1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:08,882 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:58,682 (Dramatic instrumental music) 5 00:00:58,683 --> 00:01:00,267 (Dramatic instrumental music) 6 00:01:34,677 --> 00:01:36,845 301A to car 5W, code one. 7 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:39,014 5W to 301A, go ahead, Johnny. 8 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:40,599 JOHNNY: We're chasing wind, Ben. 9 00:01:40,683 --> 00:01:44,937 Maybe the guy who sent in that report drank his breakfast. Let's call it. 10 00:01:45,647 --> 00:01:47,106 Wait a minute. 11 00:02:09,170 --> 00:02:11,839 JOHNNY: It's a kid, all right. Maybe 50 yards off the road. 12 00:02:12,423 --> 00:02:14,758 I'll keep circling her until you pick her up. 13 00:02:14,884 --> 00:02:16,718 - 10-10. - 10-10. 14 00:02:31,109 --> 00:02:35,362 (Dramatic instrumental music) 15 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:43,954 BEN: Hey! 16 00:02:44,914 --> 00:02:46,373 Hey, honey! 17 00:02:47,959 --> 00:02:50,127 BEN: Hey, little girl. Little girl! 18 00:02:57,844 --> 00:03:00,596 Wait a minute. What are you doing out here? 19 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:04,224 Honey... 20 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:08,437 ...what's your name? 21 00:03:12,150 --> 00:03:13,859 Who do you belong to? 22 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:32,419 JOHNNY: Car 5W, code one. 23 00:03:35,965 --> 00:03:38,300 Car 5W to 301A, go ahead. 24 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:41,386 (Radio crackle and interference) 25 00:03:41,471 --> 00:03:42,846 10-9, Johnny. 26 00:03:43,306 --> 00:03:46,725 JOHNNY: There's a trailer three miles from you, off the road. 27 00:03:46,809 --> 00:03:50,270 I didn't see anybody around it, you better check it out. 10-10. 28 00:03:50,438 --> 00:03:52,189 Okay, Johnny. 10-10. 29 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:57,319 - What's the matter with her? - I don't know. 30 00:03:57,403 --> 00:03:58,487 ED: Sunstroke? 31 00:03:58,613 --> 00:04:01,740 BEN: She's not sunburned. Couldn't have been in the sun long. 32 00:04:01,824 --> 00:04:03,325 Looks like she's in shock. 33 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:10,874 Johnny spotted a car and trailer up ahead. Maybe she's from there. 34 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:11,750 BEN: Maybe so. 35 00:04:26,849 --> 00:04:31,311 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 36 00:04:46,327 --> 00:04:50,080 ED: No use waking her up unless somebody can identify her. I'll check it. 37 00:05:15,023 --> 00:05:17,232 - BEN: What is it? - ED: Have a look. 38 00:05:50,641 --> 00:05:52,726 This blood must be 10 or 12 hours old. 39 00:05:53,936 --> 00:05:57,230 Whatever happened here was either last night or early this morning. 40 00:05:58,941 --> 00:06:00,275 Check outside. 41 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,794 (Dramatic instrumental music) 42 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:46,905 ED: It was sure no traffic accident, was it? 43 00:06:47,782 --> 00:06:50,283 This wasn't caved in. It was caved out. 44 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:52,452 Did you find anything? 45 00:06:52,870 --> 00:06:54,663 No footprints or tire marks. 46 00:06:55,289 --> 00:06:56,498 Found this. 47 00:06:56,833 --> 00:07:00,127 I picked up just one. Six or seven more are scattered over there. 48 00:07:00,211 --> 00:07:01,962 - Sugar. - Yeah. 49 00:07:05,633 --> 00:07:08,009 There's something over here you should look at. 50 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:11,096 I don't know if it's important, but see what you think. 51 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:17,644 Mountain lions never come down to the desert. 52 00:07:18,187 --> 00:07:20,689 BEN: No cat ever lived would leave a print like that. 53 00:07:21,023 --> 00:07:22,899 ED: Maybe something was set down there. 54 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:25,402 A bag, or a can, something like that. 55 00:07:25,736 --> 00:07:27,320 It could be almost anything. 56 00:07:29,574 --> 00:07:31,283 I found these inside. 57 00:07:31,742 --> 00:07:35,662 Put in a call for fingerprint and moulage equipment, right away. 58 00:07:35,746 --> 00:07:36,788 ED: Right. 59 00:07:40,084 --> 00:07:43,044 - BEN: Have the medics pick up the kid. - ED: Right. 60 00:07:47,758 --> 00:07:50,635 Car 5W to KMA-628. Come in, please. 61 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,555 RADIO OPERATOR: KMA-628 to car 5W, go ahead. 62 00:07:54,098 --> 00:07:56,057 We're 12 miles north of the crossroads. 63 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,268 Halfway up the secondary road to White Butte. 64 00:07:58,352 --> 00:08:01,271 Station wagon and house trailer with Illinois license plates. 65 00:08:01,355 --> 00:08:04,357 They look pretty well beat up. Looks like a 9-14. 66 00:08:04,734 --> 00:08:07,235 Picked up a little girl who seems to be in shock. 67 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,405 Send ambulance and medics. We'll stay here till you arrive. 68 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:11,907 Anything else? 69 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:13,033 ED: Ben? 70 00:08:14,785 --> 00:08:15,952 10-10. 71 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:19,539 RADIO OPERATOR: KMA-628 to 5W, location previously reported by 301-A... 72 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:20,749 RADIO OPERATOR: KMA-628 to 5W, location previously reported by 301-A... 73 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:22,083 ...will dispatch ambulance. 74 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,591 BEN: Hi, Reggie, how are the kids? 75 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:32,511 - REGGIE: Fine. Another one on the way. - BEN: Good for you. 76 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:45,690 - MEDIC: Know what happened to her? - BEN: No. 77 00:08:45,775 --> 00:08:47,567 - MEDIC: Don't know her name? - BEN: No. 78 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:49,528 BEN: Take good care of her. 79 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:54,074 Give her a nice, easy ride. I'll be with her all the way to the hospital. 80 00:08:54,158 --> 00:08:57,786 (High-pitched stridulation) 81 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:20,934 (Stridulation fades) 82 00:09:21,018 --> 00:09:22,477 MEDIC: What was that? 83 00:09:23,145 --> 00:09:24,479 I don't know. 84 00:09:25,439 --> 00:09:29,192 It must be the wind. It gets pretty freakish in these parts. 85 00:09:30,361 --> 00:09:31,403 Yeah. 86 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:35,073 BEN: I'll come soon. I want to be there when she starts talking. 87 00:09:39,328 --> 00:09:43,582 (Wind whistles) 88 00:09:46,961 --> 00:09:48,545 BEN: You know what that is, Cliff? 89 00:09:48,629 --> 00:09:50,213 I haven't the faintest idea. 90 00:09:50,298 --> 00:09:54,259 BEN: Hurry before the wind fills it in. Looks like a sandstorm is kicking up. 91 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:57,387 - You got any idea what happened? - No. 92 00:09:57,847 --> 00:09:59,723 Nothing that adds up. 93 00:10:05,855 --> 00:10:07,772 How old you figure that kid is? 94 00:10:07,898 --> 00:10:09,482 Five or six. 95 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,068 Tough break for her. 96 00:10:12,862 --> 00:10:14,446 They don't need us right now. 97 00:10:14,530 --> 00:10:17,616 Let's go down to Gramps Johnson's store and see what he knows. 98 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:22,621 (Wind howls) 99 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:03,119 BEN: Gramps? 100 00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:06,498 Gramps! 101 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:11,670 (Faint radio broadcast) 102 00:11:21,764 --> 00:11:26,017 (Radio becomes louder) 103 00:11:47,123 --> 00:11:48,540 Beats me. 104 00:11:49,625 --> 00:11:51,626 Look, Ed, put in a call.... 105 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:54,713 Wait a minute. 106 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,621 BEN: Gramps. 107 00:12:29,331 --> 00:12:31,833 Looks like he was dragged and thrown down there. 108 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:40,550 (Tense instrumental music) 109 00:12:51,937 --> 00:12:55,231 - BEN: What do you make of it? - ED: What did you make of the trailer? 110 00:12:55,483 --> 00:12:59,652 This wasn't pushed in, it was pulled out. Just like at the trailer. 111 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:02,405 ED: Ben, have a look at this. 112 00:13:03,407 --> 00:13:04,449 Sugar. 113 00:13:27,306 --> 00:13:29,390 Money wasn't taken here either. 114 00:13:29,892 --> 00:13:33,394 This is another 9-14. I'll call for the guys at the trailer to come. 115 00:13:33,395 --> 00:13:34,479 This is another 9-14. I'll call for the guys at the trailer to come. 116 00:13:34,730 --> 00:13:37,273 I want to be at headquarters when the girl talks. 117 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:39,275 ED: I'll stick around and ride with them. 118 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:41,694 - Okay. Stay loose. - Sure. 119 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:54,165 (Switches off radio) 120 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:57,752 (High-pitched stridulation) 121 00:13:57,753 --> 00:13:59,337 (High-pitched stridulation) 122 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:43,172 (High-pitched stridulation becomes louder) 123 00:14:43,173 --> 00:14:44,549 (High-pitched stridulation becomes louder) 124 00:14:49,847 --> 00:14:52,432 (Gunshots) 125 00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:56,311 (Ed screaming) 126 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:59,606 (High-pitched stridulation continues) 127 00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:06,195 CAPTAIN: With all this, we only know the car and trailer was owned by... 128 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,656 ...a man named Alan Elinson from Chicago. 129 00:15:08,782 --> 00:15:10,283 Yeah, that's all. 130 00:15:10,534 --> 00:15:14,871 Stop blaming yourself for what happened to Ed Blackburn. It wasn't your fault. 131 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:18,166 Somebody had to stay at Johnson's place, so it happened to be Ed. 132 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:19,292 Yeah, I know. 133 00:15:19,376 --> 00:15:22,879 We'll find out who killed him, if he's dead, along with Gramps and the Elinson family. 134 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,088 We'll find out who killed him, if he's dead, along with Gramps and the Elinson family. 135 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:25,340 So come off it. 136 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:30,261 We'll get a report on the fingerprints some time this morning. It'll tell us more. 137 00:15:31,555 --> 00:15:34,265 - Have you figured out what this print is? - No. 138 00:15:34,683 --> 00:15:35,892 Great. 139 00:15:36,852 --> 00:15:40,396 CAPTAIN: Kit, run down all Gramps' personal stuff and records. 140 00:15:41,106 --> 00:15:44,609 I don't think he had an enemy in the world, but somebody might have.... 141 00:15:44,693 --> 00:15:46,778 No, wait, that doesn't make sense. 142 00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:51,532 If somebody wanted to knock off Gramps why tear down half the building to do it? 143 00:15:53,243 --> 00:15:56,079 I put in a call to check out all the mental institutions. 144 00:15:56,163 --> 00:15:58,706 Everything seems to indicate a homicidal maniac. 145 00:15:59,333 --> 00:16:02,835 There's no money stolen, violent wreckage. Just sugar taken. 146 00:16:02,836 --> 00:16:03,878 There's no money stolen, violent wreckage. Just sugar taken. 147 00:16:04,254 --> 00:16:06,965 That's being checked, but it's a waste of time, too. 148 00:16:07,174 --> 00:16:10,426 We'd have been notified if there was a loony killer on the loose. 149 00:16:10,928 --> 00:16:14,430 Gramps got off four shots from his 30-30 before the killer did this to the gun. 150 00:16:14,431 --> 00:16:15,640 Gramps got off four shots from his 30-30 before the killer did this to the gun. 151 00:16:16,266 --> 00:16:20,144 And Blackburn was a crack shot. He could hit anything he could see. 152 00:16:20,688 --> 00:16:23,272 Unless your maniac was armored like a battleship... 153 00:16:23,357 --> 00:16:25,066 ...there's no maniac in this case. 154 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:26,401 Yeah, you're right. 