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What the future
will bring, no man can say.

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But one fact is certain, mankind stands

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at the crucial crossroads of history,

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the threshold of a new
era, the Atomic Age.

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For the people of the
US, skilled in the uses

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of science and technology, the Atomic Age

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is profoundly significant.

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Across a continent enormous
in its agricultural potential,

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Americans have drawn from
the earth a rich bounty,

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have built great cities, have
reared towers into the sky,

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have spun intricate networks
of highways across the land.

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By the application of
science, industry has grown

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increasingly productive, making
possible a good way of life.

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With assurance, Americans
look with an abiding faith

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to the future.

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For many, citizen and scientist alike,

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atomic energy means the promise
of a more abundant life.

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But many another, the atom is a threat,

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an evil promise, the
paralyzing panic of our time.

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Thus to answer the perplexing
question of the atom

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and its implications, the people
have turned their attention

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to the forum of public affairs,

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have sought to search out
realities, to find the facts,

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or to listen to the men of science,

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like Dr. Jeremiah Morley, famed geologist,

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the embattled founder of the now-defunct

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Society to Save Civilization.

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It was Morley who told a
Los Angeles audience that...

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A series of atomic explosions,

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either accidental or deliberate,

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could set off a chain reaction

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to annihilate every man, woman,

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and child on the face of the Earth.

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It could cause the death
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In a gloomy report,

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Morley took a dim view of history.

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Recall the tragically repetitious story,

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the decline and fall of
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Said Morley, modern civilization could,

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by the phenomenon of atomic fission,

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be brought to dust and ashes.

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For example, if an A-bomb were detonated

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at the Empire State Building,
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would cover an area of two miles.

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Now, since the A-bomb is already obsolete,

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consider the area of total
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And science has promised us bombs

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1000 times more powerful,
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all the air and water of this Earth.

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This could be not only the
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but the very possibility
of any future civilization.

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What are we gonna do about it?

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I'll tell you what I'm
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I have a plan.

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A plan to preserve human
life on this planet.

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I hope you will join with
me in carrying it out.

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The response
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was immediate and enthusiastic.

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The Society to Save
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To its headquarters
flocked amateur do-gooders

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and professional scientists.

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From them, Morley chose
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Dr. Max A. Bauer, eminent geophysicist,

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ousted by Hitler from the
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Dr. James Paxton, metallurgical engineer,

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twice winner of the
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Joan Lindsey, medical
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who, for her research in biochemistry,

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was named winner of the annual award

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by the American Confederation
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Dr. George Coleman, authority
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And Andrew Ostengaard,
sandhog, explosive expert,

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Marine veteran of World War II.

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It was this team, qualified
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that helped set in motion
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a daringly planned program,
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to the board of directors
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And so my colleagues and I believe

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that humanity can escape annihilation

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and find a temporary
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that come what may, life can be sustained

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deep within the Earth itself.

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Far below the surface
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a geological shelter.

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We have a team ready for the effort.

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All we lack are funds.

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Can we get them from your foundation?

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Dr. Morley, I believe
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if I were to ask the questions.

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We're laymen, you know.

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First of all, isn't the
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The interior of the Earth
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and air pockets, joined
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leading from the surface.

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Natural avenues?

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Tunnels and fissures.

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Such a fissue lies within
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extinct volcano at Mount Neleh.

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That is where we intend
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So, these tunnels,
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Hundreds of miles, perhaps thousands,

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to the very core of the Earth.

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But isn't the inside of the Earth,

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the very core, a molten, fiery mass?

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To the contrary.

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The latest body of theory holds

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that the inside of a sphere,
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is cooler than the
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And how would you traverse
these thousands of miles?

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Dr. Coleman, the
prospective drawings, please.

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This is a cyclotram.

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A what?

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It's an amphibious conveyance

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based on the principles
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A what?

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Like a submarine, with
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Its head contains a burrowing device,

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and its walls can withstand extremes

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of temperature and pressure.

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But even with the
cyclotram, or the atmosphere

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of the whatnot, how do you
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in finding this underground haven?

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We don't know, but we must try.

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There is no other
alternative, no other cause.

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No other hope of keeping
the spark of life alive.

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And the cost?

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Hmm.

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That's a lot of money, Dr. Morley.

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But surely you don't expect...

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But we do!

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I know you and your
committee mean well...

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Mean well?

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Next you'll be calling
us starry-eyed idealist.

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Dr. Lindsey, you're out of order.

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The whole world is out of order.

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And I suppose you and your
associates can set it right?

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We couldn't have set
wronger if we tried.

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The appropriation was denied.

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To carry on his work, Dr.
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to the members of the organization.

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It failed, and so last week, the Society

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to Save Civilization was itself extinct.

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And what of its leaders?

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Of Professor Jeremiah Morley and his

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enthusiastic colleagues.

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Where were they headed
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to a lost, but spectacular cause?

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To news reel reporters, Dr.
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We have no plans.

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We have no hope.

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Better stand by, Frank.

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You may want to run that again.

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Well gentlemen, what do you think?

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It's like asking a man what
he thinks of his own obituary.

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I thought you'd like to
see it, before its release,

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in case you had any objections.

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Now he thinks of our objections.

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You've been crucifying us for a year,

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Mr. Thompson, in the newspapers you edit,

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the magazines you publish, and
the syndicates you control.

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And now this newsreel.

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Just a minute, gentlemen.

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You seem to have me
confused with my father.

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He dictates the policies
of our publications.

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Like father, like son.

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Nothing, Dr. Bauer,
could be more unscientific.

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As a matter of fact, my father and I

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never see eye to eye on anything.

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So he's the villain of the
piece and you are the hero.

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Quite the contrary.

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My father has all the
virtues of our society.

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He makes the money, I spend it.

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That's a large occupation.

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Oh, I have no occupation, I'm strictly...

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You wouldn't.

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That idea of yours, Dr. Morley,

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about exploring the inside of the Earth.

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You know, I'd like to try
that, just for the kicks.

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I'm sure you wouldn't
find it very exciting.

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Oh, I don't know.

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Gentlemen, I came here
tonight with a proposition.

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I have some money of my own.

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I would like to finance your project.

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Are you serious?

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Sit down, my boy.

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There's one stipulation, however.

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I go with you.

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And what could you do?

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I'm afraid you don't realize
what you'd be up against.

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Going 1000 miles inside the Earth,

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just to satisfy a whim?

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Gentlemen, you act as
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hung upon you granting me this whim.

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Plans for the
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ahead of schedule, and Morley
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The cycletram nears completion.

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Adequate nutrition in concentrated
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and for an auxiliary water supply,

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the snow and H2O condensers will be used.

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By the study of our laboratory
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we expect to gather
important scientific data.

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At last, the cycletram is ready

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to be loaded aboard the SS Aurora.

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Our destination, the extinct
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where the inside of the Earth begins.

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This was our base, a lonely desolate beach

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at the foot of the extinct volcano.

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Well, let's go.

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What a place to spend
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You sound like we'll all
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It's a possibility, if we stay here.

