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- Chicago Cubs beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates six to three.00:01:26
Ladies and gentlemen, I'll
have a complete sports roundup00:01:29
for you in just a moment.00:01:31
- Tim, another bourbon.00:01:33
- Coming right up.00:01:35
(crowd chattering)00:01:38
(Tim sighs)00:01:39
(bottle lid squeaks)00:01:40
- Here's the news bulletin
from the nation's capital.00:01:42
Washington officially
this morning denies rumors00:01:45
of enemy planes over
northern Alaska.00:01:47
Meanwhile, there's
been no lessening00:01:49
of international tension
and informed sources refuse00:01:51
to discount the
possibility of all-out war.00:01:55
- Shut that thing off, I
get enough war talk at home.00:01:59
- Yeah, you can say that again.00:02:01
- Meanwhile, in Italy,
the communists caused00:02:03
another riot today.
- Quiet, you!00:02:05
- [News Reader] As
communists marched on Rome.00:02:07
- That'll hold you.00:02:11
(Tim chuckles)00:02:13
I wish I could keep him that
quiet when he comes in here.00:02:16
- Customer of yours?00:02:17
- Yeah, the TV station's
right down the street.00:02:21
And what do you
think the lug drinks?00:02:23
- A shaved flip.00:02:25
- Oh, you must know him, huh?00:02:28
- No.00:02:30
- Then, you've seen him in here?00:02:32
- No.00:02:33
- [Ed] Well, then,
how did you know-00:02:35
- He looks like the sort of
person who'd take a shaved flip.00:02:37
- Say, he does at
that. (chuckles)00:02:42
(door clicks)00:02:45
- Hi, Tim, how about a beer?00:02:47
- [Tim] Why sure, ain't
you working today?00:02:50
- Yeah, but I thought I'd
work in a nice cool bar.00:02:54
Mind if I start with you, sir?00:02:56
My name is Potter, Vince Potter.00:02:57
I'm a commentator
for station TVNY.00:03:00
Would you mind answering a
question for tomorrow's program?00:03:02
- You, um, gonna use
it on television?00:03:04
- That's the idea.00:03:06
- Well, uh, gosh,
I'll be glad to.00:03:08
- Good.00:03:10
First, I'll get your
name and address, huh.00:03:11
- Ed Mulfory, Boulder
County, Arizona.00:03:15
- Arizona.00:03:16
Occupation?00:03:17
- I'm a cattle-raiser.00:03:18
- Cattle-raiser.00:03:21
Now, here's today's question,00:03:22
are you for or against
the universal draft?00:03:24
Now, by that I mean
draft everything,00:03:26
soldiers for the army,
factories for war work,00:03:28
labor for factories,
the whole business.00:03:30
- Well, there's too much
government in business already.00:03:34
You take cattle, now.00:03:36
One bureau shoves
the cost of feed up00:03:38
and another keeps the
price of beef down.00:03:41
That's why I cut my herd
down to 3,000 head this year.00:03:44
- Oh.00:03:45
- I'd have raised 5,00000:03:46
if they hadn't put
price controls on.00:03:49
Another bourbon.00:03:50
And do they soak you
with those income taxes.00:03:53
Oh, brother.00:03:54
(bourbon sloshing)00:03:56
(page rustles)00:03:57
- You pay a high income tax?00:03:59
- Plenty.00:04:00
- You must make a
great deal of money.00:04:02
- I do all right.00:04:05
Well, down with taxes.00:04:11
(footsteps tapping)00:04:18
- What would you like, honey?00:04:19
- A scotch over ice.00:04:20
- You know, I don't know why
you New Yorkers drink scotch.00:04:22
Stuff tastes like
medicine to me.00:04:24
- What do you drink
in San Francisco?00:04:26
- A daiquiri.00:04:27
- That sounds like
a sissy drink to me.00:04:29
- I just like the cracked ice.00:04:32
- Scotch and a cracked ice.00:04:35
(lighter clicks)
- I beg your pardon.00:04:37
I'm Vince Potter.00:04:38
- Yeah?00:04:39
- At television station TVNY.00:04:41
- Oh, yes.00:04:43
- I'd like to ask
you both a question00:04:44
but, first, may I
have your name, sir?00:04:46
- Sylvester, George Sylvester.00:04:49
- Your occupation?00:04:51
- I'm a tractor manufacturer.00:04:53
- Tractor maker.00:04:54
- Your name?00:04:56
Miss?00:04:57
- Miss Sanford, Carla Sanford.00:04:59
- Telephone number?00:05:01
- Rhineland 1717.00:05:02
- Now, look here.00:05:03
- It's all right, George.00:05:05
I listen to Mr.