155 00:16:27,152 --> 00:16:29,487 I want every available man scouting the desert. 156 00:16:29,571 --> 00:16:33,241 If our two planes aren't enough to cover areas the cars can't reach... 157 00:16:33,325 --> 00:16:36,703 ...I'll ask permission from the chief to hire a couple more. 158 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:42,125 Ben, get yourself something to eat and grab some sleep. 159 00:16:42,209 --> 00:16:46,045 I don't want you wearing yourself out so you'll fold up on us. 160 00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:47,922 - BEN: I've a little score to settle. - CAPTAIN: We all have. 161 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:51,426 - Report from Washington, Captain. - All right, thanks. 162 00:16:53,053 --> 00:16:55,763 Fingerprints on the trailer check out real good. 163 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:59,350 Mr. Elinson was an FBI agent on vacation with his wife and two children. 164 00:16:59,351 --> 00:17:00,435 Mr. Elinson was an FBI agent on vacation with his wife and two children. 165 00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:04,689 Call the local FBI office. They've got a stake in this case, now. 166 00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:08,317 Tell them Mr. Elinson's vacation has been extended indefinitely. 167 00:17:09,570 --> 00:17:11,946 GRAHAM: It's nice to get off that desert. 168 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:14,949 - It must have been 110 out there today. - At least. 169 00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:18,703 Captain Edwards... 170 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:21,831 ...this is Robert Graham from the FBI office in Alamogordo. 171 00:17:21,915 --> 00:17:24,250 - GRAHAM: How do you do? - CAPTAIN: Sit down. 172 00:17:24,918 --> 00:17:27,211 Ben here bring you up to date on this business? 173 00:17:27,296 --> 00:17:30,965 Yes, sir, we went over these exhibits before we left for the desert. 174 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:34,218 I took him to where we found the trailer and to Johnson's store. 175 00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:35,887 We've been there all day. Nothing. 176 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,889 CAPTAIN: Any ideas, Mr. Graham? 177 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:39,807 None that make any sense. 178 00:17:39,975 --> 00:17:43,686 I thought you FBI guys were all Quiz Kids, solved everything right away. 179 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:46,064 I did, too, when I applied for the job. 180 00:17:46,148 --> 00:17:48,316 The planes and cars haven't found anything. 181 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,403 Give them time. People don't just drop off the face of the Earth without a trace. 182 00:17:52,488 --> 00:17:53,696 We'll find them. 183 00:17:55,115 --> 00:17:56,783 You know what that is? 184 00:17:57,367 --> 00:18:00,036 It beats me. Has it been identified yet? 185 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:03,623 No, an officer took it to a friend who teaches zoology at the college. 186 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:04,916 No, an officer took it to a friend who teaches zoology at the college. 187 00:18:05,209 --> 00:18:07,418 He said he'd never seen anything like it. 188 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:10,671 Lots of evidence, loaded with clues, but nothing adds up. 189 00:18:10,839 --> 00:18:13,800 The Elinson girl is our only real bet. Any news on her? 190 00:18:13,884 --> 00:18:16,677 No change. I checked with the hospital a half-hour ago. 191 00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:20,431 I'd like to send this to our Washington bureau. 192 00:18:20,516 --> 00:18:22,517 They might be able to identify it. 193 00:18:22,643 --> 00:18:24,227 Or prove that it's nothing. 194 00:18:24,311 --> 00:18:25,478 All right with me. 195 00:18:25,562 --> 00:18:26,687 (Knocking) 196 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:27,855 CAPTAIN: Come in. 197 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,858 - Hello, Fred. Glad to see you, Ben. - Hi, Doc, how are you? 198 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:32,401 You two know each other? 199 00:18:32,861 --> 00:18:34,153 I don't believe so. 200 00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:37,490 Dr. Putnam, County Medical Officer. Robert Graham. 201 00:18:37,574 --> 00:18:40,618 - He's with the FBI. Watch your language. - I will. 202 00:18:41,703 --> 00:18:45,248 DOC: I finished the autopsy on Gramps. You want it technical or plain? 203 00:18:45,332 --> 00:18:47,333 Just plain, Doc. Get to the verb. 204 00:18:47,876 --> 00:18:51,003 Old man Johnson could have died in any one of five ways: 205 00:18:51,713 --> 00:18:55,216 His neck and back were broken, his chest crushed, his skull fractured... 206 00:18:55,217 --> 00:18:56,300 His neck and back were broken, his chest crushed, his skull fractured... 207 00:18:56,718 --> 00:18:58,719 ...and here's one for Sherlock Holmes: 208 00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:01,097 There was enough formic acid in him to kill 20 men. 209 00:19:01,765 --> 00:19:03,391 (Dramatic instrumental climax) 210 00:19:15,445 --> 00:19:17,738 I still don't get this. 211 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:21,868 Doctors Medford, two of them. Department of Agriculture. 212 00:19:22,619 --> 00:19:25,663 You sent that cast to your outfit in Washington, didn't you? 213 00:19:25,747 --> 00:19:26,622 Yeah. 214 00:19:26,707 --> 00:19:29,208 Does this mean that somebody has identified it? 215 00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:30,501 I don't know. 216 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:32,712 - BEN: Great. - AIRMAN: Pardon me, sir. 217 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,464 The plane has landed. It'll load over there. 218 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:36,674 Thanks. 219 00:19:42,806 --> 00:19:44,265 - GRAHAM: Got a match? - BEN: Yeah. 220 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:47,977 (Roaring of plane engine) 221 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:18,591 Okay, thank you. 222 00:20:21,678 --> 00:20:22,887 GRAHAM: Dr. Medford? 223 00:20:22,971 --> 00:20:24,639 Are you Dr. Medford? 224 00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:26,599 Yes, yes. No need to shout. 225 00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:30,269 You're the people. They said you'd meet us. 226 00:20:30,395 --> 00:20:31,437 BEN: That's right. 227 00:20:32,022 --> 00:20:33,272 I'm Bob Graham. 228 00:20:33,357 --> 00:20:35,942 - How do you do? - This is Sgt. Ben Peterson. 229 00:20:36,818 --> 00:20:39,820 - You're the one who found the print? - Yeah, that's right. 230 00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:42,907 Pat, hurry up. 231 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:44,575 PAT: I'm caught. 232 00:20:46,328 --> 00:20:48,871 - OFFICER: Can I help? - PAT: No, I can manage it. 233 00:20:58,382 --> 00:21:01,133 This is the other Dr. Medford, my daughter, Patricia. 234 00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:03,803 This is the man who found the print. Sergeant.... 235 00:21:03,887 --> 00:21:05,846 - Ben Peterson. - How do you do? 236 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,890 Then you must be Mr. Robert Graham. 237 00:21:07,975 --> 00:21:09,684 - Yes, how do you do? - Hello. 238 00:21:09,768 --> 00:21:11,936 We've got a car to take you to the hotel. 239 00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:13,813 That can wait. We have work to do. 240 00:21:13,897 --> 00:21:16,732 I want to read all your reports right away. Come on, Pat. 241 00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:18,025 PAT: Excuse me, sir. 242 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:21,737 I should have had this suit pressed. 243 00:21:21,822 --> 00:21:23,614 She's quite a doctor. 244 00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:27,368 If she takes care of sick people, I think I'll get a fever real quick. 245 00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:31,247 GRAHAM: This is where the car and trailer were found. 246 00:21:31,331 --> 00:21:34,041 Twelve miles down this road is the Johnson store. 247 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,459 Thank you. 248 00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:42,591 Why did the FBI send that print to the Department of Agriculture? 249 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:45,136 They weren't able to identify it. 250 00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:49,682 - PAT: You only found one print? - BEN: That's right, miss. 251 00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:51,183 Have you identified it? 252 00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:55,104 The Medical Officer's report on Johnson suggests we were certainly wrong... 253 00:21:55,188 --> 00:21:58,691 ...to even consider this might be a hoax. Read that, Doctor. 254 00:22:00,235 --> 00:22:01,235 Tell me... 255 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,822 ...in what area was the atomic bomb exploded, the first one, back in 1945? 256 00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:06,490 ...in what area was the atomic bomb exploded, the first one, back in 1945? 257 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:09,827 Right here in this same general area. White Sands. 258 00:22:14,207 --> 00:22:17,251 1945. That's nine years ago. 259 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:21,005 Genetically, it's certainly possible. 260 00:22:21,798 --> 00:22:25,301 We're grown up. There's no need to play footsie with us. We resent it. 261 00:22:25,302 --> 00:22:26,385 We're grown up. There's no need to play footsie with us. We resent it. 262 00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:29,638 If you know what this thing is, Doctor, I suggest you tell us. 263 00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:31,432 We're assigned to this case, too. 264 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:35,561 Mr. Graham, we cannot tell you until we're certain of our theory. 265 00:22:36,063 --> 00:22:40,316 I'd like to first stop off at the drug store and then see the Elinson girl. 266 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,985 She's still in shock, Doctor. She hasn't talked yet. 267 00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:47,239 After the girl, I want to examine the territory where you found the print. 268 00:22:54,998 --> 00:22:56,248 You were saying? 269 00:22:56,416 --> 00:22:59,377 As I explained to Mrs. Johnson, the little girl's aunt... 270 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:03,130 ...we hesitate in using a curare to diminish the spasms. She's too young. 271 00:23:03,131 --> 00:23:04,799 ...we hesitate in using a curare to diminish the spasms. She's too young. 272 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:08,386 Narcosynthesis would be useless until we overcome the aphonia. 273 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:09,553 Narcosynthesis would be useless until we overcome the aphonia. 274 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:12,765 - What's aphonia? - Loss of voice. 275 00:23:13,475 --> 00:23:16,310 PSYCHIATRIST: She's a classic case of hysteria conversion. 276 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:19,105 Only a severe catharsis could jolt her at all. 277 00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:21,232 DR. MEDFORD: May I have a small glass? 278 00:23:21,608 --> 00:23:25,027 - PSYCHIATRIST: Yes, certainly. - DR. MEDFORD: Pat, that acid we got.... 279 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,153 Acid? 280 00:23:26,571 --> 00:23:29,115 DR. MEDFORD: Formic, Doctor. Thank you. 281 00:23:31,326 --> 00:23:33,702 It may provide the jolt you need. 282 00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:55,599 Them! 283 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:57,143 Them! 284 00:23:57,644 --> 00:23:58,686 Them! 285 00:23:59,187 --> 00:24:02,398 (Dramatic instrumental music) 286 00:24:07,821 --> 00:24:09,697 May we visit the desert now? 287 00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:11,490 It's getting late. 288 00:24:12,033 --> 00:24:13,701 It's later than you think. 289 00:24:22,752 --> 00:24:27,214 (Dramatic instrumental music) 290 00:24:38,685 --> 00:24:39,727 Thank you. 291 00:24:42,939 --> 00:24:44,190 Quite a breeze. 