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301A to car 5W, code one.
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5W to 301A, go ahead, Johnny.
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We're chasing the wind, Ben.
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Maybe the guy who sent in that report
drank his breakfast. Let's call it.
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Wait a minute.
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It's a kid, all right.
Maybe 50 yards off the road.
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I'll keep circling her until you pick her up.
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-10-10.
-10-10.
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Hey!
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Hey, honey!
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Hey, little girl. Little girl!
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Wait a minute.
What are you doing out here?
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Honey...
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...what's your name?
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Who do you belong to?
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Car 5W, code one.
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Car 5W to 301A, go ahead.
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10-9, Johnny.
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There's a trailer three miles from you,
off to the side of the road.
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I didn't see anybody around it,
you better check it out. 10-10.
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Okay, Johnny. 10-10.
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-What's the matter with her?
-I don't know.
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Sunstroke?
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She's not sunburned.
Couldn't have been out in the sun long.
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Looks like she's in shock.
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Johnny spotted a car and trailer up ahead.
Maybe she's from there.
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Maybe so.
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No use waking her up unless somebody
can identify her. I'll check it.
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-What is it?
-Have a look.
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This blood must be 10 or 12 hours old.
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Whatever happened here was either
last night or early this morning.
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Check outside.
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It was sure no traffic accident, was it?
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This wasn't caved in. It was caved out.
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Did you find anything?
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No footprints or tire marks.
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Found this.
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I picked up just one. Six or seven more
are scattered over there.
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-Sugar.
-Yeah.
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There's something over here
you should look at.
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I don't know if it's important,
but see what you think.
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Mountain lions never come down
to the desert.
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No cat ever lived
would leave a print like that.
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Maybe something was set down there.
45
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A bag, or a can, something like that.
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It could be almost anything.
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I found these inside.
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Put in a call for fingerprint
and moulage equipment, right away.
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Right.
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-Have the medics come to pick up the kid.
-Right.
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Car 5W to KMA-628. Come in, please.
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KMA-628 to car 5W, go ahead.
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We're 12 miles north of the crossroads.
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Halfway up the secondary road
to White Butte.
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Station wagon and house trailer
with Illinois license plates.
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They look pretty well beat up.
Looks like a 9-14.
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Picked up a little girl
who seems to be in shock.
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Send ambulance and medics.
We'll stay here till you arrive.
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Anything else?
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Ben?
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10-10.
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KMA-628 to 5W,
location previously reported by 301-A...
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...will dispatch ambulance.
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Hi, Reggie, how are the kids?
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-Fine, thanks. Another one on the way.
-Good for you.
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-Do you know what happened to her?
-No.
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-Don't know her name?
-No.
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Take good care of her.
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Give her a nice, easy ride.
I'll be with her all the way to the hospital.
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What was that?
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I don't know.
72
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It must be the wind.
It gets pretty freakish in these parts.
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Yeah.
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I'll be along soon.
I want to be there when she starts talking.
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You know what that is, Cliff?.
76
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I haven't the faintest idea.
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Hurry before the wind fills it in.
Looks like a sandstorm is kicking up.
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-You got any idea what happened?
-No.
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Nothing that adds up.
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00:10:03,111 --> 00:10:05,020
How old you figure that kid is?
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Five or six.
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00:10:07,699 --> 00:10:09,323
Tough break for her.
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They don't need us right now.
84
00:10:11,786 --> 00:10:14,870
Let's go down to Gramps Johnson's store
and see what he knows.
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00:10:59,334 --> 00:11:00,365
Gramps?
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Gramps!
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Beats me.
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Look, Ed, put in a call....
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Wait a minute.
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Gramps.
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00:12:26,588 --> 00:12:29,079
Looks like he was dragged
and thrown down there.
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-What do you make of it?
-What did you make of the trailer?
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This wasn't pushed in, it was pulled out.
Just like at the trailer.
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Ben, have a look at this.
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Sugar.
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Money wasn't taken here either.
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This is another 9-14.
I'll call for the guys at the trailer to come.
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I want to be at headquarters
when the girl talks.
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I'll stick around and ride with them.
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-Okay. Stay loose.
-Sure.
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With all this stuff, we only know
the car and trailer was owned by...
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...a man named Alan Elinson from Chicago.
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00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:07,533
Yeah, that's all.
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00:15:07,791 --> 00:15:12,120
Stop blaming yourself for what happened
to Ed Blackburn. It wasn't your fault.
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00:15:12,295 --> 00:15:15,415
Somebody had to stay at Johnson's place,
so it happened to be Ed.
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00:15:15,507 --> 00:15:16,538
Yeah, I know.
107
00:15:16,633 --> 00:15:21,342
We'll find out who killed him, if he's dead,
along with Gramps and the Elinson family.
108
00:15:21,429 --> 00:15:22,592
So come off it.
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00:15:23,348 --> 00:15:27,511
We'll get a report on the fingerprints
some time this morning. It'll tell us more.
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-Have you figured out what this print is?
-No.
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00:15:31,940 --> 00:15:33,138
Great.
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00:15:34,108 --> 00:15:37,643
Kit, run down all Gramps' personal stuff
and records.
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I don't think he had an enemy in the world,
but somebody might have....
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00:15:41,950 --> 00:15:44,026
No, wait, that doesn't make sense.
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00:15:44,744 --> 00:15:48,789
If somebody wanted to knock off Gramps
why tear down half the building to do it?
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I put in a call to check out
all the mental institutions.
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Everything seems to indicate
a homicidal maniac.
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There's no money stolen,
violent wreckage. Just sugar taken.
119
00:16:01,511 --> 00:16:04,216
That's being checked,
but it's a waste of time, too.
120
00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:07,681
We'd have been notified
if there was a loony killer on the loose.
121
00:16:08,184 --> 00:16:12,893
Gramps got off four shots from his 30-30
before the killer did this to the gun.
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00:16:13,523 --> 00:16:17,390
And Blackburn was a crack shot.
He could hit anything he could see.
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00:16:17,944 --> 00:16:20,517
Unless your maniac
was armored like a battleship...
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00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:22,321
...there's no maniac in this case.
125
00:16:22,407 --> 00:16:23,652
Yeah, you're right.
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00:16:24,409 --> 00:16:26,734
I want every available man
scouting the desert.
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00:16:26,828 --> 00:16:30,493
If our two planes aren't enough
to cover areas the cars can't reach...
128
00:16:30,582 --> 00:16:33,951
...I'll ask permission from the chief
to hire a couple more.
129
00:16:35,044 --> 00:16:39,374
Ben, get yourself something to eat
and grab some sleep.
130
00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:43,297
I don't want you wearing yourself out
so you'll fold up on us.
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-I have a little score to settle.
-We all have.
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00:16:45,930 --> 00:16:48,682
-Report from Washington, Captain.
-All right, thanks.
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00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:53,014
Fingerprints on the trailer
check out real good.
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00:16:53,104 --> 00:16:57,683
Mr. Elinson was an FBI agent on vacation
with his wife and two children.
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00:16:58,526 --> 00:17:01,942
Call the local FBI office.
They've got a stake in this case, now.
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00:17:02,363 --> 00:17:05,567
Tell them Mr. Elinson's vacation
has been extended indefinitely.
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00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:09,198
It's nice to get off that desert.
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00:17:09,287 --> 00:17:12,204
-It must have been 1 10 out there today.
-At least.
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00:17:14,667 --> 00:17:15,948
Captain Edwards...
140
00:17:16,127 --> 00:17:19,081
...this is Robert Graham
from the FBI office in Alamogordo.
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00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:21,497
-How do you do?
-Sit down.
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00:17:22,175 --> 00:17:24,464
Ben here bring you up to date
on this business?
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00:17:24,552 --> 00:17:28,217
Yes, sir, we went over these exhibits
before we left for the desert.
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00:17:28,306 --> 00:17:31,473
I took him to where we found the trailer
and to Johnson's store.
145
00:17:31,559 --> 00:17:33,137
We've been there all day. Nothing.
146
00:17:33,311 --> 00:17:35,138
Any ideas, Mr. Graham?
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00:17:35,271 --> 00:17:37,063
None that make any sense.
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00:17:37,232 --> 00:17:40,932
I thought you FBI guys were all Quiz Kids,
solved everything right away.
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I did, too, when I applied for the job.
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00:17:43,404 --> 00:17:45,563
The planes and cars
haven't found anything.
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00:17:45,657 --> 00:17:49,654
Give them time. People don't just drop off
the face of the Earth without a trace.
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00:17:49,744 --> 00:17:50,942
We'll find them.
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00:17:52,372 --> 00:17:54,032
You know what that is?
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00:17:54,624 --> 00:17:57,293
It beats me. Has it been identified yet?
155
00:17:57,377 --> 00:18:02,169
No, an officer took it to a friend
who teaches zoology at the college.
156
00:18:02,465 --> 00:18:04,672
He said he'd never seen anything like it.
157
00:18:05,009 --> 00:18:07,927
Lots of evidence, loaded with clues,
but nothing adds up.
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00:18:08,096 --> 00:18:11,050
The Elinson girl is our only real bet.
Any news on her?
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00:18:11,141 --> 00:18:13,928
No change. I checked with the hospital
a half-hour ago.
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I'd like to send this
to our Washington bureau.
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00:18:17,772 --> 00:18:19,765
They might be able to identify it.
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00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:21,477
Or prove that it's nothing.
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00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:23,276
It's all right with me.
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00:18:24,028 --> 00:18:24,894
Come in.
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00:18:25,196 --> 00:18:28,114
-Hello, Fred. Glad to see you, Ben.
-Hi, Doc, how are you?
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00:18:28,199 --> 00:18:29,658
You two know each other?
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00:18:30,118 --> 00:18:31,398
I don't believe so.
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00:18:31,494 --> 00:18:34,744
Dr. Putnam, County Medical Officer.
Robert Graham.
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-He's with the FBI. Watch your language.
-I will.
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00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,495
I finished the autopsy on Gramps Johnson.
You want it technical or plain?
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00:18:42,589 --> 00:18:44,581
Just plain, Doc. Get to the verb.
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00:18:45,133 --> 00:18:48,253
Old man Johnson could have died
in any one of five ways:
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His neck and back were broken,
his chest crushed, his skull fractured...
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00:18:53,975 --> 00:18:55,968
...and here's one for Sherlock Holmes:
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00:18:56,060 --> 00:18:58,349
There was enough formic acid in him
to kill 20 men.
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00:19:12,702 --> 00:19:14,991
I still don't get this.
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00:19:15,413 --> 00:19:19,114
Doctors Medford, two of them.
Department of Agriculture.
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00:19:19,876 --> 00:19:22,912
You sent that cast
to your outfit in Washington, didn't you?
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Yeah.
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00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:26,454
Does this mean
that somebody has identified it?
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I don't know.
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00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:29,961
-Great.
-Pardon me, sir.
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00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:32,710
The plane has landed. It'll load over there.
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00:19:32,889 --> 00:19:33,920
Thanks.
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00:19:40,063 --> 00:19:41,522
-Got a match?
-Yeah.
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00:20:14,639 --> 00:20:15,837
Okay, thank you.
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00:20:18,935 --> 00:20:20,133
Dr. Medford?
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00:20:20,228 --> 00:20:21,888
Are you Dr. Medford?
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00:20:21,980 --> 00:20:23,853
Yes, yes. No need to shout.