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Andy, take the controls.

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Follow the ridge line.

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Keep out of the ravines.

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Descend at an angle of
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Something's wrong.

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Now try it.

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Sustain 2000 RPM.

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Follow our chart plan to R-4.

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Check.

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What's our elevation now?

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Approaching 6300 feet.

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Angle of descent 19 degrees.

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Speed constant 2100 RPM.

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I wonder how long this
iron lung is gonna hold up.

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You can still beg out.

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Nah, you can't get rid of me so easily.

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Give me a reading on the
forward rotational unit.

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We're up to 9000, climbing
at 24 MPH, angle 31 degrees.

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At that rate, we'll make
the summit in four hours.

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Dr. Morley, we are meeting
some unstable isotopes.

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Increase the lateral units to 1200.

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Say, this is gettin' rough.

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We're approaching position R-4.

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Our computations show an
error of less than plus 0.14.

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Good.

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We'll reach the summit in 30 minutes.

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Five hours and 27 minutes.

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Excellent.

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33 minutes ahead of
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We'll make a final check of our position

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before we head to the crater.

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Sure glad the professor
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for our expedition.

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Maybe this one could come to life too.

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No, not a chance.

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Don't bet on it.

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Concerned.

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There's no reason for
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We'll proceed into the crater now.

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Just one last look at the Earth.

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Yeah.

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What a way to remember it.

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Follow the downward spiral.

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Keep to the inside ledges.

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Speed 1200 RPM.

258
00:18:42,193 --> 00:18:44,145
Brother, it's really black out there.

259
00:19:07,942 --> 00:19:10,904
As we descend ever
deeper into the volcano,

260
00:19:10,905 --> 00:19:13,858
I have observed no
unusual physical symptoms.

261
00:19:13,859 --> 00:19:16,961
Paxton seems withdrawn, irritable,

262
00:19:16,962 --> 00:19:20,325
but with such an annoyance
as Wright Thompson present,

263
00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,671
the condition may not
be considered abnormal.

264
00:19:26,573 --> 00:19:28,965
The descending ledges
are getting awfully narrow.

265
00:19:28,966 --> 00:19:33,452
We must be at position R-18.

266
00:19:33,453 --> 00:19:34,822
Yes, we are.

267
00:19:34,823 --> 00:19:35,824
Cut the switches.

268
00:19:43,071 --> 00:19:45,077
We'll be doing some hiking now.

269
00:19:45,078 --> 00:19:46,783
Better have some breakfast.

270
00:20:02,113 --> 00:20:03,237
Rise and shine.

271
00:20:04,841 --> 00:20:05,842
It's morning.

272
00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:09,090
How can you tell?

273
00:20:09,091 --> 00:20:10,992
Breakfast is served.

274
00:20:10,993 --> 00:20:11,994
Breakfast.

275
00:20:13,296 --> 00:20:16,047
Well, I've always said,
nothing like starting off

276
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,302
a hard day's work than
with a good breakfast.

277
00:20:20,274 --> 00:20:21,275
Hey Doc?

278
00:20:21,986 --> 00:20:23,660
How would you know?

279
00:20:24,748 --> 00:20:27,124
You don't like my kind of guy, do you?

280
00:20:27,125 --> 00:20:28,578
Not very much.

281
00:20:28,579 --> 00:20:30,201
But I'll make an exception of you.

282
00:20:30,202 --> 00:20:31,610
You I don't like a lot.

283
00:20:32,708 --> 00:20:34,308
Coleman, take the controls.

284
00:20:34,309 --> 00:20:36,524
We'll scout the way on foot for you.

285
00:20:36,525 --> 00:20:38,478
Follow on down along the widest ledges.

286
00:20:53,260 --> 00:20:55,919
Watch that, it's loose.

287
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:56,776
What's the matter?

288
00:20:56,777 --> 00:20:58,611
I don't like it.

289
00:20:58,612 --> 00:21:00,346
What did you expect in here?

290
00:21:00,347 --> 00:21:01,767
The garden of Eden?

291
00:21:01,768 --> 00:21:04,823
I'm not talking about
volcanoes, I mean Wright Thompson.

292
00:21:04,824 --> 00:21:06,144
He doesn't belong here.

293
00:21:06,145 --> 00:21:08,257
None of us belongs here.

294
00:21:08,258 --> 00:21:09,758
We're doing what has to be done.

295
00:21:09,759 --> 00:21:12,011
He doesn't feel that responsibility.

296
00:21:12,012 --> 00:21:14,124
He's just a useless
piece of excess baggage,

297
00:21:14,125 --> 00:21:15,886
a selfish thrill-seeker.

298
00:21:15,887 --> 00:21:18,388
But without him,
there'd be no expedition.

299
00:21:18,389 --> 00:21:19,390
Pardon me.

300
00:21:26,469 --> 00:21:28,013
Kinda deep down there, isn't it?

301
00:21:38,562 --> 00:21:40,647
Nice and friendly bunch, those scientists.

302
00:21:41,765 --> 00:21:43,047
Well what's your trouble?

303
00:21:43,048 --> 00:21:45,771
Oh, nothing, but don't they ever talk?

304
00:21:45,772 --> 00:21:47,551
Not unless they got something to say.

305
00:21:47,552 --> 00:21:49,073
That's the way it is with smart people.

306
00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:50,444
Maybe they're not so smart.

307
00:21:50,445 --> 00:21:52,857
Maybe they don't know what
they're doing down here.

308
00:21:52,858 --> 00:21:53,969
Listen, buster.

309
00:21:53,970 --> 00:21:55,861
Each one of them has
taught at more colleges

310
00:21:55,862 --> 00:21:57,598
than you've flunked out of.

311
00:21:57,599 --> 00:22:00,452
So what are you doing down
here among all those brains?

312
00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,070
I manage to make myself useful.

313
00:22:04,071 --> 00:22:06,393
Might be well if you did the same thing.

314
00:22:06,394 --> 00:22:07,938
Doing what?

315
00:22:07,939 --> 00:22:08,940
This.

316
00:22:15,522 --> 00:22:17,942
You lead the way for a while.

317
00:22:31,353 --> 00:22:33,855
We've hit bottom, rock bottom.

318
00:22:36,115 --> 00:22:38,222
Hello, Coleman, Coleman?

319
00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:39,224
Come in.

320
00:22:41,333 --> 00:22:42,794
What is it?

321
00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:43,726
We've reached the end of the channel

322
00:22:43,727 --> 00:22:45,737
and established our position.

323
00:22:45,738 --> 00:22:49,396
Our depth below mean
sea level, 2.6 miles.

324
00:23:02,170 --> 00:23:04,668
The Engstrand underground
geological expedition

325
00:23:04,669 --> 00:23:07,201
reached this point June 12, 1938

326
00:23:07,202 --> 00:23:09,413
and was unable to proceed further.

327
00:23:09,414 --> 00:23:12,057
Why anyone who follows us
should want to go further

328
00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:14,610
we do not know, but we
assume that they have

329
00:23:14,611 --> 00:23:16,226
good reasons for doing so.