292 00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:47,860 - The goggles, Doctor. - What about them? 293 00:24:47,944 --> 00:24:50,279 You're supposed to wear them over your eyes. 294 00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:52,031 Oh, thank you. 295 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,534 Yes, that is better. 296 00:24:57,412 --> 00:25:01,290 - So this is where the car and trailer were? - Yes, sir. Excuse me. 297 00:25:01,374 --> 00:25:04,418 - Yes, thank you. - The print was found right over there. 298 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:08,923 BEN: We found it here, by the fire. 299 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:11,884 You see, there's nothing there now. 300 00:25:15,555 --> 00:25:17,890 Has there been any report of a strange mound? 301 00:25:18,058 --> 00:25:21,143 A cone-shaped structure? Something recently formed? 302 00:25:21,937 --> 00:25:22,978 No, sir. 303 00:25:24,439 --> 00:25:27,483 Sergeant, would you mind if we looked around a little more? 304 00:25:27,776 --> 00:25:29,485 Anything you say, Doctor. 305 00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:32,696 Rather slim pickings for food, Dad. 306 00:25:32,781 --> 00:25:35,533 They'd turn carnivorous for lack of a habitual diet. 307 00:25:35,825 --> 00:25:37,284 I believe you're right. 308 00:25:38,578 --> 00:25:40,287 What would turn carnivorous? 309 00:25:40,580 --> 00:25:42,623 - PAT: My father will tell you. - GRAHAM: When? 310 00:25:42,832 --> 00:25:44,959 - When he's positive. - Now, look, miss.... 311 00:25:45,418 --> 00:25:46,669 Doctor.... 312 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:50,089 If the "Doctor" bothers you, why don't you call me "Pat." 313 00:25:50,257 --> 00:25:51,382 I'd like to. 314 00:25:51,591 --> 00:25:54,343 I've got a job to do, and enough mystery on my hands... 315 00:25:54,427 --> 00:25:56,178 ...without that old.... 316 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:59,473 I mean, your father complicating things. 317 00:25:59,975 --> 00:26:03,811 He is one of the world's greatest myrmecologists. 318 00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:07,648 Myrmecologists! You see, that's what I mean! 319 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:11,443 Why don't we all talk English? Then we'd have some understanding. 320 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:12,611 DR. MEDFORD: Pat! 321 00:26:14,030 --> 00:26:15,447 Come here. 322 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:19,326 It's the same kind of print. Look at it, Doctor. 323 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:21,912 It's gigantic. 324 00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:27,001 Over 12 centimeters. 325 00:26:27,794 --> 00:26:29,420 That would make the entire-- 326 00:26:29,504 --> 00:26:32,423 About two and a half meters in length. Over 8 feet. 327 00:26:32,841 --> 00:26:34,383 See if there are more. 328 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,263 - This is monstrous. - So is the murder of five people, Doctor. 329 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,347 - This is monstrous. - So is the murder of five people, Doctor. 330 00:26:41,224 --> 00:26:45,644 The direction of that print would indicate it came from that way. 331 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:52,026 Perhaps we should visit the store. There may be more there now. 332 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:55,613 Look here, before we do any more visiting, I want to know exactly what this "it" is. 333 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,364 Look here, before we do any more visiting, I want to know exactly what this "it" is. 334 00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,867 Gentlemen, I understand your impatience. 335 00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:03,662 I know you are concerned with solving what is essentially a local crime... 336 00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:06,874 ...but please believe me, I am not being coy with you. 337 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:11,420 If I'm wrong, no harm has been done. But if I'm correct... 338 00:27:11,504 --> 00:27:14,423 ...and the mounting evidence only fortifies my theory... 339 00:27:14,549 --> 00:27:18,135 ...then something incredible has happened in this desert. 340 00:27:18,219 --> 00:27:22,723 In which case, none of us will dare risk revealing it, because... 341 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:25,225 ...none of us can risk a nationwide panic. 342 00:27:25,435 --> 00:27:26,644 A panic? 343 00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:48,707 (High-pitched stridulation) 344 00:28:34,671 --> 00:28:39,133 (Gunshots) 345 00:28:44,222 --> 00:28:46,890 Get the antennae! Get the antennae! 346 00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:58,485 Get the other antenna! 347 00:28:58,611 --> 00:29:01,739 Get the other antenna! He's helpless without them! 348 00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:18,380 (High-pitched stridulation stops) 349 00:29:42,238 --> 00:29:43,697 BEN: What is it? 350 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,909 Species appears to be Camponotus vicinus. 351 00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:50,788 Of the family of Formicidae. An ant. 352 00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:54,500 An ant? I don't believe it. It's not possible! 353 00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:58,086 Then this is what got Ed Blackburn, Gramps Johnson, and the rest? 354 00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:00,756 Yes. A fantastic mutation. 355 00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:05,636 Probably caused by lingering radiation from the first atomic bomb. 356 00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:07,012 Notice its odor? 357 00:30:08,223 --> 00:30:12,351 Formic acid? That's why the girl reacted so violently. 358 00:30:12,435 --> 00:30:15,187 The Coroner said that Gramps was filled with it. 359 00:30:15,522 --> 00:30:17,439 DR. MEDFORD: See that? It's the stinger. 360 00:30:17,857 --> 00:30:21,485 Ants use their mandibles to rend, tear and hold their victims... 361 00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:25,739 ...but they kill with that, by injecting formic acid. 362 00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:28,200 Mr. Johnson was stung to death. 363 00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:31,328 There's no time to lose. We must find the colony, the nest. 364 00:30:31,454 --> 00:30:32,704 There's more of them? 365 00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:35,374 This was probably just a scout, foraging for food. 366 00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:37,626 You heard the sound. The stridulation. 367 00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:39,878 It communicated with others in the colony. 368 00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:42,047 You mean these things send messages? 369 00:30:42,131 --> 00:30:46,635 Of course. All insects have means of communication with their own kind! 370 00:30:46,719 --> 00:30:50,764 (High-pitched stridulation recommences) 371 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:03,861 We may be witnesses to a Biblical prophesy come true. 372 00:31:06,447 --> 00:31:10,284 "And there shall be destruction and darkness come upon creation. 373 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:12,744 "And the Beasts shall reign over the earth." 374 00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:15,831 (High-pitched stridulation continues) 375 00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:37,769 Doctor, this nest we're looking for. How many giant ants will be in it? 376 00:31:38,271 --> 00:31:39,938 General, I really don't know. 377 00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:43,859 If they follow the usual pattern of their species, the nest... 378 00:31:44,110 --> 00:31:47,613 ...depending upon its age, may contain hundreds or thousands. 379 00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:48,989 ...depending upon its age, may contain hundreds or thousands. 380 00:31:49,657 --> 00:31:51,909 - Thousands, Doctor? - It's possible. 381 00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:55,913 Look, if we run into thousands of the thing you killed yesterday... 382 00:31:56,164 --> 00:32:00,167 ...it'll take a bomber squadron plus an infantry regiment to mop up. 383 00:32:00,251 --> 00:32:01,960 How could we keep that a secret? 384 00:32:02,045 --> 00:32:04,338 You're jumping to conclusions, General. 385 00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:07,758 There may not be nearly so many of these creatures as you suppose. 386 00:32:07,842 --> 00:32:11,094 I'm not supposing anything after looking at that carcass. 387 00:32:11,179 --> 00:32:14,306 What I can't understand is why no one has seen them until now. 388 00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:18,185 For one reason, I don't believe these creatures developed until recently. 389 00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:20,687 For another, their being here... 390 00:32:20,813 --> 00:32:24,149 ...in these hundreds of thousands of square miles of desert is.... 391 00:32:29,364 --> 00:32:30,781 No, that isn't it. 392 00:32:31,908 --> 00:32:35,202 - Could I speak to my daughter, please? - Of course. 393 00:32:36,496 --> 00:32:37,537 Thank you. 394 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:43,251 Hello, Pat? 395 00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:47,214 - DR. MEDFORD: Pat? You there? - BEN: That's not the way to call. 396 00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:49,841 BEN: We're Search Able, call Search Baker. 397 00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:51,802 - Right, General? - Right. 398 00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:56,515 Search Able to Search Baker. 399 00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:57,975 Say, "Over." 400 00:32:58,267 --> 00:32:59,518 Then say, "Over." 401 00:32:59,602 --> 00:33:00,769 Over! 402 00:33:00,853 --> 00:33:03,855 Medford and Baker to Medford and Able. Go ahead, Dad. Over. 403 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,816 Have you found anything yet? 404 00:33:06,025 --> 00:33:06,984 Say, "Over." 405 00:33:07,068 --> 00:33:08,986 - I just said it. - I know. Say it again. 406 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:10,070 Over! 407 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:12,197 Baker to Able: Not yet. 408 00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:15,492 We're about three quarters of the way across our sector. 409 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,869 We're now at coordinates: Charlie-6. Over. 410 00:33:17,954 --> 00:33:19,538 DR. MEDFORD: Don't pass up a thing. 411 00:33:19,622 --> 00:33:22,040 Let me know when you find anything. 412 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:23,792 If you're finished say, "Over and out." 413 00:33:23,876 --> 00:33:26,169 - She knows I'm through talking. - I know she does. 414 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:28,422 It's a rule. You've got to say it. Right, General? 415 00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,549 - GENERAL: Right. - DR. MEDFORD: Ridiculous. 416 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:33,760 - Lot of good your rules will do-- - Over and out. 417 00:33:33,928 --> 00:33:35,679 Now you're happy. 418 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:37,723 (Exasperated sigh) 419 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,935 Real calm fellow, isn't he? 420 00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:47,983 Worried about him? 421 00:33:48,109 --> 00:33:51,611 A little. He's not a young man. He shouldn't have made this trip, but... 422 00:33:51,612 --> 00:33:52,988 A little. He's not a young man. He shouldn't have made this trip, but... 423 00:33:53,072 --> 00:33:56,658 ...he's a scientist and this is a scientist's dream come true. 424 00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:59,870 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 425 00:33:59,954 --> 00:34:01,038 PAT: Hold it! 426 00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:24,811 PAT: Fly back over it and get as close as you can. 427 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:33,320 (High-pitched stridulation) 428 00:34:52,298 --> 00:34:54,633 You've just found your missing persons. 429 00:34:58,179 --> 00:34:59,721 Look, Dr. Medford... 430 00:35:00,014 --> 00:35:03,683 ...you're being inconsistent. First, you insist it's top secret. 