Potter every Friday.00:05:06
His program's very
popular in New York.00:05:08
- So, is he evidently.00:05:09
- Thank you.00:05:11
Now, here's tonight's
question, Mr. Sylvester.00:05:12
Are you for or against
the universal draft,00:05:15
army, labor,
factory, everything?00:05:18
- Draft factories,
that's communism.00:05:20
- Communism.00:05:21
That's a good quote.00:05:22
- They tried that
on me last week00:05:24
but I told them
where to get off.00:05:25
- Last week, where was that?00:05:26
- My plant.00:05:27
They sent an army
major in to see me.00:05:29
It would take me six months00:05:30
to get in production
on these tank parts,00:05:32
in the meantime, what would
happen to my tractor sales?00:05:35
- The army needs
tanks, Mr. Sylvester.00:05:37
- Oh, sure, I'd like
to hear you tell that00:05:39
to some of my dealers.00:05:40
- If your dealers
are good Americans,00:05:42
they'll know that tanks are
more important than tractors.00:05:44
- All they know is if they
don't get tractors to sell,00:05:46
they're out of business.00:05:47
- If an enemy nation
conquered America,00:05:49
they'd be out of
business for good.00:05:50
- Fat chance.00:05:51
I'm sorry, Major.00:05:53
I'd like to accommodate you00:05:55
but I've spent 10
years in building up
my sales organization00:05:57
and I'm not going
to throw it away00:05:58
to do the government a favor.00:06:00
- Mr. Sylvester, if people
like you won't cooperate00:06:02
with your government
willingly, the day may come00:06:05
when we'll be forced to
take over your plants00:06:06
without asking your permission.00:06:08
- Over my dead body.00:06:09
Now, let me tell you
something, Major,00:06:11
the people of this
country will never stand00:06:13
for a police state and you
can go back to Washington00:06:15
and tell them that for me.00:06:18
Yes, sir, just because he was
wearing a major's uniform,00:06:20
he thought he could threaten
me but I sure told him off.00:06:22
- You sure did.00:06:24
How about you, Miss Sanford?00:06:26
You believe in drafting
women as well as men?00:06:28
- Well, it all depends on
what you want to draft us for.00:06:32
- War work.
- Uh.00:06:34
- I mean, labor in a munitions
factory, for instance.00:06:36
- I worked in a factory for
a while during the last war.00:06:39
(chuckles) It ruined
my hands so I quit.00:06:42
- Another drink,
Tim, for everybody.00:06:46
Excuse me, gentlemen and young
lady, Harroway is my name.00:06:49
Congressman Harroway.00:06:50
I'm just in New York
for over the weekend.00:06:52
- It's a pleasure to meet you.00:06:53
- Well, it's nice
to know you too.00:06:55
Valuable work you're
doing, young man,00:06:57
seeking the voice of the people.00:06:59
I believe in it, that's
the American Way,00:07:01
the Democratic way.00:07:03
- Thank you, sir.00:07:04
That's, uh, Arthur Harroway,
isn't it, of Illinois?00:07:06
- Arthur V., thank
you, young man.00:07:10
You won't mention the locale
of our interview, of course.00:07:11
- Oh, of course not.00:07:13
- Some of my constituents
might not understand, you know.00:07:16
Uh, well, gentlemen speaking
of the voice of the people,00:07:18
I don't believe
that anyone hears it00:07:20
with the same regularity
as a congressman.00:07:22
Hundreds of letters
coming in every week.00:07:24
People telling you what they're
for, what they're against.00:07:27
Let me tell you what
they're against,00:07:29
they're against communists.00:07:31
Yes, sir, they want
communism destroyed00:07:33
wherever it rears its ugly head.00:07:35
Another thing the people
don't like is war.00:07:37
No, sir, they don't
like war at all.00:07:39
They don't want it.00:07:41
- Thanks.00:07:42
- Are you against war, sir?00:07:45
- Yes, I'm against it.00:07:47
Thank you.00:07:49
- Another thing the people
don't like are these high taxes,00:07:51
sending all that
money to Europe.00:07:53
Yes, sir, what my constituents
want are lower taxes.00:07:57
Do you want lower taxes?00:07:58
- Or none at all.00:08:01
- Maybe I better get you
in this symposium too?00:08:04
May I have your name, sir?00:08:06
- My name is Ohman.00:08:07
- Ohman.00:08:09
Oh, yeah, like the bandleader,
O-H-M-A-N, isn't it?00:08:11
- It will do.
- Uh-huh.00:08:13
Your occupation, Mr. Ohman?00:08:15
- I'm a forecaster.00:08:17
- Weather forecaster.00:08:19
And what do you
think of the draft?00:08:21
- I think America
wants new leadership.00:08:24
- New leadership,00:08:26
what kind of leadership
do you suggest?00:08:28
- I suggest a wizard.00:08:30
- A what?00:08:31
- A wizard like Merlin00:08:33
who could kill his enemies
by wishing them dead.00:08:36
That's the way we like
to beat communism now,00:08:39
by wishing it dead.00:08:42
The manufacturer wants more
war orders and lower taxes.00:08:44
Labor wants more consumer
products in a 30-hour week.00:08:48
The college boy
wants a stronger army00:08:50
and a deferment for himself.00:08:52
The businessman wants a bigger
Air Force and a new Cadillac.00:08:56
The housewife wants security
and an electric dishwasher.00:09:01
(glass thuds)00:09:02
Everybody wants a strong America00:09:04
and we all want the
same man to pay for it.00:09:08
George, let George do it.00:09:11
- Ah, I disagree with you.00:09:13
I don't wanna let George do it.00:09:15
(Mr. Ohman chuckles)00:09:16
- You must be the exception.00:09:17
- No, I'm George.00:09:19
(group laughing)00:09:21
- [Ed] Oh, that's a hot one.00:09:22
- Everyone wants
George to do it.00:09:25
- Except George.00:09:27
- A very good joke00:09:30
but wars are not
won by making jokes.00:09:34
To win a war,00:09:37
a nation must concentrate.00:09:49
(dramatic music)00:10:18
(dramatic music continues)00:10:28
- What's that guy yakking about?00:10:31
Something big going on.00:10:33
(suspenseful music)00:10:34
(switch clicks)00:10:35
Speak up, jerk.00:10:36
- No longer a rumor,
the blue alert is on.00:10:38
No official word
from Washington yet.00:10:40
- Official word on what?00:10:42
- But here's a news
bulletin from United Press,00:10:43
a wireless operator
from Seal Point, Alaska,00:10:46
reports over 500 planes were
seen at 4:20 this afternoon.00:10:49
- 500 planes?