330
00:23:17,163 --> 00:23:18,165
Good luck.

331
00:23:19,847 --> 00:23:22,916
If Engstrand were living
today, he'd know the reason.

332
00:23:22,917 --> 00:23:25,907
The world has changed since 1938.

333
00:23:25,908 --> 00:23:28,171
The world has changed since yesterday.

334
00:23:28,172 --> 00:23:30,007
We better get to work.

335
00:23:41,087 --> 00:23:42,089
Look!

336
00:23:43,395 --> 00:23:45,997
That's pressure from the other volcano.

337
00:23:45,998 --> 00:23:47,771
We'll have to work this side.

338
00:23:54,336 --> 00:23:55,337
Paxton!

339
00:23:58,140 --> 00:23:59,194
Yes, Dr. Morley?

340
00:24:00,613 --> 00:24:03,516
Start making density
readings on that wall there.

341
00:24:03,517 --> 00:24:04,518
Yes sir.

342
00:24:12,456 --> 00:24:15,219
This is it, the point
of least resistance.

343
00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:16,774
Okay, Andy!

344
00:24:18,688 --> 00:24:19,747
I'm ready.

345
00:24:20,685 --> 00:24:22,537
We'll all go back to the cycletram.

346
00:24:38,106 --> 00:24:39,307
Fuses one and two set.

347
00:24:47,122 --> 00:24:49,127
I wonder what we'll be running into.

348
00:24:49,128 --> 00:24:50,880
There's only one way to find out.

349
00:25:15,936 --> 00:25:17,187
Take it easy.

350
00:25:30,150 --> 00:25:32,069
We've broken through.

351
00:25:36,245 --> 00:25:38,080
Looks like a tunnel.

352
00:25:40,938 --> 00:25:43,042
So far, so good.

353
00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:46,462
Put on your gas masks just in case.

354
00:25:46,463 --> 00:25:50,361
Coleman, we'll cut the
pace, you follow along

355
00:25:50,362 --> 00:25:51,947
with the cycletram.

356
00:26:35,361 --> 00:26:37,710
The air is fresh and clear.

357
00:26:37,711 --> 00:26:39,112
You can take your masks off.

358
00:26:42,966 --> 00:26:44,368
The pressure seems normal.

359
00:26:52,257 --> 00:26:54,098
I wonder where it leads.

360
00:26:54,099 --> 00:26:57,032
That's exactly what
we're gonna find out.

361
00:26:57,033 --> 00:27:02,038
Lead the way, Andy.

362
00:28:13,234 --> 00:28:15,263
How did it all happen?

363
00:28:15,264 --> 00:28:19,137
A long time ago, the earth
above was covered with water.

364
00:28:19,138 --> 00:28:21,698
When the sea vanished, it left

365
00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:24,140
great limestone deposits behind.

366
00:28:24,141 --> 00:28:25,815
Was all this limestone?

367
00:28:25,816 --> 00:28:27,153
Yes.

368
00:28:27,154 --> 00:28:29,216
And then the water got
it in underground streams

369
00:28:29,217 --> 00:28:31,888
and carved out the soft limestone.

370
00:28:31,889 --> 00:28:35,567
Drop by drop, year by year,
the water dissolved the stone.

371
00:28:36,555 --> 00:28:40,098
Each drop carried a
tiny particle of sediment.

372
00:28:40,099 --> 00:28:42,490
That's what formed these columns.

373
00:28:42,491 --> 00:28:45,955
About an inch every 1000 years.

374
00:28:45,956 --> 00:28:47,857
Well how long did
this whole process take?

375
00:28:47,858 --> 00:28:50,183
About 200 million years.

376
00:28:52,237 --> 00:28:55,065
Hello, Coleman, Coleman?

377
00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:57,893
Bring up the tram,
we'll proceed from here.

378
00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:09,052
We're down 100 miles,
you better pull up.

379
00:29:13,257 --> 00:29:14,258
Cut the switches.

380
00:29:19,113 --> 00:29:21,582
It's funny, when we first got here

381
00:29:21,583 --> 00:29:23,271
I felt a sort of exaltation.

382
00:29:24,399 --> 00:29:26,145
Now I feel depressed.

383
00:29:27,273 --> 00:29:28,463
I don't know why.

384
00:29:28,464 --> 00:29:30,345
The oxygen content is adequate.

385
00:29:30,346 --> 00:29:31,347
I know.

386
00:29:32,208 --> 00:29:35,464
But I too feel suffocated.

387
00:29:37,494 --> 00:29:39,840
Maybe it's the unreality of this place.

388
00:29:42,327 --> 00:29:45,822
You know once when I was
working in the Holland Tunnel,

389
00:29:45,823 --> 00:29:48,180
I got cut off from my crew for 10 hours.

390
00:29:49,117 --> 00:29:50,782
I felt this way then.

391
00:29:59,129 --> 00:30:00,530
I think I know what it is.

392
00:30:03,363 --> 00:30:04,364
It's loneliness.

393
00:30:05,956 --> 00:30:08,258
It's the feeling of a
person away from people.

394
00:30:09,321 --> 00:30:12,263
I felt it on the top
of a mountain in Tibet,

395
00:30:12,264 --> 00:30:14,869
in a jungle, and on the Arabian desert.

396
00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:19,504
It's like the last cord tying
you with humanity is cut.

397
00:30:20,463 --> 00:30:22,340
It's more than that.

398
00:30:22,341 --> 00:30:25,611
People have dignity only in
relation to many other people.

399
00:30:26,499 --> 00:30:29,992
Alone a man is as useless
as any rock out there.

400
00:30:29,993 --> 00:30:32,105
Oh, you're both talking nonsense.

401
00:30:32,106 --> 00:30:35,989
Nature doesn't influence
man, man influences nature.

402
00:30:35,990 --> 00:30:40,103
One man, one strong
man, can change nature.

403
00:30:40,104 --> 00:30:41,866
Oh, you're wrong, Dr. Paxton.

404
00:30:41,867 --> 00:30:45,035
It isn't one man, it's
many men working together.

405
00:30:45,036 --> 00:30:46,171
Right teacher?

406
00:30:46,172 --> 00:30:48,463
Men together are no more than sheep.

407
00:30:48,464 --> 00:30:52,578
One man standing alone leads
the way, and the sheep follow.

408
00:30:52,579 --> 00:30:53,889
Please, gentlemen...

409
00:30:53,890 --> 00:30:55,461
Well I'm embarrassed for all of you

410
00:30:55,462 --> 00:30:56,793
who call yourselves scientists.

411
00:30:56,794 --> 00:30:59,755
Swayed by a self-indulgent young fool.

412
00:31:03,582 --> 00:31:05,213
I'm going ahead.

413
00:31:05,214 --> 00:31:07,575
I hope that by the time
you catch up with me,

414
00:31:07,576 --> 00:31:08,726
the atmosphere will have cleared

415
00:31:08,727 --> 00:31:10,532
the cobwebs from your brains.