431 00:35:04,393 --> 00:35:08,480 Nobody else must know or do anything about getting rid of these big ants. 432 00:35:08,564 --> 00:35:11,274 DR. MEDFORD: Correct. Absolute secrecy is imperative. 433 00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:14,861 But then you turn around and say that time is the most important thing. 434 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:18,448 I've been told to take orders from you and give you what you ask for. 435 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:22,536 But if time is that important, why not let me go in tonight with some bombers... 436 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:23,995 ...and wipe out that nest? 437 00:35:25,081 --> 00:35:28,542 If you'll just calm down, General, I'll explain. 438 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,169 DR. MEDFORD: Doctor, please put up that chart. 439 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:35,048 Time is important, more so than you realize. 440 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:38,969 But bombing that nest tonight would only aggravate our problem. 441 00:35:39,345 --> 00:35:42,139 The reason none of them have been seen during the day... 442 00:35:42,265 --> 00:35:44,349 ...even by the police spotting planes... 443 00:35:44,433 --> 00:35:47,018 ...is because they hate the heat of the desert. 444 00:35:47,103 --> 00:35:50,480 They forage between sunset and dawn, when it's cool. 445 00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:53,567 So half the colony wouldn't even be inside the nest tonight. 446 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:57,654 Our best chance will be during the hottest part of the day tomorrow. 447 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:59,030 Our best chance will be during the hottest part of the day tomorrow. 448 00:36:02,201 --> 00:36:04,619 DR. MEDFORD: This illustrates a typical ant nest. 449 00:36:05,788 --> 00:36:07,539 Observe the details. 450 00:36:07,957 --> 00:36:09,374 Here is the entrance. 451 00:36:09,709 --> 00:36:13,795 These are tunnels, corridors, and food chambers. 452 00:36:13,963 --> 00:36:16,506 Note the wonderful and intricate engineering. 453 00:36:17,049 --> 00:36:20,093 Water traps, so that none will drown during rains. 454 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:23,305 This is somewhat oversimplified, I admit... 455 00:36:23,389 --> 00:36:26,516 ...but it will give you an idea of what we are up against. 456 00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:30,854 Do you know that some species of desert ants dig down... 457 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:33,231 ...as deep as 30 feet or more? 458 00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:36,193 That nest we found today might go down hundreds of feet. 459 00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:38,904 We can pinpoint that opening. Seal it up for good. 460 00:36:38,988 --> 00:36:41,531 The creatures would only tunnel out somewhere else. 461 00:36:41,908 --> 00:36:45,035 We don't want that nest damaged. Not yet. 462 00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:46,328 GRAHAM: What do we do? 463 00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:49,331 First, we wait until noon tomorrow. 464 00:36:49,415 --> 00:36:52,584 By that time, all of them should be within the nest. 465 00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:55,879 To keep them confined in there is our next problem. 466 00:36:56,589 --> 00:36:58,173 We have two possibilities: 467 00:36:58,257 --> 00:37:00,675 First would be to flood the nest. 468 00:37:00,843 --> 00:37:05,263 Ants will not come through deep water. They breathe through their sides. 469 00:37:05,348 --> 00:37:09,559 Excuse me, Doctor, there's no water line within 20 miles of that place. 470 00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:12,771 GENERAL: That's why you asked about our meteorological station. 471 00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:15,065 Any chance of getting cloud formations? 472 00:37:15,149 --> 00:37:17,484 Nothing that would make cloud seeding pay off. 473 00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:20,737 Nobody's had any luck in making rain in this part of the desert. 474 00:37:20,821 --> 00:37:22,239 The second possibility? 475 00:37:22,323 --> 00:37:26,117 Enough heat to drive the ants deeper down into the nest, and hold them down. 476 00:37:26,202 --> 00:37:27,911 But no bombing? 477 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,623 What about phosphorus? We can lay it over that mound with bazookas. 478 00:37:32,708 --> 00:37:34,876 That would keep the surface area hot. 479 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:37,379 What happens after that? 480 00:37:37,463 --> 00:37:40,757 We then drop cyanide gas into the opening and kill them. 481 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,551 How can you be sure you'll get all of them? 482 00:37:43,636 --> 00:37:45,345 We go down into the nest and find out. 483 00:37:45,846 --> 00:37:49,891 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 484 00:37:49,976 --> 00:37:54,437 (Dramatic instrumental music) 485 00:38:11,372 --> 00:38:14,165 Don't forget to tap me when you get that wired, General. 486 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:17,043 Don't rush me. I'm doing this by the book. 487 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:23,300 It's the first time I ever loaded one of these babies. 488 00:38:23,509 --> 00:38:27,595 That makes us even. This is the first time I've ever given orders to a general. 489 00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:10,263 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 490 00:39:15,227 --> 00:39:17,979 We should've waited for it to cool more. 491 00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:20,774 We don't dare lose time getting cyanide into that nest. 492 00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:45,965 (High-pitched stridulation) 493 00:39:59,605 --> 00:40:03,024 (Explosions) 494 00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:07,987 DR. MEDFORD: Marvelously made. 495 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,366 Marvelous. Tell me, you only saw the one live ant? 496 00:40:11,617 --> 00:40:14,327 He seemed to be trying to get out, rather than get us. 497 00:40:14,495 --> 00:40:17,956 He stopped moving when the gas hit him. Then he dropped out of sight. 498 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,166 Didn't see or hear a thing from then on. 499 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:22,001 BEN: You think they're all dead? 500 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:23,962 I think so. You used enough gas. 501 00:40:24,046 --> 00:40:27,340 All parts of the nest should have been thoroughly saturated by now. 502 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,260 If I can still raise an arm when we get out of here... 503 00:40:30,344 --> 00:40:32,595 ...I'll show you how well saturated I can get. 504 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:33,888 BEN: I'm with you. 505 00:40:33,973 --> 00:40:35,723 DR. MEDFORD: If I were younger, I.... 506 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:39,811 GRAHAM: What are you made up for? 507 00:40:39,895 --> 00:40:41,813 I'm going with you and Ben. 508 00:40:43,482 --> 00:40:44,524 No, you're not. 509 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:47,068 PAT: Someone with scientific knowledge has to go. 510 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:50,405 My father is physically unable to do it. That leaves me. 511 00:40:50,489 --> 00:40:54,075 That leaves you here. We don't know what we'll find down there. 512 00:40:54,326 --> 00:40:57,454 One thing for sure, it's no place for you or any other woman. 513 00:40:57,538 --> 00:41:01,541 DR. MEDFORD: She wanted to go, Robert. As a scientist, I couldn't forbid her. 514 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:04,085 - PAT: A trained observer has to go. - GRAHAM: What for? 515 00:41:04,170 --> 00:41:06,921 There are more important things than finding dead ants. 516 00:41:07,006 --> 00:41:09,757 - You wouldn't know what to look for! - You tell us what. 517 00:41:09,842 --> 00:41:12,552 There's no time to give you a course in insect pathology! 518 00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:15,013 So let's stop talking and get on with it. 519 00:41:20,394 --> 00:41:21,436 Okay. 520 00:41:22,855 --> 00:41:24,355 PAT: Don't worry, Dad. 521 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:34,532 GRAHAM: Good luck, Sergeant. 522 00:41:34,783 --> 00:41:36,326 GRAHAM: You come last, Pat. 523 00:41:36,869 --> 00:41:39,412 Throw us the rest of the stuff down when I signal. 524 00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:45,001 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 525 00:42:32,508 --> 00:42:33,550 PAT: Hold it. 526 00:42:34,134 --> 00:42:37,428 PAT: They're dead or they would have attacked us right away. 527 00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:51,317 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 528 00:42:51,860 --> 00:42:54,445 PAT: Look. Held together with saliva. 529 00:42:55,656 --> 00:42:58,700 BEN: Spit is all that's holding me together right now, too. 530 00:43:29,189 --> 00:43:33,443 (Scraping) 531 00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:56,633 (High-pitched stridulation) 532 00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:57,800 (High-pitched stridulation) 533 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,941 (Stridulation stops) 534 00:44:14,026 --> 00:44:16,110 GRAHAM: How come the gas didn't kill them? 535 00:44:16,195 --> 00:44:18,738 PAT: The chamber looked caved in from the bombing. 536 00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:21,866 PAT: Sealed up that way, the gas couldn't reach them. 537 00:44:21,950 --> 00:44:26,120 GRAHAM: If we run into any more live ones, we're getting out of here. 538 00:44:26,205 --> 00:44:29,707 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 539 00:44:29,708 --> 00:44:31,292 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 540 00:44:54,942 --> 00:44:56,234 PAT: This is it! 541 00:44:56,819 --> 00:44:59,237 The queen's chamber, and the eggs. 542 00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:33,604 - PAT: This is what I was afraid of. - GRAHAM: What's wrong? 543 00:45:34,064 --> 00:45:35,189 PAT: They're empty. 544 00:45:35,274 --> 00:45:38,776 - GRAHAM: What came out is dead, right? - PAT: Not the ones hatched from these! 545 00:45:38,777 --> 00:45:39,819 - GRAHAM: What came out is dead, right? - PAT: Not the ones hatched from these! 546 00:45:43,532 --> 00:45:45,658 PAT: Now destroy everything in here. Burn it! 547 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:48,327 - GRAHAM: What? - PAT: I said burn it. Burn everything! 548 00:45:48,412 --> 00:45:51,914 (Dramatic instrumental music) 549 00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:53,499 (Dramatic instrumental music) 550 00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:17,440 Very strange. 551 00:46:18,317 --> 00:46:19,901 DR. MEDFORD: Most unusual. 552 00:46:20,194 --> 00:46:22,653 PAT: No larvae or pupae in the egg chamber. 553 00:46:22,738 --> 00:46:25,198 PAT: They seemed to hatch directly from the eggs. 554 00:46:25,282 --> 00:46:27,492 PAT: I attribute it to the mutation process. 555 00:46:27,576 --> 00:46:29,535 That's the logical conclusion. 556 00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:33,748 You feel sure those two have gone? You found no winged ants? 557 00:46:34,249 --> 00:46:35,666 PAT: We saw only worker ants. 558 00:46:35,751 --> 00:46:38,377 I don't get it. You act like it was the end of the world. 559 00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:39,712 It could be. 560 00:46:40,923 --> 00:46:44,258 These two empty egg cases contained queen ants. 561 00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:49,222 Newborn queen ants have wings, so have their consorts, male ants. 562 00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:52,892 - You found no ants with wings? - Not a one. 563 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:56,687 The fact is we didn't destroy this first nest soon enough! 564 00:46:57,689 --> 00:47:01,192 Two young queen ants hatched out, dried their wings and flew away... 565 00:47:01,193 --> 00:47:02,276 Two young queen ants hatched out, dried their wings and flew away... 566 00:47:02,611 --> 00:47:06,572 ...each with one or more winged males. They've gone on their wedding flight. 