190
00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:27,524
You're the people.
They said you'd meet us.
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00:20:27,652 --> 00:20:28,683
That's right.
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00:20:29,279 --> 00:20:30,524
I'm Bob Graham.
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00:20:30,613 --> 00:20:33,187
-How do you do?
-This is Sgt. Ben Peterson.
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00:20:34,075 --> 00:20:37,076
-You're the one who found the print?
-Yeah, that's right.
195
00:20:38,621 --> 00:20:40,163
Pat, hurry up.
196
00:20:40,498 --> 00:20:41,827
I'm caught.
197
00:20:43,585 --> 00:20:46,123
-Can I help?
-No, thank you, I can manage it.
198
00:20:55,638 --> 00:20:58,390
This is the other Dr. Medford,
my daughter, Patricia.
199
00:20:58,475 --> 00:21:01,048
This is the man who found the print.
Sergeant....
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00:21:01,144 --> 00:21:03,101
-Ben Peterson.
-How do you do?
201
00:21:03,188 --> 00:21:05,145
Then you must be Mr. Robert Graham.
202
00:21:05,231 --> 00:21:06,939
-Yes, how do you do?
-Hello.
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00:21:07,025 --> 00:21:09,183
We've got a car to take you to the hotel.
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00:21:09,277 --> 00:21:11,068
That can wait. We have work to do.
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00:21:11,154 --> 00:21:13,989
I want to read all your reports right away.
Come on, Pat.
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00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:15,272
Excuse me, sir.
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00:21:17,076 --> 00:21:18,986
I should have had this suit pressed.
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00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:20,870
She's quite a doctor.
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00:21:20,955 --> 00:21:24,620
If she takes care of sick people,
I think I'll get a fever real quick.
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00:21:25,794 --> 00:21:28,498
This is where the Elinson car
and trailer were found.
211
00:21:28,588 --> 00:21:31,293
Twelve miles down this road
is the Johnson store.
212
00:21:31,382 --> 00:21:32,711
Thank you.
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00:21:35,929 --> 00:21:39,843
Why did the FBI send that print
to the Department of Agriculture?
214
00:21:40,558 --> 00:21:42,385
They weren't able to identify it.
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00:21:43,061 --> 00:21:46,928
-You only found one print?
-That's right, miss.
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00:21:47,023 --> 00:21:48,434
Have you identified it?
217
00:21:48,525 --> 00:21:52,357
The Medical Officer's report on Johnson
suggests we were certainly wrong...
218
00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:55,944
...to even consider this might be a hoax.
Read that, Doctor.
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00:21:57,492 --> 00:21:58,488
Tell me...
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00:21:58,576 --> 00:22:03,737
...in what area was the atomic bomb
exploded, the first one, back in 1945?
221
00:22:03,832 --> 00:22:07,082
Right here in this same general area.
White Sands.
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00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:14,501
1945. That's nine years ago.
223
00:22:15,844 --> 00:22:18,251
Genetically, it's certainly possible.
224
00:22:19,055 --> 00:22:23,634
We're grown up. There's no need
to play footsie with us. We resent it.
225
00:22:23,726 --> 00:22:26,893
If you know what this thing is, Doctor,
I suggest you tell us.
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00:22:26,980 --> 00:22:28,688
We're assigned to this case, too.
227
00:22:28,773 --> 00:22:32,818
Mr. Graham, we cannot tell you
until we're certain of our theory.
228
00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:37,566
I'd like to first stop off at the drug store
and then see the Elinson girl.
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00:22:37,657 --> 00:22:40,230
She's still in shock, Doctor.
She hasn't talked yet.
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00:22:40,326 --> 00:22:44,490
After the girl, I want to examine
the territory where you found the print.
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00:22:52,255 --> 00:22:53,500
You were saying?
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00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:56,627
As I explained to Mrs. Johnson,
the little girl's aunt...
233
00:22:56,885 --> 00:23:02,045
...we hesitate in using a curare
to diminish the spasms. She's too young.
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00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:06,802
Narcosynthesis would be useless
until we overcome the aphonia.
235
00:23:07,020 --> 00:23:10,021
-What's aphonia?
-Loss of voice.
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00:23:10,732 --> 00:23:13,401
She's a classic case
of hysteria conversion.
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00:23:13,651 --> 00:23:16,356
Only a severe catharsis
could jolt her at all.
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00:23:16,446 --> 00:23:18,485
May I have a small glass, Doctor?
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00:23:18,865 --> 00:23:22,068
-Yes, certainly.
-Pat, that acid we got....
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00:23:22,577 --> 00:23:23,407
Acid?
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00:23:23,828 --> 00:23:26,366
Formic, Doctor. Thank you.
242
00:23:28,583 --> 00:23:30,955
It may provide the jolt you need.
243
00:23:51,815 --> 00:23:52,846
Them!
244
00:23:53,358 --> 00:23:54,389
Them!
245
00:23:54,901 --> 00:23:55,932
Them!
246
00:24:05,078 --> 00:24:06,952
May we visit the desert now?
247
00:24:07,205 --> 00:24:08,747
It's getting late.
248
00:24:09,290 --> 00:24:10,950
It's later than you think.
249
00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:36,973
Thank you.
250
00:24:40,196 --> 00:24:41,441
Quite a breeze.
251
00:24:42,824 --> 00:24:45,113
-The goggles, Doctor.
-What about them?
252
00:24:45,201 --> 00:24:47,526
You're supposed to wear them
over your eyes.
253
00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:49,280
Oh, thank you.
254
00:24:50,748 --> 00:24:52,788
Yes, that is better.
255
00:24:54,669 --> 00:24:58,536
-So this is where the car and trailer were?
-Yes, sir. Excuse me.
256
00:24:58,631 --> 00:25:01,668
-Yes, thank you.
-The print was found right over there.
257
00:25:04,095 --> 00:25:06,171
We found it here, by the fire.
258
00:25:07,182 --> 00:25:09,139
You see, there's nothing there now.
259
00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:15,137
Has there been any report
of a strange mound?
260
00:25:15,315 --> 00:25:18,399
A cone-shaped structure?
Something recently formed?
261
00:25:19,194 --> 00:25:20,225
No, sir.
262
00:25:21,696 --> 00:25:24,732
Sergeant, would you mind
if we looked around a little more?
263
00:25:25,033 --> 00:25:26,741
Anything you say, Doctor.
264
00:25:27,952 --> 00:25:29,945
Rather slim pickings for food, Dad.
265
00:25:30,038 --> 00:25:32,789
They'd turn carnivorous
for lack of a habitual diet.
266
00:25:33,082 --> 00:25:34,541
I believe you're right.
267
00:25:35,835 --> 00:25:37,543
What would turn carnivorous?
268
00:25:37,837 --> 00:25:39,877
-My father will tell you.
-When?
269
00:25:40,089 --> 00:25:42,212
-When he's positive.
-Now, look, miss....
270
00:25:42,675 --> 00:25:43,920
Doctor....
271
00:25:44,302 --> 00:25:47,338
If the "Doctor" bothers you,
why don't you call me "Pat."
272
00:25:47,514 --> 00:25:48,628
I'd like to.
273
00:25:48,848 --> 00:25:51,600
I've got a job to do,
and enough mystery on my hands...
274
00:25:51,684 --> 00:25:53,428
...without that old....
275
00:25:54,521 --> 00:25:56,727
I mean, your father complicating things.
276
00:25:57,232 --> 00:26:01,064
He is one of the world's greatest
myrmecologists.
277
00:26:01,194 --> 00:26:04,894
Myrmecologists!
You see, that's what I mean!
278
00:26:05,156 --> 00:26:08,691
Why don't we all talk English?
Then we'd have some understanding.
279
00:26:08,827 --> 00:26:09,858
Pat!
280
00:26:11,287 --> 00:26:12,698
Come here.
281
00:26:13,665 --> 00:26:16,582
It's the same kind of print.
Look at it, Doctor.
282
00:26:17,836 --> 00:26:19,164
It's gigantic.
283
00:26:22,382 --> 00:26:24,256
Over 12 centimeters.
284
00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:26,676
That would make the entire--
285
00:26:26,761 --> 00:26:29,679
About two and a half meters in length.
Over 8 feet.
286
00:26:30,098 --> 00:26:31,640
See if there are more.
287
00:26:33,017 --> 00:26:37,596
-This is monstrous.
-So is the murder of five people, Doctor.
288
00:26:38,481 --> 00:26:42,894
The direction of that print
would indicate it came from that way.
289
00:26:45,196 --> 00:26:49,276
Perhaps we should visit the store.
There may be more there now.
290
00:26:49,367 --> 00:26:54,610
Look here, before we do any more visiting,
I want to know exactly what this "it" is.
291
00:26:54,706 --> 00:26:57,113
Gentlemen, I understand your impatience.
292
00:26:57,208 --> 00:27:00,909
I know you are concerned with solving
what is essentially a local crime...
293
00:27:01,004 --> 00:27:04,124
...but please believe me,
I am not being coy with you.
294
00:27:04,215 --> 00:27:08,676
If I'm wrong, no harm has been done.
But if I'm correct...
295
00:27:08,761 --> 00:27:11,679
...and the mounting evidence
only fortifies my theory...
296
00:27:11,806 --> 00:27:15,389
...then something incredible has happened
in this desert.
297
00:27:15,477 --> 00:27:19,973
In which case, none of us will dare risk
revealing it, because...
298
00:27:20,064 --> 00:27:22,472
...none of us can risk a nationwide panic.
299
00:27:22,692 --> 00:27:23,890
A panic?
300
00:28:41,479 --> 00:28:44,149
Get the antennae! Get the antennae!
301
00:28:53,658 --> 00:28:55,734
Get the other antenna!
302
00:28:55,869 --> 00:28:58,988
Get the other antenna!
He's helpless without them!
303
00:29:39,496 --> 00:29:40,954
What is it?
304
00:29:41,039 --> 00:29:44,159
Species appears to be
Camponotus vicinus.
305
00:29:45,293 --> 00:29:48,045
Of the family of Formicidae. An ant.
306
00:29:48,129 --> 00:29:51,747
An ant? I don't believe it.
It's not possible!
307
00:29:52,133 --> 00:29:55,336
Then this is what got Ed Blackburn,
Gramps Johnson, and the rest?
308
00:29:55,428 --> 00:29:58,002
Yes. A fantastic mutation.
309
00:29:58,556 --> 00:30:02,886
Probably caused by lingering radiation
from the first atomic bomb.
310
00:30:03,186 --> 00:30:04,265
Notice its odor?
311
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:09,608
Formic acid?
That's why the girl reacted so violently.
312
00:30:09,692 --> 00:30:12,444
The Coroner said
that Gramps was filled with it.
313
00:30:12,779 --> 00:30:14,688
See that? It's the stinger.
314
00:30:15,114 --> 00:30:18,733
Ants use their mandibles to rend,
tear and hold their victims...
315
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,992
...but they kill with that,
by injecting formic acid.
316
00:30:23,373 --> 00:30:25,449
Mr. Johnson was stung to death.
317
00:30:25,583 --> 00:30:28,584
There's no time to lose.
We must find the colony, the nest.
318
00:30:28,711 --> 00:30:29,956
There's more of them?
319
00:30:30,046 --> 00:30:32,619
This was probably just a scout,
foraging for food.
320
00:30:32,715 --> 00:30:34,874
You heard the sound. The stridulation.