(bell ringing)00:10:51
What kind of planes?00:10:53
- They passed over Seal
Point at an altitude00:10:54
of 10,000 feet heading south.00:10:57
(footsteps tapping)00:11:01
A dispatch from Washington,00:11:02
all military leaves
are canceled.00:11:04
Members of the Armed
Forces are to report00:11:06
to the nearest
headquarters immediately.00:11:09
- This sounds serious.00:11:10
- I gotta get back
to the station.00:11:11
Goodbye.00:11:14
Everybody.00:11:15
- Nome, Alaska,
more than 50 reports00:11:17
from all over the territory
have now been received.00:11:19
Hundreds of
unidentified aircraft00:11:21
are unquestionably moving
south across Alaska.00:11:24
The latest report comes from
the seaport of Peace Harbor.00:11:27
(suspenseful music)00:11:41
- Our planes are here.00:11:45
- [Man On P.A. System] Attention
all civilian air personnel,00:11:47
report any observations
on the identity00:11:49
of the approaching planes00:11:51
to the Alaskan High
Command immediately.00:11:52
I repeat.00:11:53
- Here they come.00:11:55
- [Man On P.A. System] Attention
all civilian air personnel,00:11:56
report any observations
on the identity00:11:58
of the approaching planes00:11:59
to the Alaskan High
Command immediately.00:12:01
- Can you see their markings?00:12:02
- [Man] Not yet.00:12:03
(planes engines revving)00:12:08
They're coming at us.00:12:10
(planes engines roaring)00:12:12
(guns firing)00:12:14
(suspenseful music)00:12:27
- [Soldier] Paratroopers,
assemble north of field.00:12:39
- Pull that flag down.00:12:44
(suspenseful music continues)00:12:50
(plane engine roaring)00:12:55
- Peace Harbor calling Nome.00:12:58
Peace Harbor calling Nome.00:13:02
The enemy...00:13:03
(gun firing)00:13:05
is here.00:13:06
(dramatic music)00:13:10
(suspenseful music)00:13:13
- [Man] Hurry those bombs.00:13:34
(door clicks)00:13:37
(suspenseful percussive music)00:13:43
- Here is our headquarters.00:13:46
Here is the target
for group A for Atlas.00:13:49
B for Berlin.00:13:51
C for Canada.00:13:53
D for Dover.00:13:56
(plane engines roaring)00:14:12
- This is Knox Manning
again, ladies and gentlemen.00:14:14
Unconfirmed reports state
that our jet fighter planes00:14:17
have already engaged the enemy.00:14:19
From the United Press
correspondent in
Fairbanks, Alaska,00:14:22
it's now certain that
the United States00:14:24
has been attacked
without warning.00:14:25
Three civil airports in
Alaska have been captured,00:14:28
a dozen more don't reply
to urgent radio calls.00:14:31
There's a great deal of
static in the northwest,00:14:33
probably, due to enemy
jamming of the airwaves.00:14:35
The big mystery now is why
have no cities been attacked?00:14:39
Why did the enemy
throw away surprise00:14:41
yet failed to drop
a single atom bomb?00:14:44
(dramatic music)00:14:51
- He's captured all civilian
airfields in Alaska.00:14:54
Why?00:14:55
He must plan to use them00:14:57
for staging an attack
on our factories,00:15:00
our cities, our shipyards
and our airfields.00:15:05
- He's made several attacks
on the Pacific Fleet00:15:07
but was completely wiped out.00:15:09
- G2 reports that
the attacking forces00:15:11
are wearing American uniforms.00:15:13
- Well, the question now is
he going to use his A-bomb?00:15:20
(suspenseful music)
(plane engines revving)00:15:29
- [Pilot] There is the
airfield, make ready.00:15:34
- [Man] All right,
you guys, scramble.00:15:36
(bell ringing)
This is it.00:15:38
(suspenseful music)00:15:47
(plane engines roaring)00:15:50
(fire whooshing)00:15:54
(plane engines roaring)00:16:03
(plane engines roaring)00:16:07
(planes whooshing)00:16:24
- [Pilot] There they
are, enemy planes.00:16:29
(plane engines roaring)00:16:39
(guns firing)00:17:00
(plane engines roaring)00:17:03
(plane engines revving)00:17:14
- [Pilot] Ahead is airfield.00:17:16
Make ready to bomb.00:17:20
(plane engines revving)00:17:37
- [Man] Bomb's away.00:17:42
(explosion booming)00:17:56
(plane engines revving)00:18:12
Bomb's away.00:18:21
(explosion booming)00:18:36
- And so, ladies and gentlemen,00:18:37
the long-awaited
blow has fallen.00:18:40
The atom bomb has been dropped00:18:41
on the United States of America.00:18:44
Washington 10:30 p.m.,00:18:46
the Joint Chiefs of
Staff are now in session.00:18:48
So far, there have
been official reports00:18:50
of only three A-bomb drops,00:18:52
Fletcher Field, Alexander
May and Custer Field.00:18:55
But unofficial information
is to the effect00:18:57
that additional
military objectives00:18:58
have been hit in the northwest
and on the Pacific Coast.00:19:01
The bombs used are reported
to be nearly as strong00:19:04
as the American bomb
dropped on Nagasaki.00:19:11
We now interrupt
this news summary00:19:13
to take you to Washington, DC.00:19:16
- And so, another day
of infamy has come00:19:19
within your lifetime and mine.00:19:22
Thousands of
Americans have died,00:19:24
victims of this
treacherous attack00:19:28
but it will not go unpunished.00:19:30
At this very minute, hundreds
of our fastest bombers00:19:34
are speeding toward
the enemy's homeland.00:19:37
(plane engines revving)00:19:38
We shall bomb their
bases and their army,00:19:42