567 00:47:07,199 --> 00:47:11,202 We needn't worry about the males. They'll die very quickly, but the queens-- 568 00:47:11,286 --> 00:47:14,413 Doctor, are you telling us there'll be other nests? 569 00:47:14,498 --> 00:47:17,667 A single queen can lay thousands of eggs. 570 00:47:18,252 --> 00:47:22,421 From these will hatch dozens of other queens, who may in turn.... 571 00:47:24,341 --> 00:47:25,758 GENERAL: How far can they fly? 572 00:47:26,844 --> 00:47:29,303 These giants? I don't know. 573 00:47:30,556 --> 00:47:34,725 Ordinary queens of the smaller species have very limited flying powers. 574 00:47:35,477 --> 00:47:39,564 They're dependent mostly on winds and thermal currents to carry them along. 575 00:47:39,690 --> 00:47:43,776 They have been found in the stratosphere. But these giants.... 576 00:47:44,903 --> 00:47:46,612 I don't know, you guess. 577 00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:48,614 I thought today was the end of them. 578 00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:49,740 No. 579 00:47:50,158 --> 00:47:52,034 We haven't seen the end of them. 580 00:47:52,327 --> 00:47:56,205 We've only had a view of the beginning of what may be the end of us. 581 00:47:58,208 --> 00:48:00,543 We'd better inform Washington, General. 582 00:48:00,627 --> 00:48:04,297 (Dramatic instrumental music) 583 00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:13,806 (lndistinct chatter) 584 00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:19,312 OFFICIAL: Sergeant Peterson. 585 00:48:19,563 --> 00:48:21,480 - Sir? - What about your superiors? 586 00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:25,192 Do they know these creatures are causing the crimes in your desert? 587 00:48:25,277 --> 00:48:26,485 No, sir, they don't. 588 00:48:26,570 --> 00:48:29,697 Gen. O'Brien and Dr. Medford felt that absolute secrecy... 589 00:48:29,781 --> 00:48:32,491 ...about the existence of the big ants was essential. 590 00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:35,620 Do you also think this extraordinary hush-hush is necessary? 591 00:48:35,704 --> 00:48:39,874 Yes. I don't think there's a police force anywhere that could handle the panic... 592 00:48:39,958 --> 00:48:42,335 ...if people found out these babies were loose. 593 00:48:42,419 --> 00:48:44,670 Gentlemen, I believe we are ready. 594 00:48:45,464 --> 00:48:48,966 Some of you have displayed incredulous attitudes towards our reports and photos. 595 00:48:48,967 --> 00:48:50,426 Some of you have displayed incredulous attitudes towards our reports and photos. 596 00:48:50,677 --> 00:48:54,305 The rest of you are trying to understand the gravity of our situation... 597 00:48:55,098 --> 00:48:58,434 ...but repeatedly ask how really serious it is. 598 00:48:59,561 --> 00:49:03,314 For your edification, I have prepared a short film... 599 00:49:03,899 --> 00:49:08,194 ...which I hope will give you some idea of the nature of the creatures we face. 600 00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:10,237 In a small way, of course. 601 00:49:10,948 --> 00:49:12,907 Robert, please turn out the lights. 602 00:49:19,915 --> 00:49:24,335 DR. MEDFORD: These ants and related species are common to most of America. 603 00:49:24,503 --> 00:49:28,005 In fact, you can find them in backyards, empty lots, and fields... 604 00:49:28,006 --> 00:49:29,715 In fact, you can find them in backyards, empty lots, and fields... 605 00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,176 ...throughout the temperate zones of the world. 606 00:49:32,260 --> 00:49:35,346 They haven't changed in form or habits... 607 00:49:35,681 --> 00:49:37,848 ...for more than 50 million years. 608 00:49:38,308 --> 00:49:41,102 Here, for instance, is one such specimen... 609 00:49:41,186 --> 00:49:45,064 ...that got himself trapped in amber, which we know is at least that old. 610 00:49:45,816 --> 00:49:48,567 Now we come to some different kind of ants. 611 00:49:49,194 --> 00:49:53,489 The big fellow there, feeding on the smaller, red grease-eaters... 612 00:49:54,116 --> 00:49:58,411 ...is of a savage species called Camponotus vicinus Mayr. 613 00:49:58,620 --> 00:50:00,454 He's of a desert variety. 614 00:50:00,914 --> 00:50:05,042 Very similar to the giant mutations we found in New Mexico. 615 00:50:06,003 --> 00:50:08,587 There is a side view of a small nest. 616 00:50:09,047 --> 00:50:11,132 Those white objects are ant eggs. 617 00:50:12,384 --> 00:50:15,052 Ants don't see well at all. 618 00:50:15,721 --> 00:50:19,223 They hear, smell and locate objects with their radar-like antennae. 619 00:50:19,224 --> 00:50:20,725 They hear, smell and locate objects with their radar-like antennae. 620 00:50:21,226 --> 00:50:24,895 Only after food or an enemy is located with the antennae... 621 00:50:25,355 --> 00:50:27,815 ...are the savage mandibles put to work. 622 00:50:29,943 --> 00:50:33,070 Now, gentlemen, watch this demonstration of power. 623 00:50:33,321 --> 00:50:36,073 A pebble has blocked the entrance to the nest. 624 00:50:36,575 --> 00:50:39,285 That creature is determined to remove the obstacle. 625 00:50:39,995 --> 00:50:43,497 Note how the mandibles are used to grasp the pebble and pull it aside... 626 00:50:43,498 --> 00:50:44,999 Note how the mandibles are used to grasp the pebble and pull it aside... 627 00:50:45,083 --> 00:50:47,501 ...with only a slight assist from another ant. 628 00:50:48,336 --> 00:50:51,630 There's the same pebble on a laboratory scale. 629 00:50:52,174 --> 00:50:55,593 Balancing it, is a dish containing 20 ants. 630 00:50:56,219 --> 00:51:00,431 We've learned that one of these quarter-inch long insects can lift... 631 00:51:00,557 --> 00:51:02,808 ...20 times its own weight. 632 00:51:03,143 --> 00:51:06,270 That's equal to one of you lifting a ton and a half or more! 633 00:51:07,189 --> 00:51:10,733 Here are rare shots of a newborn queen and her consorts. 634 00:51:12,736 --> 00:51:16,238 Technically, she should be referred to as a princess, until after the mating flight. 635 00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:17,698 Technically, she should be referred to as a princess, until after the mating flight. 636 00:51:17,991 --> 00:51:21,118 Now there is a close shot of a winged male. 637 00:51:21,787 --> 00:51:25,831 Males are unequipped for survival beyond the mating and die soon after. 638 00:51:26,249 --> 00:51:29,752 The queen flies on, or more precisely, is borne by the winds... 639 00:51:29,753 --> 00:51:31,003 The queen flies on, or more precisely, is borne by the winds... 640 00:51:31,213 --> 00:51:35,007 ...until her need prompts her to seek a place to lay eggs. 641 00:51:35,884 --> 00:51:39,303 Does a queen ever fly away from her nest once she's established it? 642 00:51:39,471 --> 00:51:42,973 No, never. She loses her wings after the wedding flight. 643 00:51:43,558 --> 00:51:45,267 DR. MEDFORD: See? One has dropped off. 644 00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:51,273 Now she starts her function of establishing a place... 645 00:51:51,733 --> 00:51:54,652 ...in which to lay her eggs and begin the nest. 646 00:51:54,945 --> 00:51:58,656 Queens live quite a long time. They continue to lay eggs... 647 00:51:58,824 --> 00:52:00,574 ...from the one mating... 648 00:52:00,659 --> 00:52:03,494 ...for from 15 to 17 years. 649 00:52:04,329 --> 00:52:06,122 Here are ants at war. 650 00:52:07,332 --> 00:52:10,835 As you can see, ants are savage, ruthless and courageous fighters. 651 00:52:10,836 --> 00:52:12,711 As you can see, ants are savage, ruthless and courageous fighters. 652 00:52:13,588 --> 00:52:17,091 This fight lasted 72 hours between those two alone. 653 00:52:17,092 --> 00:52:18,634 This fight lasted 72 hours between those two alone. 654 00:52:21,179 --> 00:52:24,306 Ants are the only creatures on Earth other than man... 655 00:52:24,516 --> 00:52:25,766 ...who make war. 656 00:52:26,268 --> 00:52:29,061 They campaign. They are chronic aggressors. 657 00:52:29,229 --> 00:52:32,273 They make slave laborers of the captives they don't kill. 658 00:52:33,358 --> 00:52:36,861 None of the ants previously seen by man were more than an inch in length. 659 00:52:36,862 --> 00:52:38,112 None of the ants previously seen by man were more than an inch in length. 660 00:52:38,613 --> 00:52:40,698 Most were considerably under that size. 661 00:52:40,782 --> 00:52:44,285 But even the most minute of them have an instinct and talent for industry... 662 00:52:44,286 --> 00:52:46,162 But even the most minute of them have an instinct and talent for industry... 663 00:52:46,371 --> 00:52:49,748 ...social organization and savagery... 664 00:52:50,876 --> 00:52:54,712 ...that makes man look feeble by comparison. 665 00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:57,089 How large were the ants you found? 666 00:52:57,257 --> 00:53:00,593 DR. MEDFORD: The smallest measured nine feet in body length. 667 00:53:01,011 --> 00:53:03,179 That, gentlemen, is why you are here. 668 00:53:03,805 --> 00:53:05,306 To consider this problem. 669 00:53:05,390 --> 00:53:08,517 And I hope, solve it. Because unless you solve it... 670 00:53:08,810 --> 00:53:11,437 ...unless these queens are located and destroyed... 671 00:53:11,646 --> 00:53:14,899 ...before they've established thriving colonies and can produce... 672 00:53:14,983 --> 00:53:17,651 ...heaven alone knows how many more queen ants... 673 00:53:17,819 --> 00:53:21,989 ...man, as the dominant species of life on Earth... 674 00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:23,949 ...will probably be extinct... 675 00:53:24,993 --> 00:53:28,495 ...within a year, Doc? 676 00:53:29,497 --> 00:53:31,415 (Sighs) 677 00:53:33,376 --> 00:53:35,753 (Ominous instrumental music) 678 00:53:39,507 --> 00:53:41,717 NEWSMAN: How about some information, Senator? 679 00:53:41,801 --> 00:53:43,093 SENATOR: Sorry, no comment. 680 00:53:43,178 --> 00:53:45,304 There must be something you can tell us. 681 00:53:45,472 --> 00:53:48,974 All the newswire services, AP, UP, INS, are in there, but nothing's coming out. 682 00:53:48,975 --> 00:53:50,559 All the newswire services, AP, UP, INS, are in there, but nothing's coming out. 683 00:53:50,894 --> 00:53:53,270 No newsmen are being allowed in there. 684 00:53:53,355 --> 00:53:56,106 What was that mysterious 3:00 a.m. meeting about? 685 00:53:56,191 --> 00:53:58,275 Can't tell you a thing, boys, sorry. 686 00:54:01,988 --> 00:54:05,908 There are about a million radio receivers installed in there, too. 687 00:54:06,076 --> 00:54:07,826 - NEWSMAN 2: Why? - NEWSMAN: I don't know. 688 00:54:35,355 --> 00:54:39,358 Texans. When bigger stories are told, Texans will tell them. 689 00:54:39,442 --> 00:54:42,736 Should fit in with the kind of stuff they're looking for upstairs. 690 00:54:42,821 --> 00:54:45,114 - Know what's going on in this building? - No. 691 00:54:45,198 --> 00:54:47,950 Real "T.S." stuff. Top Secret. 692 00:54:56,126 --> 00:54:58,752 Okay, we'll meet you at the airport in 20 minutes. 693 00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:03,257 Says he can have us in Brownsville in less than three hours. 694 00:55:04,968 --> 00:55:06,677 DR. MEDFORD: Good luck, Bob. 695 00:55:18,231 --> 00:55:21,692 They ain't kidding me. Nobody is. Not you, not anybody. 696 00:55:21,776 --> 00:55:24,611 This isn't a hospital. This is a loony bin. A nuthouse. 697 00:55:25,447 --> 00:55:28,615 Do you think I'm crazy? I don't care what you think. I'm not! 698 00:55:28,700 --> 00:55:31,368 I saw those things with my own two eyes! 699 00:55:31,453 --> 00:55:35,497 Do you think anybody could make it up? A guy would have to be nuts.... 700 00:55:39,544 --> 00:55:42,755 You're a flyer. You didn't get that yard sitting on the ground. 701 00:55:42,839 --> 00:55:44,715 You've seen guys blow their stacks. 702 00:55:45,008 --> 00:55:48,552 Do you think I act and talk like a guy who has lost his marbles? 703 00:55:48,762 --> 00:55:50,804 Tell us what you saw, Mr. Crotty. 704 00:55:50,889 --> 00:55:54,558 I've told those head-shrinking doctors four dozen times! I'm sick of it. 705 00:55:54,893 --> 00:55:58,729 I tell them and I get laughed at and clucked over. 706 00:56:02,108 --> 00:56:03,901 You promise not to laugh at me? 707 00:56:04,152 --> 00:56:05,069 Promise. 708 00:56:06,029 --> 00:56:07,071 Okay. 709 00:56:07,739 --> 00:56:11,617 I was flying south from Corpus Christi, heading here, Brownsville. 710 00:56:12,660 --> 00:56:16,830 I turned in from the Gulf, heading for the airport about 20 miles out... 711 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:20,834 ...all of a sudden I see these flying saucers. 