416
00:31:18,969 --> 00:31:20,399
I'd better go with him.

417
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,351
It isn't safe for a man
to be alone down here.

418
00:31:22,352 --> 00:31:23,663
Ah, he's all right.

419
00:31:23,664 --> 00:31:24,809
He's the leader type.

420
00:31:26,026 --> 00:31:28,290
I'll go with him anyway.

421
00:31:28,291 --> 00:31:29,410
There wouldn't be leaders if there weren't

422
00:31:29,411 --> 00:31:30,949
sheep like me to be led.

423
00:31:45,699 --> 00:31:48,252
I still don't see any
sign of Paxton and Coleman.

424
00:31:49,606 --> 00:31:51,190
Well, keep going.

425
00:31:58,258 --> 00:31:59,187
Gas?

426
00:31:59,188 --> 00:32:00,188
Gas!

427
00:32:03,288 --> 00:32:05,386
Paxton and Coleman.

428
00:32:05,387 --> 00:32:07,891
They forgot their gas masks.

429
00:32:23,667 --> 00:32:25,336
Dr. Coleman, Paxton.

430
00:32:34,289 --> 00:32:35,708
There they are!

431
00:33:00,713 --> 00:33:01,715
Strange.

432
00:33:02,987 --> 00:33:06,491
Digging a grave 110 miles under the earth.

433
00:33:46,416 --> 00:33:48,077
We must go on.

434
00:33:48,078 --> 00:33:49,629
It's too late to turn back now.

435
00:34:13,505 --> 00:34:15,135
No thanks

436
00:34:15,136 --> 00:34:16,147
Andy?

437
00:34:16,148 --> 00:34:17,150
Yeah.

438
00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:27,700
Hmm?

439
00:34:33,342 --> 00:34:36,176
You know, right now, I'd give
$1000 for a good hamburger.

440
00:34:37,010 --> 00:34:38,582
And another $1000 for onion powder.

441
00:34:54,503 --> 00:34:55,504
Dr. Morley.

442
00:34:56,765 --> 00:34:58,923
Our water supply is ruined.

443
00:34:58,924 --> 00:34:59,926
Cut the switches.

444
00:35:06,056 --> 00:35:08,217
Polluted by the gas fumes.

445
00:35:08,218 --> 00:35:10,049
Yeah, somebody left it open.

446
00:35:10,050 --> 00:35:12,853
Back there just before
Paxton and Coleman took off.

447
00:35:12,854 --> 00:35:14,084
I guess I forgot to close it.

448
00:35:14,085 --> 00:35:15,403
Oh, you...

449
00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:16,958
Andy!

450
00:35:16,959 --> 00:35:18,138
It was an accident.

451
00:35:18,139 --> 00:35:19,179
An accident?

452
00:35:19,180 --> 00:35:21,553
We may never find water again.

453
00:35:21,554 --> 00:35:24,376
Now I suppose you'd give
$1000 for a glass of that.

454
00:35:24,377 --> 00:35:26,238
Andy, there's a job to be done.

455
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,660
We've got to find water
fast, and in this area.

456
00:35:28,661 --> 00:35:31,664
Yeah, I know, we got about a
chance in 1000 of finding it.

457
00:36:16,457 --> 00:36:18,324
Look, there's Andy.

458
00:36:43,107 --> 00:36:44,109
Andy!

459
00:36:45,452 --> 00:36:46,453
Andy!

460
00:36:50,474 --> 00:36:52,076
Andy!

461
00:36:52,077 --> 00:36:53,547
Hello.

462
00:36:53,548 --> 00:36:54,635
You all right?

463
00:36:54,636 --> 00:36:56,138
So far, so good.

464
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:44,407
No water here!

465
00:38:41,507 --> 00:38:43,911
Thing like this is enough
to drive a man stir-crazy.

466
00:38:43,912 --> 00:38:45,770
It's no use.

467
00:38:45,771 --> 00:38:48,063
240 miles inside the Earth.

468
00:38:48,064 --> 00:38:49,752
Yeah, and no water.

469
00:38:59,891 --> 00:39:01,131
Here.

470
00:39:01,132 --> 00:39:03,171
I'd been saving it for the animals.

471
00:39:27,822 --> 00:39:29,864
Go ahead, enjoy yourself.

472
00:39:29,865 --> 00:39:31,229
It doesn't cost a cent.

473
00:39:36,001 --> 00:39:37,461
Stop it.

474
00:39:37,462 --> 00:39:38,463
Andy.

475
00:39:39,836 --> 00:39:41,307
This is ridiculous.

476
00:39:41,308 --> 00:39:42,568
We have something larger at stake

477
00:39:42,569 --> 00:39:44,086
than you're personal petty feuding.

478
00:39:44,087 --> 00:39:46,001
Now you two can come with us or stay here

479
00:39:46,002 --> 00:39:47,483
and kill each other.

480
00:39:47,484 --> 00:39:49,285
I'm going up to the cycletram.

481
00:39:49,286 --> 00:39:50,777
Nevermind.

482
00:39:50,778 --> 00:39:51,779
I'll go get it.

483
00:40:11,464 --> 00:40:12,466
There!

484
00:40:24,509 --> 00:40:25,510
Water.

485
00:40:29,061 --> 00:40:30,062
Listen.

486
00:40:31,721 --> 00:40:33,891
Sounds like running water!

487
00:40:35,606 --> 00:40:37,574
But where is it coming from?

488
00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:41,702
It's behind this wall!

489
00:40:52,067 --> 00:40:53,277
It is running water.

490
00:40:53,278 --> 00:40:55,488
Well why don't we go through
wall with the cycletram?

491
00:40:55,489 --> 00:40:56,465
No.

492
00:40:56,466 --> 00:40:58,634
Thirsty brother, there's
still such a thing

493
00:40:58,635 --> 00:40:59,665
as too much water.

494
00:40:59,666 --> 00:41:01,787
It could be an underground sea.

495
00:41:01,788 --> 00:41:05,812
Andy, Andy, bring a
couple of heavy hammers.

496
00:41:22,059 --> 00:41:23,814
What's up, Professor?

497
00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,774
We think there's water behind that wall.

498
00:41:25,775 --> 00:41:27,141
Try breaking it in.

499
00:41:27,142 --> 00:41:28,145
Sure.

500
00:41:46,889 --> 00:41:48,698
Brought two hammers, you know.

501
00:42:25,281 --> 00:42:29,535
Come in here,
let's take care of that arm.

502
00:42:39,008 --> 00:42:40,877
The outside temperature's rising fast,

503
00:42:40,878 --> 00:42:42,911
it's up to 280 degrees now.

504
00:42:42,912 --> 00:42:44,914
It looks as if it could go on forever.

505
00:42:50,721 --> 00:42:51,722
Hold it out there.

506
00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:05,400
Outer temperature is dropping fast.

507
00:43:05,401 --> 00:43:06,749
The outside pressure's dropping too.