their factories and
their railroads,00:19:44
their harbors and
their oil fields.00:19:48
Our own atom bomb,00:19:50
more powerful that many of
the world has ever known,00:19:53
will wreak a terrible
vengeance upon that nation00:19:57
whose long threat to
the peace of the world00:20:00
today became a reality.00:20:03
(dramatic music)00:20:07
(plane engines revving)00:20:12
(explosions booming)00:20:18
(plane engine revving)00:20:23
(explosion booming)00:20:25
(plane engine revving)00:20:30
(explosions booming)00:20:36
(plane engine revving)00:20:40
(explosions booming)00:20:42
(plane engines revving)00:20:54
(explosions booming)00:20:59
And while our bombers
are carrying the war00:21:01
to the enemy's homeland,00:21:03
(plane engines revving)00:21:05
American fighter planes and
the Air Arm of our fleet,00:21:08
are valiantly defending the
shores of our Pacific Coast.00:21:15
- Pilots, man your planes.00:21:17
Pilots, man your planes.00:21:19
(suspenseful music)00:21:26
(plane engines roaring)00:21:30
(plane engines revving)00:21:49
(suspenseful music continues)00:21:52
(plane engines revving)00:22:08
- [Pilot] Where's the enemy?00:22:09
Look at those swept-back wings.00:22:12
(plane engines roaring)00:22:18
(suspenseful music continues)00:22:24
(plane engines roaring)00:22:30
- [Pilot] Strike their carrier.00:22:34
(guns firing)00:22:48
(suspenseful music continues)00:22:54
(plane engines roaring)00:22:58
(explosion booming)00:23:01
(plane engine roaring)00:23:02
(explosion booming)00:23:05
(plane engines roaring)00:23:18
(water splashing)00:23:19
- So, I call upon all
Americans to join ranks00:23:22
in this bitter struggle
with the forces of evil,00:23:26
forces that will never rest00:23:28
until they have
conquered the earth00:23:31
or are themselves conquered
by the united strength00:23:35
of the free peoples
of the world.00:23:40
- Had enough?00:23:42
- Turn it off.00:23:46
(switch clicks)00:23:47
- Where's the congressman?00:23:49
- He left for Washington
a couple hours ago.00:23:51
- How about the fellow, Ohman?00:23:52
- He's gone too.00:23:54
- Can you imagine those guys00:23:56
attacking the United
States of America?00:23:59
- Yeah, well, we'll shove
it down their throats.00:24:01
- This is it, the final
game of the World Series00:24:05
and we're the home team.00:24:07
- (sighs) Give me a beer, Tim,00:24:09
while I got some
voice left, will ya?00:24:11
Hi.00:24:12
- Hi.00:24:13
Is it as bad as it sounds?00:24:14
- Worse.00:24:16
- [Tim] What's the
inside dope, Vince?00:24:18
- Well, we've lost part of
the state of Washington,00:24:20
about 50 military
airfields in the west.00:24:22
They were knocked
out by atom bombs.00:24:25
It was like a modern
Kamikaze attack,00:24:27
no matter how many
planes we shot down,00:24:28
they kept coming
until one got through.00:24:31
Our Navy Air Arm is operating00:24:32
from carriers off
the coast of Oregon.00:24:35
They've taken a terrific
toll of enemy planes.00:24:38
- How about the
cities in California?00:24:41
- You mean San Francisco?00:24:42
- Yeah.00:24:43
- Hasn't been attacked yet.00:24:44
- Thank God for that.00:24:47
- But they hit a shipyard
in the state of Washington.00:24:50
20,000 dead.00:24:51
- Oh, no.
- Oh, yes.00:24:54
- But what are they up to?00:24:55
I mean, they wouldn't
just drop a few bombs00:24:58
and let it go at that.00:25:00
- Well, there was a rumor00:25:01
that they were dropping
parachute troops
near Puget Sound00:25:04
in American uniforms.00:25:07
Turn it on again, will you, Tim?00:25:08
We were trying to pick
up a Tacoma station00:25:10
by microwave when I left.00:25:13
- Do you think there'll
be an actual invasion?00:25:16
- I wish I knew.00:25:18
- It's hard to
believe, isn't it?00:25:22
I mean, that this is
actually happening to us.00:25:25
- Yeah, right here
in the United States.00:25:29
- Look at that.00:25:30
- [News Reader] More than
2,000 enemy paratroopers00:25:32
dropping in a semicircle
around the supply depot.00:25:36
Telos itself has been
destroyed by an atom bomb.00:25:39
The National Guard
is being mobilized00:25:41
and civilians are meeting the
invasion with calm courage.00:25:45
Here's another
remote control view00:25:46
from our portable equipment.00:25:48
Here are regular
American troops,00:25:50
survivors of the
bombing of Camp Lewis,00:25:52
fighting with the
invading paratroopers.00:25:55
(guns firing)00:25:58
This is probably the
first picture ever taken00:26:00
of American soldiers
shooting at an invader00:26:03
on American soil.00:26:04
(guns firing)00:26:09
Here's the target,00:26:11
enemy paratroopers landing in
the field near Puget Sound.00:26:14
(guns firing)00:26:15
We are taking these pictures00:26:17
from station TVWN's
portable cameras,00:26:20
equipped with telescopic lens00:26:22
but, even so, our mobile unit
is within a quarter of a mile00:26:25
of the actual battlefront.00:26:27
(guns firing)00:26:29
There goes one.00:26:30
(guns firing)00:26:33
But it will take more
than a handful of riflemen00:26:35
to hold back the thousands
of well-equipped troops00:26:38
who are dropping out of
the skies above us here00:26:40