712 00:56:20,919 --> 00:56:23,337 Three of them. One big and two little ones. 713 00:56:23,713 --> 00:56:26,840 I had to do some fancy flying or they'd have run right into me. 714 00:56:26,925 --> 00:56:31,387 I dived down and landed in the first place I saw, a street. 715 00:56:31,805 --> 00:56:33,847 I've never been so rattled in my life. 716 00:56:34,641 --> 00:56:36,475 I cracked up a little, sure. 717 00:56:36,684 --> 00:56:39,853 I plowed into an old Ford and ended up on someone's porch. 718 00:56:40,647 --> 00:56:43,774 Who wouldn't lose their head after seeing something like that? 719 00:56:43,858 --> 00:56:47,111 - They were flying saucers? - I don't know what else to call them. 720 00:56:47,529 --> 00:56:49,488 CROTTY: They were shaped... 721 00:56:50,990 --> 00:56:52,408 ...like ants. 722 00:56:56,663 --> 00:56:59,498 It sounds crazy but that's what they were shaped like. 723 00:56:59,707 --> 00:57:04,128 The big one was about 15 feet long and had wings like a fly. 724 00:57:04,504 --> 00:57:08,715 The other two seemed to be chasing the big one. One here. Two here. 725 00:57:09,008 --> 00:57:13,345 They zoomed around me like kamikazes. Scared me out of my pants! 726 00:57:13,930 --> 00:57:15,347 Excuse me, ma'am. 727 00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:19,768 They said that Ford wasn't a new one. It was all beat up to begin with. 728 00:57:19,936 --> 00:57:21,895 So what's all the beef? 729 00:57:24,858 --> 00:57:26,984 You don't believe me either. Do you? 730 00:57:27,068 --> 00:57:28,444 On the contrary, we do. 731 00:57:28,528 --> 00:57:29,570 You do? 732 00:57:30,363 --> 00:57:31,196 Good. 733 00:57:31,448 --> 00:57:34,950 What direction were these flying saucers going the last time you saw them? 734 00:57:34,951 --> 00:57:35,993 What direction were these flying saucers going the last time you saw them? 735 00:57:36,453 --> 00:57:39,872 West, I'd say. Yes, due west. 736 00:57:40,498 --> 00:57:42,374 Will you get me out of here? 737 00:57:42,584 --> 00:57:45,586 - We'll speak to the doctor about it. - I'd appreciate it. 738 00:57:45,670 --> 00:57:49,423 Try and get my clothes, too. They only gave me these slippers... 739 00:57:50,049 --> 00:57:52,593 ...but not even a rope to hold up my pants. 740 00:57:52,719 --> 00:57:55,971 - We'll be seeing you. - Be right neighborly if you could help. 741 00:57:56,055 --> 00:57:57,514 I'll sure be hoping. 742 00:57:58,099 --> 00:58:00,225 - DOCTOR: Mr. Graham? - GRAHAM: Yes? 743 00:58:00,310 --> 00:58:02,811 How was your talk with Mr. Crotty? 744 00:58:03,104 --> 00:58:05,314 You're wise to keep him locked up, Doctor. 745 00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:09,234 I've recommended his release. He's not demented. 746 00:58:09,569 --> 00:58:13,322 I'm convinced he's trying to pull a publicity stunt with this weird story. 747 00:58:13,406 --> 00:58:15,365 The government wants him to be kept here... 748 00:58:15,450 --> 00:58:17,075 ...so he doesn't get any publicity. 749 00:58:17,243 --> 00:58:18,327 The government? 750 00:58:18,453 --> 00:58:20,329 He's to have no visitors. 751 00:58:20,413 --> 00:58:24,124 If any information is given out about him, you'll be held responsible. 752 00:58:24,584 --> 00:58:26,835 GRAHAM: I can't tell you why this is essential. 753 00:58:27,212 --> 00:58:30,380 We'll let you know as soon as possible. We'll tell you when he's well. 754 00:58:36,387 --> 00:58:40,807 A bit more than 700 air miles from White Sands to Brownsville. 755 00:58:41,434 --> 00:58:42,476 Southeast. 756 00:58:42,977 --> 00:58:45,812 This Crotty said they were heading west when he saw them. 757 00:58:45,897 --> 00:58:46,897 I believe him. 758 00:58:46,981 --> 00:58:50,484 There were strong easterly winds the day Crotty saw the ants. 759 00:58:50,485 --> 00:58:51,860 There were strong easterly winds the day Crotty saw the ants. 760 00:58:52,153 --> 00:58:54,613 They'd follow the line of least resistance. 761 00:58:54,864 --> 00:58:59,159 We can surmise that one of the queens, possibly both of them... 762 00:58:59,577 --> 00:59:02,913 ...can create nests in this general area. 763 00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:06,333 We'd better inform the Mexican authorities... 764 00:59:06,501 --> 00:59:09,294 ...and concentrate our search efforts here. 765 00:59:09,754 --> 00:59:13,382 As far south as Panama. As far north as... 766 00:59:14,342 --> 00:59:17,386 ...Santa Barbara, on the California coast. 767 00:59:17,637 --> 00:59:19,054 That's an awful lot of area. 768 00:59:19,138 --> 00:59:20,347 (Telephone rings) 769 00:59:20,431 --> 00:59:21,473 I'll get it. 770 00:59:23,434 --> 00:59:24,476 Hello? 771 00:59:25,061 --> 00:59:26,937 Dr. Medford speaking. 772 00:59:28,606 --> 00:59:29,731 What? 773 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:31,984 I'll be right there. 774 00:59:32,068 --> 00:59:36,530 (Dramatic instrumental music) 775 00:59:41,953 --> 00:59:45,414 "A nest hatched aboard a ship at sea." 776 00:59:45,498 --> 00:59:49,751 (Dramatic instrumental music swells) 777 00:59:50,253 --> 00:59:52,004 (Beeping in Morse code) 778 00:59:52,088 --> 00:59:56,550 (Gunshots) 779 00:59:56,843 --> 01:00:00,470 (Screaming) 780 01:00:00,555 --> 01:00:03,557 (High-pitched stridulation) 781 01:00:06,144 --> 01:00:09,855 ADMIRAL: I'm sure you'll be interested in this report I just received: 782 01:00:09,939 --> 01:00:13,942 " U.S.S. Milwaukee got radio bearing on S.S. Viking before signal stopped. 783 01:00:14,819 --> 01:00:17,404 "Milwaukee proceeded at once to location. 784 01:00:17,614 --> 01:00:20,532 "Two seamen from Viking rescued from sea by Milwaukee. 785 01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,702 "Seamen said no survivors remained aboard Viking. 786 01:00:24,412 --> 01:00:27,080 "Not possible to put aboard search and rescue party... 787 01:00:27,165 --> 01:00:29,750 "...as Viking was infested with the giant ants." 788 01:00:29,834 --> 01:00:33,337 Upon my orders, the S.S. Viking has been sunk with naval gunfire. 789 01:00:33,338 --> 01:00:34,963 Upon my orders, the S.S. Viking has been sunk with naval gunfire. 790 01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:37,758 This was accomplished at 0700 this morning. 791 01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:40,510 I don't see how a ship at sea could.... 792 01:00:41,262 --> 01:00:42,804 1st OFFICIAL: Dr. Medford... 793 01:00:42,889 --> 01:00:46,183 ...how could these giant creatures get aboard that vessel unseen? 794 01:00:46,934 --> 01:00:51,104 The S.S. Viking anchored in Acapulco, Mexico, for three days and four nights. 795 01:00:52,357 --> 01:00:56,652 It's then and there we believe one of these missing queen ants flew aboard. 796 01:00:57,362 --> 01:00:59,321 Please give them your information. 797 01:01:01,574 --> 01:01:04,451 "Owners of the S.S. Viking reported that on hold number one... 798 01:01:04,577 --> 01:01:08,538 "...the hatch cover was off during the entire time of loading. Even at night. 799 01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:13,001 "The crew had shore leave every night so only a skeleton crew remained on watch." 800 01:01:13,836 --> 01:01:17,714 It was quite possible for a queen ant to have flown onto that ship unseen. 801 01:01:18,049 --> 01:01:21,968 An open hold would be inviting as a place to lay her eggs and hatch out a nest. 802 01:01:22,470 --> 01:01:25,972 I think it's time to inform the public. It can't be kept a secret indefinitely. 803 01:01:25,973 --> 01:01:27,182 I think it's time to inform the public. It can't be kept a secret indefinitely. 804 01:01:27,266 --> 01:01:28,642 We can't risk it, sir. 805 01:01:28,726 --> 01:01:30,185 But you already have. 806 01:01:30,561 --> 01:01:34,106 The entire crew of the cruiser Milwaukee knows about these things now. 807 01:01:34,190 --> 01:01:38,193 They know, but the Milwaukee will be kept at sea until this is resolved. 808 01:01:39,987 --> 01:01:42,531 What do those flags on the map indicate? 809 01:01:43,199 --> 01:01:47,077 These four indicate where we found dead male ants. 810 01:01:48,162 --> 01:01:52,582 The most recent finding was about four days ago near Mt. Wilson in California. 811 01:01:53,376 --> 01:01:57,587 It was decomposed and must have been there for a month to five weeks. 812 01:01:58,423 --> 01:02:01,967 This flag, at Los Angeles, indicates a lead. 813 01:02:02,176 --> 01:02:05,011 Mr. Graham and Sgt. Ben Peterson are there now. 814 01:02:05,138 --> 01:02:08,974 They were flown there by Maj. Kibbee to check on a large sugar theft. 815 01:02:09,100 --> 01:02:10,392 Forty tons, to be exact. 816 01:02:13,604 --> 01:02:16,398 (Train whistle blows) 817 01:02:28,745 --> 01:02:30,662 GRAHAM: When was this car broken into? 818 01:02:30,747 --> 01:02:32,622 I told you, Friday night. 819 01:02:32,915 --> 01:02:36,042 Yard watchman claims he didn't see or hear a thing. 820 01:02:36,502 --> 01:02:38,670 What's so important you got to work on Sunday? 821 01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:40,005 Where's the watchman? 822 01:02:40,089 --> 01:02:44,384 City jail. Any boob knows you need trucks to carry away 40 tons of stuff. 823 01:02:44,552 --> 01:02:47,429 Said he didn't hear them. He's either lying or he's deaf. 824 01:02:47,513 --> 01:02:48,722 And he ain't deaf. 825 01:02:49,724 --> 01:02:51,475 - GRAHAM: Let's go see him. - BEN: Yeah. 826 01:02:52,935 --> 01:02:54,394 Thanks, buddy. 827 01:02:54,479 --> 01:02:57,230 After spoiling my day off you could at least tell me... 828 01:02:57,315 --> 01:02:59,983 ...how come a government cop is so interested in this deal. 829 01:03:00,067 --> 01:03:01,777 He's got a sweet tooth. 830 01:03:06,157 --> 01:03:08,492 GRAHAM: It's the only job you've ever had? 831 01:03:08,659 --> 01:03:11,787 I've had a clean record for 30 years at the railroad. 832 01:03:11,913 --> 01:03:15,540 Yard cop thinks you made a deal not to see that car broken into. 833 01:03:15,625 --> 01:03:17,125 What sense does that make? 834 01:03:17,210 --> 01:03:19,878 Is sugar rare cargo? Is there a black market for it? 835 01:03:19,962 --> 01:03:22,589 Did you ever hear of a fence for hot sugar? 836 01:03:23,049 --> 01:03:26,551 If I made a deal with crooks, it wouldn't be for 40 tons of sugar! 837 01:03:26,719 --> 01:03:29,513 I swear I didn't hear a thing Friday night. 838 01:03:29,764 --> 01:03:31,223 BEN: I'll be right back. 839 01:03:31,307 --> 01:03:32,849 (Woman crying) 840 01:03:35,269 --> 01:03:39,481 That woman just identified the body of her husband. See him right away. 841 01:03:39,607 --> 01:03:43,151 WATCHMAN: I've never had anything to do with crooks. I'm an honest man. 842 01:03:43,236 --> 01:03:46,321 Sure, you can go home now. Take care of him, will you? 843 01:03:46,572 --> 01:03:47,405 Thank you. 844 01:03:48,574 --> 01:03:50,909 I don't think this happened in a machine. 845 01:03:51,118 --> 01:03:54,788 Any machine that pulled hard enough to tear his arm off at the shoulder... 846 01:03:54,872 --> 01:03:56,957 ...would also have chopped up his face. 847 01:03:57,250 --> 01:03:59,543 Look at the laceration across his chest. 848 01:04:00,127 --> 01:04:03,213 Can't figure it, except he died from shock and loss of blood. 849 01:04:03,297 --> 01:04:04,714 Thanks very much. 850 01:04:09,011 --> 01:04:10,387 His name's Thomas Lodge. 851 01:04:10,471 --> 01:04:14,307 Police found him, 6:30 a.m. His car jumped a curb, went into a sign... 852 01:04:14,392 --> 01:04:18,144 ...but not hard enough to do that. They couldn't find the other arm. 853 01:04:18,646 --> 01:04:21,857 His wife said that he left the house at 5:45. 854 01:04:22,108 --> 01:04:25,569 He had his two kids with him. No sign of the kids yet. 855 01:04:27,154 --> 01:04:29,072 (Melancholic instrumental music) 856 01:04:30,283 --> 01:04:31,616 GRAHAM: Mrs. Lodge... 857 01:04:31,701 --> 01:04:35,036 ...was your husband accustomed to taking his boys out so early? 858 01:04:35,580 --> 01:04:39,082 Tom works on Sunday from 9:00 to 7:00. It's an extra job he had. 859 01:04:39,083 --> 01:04:40,417 Tom works on Sunday from 9:00 to 7:00. It's an extra job he had. 860 01:04:41,127 --> 01:04:44,713 He works so hard, he doesn't have much time to spend with Jerry and Mike. 861 01:04:44,797 --> 01:04:48,884 Sundays they get up early and go somewhere together to play. 862 01:04:50,386 --> 01:04:53,096 Do you know where they might have gone this morning? 863 01:04:53,264 --> 01:04:54,306 Where? 864 01:04:55,266 --> 01:04:57,350 They go different places. 865 01:04:58,394 --> 01:05:00,645 Last Sunday, Tom took the boys to the zoo. 866 01:05:01,439 --> 01:05:03,148 They had such a good time. 867 01:05:03,441 --> 01:05:06,151 Tom fixed it with a keeper so they could get in early... 868 01:05:06,235 --> 01:05:08,320 ...and watch the feeding of the animals. 