508
00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:07,780
Good.

509
00:43:07,781 --> 00:43:09,636
Condensation will soon take place.

510
00:43:13,725 --> 00:43:14,907
There.

511
00:43:14,908 --> 00:43:16,880
You're a pretty good doctor at that.

512
00:43:16,881 --> 00:43:18,852
You're a pretty good patient at that.

513
00:43:18,853 --> 00:43:19,687
Thanks.

514
00:43:19,688 --> 00:43:21,073
Here, put this on.

515
00:43:30,493 --> 00:43:31,816
It's water.

516
00:43:31,817 --> 00:43:32,818
Look.

517
00:43:33,649 --> 00:43:35,901
Look, everyone, it's water.

518
00:44:40,977 --> 00:44:43,147
Joan, are you all right?

519
00:45:04,034 --> 00:45:05,035
Well?

520
00:45:08,410 --> 00:45:10,245
What should we do now?

521
00:45:11,290 --> 00:45:12,565
All right, I'll say it.

522
00:45:13,784 --> 00:45:15,645
I'll say what's on all of our minds.

523
00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:17,477
Don't try to read our minds, Thompson.

524
00:45:17,478 --> 00:45:18,732
Just speak for yourself.

525
00:45:19,574 --> 00:45:20,770
Then I say let's go back.

526
00:45:20,771 --> 00:45:22,018
And I say go on.

527
00:45:22,019 --> 00:45:23,453
But look at Joan.

528
00:45:23,454 --> 00:45:28,033
We've gotten nowhere, deeper
and deeper into nowhere.

529
00:45:29,155 --> 00:45:30,970
We've failed.

530
00:45:30,971 --> 00:45:34,115
Would our failure be any
less if we turn back now?

531
00:45:34,116 --> 00:45:36,169
Our chances of living would be greater.

532
00:45:37,180 --> 00:45:38,585
If we go on, we're dead.

533
00:45:39,783 --> 00:45:42,234
Dead as Paxton and Coleman.

534
00:45:42,235 --> 00:45:44,487
That's a chance we have to take.

535
00:45:44,488 --> 00:45:47,531
The stakes are high,
higher than our lives.

536
00:45:47,532 --> 00:45:49,933
They involve the life
and death of all mankind.

537
00:45:49,934 --> 00:45:53,187
That's a great speech,
but I won't buy it.

538
00:45:53,188 --> 00:45:54,408
All right.

539
00:45:54,409 --> 00:45:56,040
Let's put it to a vote.

540
00:45:56,041 --> 00:45:58,433
- Thompson?
- Go back.

541
00:45:58,434 --> 00:45:59,959
- Andy?
- Go on.

542
00:46:01,281 --> 00:46:06,286
Bauer?

543
00:46:08,566 --> 00:46:09,567
Go back.

544
00:46:12,890 --> 00:46:13,891
Go on.

545
00:46:16,116 --> 00:46:17,267
Seems to be a deadlock.

546
00:46:18,938 --> 00:46:23,943
I suppose none of us
would like to reconsider?

547
00:46:28,457 --> 00:46:30,360
Doesn't woman's suffrage count here?

548
00:46:31,892 --> 00:46:33,093
What do you say, Joan?

549
00:46:34,324 --> 00:46:37,781
I say go on, and let's not
waste any more time about it.

550
00:47:18,034 --> 00:47:19,855
How are those burns coming along?

551
00:47:19,856 --> 00:47:21,158
Good as new.

552
00:47:21,159 --> 00:47:22,316
How are you, Doctor?

553
00:47:22,317 --> 00:47:23,820
Oh, I'll get by.

554
00:47:26,881 --> 00:47:27,882
Here.

555
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,126
What's it for?

556
00:47:30,127 --> 00:47:31,788
Does it have to be for something?

557
00:47:31,789 --> 00:47:34,260
Does everything have
to be about something?

558
00:47:34,261 --> 00:47:35,583
It's a good luck ring.

559
00:47:35,584 --> 00:47:37,115
Saved my life in Tibet.

560
00:47:37,116 --> 00:47:38,117
Here, take it.

561
00:47:38,858 --> 00:47:40,022
Why give it to me?

562
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,621
Haven't you ever been romanced before?

563
00:47:43,622 --> 00:47:45,508
Not 900 miles below sea level.

564
00:47:46,446 --> 00:47:48,062
Then it's about time.

565
00:47:48,063 --> 00:47:51,181
If there were any flowers around
here I'd pick them for you.

566
00:47:53,087 --> 00:47:56,237
There's a highly scientific
theory which states

567
00:47:56,238 --> 00:47:59,320
that if any man and any
woman are cast away anywhere,

568
00:47:59,321 --> 00:48:01,582
for any length of time, sooner or later

569
00:48:01,583 --> 00:48:03,135
they'd think they were in love.

570
00:48:04,276 --> 00:48:06,104
That's what's happened to you.

571
00:48:06,105 --> 00:48:09,403
If that theory has any
value, it should apply to you.

572
00:48:09,404 --> 00:48:10,405
Does it?

573
00:48:12,844 --> 00:48:13,845
No.

574
00:48:14,988 --> 00:48:17,555
Well, I guess I need a little more time.

575
00:48:18,618 --> 00:48:23,623
We'll talk about it later.

576
00:48:58,246 --> 00:49:00,557
Say, how about pulling this
jalopy level for a minute,

577
00:49:00,558 --> 00:49:01,401
just long enough for us to get out

578
00:49:01,402 --> 00:49:03,153
of these straitjackets and stretch.

579
00:49:18,608 --> 00:49:20,611
How much longer is it gonna be like this?

580
00:49:20,612 --> 00:49:23,018
Oh, Wright, what
difference does it make?

581
00:49:23,019 --> 00:49:23,861
Plenty.

582
00:49:23,862 --> 00:49:26,648
If it's gonna be like this the
rest of the way, why go on?

583
00:49:26,649 --> 00:49:27,900
Why waste time?

584
00:49:27,901 --> 00:49:30,312
That shouldn't make
any difference to you.

585
00:49:30,313 --> 00:49:32,195
You've never done anything but waste time.

586
00:49:32,196 --> 00:49:33,969
Listen, you meathead.

587
00:49:33,970 --> 00:49:35,338
Just because you're a
sandhog that likes to go

588
00:49:35,339 --> 00:49:37,495
grubbing around in the ground.

589
00:49:37,496 --> 00:49:39,753
And you're mug who goes
with his head in the clouds.

590
00:49:39,754 --> 00:49:40,662
Stop it, both of you.

591
00:49:40,663 --> 00:49:42,570
I've had enough of this!

592
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:46,175
What's happened?

593
00:49:49,547 --> 00:49:50,579
I don't know.

594
00:49:54,555 --> 00:49:56,326
We've struck water.

595
00:50:01,266 --> 00:50:02,768
We're out of it.

596
00:50:07,946 --> 00:50:09,898
This might be what we're looking for.

597
00:50:11,660 --> 00:50:13,762
Let's make a landing and explore the area.