321
00:30:34,968 --> 00:30:37,126
It communicated with others
in the colony.
322
00:30:37,220 --> 00:30:39,296
You mean these things send messages?
323
00:30:39,389 --> 00:30:43,885
Of course. All insects have means
of communication with their own kind!
324
00:30:57,824 --> 00:31:01,109
We may be witnesses
to a Biblical prophesy come true.
325
00:31:03,705 --> 00:31:07,537
"And there shall be destruction
and darkness come upon creation.
326
00:31:07,625 --> 00:31:09,997
"And the Beasts shall reign
over the earth."
327
00:31:30,940 --> 00:31:35,020
Doctor, this nest we're looking for.
How many giant ants will be in it?
328
00:31:35,528 --> 00:31:37,188
General, I really don't know.
329
00:31:37,572 --> 00:31:41,107
If they follow the usual pattern
of their species, the nest...
330
00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:46,243
...depending upon its age,
may contain hundreds or thousands.
331
00:31:46,915 --> 00:31:49,156
-Thousands, Doctor?
-It's possible.
332
00:31:49,334 --> 00:31:53,166
Look, if we run into thousands
of the thing you killed yesterday...
333
00:31:53,421 --> 00:31:57,419
...it'll take a bomber squadron
plus an infantry regiment to mop up.
334
00:31:57,509 --> 00:31:59,217
How could we keep that a secret?
335
00:31:59,302 --> 00:32:01,591
You're jumping to conclusions, General.
336
00:32:01,721 --> 00:32:05,007
There may not be nearly so many
of these creatures as you suppose.
337
00:32:05,099 --> 00:32:08,350
I'm not supposing anything
after looking at that carcass.
338
00:32:08,436 --> 00:32:11,556
What I can't understand is
why no one has seen them until now.
339
00:32:11,648 --> 00:32:15,432
For one reason, I don't believe
these creatures developed until recently.
340
00:32:15,610 --> 00:32:17,935
For another, their being here...
341
00:32:18,071 --> 00:32:21,404
...in these hundreds of thousands
of square miles of desert is....
342
00:32:26,621 --> 00:32:28,032
No, that isn't it.
343
00:32:29,165 --> 00:32:32,451
-Could I speak to my daughter, please?
-Of course.
344
00:32:33,753 --> 00:32:34,784
Thank you.
345
00:32:39,467 --> 00:32:40,498
Hello, Pat?
346
00:32:41,302 --> 00:32:44,469
-Pat? You there?
-That's not the way to put in a call, Doctor.
347
00:32:44,764 --> 00:32:47,089
We're Search Able, call Search Baker.
348
00:32:47,308 --> 00:32:49,052
-Right, General?
-Right.
349
00:32:50,478 --> 00:32:53,764
Search Able to Search Baker.
350
00:32:54,190 --> 00:32:55,221
Say, "Over."
351
00:32:55,525 --> 00:32:56,770
Then say, "Over."
352
00:32:56,860 --> 00:32:58,022
Over!
353
00:32:58,111 --> 00:33:01,112
Medford and Baker to Medford and Able.
Go ahead, Dad. Over.
354
00:33:01,197 --> 00:33:03,071
Have you found anything yet?
355
00:33:03,283 --> 00:33:04,232
Say, "Over."
356
00:33:04,325 --> 00:33:06,235
-I just said it.
-I know. Say it again.
357
00:33:06,327 --> 00:33:07,323
Over!
358
00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:09,447
Baker to Able: Not yet.
359
00:33:09,956 --> 00:33:12,743
We're about three quarters
of the way across our sector.
360
00:33:12,917 --> 00:33:15,206
We're now at coordinates: Charlie-6.
Over.
361
00:33:15,295 --> 00:33:16,789
Don't pass anything up.
362
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,287
Let me know when you find anything.
363
00:33:19,382 --> 00:33:21,042
If you're finished say, "Over and out."
364
00:33:21,134 --> 00:33:23,423
-She knows I'm through talking.
-I know she does.
365
00:33:23,511 --> 00:33:25,670
It's a rule. You've got to say it.
Right, General?
366
00:33:25,763 --> 00:33:27,803
-Right, Sergeant.
-This is ridiculous.
367
00:33:28,099 --> 00:33:31,017
-Lot of good your rules will do--
-Over and out.
368
00:33:31,186 --> 00:33:32,929
Now you're happy.
369
00:33:37,108 --> 00:33:39,184
Real calm fellow, isn't he?
370
00:33:43,781 --> 00:33:45,240
Worried about him?
371
00:33:45,366 --> 00:33:50,242
A little. He's not a young man.
He shouldn't have made this trip, but...
372
00:33:50,330 --> 00:33:53,912
...he's a scientist and this is
a scientist's dream come true.
373
00:33:57,212 --> 00:33:58,077
Hold it!
374
00:34:19,567 --> 00:34:22,058
Fly back over it
and get as close as you can.
375
00:34:49,556 --> 00:34:51,881
You've just found your missing persons.
376
00:34:55,436 --> 00:34:56,979
Look, Dr. Medford...
377
00:34:57,272 --> 00:35:00,937
...you're being inconsistent.
First, you insist it's top secret.
378
00:35:01,651 --> 00:35:05,731
Nobody else must know or do anything
about getting rid of these big ants.
379
00:35:05,822 --> 00:35:08,491
Correct, General.
Absolute secrecy is imperative.
380
00:35:08,616 --> 00:35:12,116
But then you turn around and say
that time is the most important thing.
381
00:35:12,203 --> 00:35:15,703
I've been told to take orders from you
and give you what you ask for.
382
00:35:15,790 --> 00:35:19,788
But if time is that important, why not let
me go in tonight with some bombers...
383
00:35:19,878 --> 00:35:21,253
...and wipe out that nest?
384
00:35:22,338 --> 00:35:25,790
If you'll just calm down, General,
I'll explain.
385
00:35:26,217 --> 00:35:28,424
Doctor, please put up that chart.
386
00:35:29,095 --> 00:35:32,298
Time is important,
more so than you realize.
387
00:35:32,390 --> 00:35:36,222
But bombing that nest tonight
would only aggravate our problem.
388
00:35:36,603 --> 00:35:39,390
The reason none of them have been seen
during the day...
389
00:35:39,522 --> 00:35:41,598
...even by the police spotting planes...
390
00:35:41,691 --> 00:35:44,264
...is because they hate
the heat of the desert.
391
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,729
They forage between sunset and dawn,
when it's cool.
392
00:35:47,822 --> 00:35:50,823
So half the colony wouldn't even be
inside the nest tonight.
393
00:35:51,409 --> 00:35:56,285
Our best chance will be during
the hottest part of the day tomorrow.
394
00:35:59,459 --> 00:36:01,866
This illustrates a typical ant nest.
395
00:36:03,046 --> 00:36:04,789
Observe the details.
396
00:36:05,215 --> 00:36:06,625
Here is the entrance.
397
00:36:06,966 --> 00:36:11,046
These are tunnels, corridors,
and food chambers.
398
00:36:11,221 --> 00:36:13,759
Note the wonderful
and intricate engineering.
399
00:36:14,307 --> 00:36:17,343
Water traps,
so that none will drown during rains.
400
00:36:17,936 --> 00:36:20,557
This is somewhat oversimplified, I admit...
401
00:36:20,647 --> 00:36:23,766
...but it will give you an idea
of what we are up against.
402
00:36:24,567 --> 00:36:28,102
Do you know that some species
of desert ants dig down...
403
00:36:28,446 --> 00:36:30,486
...as deep as 30 feet or more?
404
00:36:30,657 --> 00:36:33,444
That nest we found today
might go down hundreds of feet.
405
00:36:33,535 --> 00:36:36,156
We can pinpoint that opening.
Seal it up for good.
406
00:36:36,246 --> 00:36:38,784
The creatures would only tunnel out
somewhere else.
407
00:36:39,165 --> 00:36:42,285
We don't want that nest damaged.
Not yet.
408
00:36:42,418 --> 00:36:43,581
What do we do?
409
00:36:43,670 --> 00:36:46,587
First, we wait until noon tomorrow.
410
00:36:46,673 --> 00:36:49,839
By that time,
all of them should be within the nest.
411
00:36:50,426 --> 00:36:53,131
To keep them confined in there
is our next problem.
412
00:36:53,847 --> 00:36:55,424
We have two possibilities:
413
00:36:55,515 --> 00:36:57,923
First would be to flood the nest.
414
00:36:58,101 --> 00:37:02,514
Ants will not come through deep water.
They breathe through their sides.
415
00:37:02,605 --> 00:37:06,817
Excuse me, Doctor, there's no water line
within 20 miles of that place.
416
00:37:06,901 --> 00:37:10,021
That's why you asked me to check
our meteorological station.
417
00:37:10,113 --> 00:37:12,319
Any chance of getting cloud formations?
418
00:37:12,407 --> 00:37:14,732
Nothing that would make
cloud seeding pay off.
419
00:37:14,826 --> 00:37:17,993
Nobody's had any luck
in making rain in this part of the desert.
420
00:37:18,079 --> 00:37:19,490
The second possibility?
421
00:37:19,581 --> 00:37:23,365
Enough heat to drive the ants deeper
down into the nest, and hold them down.
422
00:37:23,460 --> 00:37:25,167
But no bombing?
423
00:37:25,378 --> 00:37:28,877
What about phosphorus? We can lay it
over that mound with bazookas.
424
00:37:29,966 --> 00:37:32,124
That would keep the surface area hot.
425
00:37:32,844 --> 00:37:34,635
What happens after that?
426
00:37:34,721 --> 00:37:38,006
We then drop cyanide gas
into the opening and kill them.
427
00:37:38,516 --> 00:37:40,805
How can you be sure
you'll get all of them?
428
00:37:40,894 --> 00:37:42,602
We go down into the nest and find out.
429
00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:11,417
Don't forget to tap me
when you get that wired, General.
430
00:38:11,508 --> 00:38:14,295
Don't rush me. I'm doing this by the book.
431
00:38:17,639 --> 00:38:20,556
It's the first time
I ever loaded one of these babies.
432
00:38:20,767 --> 00:38:24,847
That makes us even. This is the first time
I've ever given orders to a general.
433
00:39:12,485 --> 00:39:15,237
We should've waited for it to cool more.
434
00:39:15,321 --> 00:39:18,026
We don't dare lose time
getting cyanide into that nest.
435
00:40:03,828 --> 00:40:05,239
Marvelously made.
436
00:40:05,497 --> 00:40:08,616
Marvelous. Tell me,
you only saw the one live ant?
437
00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,580
He seemed to be trying to get out,
rather than get us.
438
00:40:11,753 --> 00:40:15,204
He stopped moving when the gas hit him.
Then he dropped out of sight.
439
00:40:15,298 --> 00:40:17,421
Didn't see or hear a thing from then on.
440
00:40:17,509 --> 00:40:19,252
You think they're all dead down there?
441
00:40:19,344 --> 00:40:21,217
I think so. You used enough gas.
442
00:40:21,304 --> 00:40:24,590
All parts of the nest should have been
thoroughly saturated by now.
443
00:40:24,682 --> 00:40:27,518
If I can still raise an arm
when we get out of here...
444
00:40:27,602 --> 00:40:29,844
...I'll show you
how well saturated I can get.
445
00:40:29,938 --> 00:40:30,933
I'm with you.