in the state of Washington.00:26:42
(static buzzing)00:26:44
We're having trouble
with our picture.00:26:46
I hope our microwave is
getting through to the east.00:26:49
We want all Americans to know...00:26:51
(static buzzing)00:26:56
- Ladies and gentlemen,00:26:57
our connection with
Tacoma has been broken.00:26:59
We will restore it,
if and when we can.00:27:03
Meanwhile, here is
official confirmation00:27:05
of an earlier rumor.00:27:07
Washington, DC, the Department
of Defense announces00:27:09
that the Pacific shipyards
have been destroyed00:27:11
by atom bombing.00:27:13
The same bomb smashed the
business district of the city00:27:16
with casualties estimated
between 20 and 50,000.00:27:21
- I guess I'd better get
back to San Francisco.00:27:23
- You think it's safe?00:27:24
- It's my town.00:27:26
- You're gonna try for
an airplane ticket?00:27:27
- That's what I had in mind.00:27:28
- I think I'll go
along with you,00:27:30
see if I can get
one for Arizona.00:27:31
- When I get back
home, I'll tell Edna00:27:33
that I'm not likely to forget
my dinner date with a cousin.00:27:35
Oh, dinner, I
haven't fed you yet.00:27:37
- You go find your plane ticket.00:27:39
I'm not hungry anyway.00:27:40
- You'll see that
she gets home safe?00:27:42
- I'll make it my
personal responsibility.00:27:44
- Goodbye then.00:27:45
- Take care of yourself, George.00:27:47
- Good luck.00:27:48
(dramatic music)00:27:51
- [News Reader] This is
an emergency announcement.00:27:53
This is an emergency
announcement.00:27:55
Every able-bodied citizen
is requested to report00:27:57
to the nearest hospital to
give blood for the Red Cross.00:28:02
- It's a nightmare.00:28:04
This can't be happening.00:28:05
- It was a cinch to happen.00:28:09
Last time I met a
girl I really liked,00:28:10
they bombed Pearl Harbor.00:28:12
- What happened to the girl?00:28:14
- War ended.00:28:16
- Extra paper, America invaded.00:28:19
Read all about it.00:28:21
Extra paper, America invaded.00:28:24
Read all about it.00:28:26
Extra!00:28:28
(crowd chattering)00:28:30
- Okay, thanks.00:28:31
(phone clatters)00:28:32
Sorry, nothing for New Orleans.00:28:34
- Anything for Minneapolis?00:28:35
- Nothing for Minneapolis.00:28:36
- Anything for Omaha?00:28:38
- All flights for Omaha
are sold out, sir.00:28:39
- Well, how about tomorrow?00:28:40
- Tomorrow and all next week.00:28:41
- Oh.00:28:42
- I wonder if you can help me,00:28:43
my wife is very ill in Dallas.00:28:46
- I can get you a reservation
a week from next Tuesday00:28:48
but you'll have
to get a priority.00:28:49
Here's where you
apply for it, sir.00:28:53
- [Woman] Could I get a ticket
to Gardner Field, Montana?00:28:55
- Gardner Field, Montana?00:28:57
- [Woman] That's right.00:28:58
- Is this a business trip?00:28:59
- No, I wanna go home.00:29:01
My husband's there and my
children, they're with him.00:29:04
- I'm sorry, madam,00:29:05
all flights to Gardner Field
have been discontinued.00:29:08
- Discontinued?00:29:10
For how long?00:29:11
- I'm afraid permanently.00:29:15
- There hasn't been an attack?00:29:17
- [Woman] Early this morning.00:29:19
- Was it.00:29:20
Was it serious?00:29:21
- An A-bomb.00:29:25
(woman gasping)00:29:28
(crowd chattering)00:29:35
- I don't think we'll
do any good here.00:29:37
- You know, there's a
bellhop at my hotel,00:29:39
knows all the angles.00:29:40
- Maybe this isn't
the time for angles?00:29:43
- You're right.00:29:45
Any chance to get to
Phoenix or Tucson?00:29:47
- [Woman] All sold out.00:29:48
- How about San Francisco?00:29:50
- Still a few spaces left,
if you can get a priority.00:29:53
Apply for it here.00:29:54
- Thanks.00:29:56
- I think I'll try for
San Francisco with you.00:29:58
Maybe I can rent a car
there and drive home?00:30:00
- Fine, come along.00:30:03
- [Man] I'd like a
ticket to Seattle.00:30:05
- I'm sorry.00:30:06
(machine rattling)00:30:10
- Gentlemen, are you sure you
understood my instructions?00:30:14
(footsteps tapping)00:30:17
We have lost air
groups eight and nine00:30:19
and there are still
two fields remaining.00:30:21
Here and here.00:30:24
You know our plans,
regardless of loss,00:30:27
it's constantly two
air groups on each one.00:30:29
Strike immediately
with atom bombs.00:30:31
- Yes, Excellency.00:30:33
- And order the attack
on San Francisco placed00:30:35
in the ready stage.00:30:36
- Immediately, Excellency.00:30:38
(footsteps tapping)00:30:40
(plane engine roaring)00:30:45
- [Pilot] New York Flight
289 to San Francisco Tower00:30:48
request landing instructions.00:30:51
(plane engine roaring)00:30:56
- [Man] Howard to TWA Flight
289, land on strip three.00:31:02
(plane engine roaring)00:31:08
(plane engine revving)00:31:19
(wheels rattling)00:31:22
(car engine revving)00:31:24
- [Radio Announcer] This
is KRO, San Francisco.00:31:27
While no A-bombs have
fallen on California,00:31:29
an unofficial report in
Northern California states00:31:31
that six ships flying the
flags of six different nations00:31:35
were intercepted by
the United States Navy00:31:36
and found to be carrying
enemy personnel and equipment.00:31:39
- Turn it off, will ya, Max?00:31:41