598
00:50:24,856 --> 00:50:29,765
It's got a high calcium
content, but it's drinkable.

599
00:50:29,766 --> 00:50:31,602
Hey!

600
00:50:31,603 --> 00:50:33,195
Look what I found!

601
00:50:39,407 --> 00:50:40,403
They're cave pearls.

602
00:50:40,404 --> 00:50:41,683
Cave pearls?

603
00:50:41,684 --> 00:50:43,238
How much they worth?

604
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:45,403
Calcium carbonate.

605
00:50:45,404 --> 00:50:47,711
Calcium carbonate.

606
00:50:47,712 --> 00:50:49,142
Well how about this?

607
00:50:49,143 --> 00:50:51,739
Sulfate of lime, plaster of paris.

608
00:50:53,077 --> 00:50:56,070
Professor, you take the
romance out of everything.

609
00:50:57,215 --> 00:50:59,704
Here you are, Doc, two
souvenirs from Hades.

610
00:50:59,705 --> 00:51:01,556
Vacation land of the underwold.

611
00:51:01,557 --> 00:51:02,827
Thank you.

612
00:51:02,828 --> 00:51:05,280
Back home I'll be the envy
of every kid on the block.

613
00:51:05,281 --> 00:51:07,222
I'm not so sure, Joan.

614
00:51:07,223 --> 00:51:10,861
Take a cave pearl into the
sunlight, it turns gray and ugly.

615
00:51:12,248 --> 00:51:14,010
And the flower?

616
00:51:14,011 --> 00:51:15,255
It'll crumble to dust.

617
00:51:16,313 --> 00:51:20,368
Here, Professor, how about these fish?

618
00:51:20,369 --> 00:51:22,027
It's a rare species.

619
00:51:22,028 --> 00:51:23,863
They're edible though.

620
00:51:25,210 --> 00:51:26,878
They have no eyes.

621
00:51:28,770 --> 00:51:30,769
I think I'll stick to pills.

622
00:51:30,770 --> 00:51:33,456
They lost their eyes
10 million years ago.

623
00:51:38,158 --> 00:51:40,490
What kind of a place is this?

624
00:51:41,713 --> 00:51:43,815
Flowers that crumble to dust in your hand.

625
00:51:44,776 --> 00:51:46,227
Stones that look like pearls.

626
00:51:47,309 --> 00:51:49,149
Fish without eyes.

627
00:51:49,150 --> 00:51:51,402
Nature's sure a practical joker.

628
00:51:51,403 --> 00:51:53,495
I suppose you could've done better?

629
00:51:53,496 --> 00:51:55,117
10 million years?

630
00:51:55,118 --> 00:51:56,469
I couldn't have done worse.

631
00:51:59,472 --> 00:52:01,043
Morley believes
this is the shelter

632
00:52:01,044 --> 00:52:04,277
we've been searching
for, a valley of shadows

633
00:52:04,278 --> 00:52:06,129
where life can be sustained.

634
00:52:06,130 --> 00:52:08,143
A shelter for humanity.

635
00:52:08,144 --> 00:52:10,904
And yet our morale is very low.

636
00:52:10,905 --> 00:52:12,571
What do we want?

637
00:52:12,572 --> 00:52:16,751
A ray of two of sunshine,
a change of seasons?

638
00:52:16,752 --> 00:52:18,402
Starry nights?

639
00:52:18,403 --> 00:52:21,046
In this graveyard, Morley thinks...

640
00:52:21,047 --> 00:52:23,959
We can build a new life right here.

641
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:26,092
You mean this is what we're looking for?

642
00:52:26,093 --> 00:52:27,653
You'll get used to it.

643
00:52:27,654 --> 00:52:29,195
Well, who wants to get used to it?

644
00:52:29,196 --> 00:52:31,749
Why don't we go on, a little further?

645
00:52:31,750 --> 00:52:32,584
What?

646
00:52:32,585 --> 00:52:34,300
We've come 1100 miles already.

647
00:52:34,301 --> 00:52:36,594
How can you measure what
we've been through in miles?

648
00:52:36,595 --> 00:52:39,961
I say let's go back or go
on, but this is no place.

649
00:52:43,659 --> 00:52:45,613
What is your wish?

650
00:52:45,614 --> 00:52:48,381
We've come so far, let's go on.

651
00:53:12,319 --> 00:53:13,320
Well?

652
00:53:14,892 --> 00:53:16,643
Which way do we go?

653
00:53:23,377 --> 00:53:25,883
I suppose we'll have
to explore both channels.

654
00:53:29,104 --> 00:53:30,515
I'll take the right one.

655
00:53:30,516 --> 00:53:32,487
Wright, you take the other.

656
00:53:32,488 --> 00:53:33,910
Why me?

657
00:53:33,911 --> 00:53:35,930
I'll tell you why.

658
00:53:35,931 --> 00:53:37,634
I'm sick of taking your orders.

659
00:53:37,635 --> 00:53:39,164
That's the trouble with you, Thompson,

660
00:53:39,165 --> 00:53:41,017
that's all you do is take, you never give.

661
00:53:41,018 --> 00:53:43,309
Without me there wouldn't
have been any expedition.

662
00:53:43,310 --> 00:53:44,570
Well that's not enough.

663
00:53:44,571 --> 00:53:45,745
It's time you gave something of yourself

664
00:53:45,746 --> 00:53:47,535
and not your pocketbook.

665
00:53:47,536 --> 00:53:48,728
Andy.

666
00:53:48,729 --> 00:53:50,749
We might as well get started.

667
00:55:08,692 --> 00:55:10,777
Help, help, help, help!

668
00:55:12,889 --> 00:55:14,450
Help!

669
00:55:14,451 --> 00:55:15,635
Help!

670
00:55:15,636 --> 00:55:16,638
Help!

671
00:55:19,605 --> 00:55:20,606
Help!

672
00:55:23,631 --> 00:55:24,632
Help!

673
00:55:29,411 --> 00:55:30,412
Hold on.

674
00:55:51,953 --> 00:55:52,954
Watch it.

675
00:56:20,455 --> 00:56:22,041
That's it.

676
00:56:22,042 --> 00:56:23,126
Take it easy.

677
00:56:50,589 --> 00:56:51,590
Andy!

678
00:56:52,950 --> 00:56:53,952
Andy!

679
00:57:01,791 --> 00:57:02,792
Andy.

680
00:57:16,957 --> 00:57:18,292
You're supposed to be taking it easy.

681
00:57:18,293 --> 00:57:19,344
Try to get some rest.

682
00:57:20,606 --> 00:57:21,736
Listen to me, Wright.

683
00:57:21,737 --> 00:57:24,609
You've been like this for days,
how long can you keep it up?

684
00:57:24,610 --> 00:57:26,992
He didn't like me any
more than I liked him,

685
00:57:26,993 --> 00:57:28,374
yet he saved my life.

686
00:57:28,375 --> 00:57:30,906
It doesn't help brooding over it.

