see the plants in John's office.
24:17I'll search the rest of the site.
24:19Okay.
24:20We'll find this way, sir.
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25:08Within two months, the concrete base will cover most of the surface of Oxbone Island.
25:14This is indeed bad news.
25:17It spells doom for all.
25:20In Oroden.
25:26If the whole of Oroden becomes like Cranfag, we will all die.
25:31We can decide only two things.
25:34Either we await our fate in the middle of the earth, or we leave Oroden forever and swim to the
25:41surface.
25:42King Zoldar speaks wisely.
25:44Many of our people will die, and the others will simply grow up.
25:48I, Gelfand, shall never leave the home of my people.
25:51I have lived here in Oroden for 3,000 years.
25:54I shall stay here and die.
25:56I'm too old to go to the surface.
25:59Elders of Oroden, please, I beseech you.
26:02Please, there is still time.
26:04But we have to prepare, whatever our decision.
26:07Time is against us.
26:09Wait just a little longer.
26:11My friend and I will return to the surface and try to find a way to stop this disaster.
26:16You speak wisely.
26:16Does the council agree to wait until he returns?
26:23Aye, I agree.
26:25Aye.
26:25Aye.
26:30You have already risked much for Oroden.
26:34May good fortune follow you to the surface.
26:43These are sacred medallions of Oroden, worn only by the ancient lords of Zoldar in time of war.
26:53Tis fitting that you should have them now.
26:58Now, Lord Peter and Lord...
27:00Edward.
27:02Lord Peter and Lord Edward, the first new lords of Oroden.
27:11Be on your way.
27:12Time is short.
27:26Hey, where have you two been?
27:28There's no time for explanations now.
27:31Come on.
27:35Last night we discovered something terrible.
27:37They're going to turn the whole island into a big slab of concrete.
27:40Oh, no!
27:45I've done it.
27:48You've what?
27:49They can't do it.
27:51Do what?
27:53There's a rocket trekking station on Oxbowl Island.
27:56The earth's strata is too soft.
28:00If they build the trekking station here, it'll start dead level.
28:04But in a few years' time, it'll tilt.
28:06Like this.
28:07Can you prove it?
28:08I hope so.
28:10Let's go.
28:14Well, I must say, it's very nice of you all to come round and join me for lunch.
28:18We hardly ever see you these days.
28:20We've been very busy.
28:21Mr. Chandler, what's the ideal stratum for sinking a bed of ten metre concrete?
28:26Ideal stratum?
28:28Well, as a matter of fact, we have it right here on this island.
28:30That's why we chose Oxbowl Island.
28:33It's part of a network of tracking stations all round the world.
28:36Have you heard of a prehistoric rock called Iridium?
28:38Certainly, but not since I was a student.
28:40They say it came from ancient volcanoes.
28:43It's of a consistency very like chalk, I believe.
28:45Extremely rare.
28:46What would happen if it was underneath this island?
28:48A complete disaster.
28:50We'd have to scrap the whole network and find another site.
28:53But fortunately, it's so rare we don't have to worry.
28:56Experts say it never existed.
28:59Have you seen rock like this before?
29:04Where did you get this?
29:07My goodness!
29:09I must examine this immediately.
29:12You children wait outside.
29:28Get me the laboratory.
29:30Quick!
29:31McGregor, something's come up.
29:34Stop drilling.
29:34Get over here with Jones and Smith.
29:36Quick as you can.
29:43What's all the fuss about?
29:44I've no idea.
29:45Well, something's upset him.
29:46But why stop the drilling?
29:50We're going to look fools, McGregor.
29:52We might as well have built this whole thing on a pile of cheddar cheese.
29:56And there are no other islands anywhere in this part of the ocean.
29:59And you know what that means.
30:01Jelly knife.
30:02We'll have to blast the middle out of the island and pack it with rubble.
30:05Greetings, young friends.
30:06Do you bring us tidings of hope or of doom?
30:11They're going to stop.
30:14But only until they explode the center of the island with gelignite.
30:18Gelignite?
30:19It'll destroy Oreden.
30:25Slower, Kerkle.
30:27But why?
30:28They need to use the island.
30:30And they don't believe you exist.
30:32They'll smash right through into Oreden.
30:34But why?
30:36Because there is no other island near enough.
30:38It's part of a cobweb network.
30:40Oh, yes.
30:42Oh, yes.
31:03Sorry.
31:04Excitement.
31:05Kerkle will say.
31:06We have decided to make another island.
31:09Make another island?
31:10Yes, my scientists have long since learned
31:13to make small islands in the middle of the sea.
31:16But the rock is too hard for us to breathe through.
31:26But it will be all right.
31:29All right for the rocket tracking station?
31:31Yeah.
31:34Please indicate where we should make our new island.
31:38Lord Kirkow, prepare the engineers.
31:40Yes, sir.
31:44Could one be made within this circle?
31:47Is that possible, Weedor?
31:49Oh, yes, sir. Quite simple.
32:02That's where you'll find your island.
32:05We can make one, just there.
32:06How soon?
32:07Three hours of hard work.
32:23That's it.
32:24Right.
32:36No, Ted, what's going on?
32:37We're blowing deep holes into the ground with gelignite.
32:39Why don't you build the site on the other island?
32:41There isn't one for miles.
32:43We're bang in the middle of the ocean.
32:44Didn't we fly over one on our way here?
32:46No.
32:48You know, I'm most certain we did.
32:50I wish we had, but we didn't.
32:52And that's that.
32:54I'm sure I remember another island not far from here.
32:57Oh?
32:57Anyway, it's on the map.
32:58What are you lot talking about?
33:01Where?
33:02Good heaven.
33:06If this is a fool's errand,
33:07I'm going to chuck a lot of you over the side.
33:33What?
33:33There's no sign of any island.
33:35Let's start.
33:36It's looking up, Mr. Chandler.
33:43We've started looking up, Mr. Chandler.
33:45Wee-wee-wee!
33:47Wee-wee-wee!
33:49Wee-wee-wee!
33:54Wee-wee-wee-wee!
34:01We must turn back.
34:02Please, Mr. Chandler, just a little while longer.
34:05It's bound to be here somewhere.
34:21Right, that's it.
34:23The joyride's over.
34:25Radio bass to start the countdown.
34:26Radio bass, radio bass, start countdown, start countdown, it's over.
34:33Attention, countdown, countdown, countdown, countdown, starting, clear the area.
34:38Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:42Yeah.
35:10Oh, no, no, no, no.
35:40The kids were right.
35:41Radio base, stop countdown.
35:43Attention, attention.
35:45Stop countdown, team 912.
35:48What's all this about?
35:49I don't know, but let's disconnect the main charge.
35:52Quickly.
36:45Lord Peter, Lord Edward, the Lady Patricia, and young Lord James.
37:03The people of Orden will speak of this day for thousands of years to come.
37:07Therefore, it is my honor to award you all the highest title in the land of Orden.
37:14Buccaneers.
37:18Buccaneers.
37:20What?
37:23Look at this.
37:25Oh, those Buccaneers.
37:28The Oxbone.
37:30The Oxbone.
37:30Buccaneers.
37:31The Oxbone.
37:32The Oxbone.
37:32The Oxbone.
37:35The Oxbone.
37:38The Oxbone.
37:45The Oxbone.
37:47The Oxbone.
37:49The Oxbone.
37:51The Oxbone.
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