446
00:40:31,022 --> 00:40:32,765
If I were a younger man, I....
447
00:40:35,527 --> 00:40:37,069
What are you made up for?
448
00:40:37,153 --> 00:40:39,062
I'm going with you and Ben.
449
00:40:40,740 --> 00:40:41,771
No, you're not.
450
00:40:41,866 --> 00:40:44,108
Someone with scientific knowledge
has to go.
451
00:40:44,702 --> 00:40:47,656
My father is physically unable to do it.
That leaves me.
452
00:40:47,747 --> 00:40:51,330
That leaves you here. We don't know
what we'll find down there.
453
00:40:51,584 --> 00:40:54,704
One thing for sure,
it's no place for you or any other woman.
454
00:40:54,796 --> 00:40:58,794
She wanted to go, Robert.
As a scientist, I couldn't forbid her.
455
00:40:58,883 --> 00:41:01,339
-A trained observer has to go.
-What for?
456
00:41:01,427 --> 00:41:04,179
There are more important things
than finding dead ants.
457
00:41:04,264 --> 00:41:07,015
-You wouldn't know what to look for!
-You tell us what.
458
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,805
There's no time to give you a course
in insect pathology!
459
00:41:09,894 --> 00:41:12,266
So let's stop talking and get on with it.
460
00:41:17,652 --> 00:41:18,683
Okay.
461
00:41:20,113 --> 00:41:21,607
Don't worry, Dad.
462
00:41:30,498 --> 00:41:31,779
Good luck, Sergeant.
463
00:41:32,041 --> 00:41:33,370
You come last, Pat.
464
00:41:34,127 --> 00:41:36,665
Throw us the rest of the stuff down
when I signal.
465
00:42:29,766 --> 00:42:30,797
Hold it.
466
00:42:31,392 --> 00:42:34,678
They're dead or they would have attacked
us right away.
467
00:42:49,118 --> 00:42:51,692
Look. Held together with saliva.
468
00:42:52,914 --> 00:42:55,950
Spit is all that's holding me together
right now, too.
469
00:44:11,284 --> 00:44:13,360
How come the gas didn't knock them off?.
470
00:44:13,453 --> 00:44:15,991
The chamber looked caved in,
maybe from the bombing.
471
00:44:16,581 --> 00:44:19,119
Sealed up that way,
the gas couldn't reach them.
472
00:44:19,209 --> 00:44:23,372
If we run into any more live ones,
we're getting out of here.
473
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:53,480
This is it!
474
00:44:54,077 --> 00:44:56,484
The queen's chamber, and the eggs.
475
00:45:27,986 --> 00:45:30,856
-This is what I was afraid of.
-What's the matter, Pat?
476
00:45:31,322 --> 00:45:32,437
They're empty.
477
00:45:32,532 --> 00:45:37,075
-What came out is dead, right?
-Not the ones that hatched from these!
478
00:45:40,790 --> 00:45:42,913
Now destroy everything in here. Burn it!
479
00:45:43,001 --> 00:45:45,574
-What?
-I said burn it. Burn everything!
480
00:46:13,114 --> 00:46:14,692
Very strange.
481
00:46:15,575 --> 00:46:17,153
Most unusual.
482
00:46:17,452 --> 00:46:19,907
There were no larvae or pupae
in the egg chamber.
483
00:46:19,996 --> 00:46:22,452
They all seemed to hatch
directly from the eggs.
484
00:46:22,540 --> 00:46:24,747
I attribute it to the mutation process.
485
00:46:24,834 --> 00:46:26,791
That's the logical conclusion.
486
00:46:26,878 --> 00:46:31,006
You feel sure those two have gone?
You found no winged ants?
487
00:46:31,508 --> 00:46:32,918
We saw only worker ants.
488
00:46:33,009 --> 00:46:35,630
I don't get it.
You act like it was the end of the world.
489
00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:36,965
It could be.
490
00:46:38,181 --> 00:46:41,514
These two empty egg cases
contained queen ants.
491
00:46:42,018 --> 00:46:46,479
Newborn queen ants have wings,
so have their consorts, male ants.
492
00:46:47,857 --> 00:46:50,146
-You found no ants with wings?
-Not a one.
493
00:46:50,568 --> 00:46:53,937
The fact is we didn't destroy
this first nest soon enough!
494
00:46:54,948 --> 00:46:59,526
Two young queen ants hatched out,
dried their wings and flew away...
495
00:46:59,869 --> 00:47:03,819
...each with one or more winged males.
They've gone on their wedding flight.
496
00:47:04,457 --> 00:47:08,455
We needn't worry about the males.
They'll die very quickly, but the queens--
497
00:47:08,545 --> 00:47:11,664
Doctor, are you telling us
there'll be other nests?
498
00:47:11,756 --> 00:47:14,923
A single queen can lay thousands of eggs.
499
00:47:15,510 --> 00:47:19,673
From these will hatch dozens
of other queens, who may in turn....
500
00:47:21,599 --> 00:47:23,010
How far can they fly?
501
00:47:24,102 --> 00:47:26,557
These giants? I don't know.
502
00:47:27,814 --> 00:47:31,977
Ordinary queens of the smaller species
have very limited flying powers.
503
00:47:32,735 --> 00:47:36,816
They're dependent mostly on winds
and thermal currents to carry them along.
504
00:47:36,948 --> 00:47:41,028
They have been found in the stratosphere.
But these giants....
505
00:47:42,162 --> 00:47:43,869
I don't know, you guess.
506
00:47:43,955 --> 00:47:45,864
I thought today was the end of them.
507
00:47:45,957 --> 00:47:46,988
No.
508
00:47:47,417 --> 00:47:49,291
We haven't seen the end of them.
509
00:47:49,586 --> 00:47:53,453
We've only had a view of the beginning
of what may be the end of us.
510
00:47:55,467 --> 00:47:57,792
We'd better inform Washington, General.
511
00:48:15,278 --> 00:48:16,558
Sergeant Peterson.
512
00:48:16,821 --> 00:48:18,730
-Sir?
-What about your superiors?
513
00:48:18,823 --> 00:48:22,441
Do they know these creatures
are causing the crimes in your desert?
514
00:48:22,535 --> 00:48:23,733
No, sir, they don't.
515
00:48:23,828 --> 00:48:26,948
Gen. O'Brien and Dr. Medford
felt that absolute secrecy...
516
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,745
...about the existence of the big ants
was essential.
517
00:48:29,834 --> 00:48:32,871
Do you also think this extraordinary
hush-hush is necessary?
518
00:48:32,962 --> 00:48:37,126
Yes. I don't think there's a police force
anywhere that could handle the panic...
519
00:48:37,217 --> 00:48:39,589
...if people found out
these babies were loose.
520
00:48:39,677 --> 00:48:41,919
Gentlemen, I believe we are ready.
521
00:48:42,722 --> 00:48:47,680
Some of you have displayed incredulous
attitudes towards our reports and photos.
522
00:48:47,936 --> 00:48:51,554
The rest of you are trying to understand
the gravity of our situation...
523
00:48:52,357 --> 00:48:55,690
...but repeatedly ask
how really serious it is.
524
00:48:56,820 --> 00:49:00,568
For your edification,
I have prepared a short film...
525
00:49:01,157 --> 00:49:05,451
...which I hope will give you some idea
of the nature of the creatures we face.
526
00:49:05,578 --> 00:49:07,487
In a small way, of course.
527
00:49:08,206 --> 00:49:10,163
Robert, please turn out the lights.
528
00:49:17,173 --> 00:49:21,586
These ants and related species
are common to most of America.
529
00:49:21,761 --> 00:49:26,968
In fact, you can find them in backyards,
empty lots, and fields...
530
00:49:27,058 --> 00:49:29,430
...throughout the temperate zones
of the world.
531
00:49:29,519 --> 00:49:32,603
They haven't changed in form or habits...
532
00:49:32,939 --> 00:49:35,097
...for more than 50 million years.
533
00:49:35,567 --> 00:49:38,354
Here, for instance, is one such specimen...
534
00:49:38,444 --> 00:49:42,312
...that got himself trapped in amber,
which we know is at least that old.
535
00:49:43,074 --> 00:49:45,826
Now we come
to some different kind of ants.
536
00:49:46,452 --> 00:49:50,746
The big fellow there,
feeding on the smaller, red grease-eaters...
537
00:49:51,374 --> 00:49:55,668
...is of a savage species called
Camponotus vicinus Mayr.
538
00:49:55,879 --> 00:49:57,705
He's of a desert variety.
539
00:49:58,173 --> 00:50:02,301
Very similar to the giant mutations
we found in New Mexico.
540
00:50:03,261 --> 00:50:05,834
There is a side view of a small nest.
541
00:50:06,306 --> 00:50:08,382
Those white objects are ant eggs.
542
00:50:09,642 --> 00:50:12,312
Ants don't see well at all.
543
00:50:12,979 --> 00:50:17,974
They hear, smell and locate objects
with their radar-like antennae.
544
00:50:18,485 --> 00:50:22,150
Only after food or an enemy is located
with the antennae...
545
00:50:22,614 --> 00:50:25,069
...are the savage mandibles put to work.
546
00:50:27,202 --> 00:50:30,321
Now, gentlemen,
watch this demonstration of power.
547
00:50:30,580 --> 00:50:33,332
A pebble has blocked
the entrance to the nest.
548
00:50:33,833 --> 00:50:36,538
That creature is determined
to remove the obstacle.
549
00:50:37,253 --> 00:50:42,248
Note how the mandibles are used
to grasp the pebble and pull it aside...
550
00:50:42,342 --> 00:50:44,749
...with only a slight assist
from another ant.
551
00:50:45,595 --> 00:50:48,881
There's the same pebble
on a laboratory scale.
552
00:50:49,432 --> 00:50:52,848
Balancing it, is a dish containing 20 ants.
553
00:50:53,478 --> 00:50:57,689
We've learned that one of these
quarter-inch long insects can lift...
554
00:50:57,816 --> 00:51:00,057
...20 times its own weight.
555
00:51:00,401 --> 00:51:03,521
That's equal to one of you
lifting a ton and a half or more!
556
00:51:04,447 --> 00:51:07,982
Here are rare shots of a newborn queen
and her consorts.
557
00:51:09,994 --> 00:51:14,952
Technically, she should be referred to
as a princess, until after the mating flight.
558
00:51:15,250 --> 00:51:18,369
Now there is a close shot
of a winged male.
559
00:51:19,045 --> 00:51:23,090
Males are unequipped for survival
beyond the mating and die soon after.
560
00:51:23,508 --> 00:51:28,253
The queen flies on, or more precisely,
is borne by the winds...
561
00:51:28,471 --> 00:51:32,255
...until her need prompts her
to seek a place to lay eggs.
562
00:51:33,143 --> 00:51:36,558
Does a queen ever fly away
from her nest once she's established it?
563
00:51:36,729 --> 00:51:40,229
No, never. She loses her wings
after the wedding flight.
564
00:51:40,817 --> 00:51:42,525
See? One has dropped off.
565
00:51:45,196 --> 00:51:48,530
Now she starts her function
of establishing a place...
566
00:51:48,992 --> 00:51:51,909
...in which to lay her eggs
and begin the nest.
567
00:51:52,203 --> 00:51:55,904
Queens live quite a long time.
They continue to lay eggs...
568
00:51:56,082 --> 00:51:57,826
...from the one mating...