869 01:05:08,404 --> 01:05:10,238 Jerry talked about it all week. 870 01:05:11,407 --> 01:05:12,991 Where else did they go? 871 01:05:15,161 --> 01:05:19,039 Sometimes Tom took them boat riding at MacArthur Park. 872 01:05:19,123 --> 01:05:22,208 For pony rides and miniature golf. 873 01:05:23,085 --> 01:05:26,296 They always come home so happy. And so dirty! 874 01:05:26,797 --> 01:05:30,926 I kept asking Tom to do things where they won't get so dirty. 875 01:05:31,010 --> 01:05:33,261 I spent the rest of the day cleaning them. 876 01:05:53,199 --> 01:05:54,991 Can I see you a moment? 877 01:06:01,582 --> 01:06:03,124 - BEN: Rough? - GRAHAM: Yeah. 878 01:06:03,501 --> 01:06:07,087 BEN: Bob, these are the two officers who found Lodge. 879 01:06:07,213 --> 01:06:08,755 - This is Ryan. - Sutton. 880 01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:12,133 Patrolmen Sutton and Ryan. This is Bob Graham. 881 01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:16,554 Dr. Medford and Pat are flying here with Gen. O'Brien tonight. 882 01:06:16,847 --> 01:06:20,016 Kibbee called. He'll be over after he's had a little breakfast. 883 01:06:20,101 --> 01:06:23,228 Show me on the map just exactly where you found Lodge. 884 01:06:24,605 --> 01:06:27,732 - Right there. - And he was dead when you found him? 885 01:06:28,234 --> 01:06:29,901 Where's MacArthur Park? 886 01:06:32,530 --> 01:06:34,072 That's a long ways. 887 01:06:34,991 --> 01:06:37,492 GRAHAM: We've got to find out where he took the kids. 888 01:06:37,576 --> 01:06:39,911 He couldn't have driven far. He was too cut up. 889 01:06:41,247 --> 01:06:44,874 Is there any area where you found him where he might've taken the kids... 890 01:06:44,959 --> 01:06:48,503 ...for a boat ride or miniature golf? Pony rides, stuff like that. 891 01:06:48,629 --> 01:06:50,880 RYAN: I don't know any miniature golf courses. 892 01:06:50,965 --> 01:06:53,591 Griffith Park is the closest where they rent horses. 893 01:06:53,676 --> 01:06:58,013 That's a long way, too. Doesn't his wife know where they went? 894 01:06:58,597 --> 01:06:59,764 No. 895 01:07:00,349 --> 01:07:04,394 Did you make any arrests this morning, say between 4:00 a.m. and noon? 896 01:07:04,562 --> 01:07:05,603 RYAN: Yes, sir. 897 01:07:06,605 --> 01:07:09,024 Four. Three drunks and a traffic citation. 898 01:07:10,526 --> 01:07:12,318 GRAHAM: I'd like to talk to them. 899 01:07:12,445 --> 01:07:15,363 They might have seen something that'll help us. 900 01:07:19,827 --> 01:07:21,786 Where were you going when you were arrested? 901 01:07:21,871 --> 01:07:22,871 I don't know. 902 01:07:22,955 --> 01:07:25,290 I don't even know where I was coming from. 903 01:07:26,083 --> 01:07:28,626 - How about you? - I don't know either. 904 01:07:32,631 --> 01:07:36,634 As I said before, I prefer the informal type of social life. 905 01:07:37,011 --> 01:07:39,929 - I disagree with you. - Really? 906 01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:42,265 I'm at my best in my white tie and tails. 907 01:07:42,349 --> 01:07:45,060 All right, Beau Brummell, knock it off. 908 01:07:45,144 --> 01:07:46,269 Look, miss.... 909 01:07:46,353 --> 01:07:49,355 - All I did was go through a red light. - At 60 mph? 910 01:07:49,523 --> 01:07:52,567 - Was something chasing you? - No, I was in a hurry to get home. 911 01:07:52,651 --> 01:07:53,693 Where from? 912 01:07:53,903 --> 01:07:56,780 I spent the night with a sick friend. 913 01:07:57,406 --> 01:08:00,283 I'd rather not mention any names, he's married. 914 01:08:01,452 --> 01:08:03,119 - Okay, you can go. - Thank you. 915 01:08:05,581 --> 01:08:09,084 I'm through with them. Let them go back to the tank and sleep it off. 916 01:08:09,168 --> 01:08:11,795 - All right, let's go. - With pleasure, sir. 917 01:08:14,090 --> 01:08:15,924 GRAHAM: You said there were three? 918 01:08:16,008 --> 01:08:18,718 The other one's in the alcoholic ward at the hospital. 919 01:08:18,803 --> 01:08:21,096 Practically a permanent resident there. 920 01:08:21,263 --> 01:08:22,806 GRAHAM: Let's go talk to him, too. 921 01:08:25,726 --> 01:08:28,436 Sneaked out of here Saturday afternoon. Back at 5:00 this morning. 922 01:08:28,521 --> 01:08:32,023 You can talk to him, but I don't think he'll cooperate. 923 01:08:32,108 --> 01:08:34,192 Hey, Admiral, are we gonna be drafted? 924 01:08:34,443 --> 01:08:35,485 No, sir. 925 01:08:35,569 --> 01:08:39,489 DOCTOR: Behave yourself, Harry. This is the man. Mind your manners. 926 01:08:39,782 --> 01:08:43,034 - If he gives you trouble, I'm outside. - He won't. 927 01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:45,120 BEN: Hello, Jensen. How are you? 928 01:08:45,287 --> 01:08:49,040 How do, gentlemen? Looking for recruits? 929 01:08:49,125 --> 01:08:50,375 KIBBEE: Not today. 930 01:08:50,584 --> 01:08:53,503 - Jensen, you come here often, don't you? - I like it here. 931 01:08:53,587 --> 01:08:56,589 - What have you been doing lately? - Same as always, nothing. 932 01:08:56,674 --> 01:08:58,174 But I got some deals on. 933 01:08:58,259 --> 01:08:59,801 GRAHAM: Sure. 934 01:08:59,969 --> 01:09:03,388 You didn't see anything unusual yesterday or this morning, did you? 935 01:09:03,556 --> 01:09:06,683 No, nothing unusual. Same as always. 936 01:09:07,685 --> 01:09:09,185 They're gone now. 937 01:09:10,020 --> 01:09:12,522 I saw some little airplanes this morning. 938 01:09:13,524 --> 01:09:15,775 Didn't seem big enough for them to get into. 939 01:09:16,110 --> 01:09:17,443 Big enough for who? 940 01:09:17,695 --> 01:09:19,112 The ants. 941 01:09:19,572 --> 01:09:22,907 I'd like to get out of here, but I ain't joining the Army to do it! 942 01:09:23,033 --> 01:09:25,326 - You can't make me, there's laws! - We know. 943 01:09:25,411 --> 01:09:27,954 Jensen, what kind of ants did you see? 944 01:09:28,289 --> 01:09:29,706 Big ones. 945 01:09:30,708 --> 01:09:32,250 Ain't there now. 946 01:09:32,585 --> 01:09:34,919 - Mostly at night I see them. - Where? 947 01:09:35,421 --> 01:09:38,298 General, I'll make a deal with you: 948 01:09:38,382 --> 01:09:41,676 If you make me a sergeant in charge of the booze, and I'll enlist. 949 01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:43,887 Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze! 950 01:09:43,971 --> 01:09:46,556 Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze! 951 01:09:46,640 --> 01:09:49,767 - Exactly where do these ants show up? - In the river. 952 01:09:50,144 --> 01:09:51,519 In the river. 953 01:09:52,188 --> 01:09:54,856 I saw it once when it had water in it. 954 01:09:55,232 --> 01:09:56,941 Now, when was that? 955 01:09:57,818 --> 01:09:59,277 JENSEN: Let me see. 956 01:10:01,447 --> 01:10:02,697 GRAHAM: In the river bed. 957 01:10:02,990 --> 01:10:06,826 Those big openings in the sides are like sewer outlets. 958 01:10:08,370 --> 01:10:11,039 Jensen, how long have you been seeing these things? 959 01:10:11,123 --> 01:10:14,584 A long time. How long have I been here? 960 01:10:15,377 --> 01:10:18,087 The doctor says he was first admitted five months ago. 961 01:10:18,172 --> 01:10:19,839 Thanks, Mac. 962 01:10:20,257 --> 01:10:23,384 Take me with you and I'll enlist, I promise. 963 01:10:23,469 --> 01:10:24,761 Make me a sergeant! 964 01:10:24,887 --> 01:10:28,223 JENSEN: Give me the booze! Make me a sergeant. Give me the booze! 965 01:10:30,434 --> 01:10:33,186 Please, my nerves! 966 01:10:36,649 --> 01:10:41,069 (Dramatic instrumental music) 967 01:11:08,931 --> 01:11:10,848 Which way is the hospital, Ryan? 968 01:11:11,767 --> 01:11:13,476 RYAN: Right over there. 969 01:11:24,029 --> 01:11:25,738 Ben, come here. 970 01:11:33,956 --> 01:11:36,791 Pretty good model of a kid's idea of an L-1. 971 01:11:37,293 --> 01:11:40,211 Get on the radio and contact Mrs. Lodge. 972 01:11:40,296 --> 01:11:43,798 Find out if the kids ever owned a plane like that. Wait for a report. 973 01:11:43,882 --> 01:11:45,091 RYAN: Right. 974 01:12:14,872 --> 01:12:16,581 Here's tire marks. 975 01:12:20,919 --> 01:12:24,464 New tires. Lodge had new tires on his car, didn't he? 976 01:12:24,757 --> 01:12:25,798 Yeah. 977 01:12:27,259 --> 01:12:28,634 KIBBEE: Hey, Bob! Ben! 978 01:12:41,482 --> 01:12:43,649 (Dramatic instrumental surge) 979 01:12:43,734 --> 01:12:45,568 BEN: It's them all right. 980 01:12:45,652 --> 01:12:49,906 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 981 01:12:55,996 --> 01:12:57,997 I don't smell formic acid, do you? 982 01:12:58,082 --> 01:13:00,666 No, but it could all fall right into place. 983 01:13:01,168 --> 01:13:04,212 Lodge and his kids down here flying their model plane. 984 01:13:04,296 --> 01:13:06,339 Suddenly, the ants attack. 985 01:13:06,548 --> 01:13:08,800 Lodge fights to protect his kids. 986 01:13:09,510 --> 01:13:12,387 Somehow, he breaks away, gets into his car, and drives off. 987 01:13:13,722 --> 01:13:15,598 But what about the kids? 988 01:13:15,724 --> 01:13:17,141 Maybe they ran away. 989 01:13:17,434 --> 01:13:19,268 No, we'd have picked them up by now. 990 01:13:20,604 --> 01:13:22,688 Unless they ran in here. 991 01:13:23,816 --> 01:13:24,857 RYAN: Mr. Graham! 992 01:13:25,776 --> 01:13:28,236 That model plane belonged to the Lodge kids. 993 01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:31,489 The husband used to bring the boys down here to fly it. 994 01:13:31,782 --> 01:13:35,952 Got to be the same plane, same color. And there's no model plane at home. 995 01:13:36,453 --> 01:13:39,580 Where do these things go? I mean, how far do they go? 996 01:13:39,998 --> 01:13:44,001 Don't know for sure, but there's more than 700 miles of them under the city. 997 01:13:51,635 --> 01:13:54,429 (Dramatic instrumental music) 998 01:13:54,930 --> 01:13:58,558 (Excited chatter) 999 01:13:59,768 --> 01:14:02,228 NEWSMAN: Why is the Army sending troops into L.A.? 1000 01:14:02,312 --> 01:14:04,272 NEWSMAN 2: And a Marine regiment? 1001 01:14:04,356 --> 01:14:07,358 NEWSMAN 3: Why a special press conference at 5:00 on a Sunday? 1002 01:14:07,443 --> 01:14:10,403 - You'll just have to wait. - Why all the VIPs from Washington? 1003 01:14:10,487 --> 01:14:12,196 Has the cold war gotten hot? 1004 01:14:12,281 --> 01:14:14,365 Gentlemen, come in now. 1005 01:14:19,663 --> 01:14:24,083 This is the most serious crisis this city has ever faced. 1006 01:14:24,251 --> 01:14:26,752 There's no time for questions. Listen carefully... 1007 01:14:26,837 --> 01:14:29,714 ...so you can report the facts to your newspapers. 1008 01:14:29,923 --> 01:14:33,259 This is Dr. Harold Medford of the Department of Agriculture. 1009 01:14:33,343 --> 01:14:36,262 Gen. O'Brien, Air Force Intelligence. 1010 01:14:36,555 --> 01:14:40,224 Gen. James, Army Intelligence. The others you know. 1011 01:14:40,767 --> 01:14:42,435 - Ready, sir? - One moment. 1012 01:14:43,896 --> 01:14:46,022 - ANNOUNCER: Set, Charlie? - CHARLIE: You're on. 1013 01:14:46,106 --> 01:14:50,109 We interrupt all radio and television programs indefinitely. 1014 01:14:50,486 --> 01:14:53,988 Keep your radio and television sets turned on. This is an emergency. 1015 01:14:53,989 --> 01:14:55,448 Keep your radio and television sets turned on. This is an emergency. 1016 01:14:55,532 --> 01:14:58,326 I repeat, this is an emergency! 1017 01:14:59,620 --> 01:15:02,580 "By direction of the President of the United States... 1018 01:15:02,748 --> 01:15:06,626 "...and the Governor of the State of California, and the Mayor... 1019 01:15:07,085 --> 01:15:09,170 "...the city of Los Angeles is... 1020 01:15:09,505 --> 01:15:13,758 "...in the interests of public safety, hereby under martial law. 1021 01:15:13,842 --> 01:15:17,470 (Exclamations of surprise) 1022 01:15:18,138 --> 01:15:20,097 "Curfew is at 1800 hours. 1023 01:15:20,974 --> 01:15:24,477 "Any persons on the street or outside their quarters after 6:00 p.m... 1024 01:15:24,478 --> 01:15:25,520 "Any persons on the street or outside their quarters after 6:00 p.m... 1025 01:15:26,146 --> 01:15:28,606 "...will be subject to arrest by military police." 1026 01:15:28,815 --> 01:15:31,734 Now as for the reasons for this most drastic decision: 1027 01:15:32,903 --> 01:15:37,031 A couple of months ago in the New Mexico desert, giant ants were discovered. 1028 01:15:37,157 --> 01:15:40,660 They're similar in appearance to the ones you're familiar with. 1029 01:15:40,661 --> 01:15:42,495 They're similar in appearance to the ones you're familiar with. 1030 01:15:43,080 --> 01:15:46,582 Except they are mutations, ranging in size from 9 to 12 feet in length. 1031 01:15:46,583 --> 01:15:47,959 Except they are mutations, ranging in size from 9 to 12 feet in length. 1032 01:15:48,585 --> 01:15:52,129 The New Mexico colony was destroyed, but two queen ants escaped. 