687
00:57:30,907 --> 00:57:32,768
But he died saving my life.

688
00:57:32,769 --> 00:57:34,571
He did what he believed was right.

689
00:57:39,624 --> 00:57:42,373
My trouble was I never
believed in anything.

690
00:57:46,865 --> 00:57:48,170
You can start now.

691
00:57:56,166 --> 00:57:59,479
Morley wants to go back to
that valley of the shadows

692
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:00,941
he liked so much.

693
00:58:00,942 --> 00:58:02,532
Well, it's better than this.

694
00:58:02,533 --> 00:58:04,224
But it isn't good enough.

695
00:58:04,225 --> 00:58:05,996
What do you want to do?

696
00:58:05,997 --> 00:58:07,421
I too want to go back.

697
00:58:08,744 --> 00:58:09,795
Go all the way back.

698
00:58:10,963 --> 00:58:12,684
Now that Andy's dead...

699
00:58:12,685 --> 00:58:15,447
Now that Andy's dead we've got to go on.

700
00:58:15,448 --> 00:58:18,169
We've got to, until we
find what we're after.

701
00:58:18,170 --> 00:58:21,178
If we fail, then we can
talk about going back.

702
00:58:28,184 --> 00:58:29,550
Pull right there.

703
00:58:31,926 --> 00:58:32,927
Good.

704
00:58:52,991 --> 00:58:55,443
This must be a continuation
of the other river.

705
00:58:57,946 --> 00:59:00,431
No, I think it's just
the seepage from it.

706
00:59:02,342 --> 00:59:03,928
Listen.

707
00:59:03,929 --> 00:59:04,930
What's that?

708
00:59:10,051 --> 00:59:11,208
Look.

709
00:59:11,209 --> 00:59:12,960
It's like daylight.

710
01:00:05,094 --> 01:00:08,848
It's like a dream after
a terrible nightmare.

711
01:00:09,925 --> 01:00:12,010
I think we've found it.

712
01:00:20,252 --> 01:00:21,921
The promised land.

713
01:00:36,948 --> 01:00:39,881
We have discovered a
vast and radiant cavern

714
01:00:39,882 --> 01:00:41,796
deep within the Earth.

715
01:00:41,797 --> 01:00:44,846
Along the shores of this incredible cave

716
01:00:44,847 --> 01:00:48,029
by the great underground
sea, gathering up the waters

717
01:00:48,030 --> 01:00:52,835
of the Earth, a strange sunless light

718
01:00:52,836 --> 01:00:55,222
is reflected from the phosphorescent dome.

719
01:00:56,470 --> 01:00:59,122
The glowing peaks are
weathered and charred,

720
01:00:59,123 --> 01:01:00,207
the gullies deep.

721
01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:03,541
The wind is soft, and
the climate pleasant.

722
01:01:04,419 --> 01:01:07,019
Vapors rise up into the bright dome,

723
01:01:07,020 --> 01:01:09,022
forming luminous clouds.

724
01:01:29,849 --> 01:01:31,849
The area is rich in chemical resources.

725
01:01:31,850 --> 01:01:35,884
That means power and
industry, according to Bauer.

726
01:01:35,885 --> 01:01:38,691
And Wright says a real estate boom is on.

727
01:01:54,355 --> 01:01:55,526
Got a match?

728
01:01:55,527 --> 01:01:56,930
Sure, sure.

729
01:02:04,371 --> 01:02:05,943
How you coming, Professor?

730
01:02:07,891 --> 01:02:09,632
Still feeding those rabbits?

731
01:02:09,633 --> 01:02:11,624
They eat like pigs.

732
01:02:11,625 --> 01:02:14,378
Small wonder, they're
expecting in a couple of weeks.

733
01:02:16,510 --> 01:02:17,962
All of the rabbits?

734
01:02:17,963 --> 01:02:20,254
No silly, just the lady rabbits.

735
01:02:20,255 --> 01:02:21,256
Tell me more.

736
01:02:22,507 --> 01:02:25,938
Here, make yourself
useful, get some more water.

737
01:02:29,385 --> 01:02:32,856
Explorations and surveys of
the surrounding area continue.

738
01:02:32,857 --> 01:02:36,181
Morley and Thompson have
set out toward the southeast

739
01:02:36,182 --> 01:02:38,499
to investigate the land
and its potentialities.

740
01:02:47,045 --> 01:02:49,687
This is a strange kinda sand.

741
01:02:49,688 --> 01:02:52,080
That's no sand, that's volcanic ash.

742
01:02:52,081 --> 01:02:54,462
The ash will make good
fertilizer for our crops.

743
01:02:54,463 --> 01:02:55,760
Crops?

744
01:02:55,761 --> 01:02:58,296
Let's face facts,
Morley, this is a desert.

745
01:02:58,297 --> 01:03:00,854
The very word means deserted by life.

746
01:03:01,886 --> 01:03:03,002
And you talk about crops.

747
01:03:03,003 --> 01:03:04,634
It can be irrigated.

748
01:03:04,635 --> 01:03:07,987
This country has everything,
water, soil, air, heat.

749
01:03:07,988 --> 01:03:10,150
Yeah, you're forgetting
one thing, though.

750
01:03:10,151 --> 01:03:11,262
No sunlight.

751
01:03:11,263 --> 01:03:12,793
Science can adjust that.

752
01:03:12,794 --> 01:03:14,986
Crops can thrive without sunlight.

753
01:03:14,987 --> 01:03:16,491
Perhaps, but can we?

754
01:03:31,421 --> 01:03:33,467
What sort of species is it?

755
01:03:33,468 --> 01:03:36,720
It's the fossil remains
of a species of lungfish.

756
01:03:36,721 --> 01:03:39,920
You breath by means of
both lungs and gills.

757
01:03:39,921 --> 01:03:43,869
When he came out of the
sea 400 million years ago,

758
01:03:43,870 --> 01:03:46,321
he was the ruler of the animal kingdom.

759
01:03:46,322 --> 01:03:51,327
With his lungs, he was a
pioneer in a new way of life.

760
01:03:51,983 --> 01:03:54,411
How did they become extinct?

761
01:03:54,412 --> 01:03:56,863
Like some of us on Earth, they seem

762
01:03:56,864 --> 01:03:58,966
to have hurried the process of extinction.

763
01:04:00,940 --> 01:04:01,941
Let's get out of here.

764
01:04:09,758 --> 01:04:10,591
What's the matter?

765
01:04:10,592 --> 01:04:12,651
You act like you swallowed
a canary for breakfast.

766
01:04:12,652 --> 01:04:13,566
This is the day, Wright.

767
01:04:13,567 --> 01:04:15,013
This is what day?

768
01:04:15,014 --> 01:04:17,947
The day we're expecting
the first litter of rabbits.

769
01:04:17,948 --> 01:04:20,169
Well, who's gonna
pass the cigars around?

770
01:04:20,170 --> 01:04:21,951
You apparently don't
realize the importance of it.

771
01:04:21,952 --> 01:04:23,423
Oh, I'm sorry.