569
00:51:57,917 --> 00:52:00,752
...for from 15 to 17 years.
570
00:52:01,588 --> 00:52:03,379
Here are ants at war.
571
00:52:04,591 --> 00:52:09,965
As you can see, ants are savage,
ruthless and courageous fighters.
572
00:52:10,847 --> 00:52:15,888
This fight lasted 72 hours
between those two alone.
573
00:52:18,438 --> 00:52:21,558
Ants are the only creatures on Earth
other than man...
574
00:52:21,774 --> 00:52:23,019
...who make war.
575
00:52:23,526 --> 00:52:26,313
They campaign.
They are chronic aggressors.
576
00:52:26,488 --> 00:52:29,524
They make slave laborers
of the captives they don't kill.
577
00:52:30,617 --> 00:52:35,362
None of the ants previously seen by man
were more than an inch in length.
578
00:52:35,872 --> 00:52:37,948
Most were considerably under that size.
579
00:52:38,041 --> 00:52:43,415
But even the most minute of them
have an instinct and talent for industry...
580
00:52:43,630 --> 00:52:46,999
...social organization and savagery...
581
00:52:48,134 --> 00:52:51,966
...that makes man look feeble
by comparison.
582
00:52:52,388 --> 00:52:54,346
How large were the ants you found?
583
00:52:54,516 --> 00:52:57,849
The smallest measured nine feet
in body length.
584
00:52:58,269 --> 00:53:00,428
That, gentlemen, is why you are here.
585
00:53:01,064 --> 00:53:02,558
To consider this problem.
586
00:53:02,649 --> 00:53:05,768
And l hope, solve it.
Because unless you solve it...
587
00:53:06,069 --> 00:53:08,690
...unless these queens are located
and destroyed...
588
00:53:08,905 --> 00:53:12,155
...before they've established
thriving colonies and can produce...
589
00:53:12,242 --> 00:53:14,911
...heaven alone knows
how many more queen ants...
590
00:53:15,078 --> 00:53:19,241
...man, as the dominant species
of life on Earth...
591
00:53:19,499 --> 00:53:21,207
...will probably be extinct...
592
00:53:22,252 --> 00:53:25,751
...within a year, Doc?
593
00:53:36,766 --> 00:53:40,265
-How about some information, Senator?
-Sorry, boys, no comment.
594
00:53:40,436 --> 00:53:42,559
There must be something you can tell us.
595
00:53:42,730 --> 00:53:47,807
All the newswire services, AP, UP, INS,
are in there, but nothing's coming out.
596
00:53:48,153 --> 00:53:50,525
No newsmen are being allowed in there.
597
00:53:50,613 --> 00:53:53,365
What was that mysterious
3:00 a.m. meeting about?
598
00:53:53,449 --> 00:53:55,526
Can't tell you a thing, boys, sorry.
599
00:53:59,247 --> 00:54:03,161
There are about a million radio receivers
installed in there, too.
600
00:54:03,334 --> 00:54:05,078
-What for?
-I don't know.
601
00:54:32,614 --> 00:54:36,611
Texans. When bigger stories are told,
Texans will tell them.
602
00:54:36,701 --> 00:54:39,987
Should fit in with the kind of stuff
they're looking for upstairs.
603
00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:42,368
-Know what's going on in this building?
-No.
604
00:54:42,457 --> 00:54:45,209
Real "T.S." stuff. Top Secret.
605
00:54:53,384 --> 00:54:56,006
Okay, we'll meet you at the airport
in 20 minutes.
606
00:54:57,388 --> 00:55:00,508
Says he can have us in Brownsville
in less than three hours.
607
00:55:02,227 --> 00:55:03,721
Good luck, Bob.
608
00:55:15,490 --> 00:55:18,941
They ain't kidding me. Nobody is.
Not you, not anybody.
609
00:55:19,035 --> 00:55:21,870
This isn't a hospital.
This is a loony bin. A nuthouse.
610
00:55:22,705 --> 00:55:25,872
Do you think I'm crazy?
I don't care what you think. I'm not!
611
00:55:25,959 --> 00:55:28,628
I saw those things with my own two eyes!
612
00:55:28,711 --> 00:55:32,756
Do you think anybody could make it up?
A guy would have to be nuts....
613
00:55:36,803 --> 00:55:40,006
You're a flyer. You didn't get that yard
sitting on the ground.
614
00:55:40,098 --> 00:55:41,972
You've seen guys blow their stacks.
615
00:55:42,267 --> 00:55:45,801
Do you think I act and talk
like a guy who has lost his marbles?
616
00:55:46,020 --> 00:55:48,060
Tell us what you saw, Mr. Crotty.
617
00:55:48,148 --> 00:55:51,813
I've told those head-shrinking doctors
four dozen times! I'm sick of it.
618
00:55:52,152 --> 00:55:55,983
I tell them and I get laughed at
and clucked over.
619
00:55:59,367 --> 00:56:01,158
You promise not to laugh at me?
620
00:56:01,411 --> 00:56:02,324
Promise.
621
00:56:03,288 --> 00:56:04,319
Okay.
622
00:56:04,998 --> 00:56:08,865
I was flying south from Corpus Christi,
heading here, Brownsville.
623
00:56:09,919 --> 00:56:14,083
I turned in from the Gulf, heading for
the airport about 20 miles out...
624
00:56:14,299 --> 00:56:18,083
...all of a sudden I see these flying saucers.
625
00:56:18,178 --> 00:56:20,585
Three of them.
One big and two little ones.
626
00:56:20,972 --> 00:56:24,092
I had to do some fancy flying
or they'd have run right into me.
627
00:56:24,184 --> 00:56:28,644
I dived down and landed
in the first place I saw, a street.
628
00:56:29,063 --> 00:56:31,103
I've never been so rattled in my life.
629
00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:33,726
I cracked up a little, sure.
630
00:56:33,943 --> 00:56:37,110
I plowed into an old Ford
and ended up on someone's porch.
631
00:56:37,906 --> 00:56:41,025
Who wouldn't lose their head
after seeing something like that?
632
00:56:41,117 --> 00:56:44,367
-They were flying saucers?
-I don't know what else to call them.
633
00:56:44,787 --> 00:56:46,745
They were shaped...
634
00:56:48,249 --> 00:56:49,660
...like ants.
635
00:56:53,922 --> 00:56:56,757
It sounds crazy
but that's what they were shaped like.
636
00:56:56,966 --> 00:57:01,379
The big one was about 15 feet long
and had wings like a fly.
637
00:57:01,763 --> 00:57:05,974
The other two seemed to be chasing
the big one. One here. Two here.
638
00:57:06,267 --> 00:57:10,597
They zoomed around me like kamikazes.
Scared me out of my pants!
639
00:57:11,189 --> 00:57:12,600
Excuse me, ma'am.
640
00:57:13,399 --> 00:57:17,018
They said that Ford wasn't a new one.
It was all beat up to begin with.
641
00:57:17,195 --> 00:57:19,152
So what's all the beef?.
642
00:57:22,116 --> 00:57:24,239
You don't believe me either. Do you?
643
00:57:24,327 --> 00:57:25,702
On the contrary, we do.
644
00:57:25,787 --> 00:57:26,818
You do?
645
00:57:27,622 --> 00:57:28,452
Good.
646
00:57:28,706 --> 00:57:33,250
What direction were these flying saucers
going the last time you saw them?
647
00:57:33,711 --> 00:57:37,127
West, I'd say. Yes, due west.
648
00:57:37,757 --> 00:57:39,631
Will you get me out of here?
649
00:57:39,843 --> 00:57:42,843
-We'll speak to the doctor about it.
-I'd appreciate it.
650
00:57:42,929 --> 00:57:46,678
Try and get my clothes, too.
They only gave me these slippers...
651
00:57:47,308 --> 00:57:49,846
...but not even a rope to hold up my pants.
652
00:57:49,978 --> 00:57:53,228
-We'll be seeing you.
-Be right neighborly if you could help.
653
00:57:53,314 --> 00:57:54,773
I'll sure be hoping.
654
00:57:55,358 --> 00:57:57,481
-Mr. Graham?
-Yes?
655
00:57:57,569 --> 00:58:00,060
How was your talk with Mr. Crotty?
656
00:58:00,363 --> 00:58:02,569
You're wise to keep him locked up, Doctor.
657
00:58:02,699 --> 00:58:06,483
I've recommended his release.
He's not demented.
658
00:58:06,828 --> 00:58:10,576
I'm convinced he's trying to pull
a publicity stunt with this weird story.
659
00:58:10,665 --> 00:58:12,622
The government wants him
to be kept here...
660
00:58:12,709 --> 00:58:14,333
...so he doesn't get any publicity.
661
00:58:14,502 --> 00:58:15,581
The government?
662
00:58:15,712 --> 00:58:17,586
He's to have no visitors.
663
00:58:17,672 --> 00:58:21,373
If any information is given out about him,
you'll be held responsible.
664
00:58:21,843 --> 00:58:24,085
I can't tell you why this is essential.
665
00:58:24,471 --> 00:58:27,637
We'll let you know as soon as possible.
We'll tell you when he's well.
666
00:58:33,646 --> 00:58:38,059
A bit more than 700 air miles
from White Sands to Brownsville.
667
00:58:38,693 --> 00:58:39,724
Southeast.
668
00:58:40,236 --> 00:58:43,071
This Crotty said they were heading west
when he saw them.
669
00:58:43,156 --> 00:58:44,152
I believe him.
670
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:49,116
There were strong easterly winds
the day Crotty saw the ants.
671
00:58:49,412 --> 00:58:51,868
They'd follow the line of least resistance.
672
00:58:52,123 --> 00:58:56,417
We can surmise that one of the queens,
possibly both of them...
673
00:58:56,836 --> 00:59:00,170
...can create nests in this general area.
674
00:59:01,299 --> 00:59:03,588
We'd better inform
the Mexican authorities...
675
00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:06,547
...and concentrate our search efforts here.
676
00:59:07,013 --> 00:59:10,631
As far south as Panama. As far north as...
677
00:59:11,601 --> 00:59:14,637
...Santa Barbara, on the California coast.
678
00:59:14,896 --> 00:59:16,972
That's an awful lot of area, Doctor.
679
00:59:17,690 --> 00:59:18,722
I'll get it.
680
00:59:20,693 --> 00:59:21,725
Hello?
681
00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:24,194
Dr. Medford speaking.
682
00:59:25,865 --> 00:59:26,980
What?
683
00:59:27,659 --> 00:59:29,236
I'll be right there.
684
00:59:39,212 --> 00:59:42,663
"A nest hatched aboard a ship at sea."
685
01:00:03,403 --> 01:00:07,103
I'm sure you gentlemen will be interested
in this report I just received:
686
01:00:07,198 --> 01:00:11,196
"U.S.S. Milwaukee got radio bearing on
S.S. Viking before signal stopped.
687
01:00:12,078 --> 01:00:14,652
"Milwaukee proceeded at once to location.
688
01:00:14,873 --> 01:00:17,790
"Two seamen from Viking
rescued from sea by Milwaukee.
689
01:00:18,460 --> 01:00:20,951
"Seamen said no survivors remained
aboard Viking.
690
01:00:21,671 --> 01:00:24,340
"Not possible to put aboard
search and rescue party...
691
01:00:24,424 --> 01:00:26,997
"...as Viking was infested
with the giant ants."