- Anything you say.00:31:44
(plane engines roaring)00:31:48
- [Pilot] The Golden Gate,
there is San Francisco.00:31:57
(plane engines roaring)00:32:06
- [Man] Enemy planes, open fire.00:32:08
(cannons firing)00:32:20
- What's that?00:32:22
(plane engines roaring)00:32:30
- [Pilot] There is the target.00:32:36
- [Man] Bomb's away.00:32:38
(missiles whooshing)
(plane engines roaring)00:32:42
(explosion booming)00:32:44
- They're bombing us.00:32:45
(cannons firing)00:32:51
(missiles whooshing)00:32:56
(explosion booming)00:32:59
- There's my plant just up
ahead, pull up at the curve.00:33:02
(plane engine roaring)00:33:08
(cannons firing)00:33:10
(explosions booming)00:33:24
This is awful.00:33:25
- How do you like them guys
bombing San Francisco, yeah.00:33:27
- We never got bombed
in the last war.00:33:28
- You never got it, brother.00:33:30
I was in Guadal.00:33:31
Anybody got a cigarette?00:33:33
- Have a cigar.00:33:35
- Oh, thanks.00:33:36
Anybody got a light?00:33:37
(missiles whistling)00:33:39
(explosion booming)00:33:41
- That was too close.00:33:43
(missiles whistling)00:33:44
- What's the chance
of hiring your cab00:33:45
to drive me to Arizona?00:33:46
(explosion booming)00:33:47
(debris clattering)00:33:49
- Anything to get
out of this town.00:33:50
- Good luck.00:33:53
(plane engine revving)00:34:00
(cannons firing)00:34:03
(explosions booming)00:34:06
(suspenseful music)00:34:13
(guns firing)00:34:18
- And as the sun sets
in the Pacific tonight,00:34:21
the all clear is
sounded in San Francisco00:34:23
and the city by the
Golden Gate has survived00:34:25
its first air attack.00:34:26
No A-bombs were used and,
although, our armed forces00:34:30
took a terrific toll
of enemy planes,00:34:32
serious damage to San
Francisco cannot be denied.00:34:36
Meanwhile, this
station will bring you00:34:38
the latest news developments
as rapidly as they occur.00:34:41
Keep tuned to this channel
for further development.00:34:44
- More coffee?00:34:45
- Please.00:34:47
(coffee sloshing)00:34:48
You know it's funny, the
world's coming to an end00:34:50
and you and I are sitting
here having dinner.00:34:52
What's more, I was hungry.00:34:53
- Know what you mean.00:34:55
(gentle music)00:34:56
Every once in a while00:34:57
I forget what's
happening in the world.00:34:59
I feel good as if I
just met a new beau.00:35:04
- You have.00:35:06
- One I like very much.00:35:09
- He likes you even more.00:35:15
War or no war, people have to
eat and drink and make love.00:35:21
(gentle romantic music)00:35:23
- [News Reader] News bulletin.00:35:24
A special meeting of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff00:35:25
has been called in Washington.00:35:27
There have been no
further reports of bombing00:35:29
from the west coast but an
unconfirmed report maintains.00:35:33
- Gentlemen, we've just smashed
his largest A-bomb plan.00:35:37
- [Man] Their next bomb?00:35:38
- Four of them.00:35:39
Our B-36 has reached
target at 2,300.00:35:44
They blew a hole right through
the middle of his plant.00:35:46
- How many workers there?00:35:48
- [General] About 50,000.00:35:49
- How many casualties would
you estimate, general?00:35:51
- Oh, I'd say at
least half of them.00:35:53
- [Man] Well, what will happen00:35:55
if he hits New York,
Chicago, the way we hit him?00:35:58
- It'll be tough.00:36:02
He's landed paratroops
in California.00:36:05
- The enemy is dropping
parachute troops00:36:06
on the outskirts of the city.00:36:08
The army needs these tanks.00:36:09
We got to get on 'em and
repair 'em and do 'em fast.00:36:11
- What about the tractors
on the production line?00:36:13
- Oh, get them out of the road.00:36:14
Dump 'em in the bay, anything.00:36:16
- Let me emphasize,
it is touch and go,00:36:17
whether we can hold the city.00:36:18
A dozen tanks one way or another00:36:20
can make all the difference.00:36:21
- We'll get 'em ready fast.00:36:22
- Tell the men they're
on a 24-hour shift00:36:23
until those tanks are repaired.00:36:25
- 24-hour shift, for what?00:36:27
To make more money for you?00:36:30
We don't have to work
for this rat anymore.00:36:31
He's finished.00:36:33
All the capitalist
rats are finished.00:36:34
- Why don't you drop dead?00:36:36
- Why does he want to
make tanks for profit,00:36:39
when he could make more
money building tractors,00:36:41
he built tractors.00:36:42
(suspenseful music)00:36:45
- Up, up with hands!00:36:46
Up!00:36:47
- Ah, you are here.00:36:49
Just in time.00:36:50
I'm in charge here now.00:36:52
You were right.00:36:54
Your men will work
a 24-hour shift00:36:55
until the tanks are repaired00:36:57
but it is the People's
Army who will use them.00:37:00
(gun firing)00:37:04
Back on the job.00:37:05
You will get your orders.00:37:07
(dramatic music)00:37:10
(gun firing)00:37:14
(gun firing)00:37:18
Why do people like you always
think you can beat anybody00:37:21
with your bare hands?00:37:24
- If I had my life to live over.00:37:25
- You would build
tanks in this factory.00:37:28
Don't worry, you
still have time,00:37:32
only you will build them for us.00:37:34
- That's what you think.00:37:35
- Shut up!