1033 01:15:52,381 --> 01:15:56,425 One has been found and destroyed. The other has not yet been found. 1034 01:15:57,177 --> 01:16:00,680 It has established a nest in the storm drains beneath the streets of Los Angeles. 1035 01:16:00,681 --> 01:16:03,307 It has established a nest in the storm drains beneath the streets of Los Angeles. 1036 01:16:03,433 --> 01:16:06,727 It's not known how long this nest has been established... 1037 01:16:06,979 --> 01:16:09,939 ...or how many of these lethal monsters have hatched. 1038 01:16:10,274 --> 01:16:13,109 Maybe a few, maybe thousands. 1039 01:16:14,027 --> 01:16:16,821 If new queen ants have hatched and escaped this nest... 1040 01:16:17,364 --> 01:16:20,825 ...other American cities may be in danger. 1041 01:16:21,368 --> 01:16:23,619 These creatures are extremely dangerous. 1042 01:16:24,496 --> 01:16:26,706 They've already killed a number of persons. 1043 01:16:26,790 --> 01:16:30,251 Stay in your homes. I repeat, stay in your homes! 1044 01:16:30,836 --> 01:16:33,796 Your personal safety, the safety of the entire city... 1045 01:16:34,464 --> 01:16:37,883 ...depends upon your full cooperation with the military authorities. 1046 01:16:37,968 --> 01:16:41,596 (Dramatic instrumental music) 1047 01:17:00,824 --> 01:17:02,950 You got a pass to be down here, lady? 1048 01:17:03,035 --> 01:17:06,621 - No, but I'm with Mrs. Lodge. - This is a restricted area. Let's go. 1049 01:17:06,705 --> 01:17:07,830 Hold it, Sergeant! 1050 01:17:08,165 --> 01:17:10,082 - This is the mother-- - They have no pass-- 1051 01:17:10,167 --> 01:17:12,376 Go talk to the general. 1052 01:17:14,338 --> 01:17:15,880 BEN: Good evening, Mrs. Lodge. 1053 01:17:17,549 --> 01:17:19,425 - Is there any word yet? - No, not yet. 1054 01:17:19,509 --> 01:17:22,136 We've got an awful lot of people to help find them. 1055 01:17:22,262 --> 01:17:25,765 - This may take awhile. Why not go home? - Oh, no. 1056 01:17:26,224 --> 01:17:30,353 - I want to be here when-- - Sure. Take it easy and try not to worry. 1057 01:17:36,610 --> 01:17:38,944 ENGINEER: Since time is of the essence... 1058 01:17:39,029 --> 01:17:42,031 ...I recommend we pour gasoline into those drains and light it. 1059 01:17:42,115 --> 01:17:45,242 It'll burn out anything in there and we can still control the fire... 1060 01:17:45,327 --> 01:17:47,870 ...so there'll be no property damage on the street. 1061 01:17:47,954 --> 01:17:50,665 Any ants that get through, the troops can take care of. 1062 01:17:50,749 --> 01:17:54,877 We can't do that until we know whether those two kids are in there. 1063 01:17:54,961 --> 01:17:57,254 Think there's a chance they're still alive? 1064 01:17:57,464 --> 01:18:00,800 Are we supposed to jeopardize the lives of everyone for children... 1065 01:18:00,884 --> 01:18:02,802 ...who in all probability are already dead? 1066 01:18:02,886 --> 01:18:06,222 - Ask their mother that question. - She's right over there. 1067 01:18:12,604 --> 01:18:13,979 I see what you mean. 1068 01:18:14,064 --> 01:18:17,149 We not only have her to think of, but as I told you before... 1069 01:18:17,234 --> 01:18:20,778 ...we can't risk fire until we know if any new queens have hatched... 1070 01:18:20,862 --> 01:18:23,906 ...and flown out of this nest. Where's Gen. O'Brien? 1071 01:18:24,074 --> 01:18:26,534 - He's over there by the command car. - Thank you. 1072 01:18:27,786 --> 01:18:30,037 - Can we start now, General? - I think so. 1073 01:18:30,247 --> 01:18:33,457 - How about it, Major? - Waiting for more coverage to the north. 1074 01:18:33,583 --> 01:18:35,876 Contact the northern units, soldier. 1075 01:18:36,211 --> 01:18:39,547 - Northern units come in. - How about the south? 1076 01:18:39,673 --> 01:18:41,424 All drains as far as Long Beach... 1077 01:18:41,508 --> 01:18:43,509 ...are covered by bazookas or flamethrowers. 1078 01:18:43,593 --> 01:18:46,387 - Openings of these drains? - Police and Marines are covering. 1079 01:18:46,471 --> 01:18:48,013 How about it, soldier? 1080 01:18:48,306 --> 01:18:50,391 SOLDIER: Can't contact northern units, sir. 1081 01:18:50,851 --> 01:18:52,685 GENERAL: Let's go ahead anyway. 1082 01:18:52,936 --> 01:18:56,313 Gen. O'Brien to all search units: Proceed into storm drains! 1083 01:18:58,525 --> 01:19:00,443 - O'CONNELL: Yes, sir? - GENERAL: Get moving. 1084 01:19:00,527 --> 01:19:02,820 O'CONNELL: Come on, boys, let's get rolling! 1085 01:19:02,904 --> 01:19:04,488 Roll them out of here! 1086 01:19:04,573 --> 01:19:08,075 (Dramatic instrumental music) 1087 01:19:08,076 --> 01:19:09,660 (Dramatic instrumental music) 1088 01:19:13,915 --> 01:19:15,666 Watch yourself, Bob. 1089 01:20:52,305 --> 01:20:53,889 Graham in drain 203. 1090 01:20:54,182 --> 01:20:58,519 Graham in drain 203. In six-tenths of a mile, nothing to report. Over. 1091 01:20:59,229 --> 01:21:00,729 Medford in drain 207. 1092 01:21:00,814 --> 01:21:04,859 Medford in drain 207. In half of a mile. Nothing to report, over. 1093 01:21:05,151 --> 01:21:06,610 Peterson in drain 223. 1094 01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:10,948 Peterson in 223, we're in six-tenths of a mile. Nothing to report, over. 1095 01:21:11,241 --> 01:21:12,867 KIBBEE: This is Kibbee in drain 192. 1096 01:21:12,951 --> 01:21:16,453 Repeat, Kibbee in 192, in eight-tenths. Nothing to report, over. 1097 01:21:16,454 --> 01:21:17,663 Repeat, Kibbee in 192, in eight-tenths. Nothing to report, over. 1098 01:21:19,666 --> 01:21:22,668 (Rumbling) 1099 01:21:22,752 --> 01:21:24,420 Wait a minute, hold it. 1100 01:21:25,130 --> 01:21:26,463 Kill the motor. 1101 01:21:27,382 --> 01:21:31,844 (Creaking) 1102 01:21:32,262 --> 01:21:33,929 - Did you hear that? - Yeah. 1103 01:21:36,308 --> 01:21:38,684 This is Peterson! Stop all motors! 1104 01:21:39,352 --> 01:21:42,313 This is Peterson! Stop all motors! 1105 01:21:45,525 --> 01:21:49,987 (Strange tapping in pipes) 1106 01:22:01,541 --> 01:22:03,417 This is Peterson in drain 223. 1107 01:22:03,501 --> 01:22:07,379 Peterson in drain 223. We're in just over a mile. I hear something. 1108 01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:12,468 (Tapping in pipes) 1109 01:22:12,552 --> 01:22:14,511 There it is again. Stand by. 1110 01:22:23,855 --> 01:22:25,689 Where does this thing go? 1111 01:22:30,028 --> 01:22:33,697 DRIVER: That pipe runs into a main line drain that isn't finished yet. 1112 01:22:33,782 --> 01:22:35,574 Still in the construction stage. 1113 01:22:40,872 --> 01:22:42,414 BEN: Give me a hand. 1114 01:22:47,879 --> 01:22:49,421 Tell them where I'm going. 1115 01:22:51,633 --> 01:22:55,386 Peterson is going through the connecting feeder to drain 267. 1116 01:22:55,679 --> 01:23:00,140 We've heard what may be the kids. Repeat, we've heard what may be the kids. 1117 01:23:00,475 --> 01:23:01,517 Stand by. 1118 01:23:03,895 --> 01:23:06,271 - BEN: There's construction down there? - DRIVER: Yeah. 1119 01:23:06,356 --> 01:23:10,275 - Tell O'Brien to turn the work lights on. - Right. 1120 01:23:11,945 --> 01:23:15,072 My map shows a portion of drain 267 is unfinished... 1121 01:23:15,156 --> 01:23:18,158 ...with construction postponed for the last 60 days. 1122 01:23:18,326 --> 01:23:21,829 If they've left work lights installed, turn them on. Stand by. 1123 01:23:21,830 --> 01:23:23,288 If they've left work lights installed, turn them on. Stand by. 1124 01:23:29,629 --> 01:23:33,257 (Banging) 1125 01:23:48,982 --> 01:23:52,609 (Banging) 1126 01:23:53,611 --> 01:23:57,031 Mike? Jerry? Are you there? 1127 01:23:57,115 --> 01:24:00,200 - MIKE: Yes, we're here! - BEN: Schmitty, they're alive! 1128 01:24:00,285 --> 01:24:01,243 They're alive. 1129 01:24:01,453 --> 01:24:03,662 Tell Mrs. Lodge her boys are alive. 1130 01:24:05,832 --> 01:24:09,460 (High-pitched stridulation) 1131 01:24:16,801 --> 01:24:20,304 BEN: Mike, Jerry, stay where you are! We'll get you out, but don't move! 1132 01:24:20,305 --> 01:24:21,638 BEN: Mike, Jerry, stay where you are! We'll get you out, but don't move! 1133 01:24:22,182 --> 01:24:23,932 BEN: There's two ants in here. 1134 01:24:24,059 --> 01:24:27,853 I got a strong brood odor, like in the New Mexico nest! 1135 01:24:28,313 --> 01:24:32,524 Report that to O'Brien. Tell him I must be near the nest. 1136 01:24:32,609 --> 01:24:36,153 I can't use the flamethrower. The kids are right in the line of fire. 1137 01:24:36,237 --> 01:24:38,197 BEN: Tell O'Brien to send in troops. 1138 01:24:46,623 --> 01:24:50,084 DRIVER: Peterson says it has the same smell as the nest in New Mexico. 1139 01:24:50,168 --> 01:24:53,629 "Brood odor," he calls it. He asks for troops to be sent in. 1140 01:24:53,797 --> 01:24:55,464 He's found the nest! 1141 01:24:55,673 --> 01:25:00,010 To all units, condition red. Drain 267 is the target area! 1142 01:25:00,095 --> 01:25:03,180 Repeat, condition red. Drain 267 is the target area! 1143 01:25:03,264 --> 01:25:06,767 (Message repeating on radios) 1144 01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:07,935 (Message repeating on radios) 1145 01:25:18,238 --> 01:25:21,740 (Dramatic instrumental music) 1146 01:25:21,741 --> 01:25:23,325 (Dramatic instrumental music) 1147 01:25:38,925 --> 01:25:41,885 Repeat, condition red. Drain 267 is the target area. 1148 01:25:41,970 --> 01:25:45,514 O'Connors, bring up my jeep. I hope we've found this nest in time. 1149 01:25:49,769 --> 01:25:53,397 (High-pitched stridulation) 1150 01:26:16,462 --> 01:26:18,255 BEN: Mike, Jerry, get in the corner! 1151 01:26:30,101 --> 01:26:32,477 BEN: Come on Jerry, Mike, let's get out of here! 1152 01:26:34,397 --> 01:26:35,814 Come on, Mike. 1153 01:26:37,025 --> 01:26:40,861 We're going through this pipe. There's a man at the other end. 1154 01:26:40,945 --> 01:26:44,198 Keep crawling until you get down there. Understand? 1155 01:26:44,574 --> 01:26:46,867 BEN: Grab hold. Go on. 1156 01:26:47,577 --> 01:26:49,703 BEN: Keep crawling, to the other end. 1157 01:27:18,733 --> 01:27:20,692 (High-pitched stridulation continues) 1158 01:27:20,777 --> 01:27:22,486 GRAHAM: Put your light over there! 1159 01:27:32,247 --> 01:27:33,538 Keep at them! 1160 01:27:40,755 --> 01:27:41,797 GRAHAM: Ben. 1161 01:27:44,425 --> 01:27:47,094 - How about the kids, Ben? - They're okay. 1162 01:27:48,429 --> 01:27:49,471 The pipe.... 1163 01:27:52,892 --> 01:27:54,184 Medics! 1164 01:28:33,766 --> 01:28:36,476 - Stop the firing! - Cease fire! 1165 01:28:36,561 --> 01:28:39,354 No more explosives, we can't risk closing off the nest. 1166 01:28:39,439 --> 01:28:41,231 Is there any type of gas we can use? 1167 01:28:41,357 --> 01:28:43,775 We can't take a chance, might poison the whole city. 1168 01:28:43,860 --> 01:28:48,238 We must locate the egg chamber, find out if any new queens have hatched. 1169 01:28:57,332 --> 01:28:59,291 (High-pitched stridulation stops) 1170 01:29:08,301 --> 01:29:09,760 Medics! 1171 01:29:19,645 --> 01:29:23,148 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 1172 01:29:23,149 --> 01:29:24,524 (Suspenseful instrumental music) 1173 01:29:33,618 --> 01:29:35,243 GENERAL: Start digging, you guys. 1174 01:29:43,086 --> 01:29:45,045 GENERAL: Hurry up, dig. 1175 01:30:03,898 --> 01:30:07,401 (High-pitched stridulation) 1176 01:30:07,402 --> 01:30:08,777 (High-pitched stridulation) 1177 01:30:45,356 --> 01:30:47,566 (High-pitched stridulation stops) 1178 01:30:49,318 --> 01:30:53,780 (High-pitched stridulation) 1179 01:31:02,165 --> 01:31:04,791 Hold it. Don't burn anything until we get the okay. 1180 01:31:04,876 --> 01:31:07,127 - General, where's Dr. Medford? - He's coming. 1181 01:31:16,804 --> 01:31:18,180 Is this it, Doctor? 1182 01:31:19,182 --> 01:31:21,433 DR. MEDFORD: New princess ants. New queens. 1183 01:31:23,019 --> 01:31:27,272 This is the egg chamber. The same as we found in New Mexico. 1184 01:31:29,066 --> 01:31:30,484 GRAHAM: Are we too late? 1185 01:31:30,985 --> 01:31:32,736 Fortunately, we're in time. 1186 01:31:32,904 --> 01:31:35,739 I'm certain no new queens have escaped from this nest. 1187 01:31:35,990 --> 01:31:38,492 The job will be done when these are destroyed. 1188 01:31:38,910 --> 01:31:40,243 Okay, burn them out. 1189 01:31:47,668 --> 01:31:52,088 Pat, if these monsters are a result of the first atomic bomb in 1945... 1190 01:31:52,507 --> 01:31:55,258 ...what about all the others that have been exploded since then? 1191 01:31:55,343 --> 01:31:56,384 I don't know. 1192 01:31:56,761 --> 01:31:58,303 Nobody knows, Robert. 1193 01:31:59,388 --> 01:32:03,767 When man entered the atomic age, he opened a door into a new world. 1194 01:32:04,852 --> 01:32:09,105 What we'll eventually find in that new world, nobody can predict. 1195 01:32:10,233 --> 01:32:14,486 (Dramatic instrumental climax) 1196 01:32:26,457 --> 01:32:28,500 (English SDH)