692
01:00:27,093 --> 01:00:32,218
Upon my orders, the S.S. Viking
has been sunk with naval gunfire.
693
01:00:32,557 --> 01:00:35,013
This was accomplished
at 0700 this morning.
694
01:00:35,226 --> 01:00:37,764
I don't see how a ship at sea could....
695
01:00:38,521 --> 01:00:39,684
Dr. Medford...
696
01:00:40,148 --> 01:00:43,433
...how could these giant creatures
get aboard that vessel unseen?
697
01:00:44,194 --> 01:00:48,357
The S.S. Viking anchored in Acapulco,
Mexico, for three days and four nights.
698
01:00:49,616 --> 01:00:53,910
It's then and there we believe one
of these missing queen ants flew aboard.
699
01:00:54,621 --> 01:00:56,578
Please give them your information.
700
01:00:58,833 --> 01:01:01,704
"Owners of the S.S. Viking reported
that on hold number one...
701
01:01:01,836 --> 01:01:05,786
"...the hatch cover was off during
the entire time of loading. Even at night.
702
01:01:06,174 --> 01:01:10,254
"The crew had shore leave every night so
only a skeleton crew remained on watch."
703
01:01:11,095 --> 01:01:14,963
It was quite possible for a queen ant
to have flown onto that ship unseen.
704
01:01:15,308 --> 01:01:19,222
An open hold would be inviting as a place
to lay her eggs and hatch out a nest.
705
01:01:19,729 --> 01:01:24,438
I think it's time to inform the public.
It can't be kept a secret indefinitely.
706
01:01:24,526 --> 01:01:25,901
We can't risk it, sir.
707
01:01:25,985 --> 01:01:27,444
But you already have.
708
01:01:27,821 --> 01:01:31,355
The entire crew of the cruiser Milwaukee
knows about these things now.
709
01:01:31,449 --> 01:01:35,447
They know, but the Milwaukee
will be kept at sea until this is resolved.
710
01:01:37,247 --> 01:01:39,785
What do those flags on the map indicate?
711
01:01:40,458 --> 01:01:44,326
These four indicate where we found
dead male ants.
712
01:01:45,421 --> 01:01:49,834
The most recent finding was about four
days ago near Mt. Wilson in California.
713
01:01:50,635 --> 01:01:54,847
It was decomposed and must have been
there for a month to five weeks.
714
01:01:55,682 --> 01:01:59,217
This flag, at Los Angeles, indicates a lead.
715
01:01:59,435 --> 01:02:02,271
Mr. Graham and Sgt. Ben Peterson
are there now.
716
01:02:02,397 --> 01:02:06,229
They were flown there by Maj. Kibbee
to check on a large sugar theft.
717
01:02:06,359 --> 01:02:07,640
Forty tons, to be exact.
718
01:02:26,212 --> 01:02:27,920
When was this car broken into?
719
01:02:28,006 --> 01:02:29,666
I told you, Friday night.
720
01:02:30,175 --> 01:02:33,294
Yard watchman claims
he didn't see or hear a thing.
721
01:02:33,761 --> 01:02:35,920
What's so important
you got to work on Sunday?
722
01:02:36,014 --> 01:02:37,259
Where's the watchman?
723
01:02:37,348 --> 01:02:41,642
City jail. Any boob knows you need trucks
to carry away 40 tons of stuff.
724
01:02:41,811 --> 01:02:44,682
Said he didn't hear them.
He's either lying or he's deaf.
725
01:02:44,772 --> 01:02:45,971
And he ain't deaf.
726
01:02:46,983 --> 01:02:48,726
-Let's go see him.
-Yeah.
727
01:02:50,195 --> 01:02:51,653
Thanks, buddy.
728
01:02:51,738 --> 01:02:54,489
After spoiling my day off
you could at least tell me...
729
01:02:54,574 --> 01:02:57,243
...how come a government cop
is so interested in this deal.
730
01:02:57,327 --> 01:02:59,035
He's got a sweet tooth.
731
01:03:03,416 --> 01:03:05,741
-This the only job you've ever had?
-Yes, sir.
732
01:03:05,919 --> 01:03:09,038
I've had a clean record
for 30 years at the railroad.
733
01:03:09,172 --> 01:03:12,790
Yard cop thinks you made a deal
not to see that car broken into.
734
01:03:12,884 --> 01:03:14,378
What sense does that make?
735
01:03:14,469 --> 01:03:17,138
Is sugar rare cargo?
Is there a black market for it?
736
01:03:17,222 --> 01:03:19,843
Did you ever hear of a fence for hot sugar?
737
01:03:20,308 --> 01:03:23,807
If I made a deal with crooks,
it wouldn't be for 40 tons of sugar!
738
01:03:23,978 --> 01:03:26,766
I swear I didn't hear a thing Friday night.
739
01:03:27,023 --> 01:03:28,482
I'll be right back.
740
01:03:32,529 --> 01:03:36,740
That woman just identified the body
of her husband. See him right away.
741
01:03:36,866 --> 01:03:40,401
I've never had anything to do with crooks.
I'm an honest man.
742
01:03:40,495 --> 01:03:43,579
Sure, you can go home now.
Take care of him, will you?
743
01:03:43,832 --> 01:03:44,662
Thank you.
744
01:03:45,834 --> 01:03:48,159
I don't think this happened in a machine.
745
01:03:48,378 --> 01:03:52,043
Any machine that pulled hard enough
to tear his arm off at the shoulder...
746
01:03:52,132 --> 01:03:54,208
...would also have chopped up his face.
747
01:03:54,509 --> 01:03:56,798
Look at the laceration across his chest.
748
01:03:57,387 --> 01:04:00,471
Can't figure it, except he died from shock
and loss of blood.
749
01:04:00,557 --> 01:04:01,967
Thanks very much.
750
01:04:06,271 --> 01:04:07,646
His name's Thomas Lodge.
751
01:04:07,730 --> 01:04:11,562
Police found him, 6:30 a.m.
His car jumped a curb, went into a sign...
752
01:04:11,651 --> 01:04:15,400
...but not hard enough to do that.
They couldn't find the other arm.
753
01:04:15,905 --> 01:04:19,108
His wife said
that he left the house at 5:45.
754
01:04:19,367 --> 01:04:22,818
He had his two kids with him.
No sign of the kids yet.
755
01:04:27,750 --> 01:04:28,865
Mrs. Lodge...
756
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:32,294
...was your husband accustomed
to taking his boys out so early?
757
01:04:32,839 --> 01:04:37,667
Tom works on Sunday from 9:00 to 7:00.
It's an extra job he had.
758
01:04:38,386 --> 01:04:41,969
He works so hard, he doesn't have
much time to spend with Jerry and Mike.
759
01:04:42,056 --> 01:04:46,137
Sundays they get up early
and go somewhere together to play.
760
01:04:47,645 --> 01:04:50,350
Do you know where they might
have gone this morning?
761
01:04:50,523 --> 01:04:51,554
Where?
762
01:04:52,525 --> 01:04:54,601
They go different places.
763
01:04:55,653 --> 01:04:57,895
Last Sunday,
Tom took the boys to the zoo.
764
01:04:58,698 --> 01:05:00,406
They had such a good time.
765
01:05:00,700 --> 01:05:03,405
Tom fixed it with a keeper
so they could get in early...
766
01:05:03,495 --> 01:05:05,571
...and watch the feeding of the animals.
767
01:05:05,663 --> 01:05:07,490
Jerry talked about it all week.
768
01:05:08,666 --> 01:05:10,244
Where else did they go?
769
01:05:12,420 --> 01:05:16,288
Sometimes Tom took them boat riding
at MacArthur Park.
770
01:05:16,382 --> 01:05:19,467
For pony rides and miniature golf.
771
01:05:20,345 --> 01:05:23,548
They always come home so happy.
And so dirty!
772
01:05:24,057 --> 01:05:28,185
I kept asking Tom to do things
where they won't get so dirty.
773
01:05:28,269 --> 01:05:30,511
I spent the rest of the day cleaning them.
774
01:05:50,458 --> 01:05:52,250
Can I see you a moment?
775
01:05:58,842 --> 01:06:00,384
-Rough?
-Yeah.
776
01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:04,343
Bob, these are the two officers
who found Lodge.
777
01:06:04,472 --> 01:06:06,014
-This is Ryan.
-Sutton.
778
01:06:06,224 --> 01:06:09,391
Patrolmen Sutton and Ryan.
This is Bob Graham.
779
01:06:10,019 --> 01:06:13,803
Dr. Medford and Pat are flying here
with Gen. O'Brien tonight.
780
01:06:14,107 --> 01:06:17,274
Kibbee called. He'll be over
after he's had a little breakfast.
781
01:06:17,360 --> 01:06:20,480
Show me on the map
just exactly where you found Lodge.
782
01:06:21,865 --> 01:06:24,984
-Right there.
-And he was dead when you found him?
783
01:06:25,493 --> 01:06:27,153
Where's MacArthur Park?
784
01:06:29,789 --> 01:06:31,331
That's a long ways.
785
01:06:32,250 --> 01:06:34,741
We've got to find out
where he took those kids.
786
01:06:34,836 --> 01:06:37,161
He couldn't have driven far.
He was too cut up.
787
01:06:38,506 --> 01:06:42,124
Is there any area where you found him
where he might've taken the kids...
788
01:06:42,218 --> 01:06:45,753
...for a boat ride or miniature golf?.
Pony rides, stuff like that.
789
01:06:45,889 --> 01:06:48,130
I don't know of any miniature golf courses.
790
01:06:48,224 --> 01:06:50,846
Griffith Park is the closest
where they rent horses.
791
01:06:50,935 --> 01:06:55,265
That's a long way, too.
Doesn't his wife know where they went?
792
01:06:55,857 --> 01:06:57,020
No.
793
01:06:57,609 --> 01:07:01,653
Did you make any arrests this morning,
say between 4:00 a.m. and noon?
794
01:07:01,821 --> 01:07:02,852
Yes, sir.
795
01:07:03,865 --> 01:07:06,273
Four. Three drunks and a traffic citation.
796
01:07:07,785 --> 01:07:09,577
I'd like to talk to all of them.
797
01:07:09,704 --> 01:07:12,622
They might have seen something
that'll help us.
798
01:07:17,086 --> 01:07:19,044
Where were you going
when you were arrested?
799
01:07:19,130 --> 01:07:20,126
I don't know.
800
01:07:20,215 --> 01:07:22,540
I don't even know
where I was coming from.
801
01:07:23,343 --> 01:07:25,881
-How about you?
-I don't know either.
802
01:07:29,891 --> 01:07:33,889
As I said before,
I prefer the informal type of social life.
803
01:07:34,270 --> 01:07:37,188
-I disagree with you.
-Really?
804
01:07:37,315 --> 01:07:39,521
I'm at my best in my white tie and tails.
805
01:07:39,609 --> 01:07:42,314
All right, Beau Brummell, knock it off.
806
01:07:42,403 --> 01:07:43,518
Look, miss....
807
01:07:43,613 --> 01:07:46,614
-All I did was go through a red light.
-At 60 mph?
808
01:07:46,783 --> 01:07:49,819
-Was something chasing you?
-No, I was in a hurry to get home.
809
01:07:49,911 --> 01:07:50,942
Where from?
810
01:07:51,162 --> 01:07:54,033
I spent the night with a sick friend.
811
01:07:54,666 --> 01:07:57,536
I'd rather not mention any names,
he's married.