(hand slaps)00:37:37
It would be a pleasure
to kill you too00:37:39
but my orders are
to keep you alive.00:37:42
- Yeah.00:37:43
- We need this factory, you see,00:37:45
and you know how to run it
better than anybody else.00:37:48
So, there is only
one thing to do.00:37:52
- You are so dead right,00:37:54
and I'm just the
man who can do it.00:37:56
(fist thuds)00:37:57
(suspenseful music)00:37:59
(gun firing)00:38:00
(George groans)00:38:08
- San Francisco fell
at 12 o'clock today00:38:10
and the invaders have
established a firm foothold00:38:13
on American soil.00:38:14
Our military airbases
within fighter plane range00:38:16
of northern California have
been knocked out by A-bombs00:38:19
and it is rumored that the
Army is being withdrawn00:38:21
to a defense line along
the western borders00:38:23
of the Rocky Mountains.00:38:28
We now switch controls
to Washington, DC,00:38:31
for an official message.00:38:33
- It is my unhappy
duty to report to you00:38:37
that, despite heroic
effort by our armed forces,00:38:41
the enemy invaders have now
secured San Francisco, Oakland,00:38:46
Astoria-Oregon
and Port Townsend.00:38:52
To the people of these
cities, I bring this message,00:38:56
do not despair.00:38:59
At 10 o'clock this morning,00:39:01
England and France
declared war on our side.00:39:05
All the nations included
in the Atlantic Pact00:39:09
have risen to defend
the free world.00:39:14
Despite the unprovoked
nature of the attack,00:39:17
the war has not been
as one-sided as it
may now seem to you.00:39:22
For every atom bomb
dropped on our country,00:39:25
we have taken three to
the enemy's heartland00:39:29
and we have huge stocks of
atomic weapons in reserve,00:39:34
stocks large enough to
eventually crush the enemy00:39:38
on his native soil and
end forever his power00:39:42
to make war on any
nation anywhere.00:39:46
So be of good courage.00:39:48
Though we have met the
first shock of aggression00:39:52
and we have returned
blow-for-blow00:39:58
and even as I speak to you,00:40:01
our Pacific Fleet is
carrying the conflict00:40:04
to the enemy's homeland.00:40:05
(suspenseful music)00:40:09
(weapons firing)00:40:11
(explosion booming)00:40:14
(weapons firing)00:40:16
(missile whooshing)00:40:18
(explosion booming)00:40:22
(missiles whooshing)00:40:33
(guns firing)00:40:57
(explosion booming)00:40:58
(weapons firing)00:41:13
(explosions booming)00:41:16
(plane engines roaring)00:41:29
(guns firing)00:41:36
(plane engines roaring)00:41:39
(water splashes)00:41:41
(guns firing)00:41:44
(plane whooshing)00:41:49
(water splashes)00:41:52
(gun firing)00:41:58
(plane engines revving)00:42:04
(explosion booms)00:42:05
(plane engines revving)00:42:08
(guns firing)00:42:09
(explosion booms)00:42:12
(plane whooshing)00:42:21
(plane whooshing)00:42:24
(explosions booming)00:42:33
(guns firing)00:42:39
(water splashes)00:42:41
(plane whooshing)00:42:43
(explosion booms)00:42:45
(guns firing)00:42:47
(plane whooshing)00:42:49
(explosion booms)
(water splashes)00:42:55
(weapons firing)00:43:01
(plane whooshing)00:43:04
(explosion booms)00:43:06
(plane whooshing)00:43:10
(explosion booms)00:43:14
(explosion booms)00:43:24
- [Man] Target the carrier.00:43:28
Fire one.00:43:31
(torpedo whooshing)00:43:35
(explosion booming)00:43:42
(dramatic music)00:43:49
- How do you feel?00:43:51
- I feel great.00:43:52
How much of the red
stuff did you take out?00:43:54
- Just a pint.00:43:55
- Next time, I'll
give you a fifth.00:43:57
- All right, come around
in about 12 weeks.00:44:01
Next.00:44:02
- Hi, honey.00:44:03
- Hey, what you doing here?00:44:05
- Oh, I thought I'd spare
you a few red corpuscles.00:44:06
- Swell, I can use them.00:44:09
- Tried to join the
Air Force today.00:44:11
- They didn't take you?00:44:13
- 90,000 guys are
trying to join now00:44:14
that it's too late to train men.00:44:17
What they need is equipment.00:44:18
- What we need is blood.00:44:20
(Vince chuckles)00:44:23
- You sure you know
what you're doing, huh?00:44:24
- Please.00:44:27
- That's cold.00:44:28
- Don't be such a sissy.00:44:29
- Yeah, well.00:44:32
I...00:44:33
Sorry.00:44:34
- That's better.00:44:37
Make a fist.00:44:38
- Okay.00:44:39
You know you're beautiful?00:44:41
- We're ready.00:44:44
- Does she know what she's
doing with that thing?00:44:45
- You can trust her.00:44:47
- Yeah, I don't trust, I
trust you, I don't trust.00:44:48
- You know, all we wanna do00:44:50
is see what goes
on in your vein.00:44:51
(Vince chuckles)00:44:55
(car engine revving)
(suspenseful music)00:44:57
- [Radio Announcer] All over
America, long lines are forming00:45:00
in front of Red Cross
blood bank centers00:45:02