772
01:04:23,424 --> 01:04:25,185
By observing the rabbits,
we've already learned

773
01:04:25,186 --> 01:04:28,019
that they respond to
nature basically as we do,

774
01:04:28,020 --> 01:04:31,332
as any mammal does, and
from their young born today,

775
01:04:31,333 --> 01:04:32,794
we can predict how our own young

776
01:04:32,795 --> 01:04:34,724
will respond in the new world.

777
01:04:34,725 --> 01:04:36,287
Dr. Morley, Bauer.

778
01:04:36,288 --> 01:04:37,180
Come on.

779
01:04:37,181 --> 01:04:39,432
You go ahead, I'll
get plenty of hot water.

780
01:04:45,138 --> 01:04:48,403
Well, how many boy rabbits and
how many girl rabbits, huh?

781
01:04:51,306 --> 01:04:52,547
What's the matter?

782
01:05:04,035 --> 01:05:06,037
Joan, what's the matter?

783
01:05:06,906 --> 01:05:08,714
They're dead.

784
01:05:08,715 --> 01:05:09,940
They're all born dead.

785
01:05:16,914 --> 01:05:18,719
I can't understand it.

786
01:05:20,189 --> 01:05:21,190
Why?

787
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:23,321
Why?

788
01:05:23,990 --> 01:05:27,359
There must be some cause,
some biological reason.

789
01:05:30,399 --> 01:05:32,932
We've been searching for causes.

790
01:05:32,933 --> 01:05:35,939
Our investigations have been
checked, tests rechecked.

791
01:05:37,648 --> 01:05:39,779
Examination of genetic tissue proves

792
01:05:39,780 --> 01:05:44,019
that all experimental animals
born here are sterile.

793
01:05:51,193 --> 01:05:52,445
You know what this means?

794
01:05:53,797 --> 01:05:54,821
This new world.

795
01:05:57,310 --> 01:05:58,615
A haven for the dead.

796
01:05:59,803 --> 01:06:01,304
This is the end of the line.

797
01:06:02,566 --> 01:06:04,007
Now we know that the human race

798
01:06:04,008 --> 01:06:06,450
cannot reproduce itself
in this underworld region.

799
01:06:06,451 --> 01:06:09,032
It appears we should figure.

800
01:06:09,033 --> 01:06:11,145
Then we can't stay here.

801
01:06:11,146 --> 01:06:12,770
At least one generation could.

802
01:06:13,609 --> 01:06:15,440
And after that, what?

803
01:06:15,441 --> 01:06:16,715
The end of humanity.

804
01:06:18,004 --> 01:06:19,084
That I won't accept.

805
01:06:19,085 --> 01:06:20,987
Neither can you run away from facts.

806
01:06:39,919 --> 01:06:41,153
I've always run away.

807
01:06:42,401 --> 01:06:45,812
Climbing mountains,
trying to prove something,

808
01:06:46,757 --> 01:06:47,758
I don't know what.

809
01:06:49,279 --> 01:06:53,022
I too ran away instead of fighting.

810
01:06:53,023 --> 01:06:54,444
And now?

811
01:06:54,445 --> 01:06:55,546
I've run away again.

812
01:06:56,818 --> 01:06:58,459
And I was always
afraid I couldn't compete

813
01:06:58,460 --> 01:06:59,533
in a man's world.

814
01:06:59,534 --> 01:07:02,227
I think I wanna go back and try again.

815
01:07:03,715 --> 01:07:05,756
Go back to what?

816
01:07:05,757 --> 01:07:08,340
To a world bent on self-destruction?

817
01:07:08,341 --> 01:07:10,683
We can live the rest of
our lives here in peace.

818
01:07:10,684 --> 01:07:12,204
Morley, you're wrong.

819
01:07:12,205 --> 01:07:13,656
This isn't peace.

820
01:07:13,657 --> 01:07:16,238
This is a resting place
for the living dead.

821
01:07:16,239 --> 01:07:18,173
I don't believe it's the end of the world.

822
01:07:18,174 --> 01:07:19,863
I don't believe it's the end of mankind.

823
01:07:19,864 --> 01:07:21,626
You're young, you don't know.

824
01:07:21,627 --> 01:07:24,759
I've lived through the
terrors of two great wars.

825
01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:26,780
I've had enough.

826
01:07:40,538 --> 01:07:41,964
Take cover!

827
01:07:41,965 --> 01:07:43,648
The cycletram!

828
01:07:58,992 --> 01:07:59,993
Look!

829
01:08:01,171 --> 01:08:02,173
Look out!

830
01:08:37,803 --> 01:08:39,888
Bauer, go start the tram.

831
01:08:51,356 --> 01:08:53,667
Secure the hatch, quickly!

832
01:08:53,668 --> 01:08:55,122
Morley!

833
01:08:55,123 --> 01:08:56,124
Morley!

834
01:09:02,095 --> 01:09:03,354
Morley!

835
01:09:03,355 --> 01:09:04,577
Come back!

836
01:09:04,578 --> 01:09:05,909
Secure the hatch!

837
01:09:05,910 --> 01:09:07,183
We'll be flooded!

838
01:09:07,184 --> 01:09:09,663
Come back!

839
01:09:21,124 --> 01:09:22,125
Take over.

840
01:09:41,555 --> 01:09:43,224
Something's wrong!

841
01:09:45,477 --> 01:09:47,980
Something's pulling us down.

842
01:10:31,174 --> 01:10:32,259
We're lost.

843
01:10:37,597 --> 01:10:39,112
We're in a blind alley.

844
01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:43,974
Ever since we've started
we've been in a blind alley.

845
01:10:43,975 --> 01:10:46,928
We can't bury ourselves in
the Earth and expect to leave.

846
01:10:48,179 --> 01:10:50,174
Maybe that's the secret.

847
01:10:50,175 --> 01:10:51,672
Morley understood.

848
01:10:51,673 --> 01:10:54,690
Strange we didn't know it before.

849
01:10:57,280 --> 01:10:59,015
I used to be afraid of death.

850
01:11:00,954 --> 01:11:02,265
I was afraid of life.

851
01:12:21,631 --> 01:12:22,632
Look.

852
01:12:24,406 --> 01:12:25,296
Look!

853
01:12:25,297 --> 01:12:26,300
Look, look!

854
01:12:26,301 --> 01:12:27,302
Look, look!

855
01:12:39,349 --> 01:12:40,600
That's strange.

856
01:12:42,257 --> 01:12:43,591
How could it be?

857
01:12:57,530 --> 01:13:01,451
We're above the level
of the underground sea.

858
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:06,936
We found a channel to the upper ocean.

859
01:13:31,187 --> 01:13:32,188
Look.

860
01:14:11,132 --> 01:14:14,052
The universe is still in harmony.

861
01:14:17,950 --> 01:14:21,122
There's life on that island, people.

862
01:14:23,488 --> 01:14:26,359
I feel like I'll live forever.

863
01:14:27,305 --> 01:15:27,494