812
01:07:58,711 --> 01:08:00,371
-Okay, you can go.
-Thank you.
813
01:08:02,841 --> 01:08:06,340
I'm through with them. Let them
go back to the tank and sleep it off.
814
01:08:06,427 --> 01:08:09,049
-All right, let's go.
-With pleasure, sir.
815
01:08:11,349 --> 01:08:13,176
You said there were three drunks?
816
01:08:13,268 --> 01:08:15,972
The other one's in the alcoholic ward
at the hospital.
817
01:08:16,062 --> 01:08:18,351
Practically a permanent resident there.
818
01:08:18,523 --> 01:08:20,065
Let's go talk to him, too.
819
01:08:22,902 --> 01:08:25,689
Sneaked out of here Saturday afternoon.
Back at 5:00 this morning.
820
01:08:25,780 --> 01:08:29,279
You can talk to him,
but I don't think he'll cooperate.
821
01:08:29,367 --> 01:08:31,443
Hey, Admiral, are we gonna be drafted?
822
01:08:31,703 --> 01:08:32,734
No, sir.
823
01:08:32,829 --> 01:08:36,743
Behave yourself, Harry.
This is the man. Mind your manners.
824
01:08:37,041 --> 01:08:40,292
-If he gives you trouble, I'm right outside.
-He won't.
825
01:08:40,378 --> 01:08:42,371
Hello, Jensen. How are you?
826
01:08:42,547 --> 01:08:46,295
How do, gentlemen? Looking for recruits?
827
01:08:46,384 --> 01:08:47,629
Not today.
828
01:08:47,844 --> 01:08:50,761
-Jensen, you come here often, don't you?
-I like it here.
829
01:08:50,847 --> 01:08:53,848
-What have you been doing lately?
-Same as always, nothing.
830
01:08:53,933 --> 01:08:57,053
-But I got some deals on.
-Sure.
831
01:08:57,228 --> 01:09:00,644
You didn't see anything unusual
yesterday or this morning, did you?
832
01:09:00,815 --> 01:09:03,935
No, nothing unusual. Same as always.
833
01:09:04,944 --> 01:09:06,439
They're gone now.
834
01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:09,771
I saw some little airplanes this morning.
835
01:09:10,783 --> 01:09:13,025
Didn't seem big enough
for them to get into.
836
01:09:13,369 --> 01:09:14,698
Big enough for who?
837
01:09:14,954 --> 01:09:16,365
The ants.
838
01:09:16,831 --> 01:09:20,165
I'd like to get out of here,
but I ain't joining the Army to do it!
839
01:09:20,293 --> 01:09:22,582
-You can't make me, there's laws!
-We know.
840
01:09:22,670 --> 01:09:25,208
Jensen, what kind of ants did you see?
841
01:09:25,548 --> 01:09:26,959
Big ones.
842
01:09:27,967 --> 01:09:29,510
Ain't there now.
843
01:09:29,844 --> 01:09:32,169
-Mostly at night I see them.
-Where?
844
01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:35,551
General, I'll make a deal with you:
845
01:09:35,642 --> 01:09:38,927
If you make me a sergeant in charge
of the booze, and I'll enlist.
846
01:09:39,020 --> 01:09:41,143
Make me a sergeant
in charge of the booze!
847
01:09:41,231 --> 01:09:43,804
Make me a sergeant
in charge of the booze!
848
01:09:43,900 --> 01:09:47,020
-Exactly where do these ants show up?
-In the river.
849
01:09:47,403 --> 01:09:48,779
In the river.
850
01:09:49,447 --> 01:09:52,116
I saw it once when it had water in it.
851
01:09:52,492 --> 01:09:54,200
Now, when was that?
852
01:09:55,078 --> 01:09:56,537
Let me see.
853
01:09:58,706 --> 01:09:59,951
In the river bed.
854
01:10:00,250 --> 01:10:04,082
Those big openings in the sides
are like sewer outlets.
855
01:10:05,630 --> 01:10:08,299
Jensen, how long have you been
seeing these things?
856
01:10:08,383 --> 01:10:11,834
A long time. How long have I been here?
857
01:10:12,637 --> 01:10:15,342
The doctor says he was first admitted
five months ago.
858
01:10:15,431 --> 01:10:17,091
Thanks, Mac.
859
01:10:17,517 --> 01:10:20,637
Take me with you and I'll enlist, I promise.
860
01:10:20,728 --> 01:10:22,009
Make me a sergeant!
861
01:10:22,147 --> 01:10:25,064
Give me the booze!
Make me a sergeant. Give me the booze!
862
01:10:27,694 --> 01:10:30,445
Please, my nerves!
863
01:11:06,191 --> 01:11:08,100
Which way is the hospital, Ryan?
864
01:11:09,027 --> 01:11:10,735
Right over there.
865
01:11:21,289 --> 01:11:22,997
Ben, come here.
866
01:11:31,216 --> 01:11:34,051
Pretty good model of a kid's idea of an L-1.
867
01:11:34,552 --> 01:11:37,470
Get on the radio and contact Mrs. Lodge.
868
01:11:37,555 --> 01:11:41,055
Find out if the kids ever owned
a plane like that. Wait for a report.
869
01:11:41,142 --> 01:11:42,340
Right.
870
01:12:12,132 --> 01:12:13,839
Here's tire marks.
871
01:12:18,179 --> 01:12:21,714
New tires. Lodge had new tires
on his car, didn't he?
872
01:12:22,016 --> 01:12:23,048
Yeah.
873
01:12:24,519 --> 01:12:25,894
Hey, Bob! Ben!
874
01:12:40,994 --> 01:12:42,821
It's them all right.
875
01:12:53,256 --> 01:12:55,249
I don't smell formic acid, do you?
876
01:12:55,341 --> 01:12:57,915
No, but it could all fall right into place.
877
01:12:58,428 --> 01:13:01,464
Lodge and his kids
down here flying their model plane.
878
01:13:01,556 --> 01:13:03,595
Suddenly, the ants attack.
879
01:13:03,808 --> 01:13:06,050
Lodge fights to protect his kids.
880
01:13:06,769 --> 01:13:09,640
Somehow, he breaks away,
gets into his car, and drives off.
881
01:13:10,982 --> 01:13:12,856
But what about the kids?
882
01:13:12,984 --> 01:13:14,395
Maybe they ran away.
883
01:13:14,694 --> 01:13:16,521
No, we'd have picked them up by now.
884
01:13:17,864 --> 01:13:19,940
Unless they ran in here.
885
01:13:21,075 --> 01:13:22,107
Mr. Graham!
886
01:13:23,036 --> 01:13:25,491
That model plane
belonged to the Lodge kids.
887
01:13:25,580 --> 01:13:28,747
The husband used to bring
the boys down here to fly it.
888
01:13:29,042 --> 01:13:33,205
Got to be the same plane, same color.
And there's no model plane at home.
889
01:13:33,713 --> 01:13:36,833
Where do these things go?
I mean, how far do they go?
890
01:13:37,258 --> 01:13:41,256
Don't know for sure, but there's more
than 700 miles of them under the city.
891
01:13:57,028 --> 01:13:59,484
Why is the Army sending troops into L.A.?
892
01:13:59,572 --> 01:14:01,529
And a Marine regiment from Pendleton?
893
01:14:01,616 --> 01:14:04,617
Why a special press conference at 5:00
on a Sunday?
894
01:14:04,702 --> 01:14:07,656
-You'll just have to wait.
-Why all the VIPs from Washington?
895
01:14:07,747 --> 01:14:09,455
Has the cold war gotten hot?
896
01:14:09,541 --> 01:14:11,617
Gentlemen, come in now.
897
01:14:16,923 --> 01:14:21,336
This is the most serious crisis
this city has ever faced.
898
01:14:21,511 --> 01:14:24,002
There's no time for questions.
Listen carefully...
899
01:14:24,097 --> 01:14:26,967
...so you can report the facts
to your newspapers.
900
01:14:27,183 --> 01:14:30,517
This is Dr. Harold Medford
of the Department of Agriculture.
901
01:14:30,603 --> 01:14:33,521
Gen. O'Brien, Air Force Intelligence.
902
01:14:33,815 --> 01:14:37,480
Gen. James, Army Intelligence.
The others you know.
903
01:14:38,027 --> 01:14:39,687
-Ready, sir?
-One moment.
904
01:14:41,156 --> 01:14:42,947
-Set, Charlie?
-You're on.
905
01:14:43,366 --> 01:14:47,364
We interrupt all radio and television
programs indefinitely.
906
01:14:47,745 --> 01:14:52,704
Keep your radio and television sets
turned on. This is an emergency.
907
01:14:52,792 --> 01:14:55,579
I repeat, this is an emergency!
908
01:14:56,880 --> 01:14:59,834
"By direction of the President
of the United States...
909
01:15:00,008 --> 01:15:03,875
"...and the Governor of the State
of California, and the Mayor...
910
01:15:04,345 --> 01:15:06,421
"...the city of Los Angeles is...
911
01:15:06,764 --> 01:15:11,011
"...in the interests of public safety,
hereby under martial law.
912
01:15:15,398 --> 01:15:17,355
"Curfew is at 1800 hours.
913
01:15:18,234 --> 01:15:22,777
"Any persons on the street or outside
their quarters after 6:00 p.m...
914
01:15:23,406 --> 01:15:25,862
"...will be subject to arrest
by military police."
915
01:15:26,075 --> 01:15:28,993
Now as for the reasons
for this most drastic decision:
916
01:15:30,163 --> 01:15:34,291
A couple of months ago in the New Mexico
desert, giant ants were discovered.
917
01:15:34,417 --> 01:15:39,756
They're similar in appearance
to the ones you're familiar with.
918
01:15:40,340 --> 01:15:45,215
Except they are mutations,
ranging in size from 9 to 12 feet in length.
919
01:15:45,845 --> 01:15:49,380
The New Mexico colony was destroyed,
but two queen ants escaped.
920
01:15:49,641 --> 01:15:53,685
One has been found and destroyed.
The other has not yet been found.
921
01:15:54,437 --> 01:16:00,558
It has established a nest in the storm
drains beneath the streets of Los Angeles.
922
01:16:00,693 --> 01:16:03,979
It's not known how long this nest
has been established...
923
01:16:04,239 --> 01:16:07,193
...or how many of these
lethal monsters have hatched.
924
01:16:07,534 --> 01:16:10,369
Maybe a few, maybe thousands.
925
01:16:11,287 --> 01:16:14,074
If new queen ants have hatched
and escaped this nest...
926
01:16:14,624 --> 01:16:18,075
...other American cities may be in danger.
927
01:16:18,628 --> 01:16:20,870
These creatures are extremely dangerous.
928
01:16:21,756 --> 01:16:23,963
They've already killed
a number of persons.
929
01:16:24,050 --> 01:16:27,501
Stay in your homes.
I repeat, stay in your homes!
930
01:16:28,096 --> 01:16:31,050
Your personal safety,
the safety of the entire city...
931
01:16:31,724 --> 01:16:35,140
...depends upon your full cooperation
with the military authorities.
932
01:16:58,084 --> 01:17:00,207
You got a pass to be down here, lady?
933
01:17:00,295 --> 01:17:03,877
-No, but I'm with Mrs. Lodge.
-This is a restricted area. Let's go.
934
01:17:03,965 --> 01:17:05,080
Hold it, Sergeant!
935
01:17:05,425 --> 01:17:07,334
-This is the mother--
-They have no pass--
936
01:17:07,427 --> 01:17:09,633
Go talk to the general.
937
01:17:11,598 --> 01:17:13,140
Good evening, Mrs. Lodge.
938
01:17:14,809 --> 01:17:16,683
-Is there any word yet?
-No, not yet.
939
01:17:16,769 --> 01:17:19,391
We've got an awful lot of people
to help find them.
940
01:17:19,522 --> 01:17:23,022
-This may take awhile. Why not go home?
-Oh, no.
941
01:17:23,485 --> 01:17:27,613
-I want to be here when--
-Sure. Take it easy and try not to worry.
942
01:17:33,870 --> 01:17:36,195
Dr. Medford, since time is of the essence...
943
01:17:36,289 --> 01:17:39,290
...I recommend we pour gasoline
into those drains and light it.
944
01:17:39,375 --> 01:17:42,495
It'll burn out anything in there
and we can still control the fire...
945
01:17:42,587 --> 01:17:45,125
...so there'll be no property damage
on the street.
946
01:17:45,215 --> 01:17:47,919
Any ants that get through,
the troops can take care of.
947
01:17:48,009 --> 01:17:52,137
We can't do that until we know
whether those two kids are in there.
948
01:17:52,222 --> 01:17:54,510
Think there's a chance they're still alive?
949
01:17:54,724 --> 01:17:58,058
Are we supposed to jeopardize
the lives of everyone for children...
950
01:17:58,144 --> 01:18:00,053
...who in all probability are already dead?
951
01:18:00,146 --> 01:18:03,480
-Ask their mother that question.
-She's right over there.
952
01:18:09,864 --> 01:18:11,240
I see what you mean.
953
01:18:11,324 --> 01:18:14,408
We not only have her to think of,
but as I told you before...
954
01:18:14,494 --> 01:18:18,029
...we can't risk fire until we know
if any new queens have hatched...
955
01:18:18,122 --> 01:18:21,159
...and flown out of this nest.
Where's Gen. O'Brien?
956
01:18:21,334 --> 01:18:23,790
-He's over there by the command car.
-Thank you.
957
01:18:25,046 --> 01:18:27,288
-Can we start now, General?
-I think so.
958
01:18:27,507 --> 01:18:30,710
-How about it, Major?
-Waiting for more coverage to the north.
959
01:18:30,844 --> 01:18:33,132
Contact the northern units, soldier.
960
01:18:33,471 --> 01:18:36,805
-Northern units come in.
-How about the south?
961
01:18:36,933 --> 01:18:38,676
All drains as far as Long Beach...
962
01:18:38,768 --> 01:18:40,761
...are covered by bazookas
or flamethrowers.
963
01:18:40,854 --> 01:18:43,641
-Openings of these drains?
-Police and Marines are covering.
964
01:18:43,731 --> 01:18:45,274
How about it, soldier?
965
01:18:45,567 --> 01:18:47,643
Can't contact northern units, sir.
966
01:18:48,111 --> 01:18:49,938
Let's go ahead anyway.
967
01:18:50,196 --> 01:18:53,565
Gen. O'Brien to all search units:
Proceed into storm drains!
968
01:18:55,785 --> 01:18:57,694
-Yes, sir?
-Get them moving.
969
01:18:57,787 --> 01:18:59,661
Come on, boys, let's get rolling!
970
01:19:00,165 --> 01:19:01,742
Roll them out of here!
971
01:19:11,176 --> 01:19:12,919
Watch yourself, Bob.
972
01:20:49,566 --> 01:20:51,143
Graham in drain 203.
973
01:20:51,442 --> 01:20:55,772
Graham in drain 203. In six-tenths
of a mile, nothing to report. Over.
974
01:20:56,489 --> 01:20:57,983
Medford in drain 207.
975
01:20:58,074 --> 01:21:02,119
Medford in drain 207.
In half of a mile. Nothing to report, over.
976
01:21:02,412 --> 01:21:03,871
Peterson in drain 223.
977
01:21:03,955 --> 01:21:08,202
Peterson in 223, we're in six-tenths
of a mile. Nothing to report, over.
978
01:21:08,501 --> 01:21:10,079
This is Kibbee in drain 192.
979
01:21:10,211 --> 01:21:14,920
Repeat, Kibbee in 192, in eight-tenths.
Nothing to report, over.
980
01:21:20,013 --> 01:21:21,673
Wait a minute, hold it.
981
01:21:22,390 --> 01:21:23,719
Kill the motor.
982
01:21:29,522 --> 01:21:31,182
-Did you hear that?
-Yeah.
983
01:21:33,568 --> 01:21:35,940
This is Peterson! Stop all motors!
984
01:21:36,613 --> 01:21:39,567
This is Peterson! Stop all motors!
985
01:21:58,802 --> 01:22:00,675
This is Peterson in drain 223.
986
01:22:00,762 --> 01:22:04,629
Peterson in drain 223. We're in
just over a mile. I think I hear something.
987
01:22:09,813 --> 01:22:11,770
There it is again. Stand by.
988
01:22:21,115 --> 01:22:22,942
Where does this thing go?
989
01:22:27,288 --> 01:22:30,953
That pipe runs into a main line drain
that isn't finished yet.
990
01:22:31,042 --> 01:22:32,833
Still in the construction stage.
991
01:22:38,133 --> 01:22:39,675
Give me a hand.
992
01:22:45,140 --> 01:22:46,682
Tell them where I'm going.
993
01:22:48,893 --> 01:22:52,642
Peterson is going through
the connecting feeder to drain 267.
994
01:22:52,939 --> 01:22:57,400
We've heard what may be the kids.
Repeat, we've heard what may be the kids.
995
01:22:57,735 --> 01:22:58,767
Stand by.
996
01:23:01,156 --> 01:23:03,528
-There's construction down there?
-Yeah.
997
01:23:03,616 --> 01:23:07,531
-Tell O'Brien to turn the work lights on.
-Right.
998
01:23:09,205 --> 01:23:12,325
My map shows a portion of drain 267
is unfinished...
999
01:23:12,417 --> 01:23:15,418
...with construction postponed
for the last 60 days.
1000
01:23:15,587 --> 01:23:20,545
If they've left work lights installed,
turn them on. Stand by.
1001
01:23:50,872 --> 01:23:54,288
Mike? Jerry? Are you there?
1002
01:23:54,375 --> 01:23:57,460
-Yes, we're here!
-Schmitty, they're alive!
1003
01:23:57,545 --> 01:23:58,494
They're alive.
1004
01:23:58,713 --> 01:24:00,919
Tell Mrs. Lodge her boys are alive.
1005
01:24:14,062 --> 01:24:18,890
Mike, Jerry, stay where you are!
We'll get you out, but don't move!
1006
01:24:19,442 --> 01:24:21,186
There's two ants in here.
1007
01:24:21,319 --> 01:24:25,103
I got a strong brood odor,
like in the New Mexico nest!
1008
01:24:25,573 --> 01:24:29,785
Report that to O'Brien.
Tell him I must be near the nest.
1009
01:24:29,869 --> 01:24:33,404
I can't use the flamethrower.
The kids are right in the line of fire.
1010
01:24:33,498 --> 01:24:35,455
Tell O'Brien to send in troops.
1011
01:24:43,883 --> 01:24:47,335
Peterson says it has the same smell
as the nest in New Mexico.
1012
01:24:47,428 --> 01:24:50,880
"Brood odor," he calls it.
He asks for troops to be sent in.
1013
01:24:51,057 --> 01:24:52,717
He's found the nest!
1014
01:24:52,934 --> 01:24:57,263
To all units, condition red.
Drain 267 is the target area!
1015
01:24:57,355 --> 01:25:00,439
Repeat, condition red.
Drain 267 is the target area!
1016
01:25:36,186 --> 01:25:39,140
Repeat, condition red.
Drain 267 is the target area.
1017
01:25:39,230 --> 01:25:42,765
O'Connors, bring up my jeep.
I hope we've found this nest in time.
1018
01:26:13,723 --> 01:26:15,514
Mike, Jerry, get in the corner!
1019
01:26:27,362 --> 01:26:29,734
Come on Jerry, Mike, let's get out of here!
1020
01:26:31,658 --> 01:26:33,068
Come on, Mike.
1021
01:26:34,285 --> 01:26:38,117
We're going through this pipe.
There's a man at the other end.
1022
01:26:38,206 --> 01:26:41,456
Keep crawling until you get down there.
Understand?
1023
01:26:41,835 --> 01:26:44,123
Grab hold. Go on.
1024
01:26:44,838 --> 01:26:46,961
Keep crawling, to the other end.
1025
01:27:18,037 --> 01:27:19,745
Put your light over there!
1026
01:27:29,507 --> 01:27:30,788
Keep at them!
1027
01:27:38,016 --> 01:27:39,047
Ben.
1028
01:27:41,686 --> 01:27:44,355
-How about the kids, Ben?
-They're okay.
1029
01:27:45,690 --> 01:27:46,721
The pipe....
1030
01:27:50,153 --> 01:27:51,433
Medics!
1031
01:28:31,027 --> 01:28:33,732
-Stop the firing!
-Cease fire!
1032
01:28:33,822 --> 01:28:36,609
No more explosives,
we can't risk closing off the nest.
1033
01:28:36,699 --> 01:28:38,491
Is there any type of gas we can use?
1034
01:28:38,618 --> 01:28:41,026
We can't take a chance,
might poison the whole city.
1035
01:28:41,120 --> 01:28:45,498
We must locate the egg chamber,
find out if any new queens have hatched.
1036
01:29:05,562 --> 01:29:07,020
Medics!
1037
01:29:30,879 --> 01:29:32,503
Start digging, you guys.
1038
01:29:40,346 --> 01:29:42,304
Hurry up, dig.
1039
01:30:59,425 --> 01:31:02,047
Hold it. Don't burn anything
until we get the okay.
1040
01:31:02,137 --> 01:31:04,378
-General, where's Dr. Medford?
-He's coming.
1041
01:31:14,065 --> 01:31:15,440
Is this it, Doctor?
1042
01:31:16,442 --> 01:31:18,684
New princess ants. New queens.
1043
01:31:20,280 --> 01:31:24,527
This is the egg chamber.
The same as we found in New Mexico.
1044
01:31:26,327 --> 01:31:27,738
Are we too late?
1045
01:31:28,246 --> 01:31:29,989
Fortunately, we're in time.
1046
01:31:30,165 --> 01:31:33,000
I'm certain no new queens have escaped
from this nest.
1047
01:31:33,251 --> 01:31:35,742
The job will be done
when these are destroyed.
1048
01:31:36,171 --> 01:31:37,499
Okay, burn them out.
1049
01:31:44,929 --> 01:31:49,342
Pat, if these monsters are a result
of the first atomic bomb in 1945...
1050
01:31:49,767 --> 01:31:52,519
...what about all the others
that have been exploded since then?
1051
01:31:52,604 --> 01:31:53,635
I don't know.
1052
01:31:54,022 --> 01:31:55,564
Nobody knows, Robert.
1053
01:31:56,649 --> 01:32:01,027
When man entered the atomic age,
he opened a door into a new world.
1054
01:32:02,113 --> 01:32:06,360
What we'll eventually find
in that new world, nobody can predict.
1055
01:32:19,714 --> 01:32:22,834
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