but authorities estimate00:45:04
that another 5 million pints
are needed immediately,00:45:06
even more if there
are atom-bomb attacks00:45:08
on the major centers
of population.00:45:14
- It was sure great to talk
to my kids from Boulder City.00:45:18
Take the first
turn to the right.00:45:19
- Not far to go, huh?00:45:21
- We'll be home in 10 minutes.00:45:22
- You'll be home,
brother, not me.00:45:24
I got a new flag over my home.00:45:28
- That's too bad.00:45:30
You got any family
in San Francisco?00:45:32
- Just me and the cab.00:45:34
- I'll give the two of
you a job on my ranch.00:45:36
- Oh, thanks.00:45:37
(car engine revving)00:45:40
- Look at those bombers.00:45:43
I'm sure glad we've
got a lot of them.00:45:44
- You said it.00:45:47
- Jet bombers with
swept-back wings, I got you.00:45:50
We've just intercepted a
jet attack headed this way.00:45:52
They think maybe the
dam's the target.00:45:54
- How many planes, how far away?00:45:56
- How many planes?00:45:57
I got you.00:45:59
Last seen at 6C for
Charlie, got it.00:46:02
About a dozen jets 120
miles west of here.00:46:04
They've shot down most of them.00:46:05
(plane engines roaring)00:46:08
- What's that?00:46:10
- That's them.00:46:12
(plane engines roaring)00:46:14
Post 327 to command.00:46:15
Post 327 to command.00:46:17
Enemy jets approaching
Boulder Dam.00:46:19
Enemy jets approaching
Boulder Dam.00:46:22
- Enemy planes coming in.00:46:23
Open fire.00:46:25
(weapons firing)00:46:29
(plane engines roaring)00:46:30
(weapons firing)00:46:32
(plane engines roaring)00:46:35
(weapons firing)00:46:37
(plane engines roaring)00:46:41
(planes whooshing)00:46:43
- Enemy jets attacking dam.00:46:46
(plane whooshing)00:46:53
(suspenseful music)00:46:57
(weapons firing)00:47:02
(missile whooshes)00:47:05
(explosion booming)00:47:20
(explosion booming)00:47:22
- Sounded like
something blew up.00:47:24
- [Radio Announcer]
Emergency announcement.00:47:25
Enemy planes are
attacking Boulder Dam.00:47:27
I repeat, enemy planes
are attacking Boulder Dam.00:47:30
(man shouting)00:47:33
Attention all citizens,00:47:34
Boulder Dam has been
destroyed by enemy action.00:47:37
Evacuate all low
ground immediately.00:47:39
Attention all citizens.00:47:42
- Step on it, we got
to get to my family.00:47:45
(car engine revving)
(suspenseful music)00:47:47
(water splashing)00:47:53
(car engine revving)00:47:55
(tires screeching)00:47:57
There they are.00:47:58
- Daddy, look at my new doll!00:48:00
- Daddy, daddy!
- Get in the car fast!00:48:02
The dam's out!00:48:04
- The dam?
- Yes, they bombed it.00:48:05
Boulder Dam, get
in quick, hurry!00:48:08
(car engine revving)00:48:11
(water splashing)
(suspenseful music)00:48:14
Water will be a 100 feet
deep here any minute.00:48:16
- What happened?00:48:17
What happened?00:48:19
- Those bombers that just
flew over, they weren't ours.00:48:21
Can't you go any faster?00:48:22
- This is as fast as it'll go!00:48:24
(car engine revving)00:48:26
- Mommy, I'm scared.00:48:27
- Shh, darling.00:48:29
(water splashing)00:48:34
(car engine revving)00:48:35
(water splashing)00:48:40
Here it comes! (cries)00:48:41
- Faster, faster!
(suspenseful music continues)00:48:44
(water splashing)00:48:49
(woman screaming)00:48:51
(car clatters)00:48:58
(dramatic music)
(water splashing)00:49:09
- Destruction of Boulder Dam
by an atomic missile today00:49:13
was only the culminating
disaster in what will go down00:49:15
in history as Black Friday for
the United States of America.00:49:20
At 10:27 this morning, off
the coast of California,00:49:23
an American warship
was the victim00:49:25
of another new atomic weapon
when the carrier, Crown Point,00:49:29
suffered a direct hit
by an atomic torpedo.00:49:33
First victim of a weapon that
threatens the very existence00:49:36
of the United States fleet,00:49:38
the Crown Point waged a
gallant fight for survival00:49:41
but at 5:20 this afternoon,00:49:43
the fire reached her boiler room00:49:45
and Captain Headley gave
the order to abandon ship.00:49:55
Meanwhile, flames
swept the entire state00:49:58
of California tonight as the
people of the Pacific Coast00:50:01
put their industrial
establishments to the torch00:50:04
rather than allow them
to fall into enemy hands.00:50:07
Here is a food
warehouse in Oakland,00:50:10
burned to the
ground by its owners00:50:11
to keep the thousands of tons
of flour and sugar it held00:50:15
from being used
to feed the enemy.00:50:17
This is Richmond, California,
land of Western Petroleum.00:50:21
A million gallons of
high-test aeroplane gasoline00:50:24
go up in flames to implement
the scorched earth policy00:50:27
with which a resolute
civilian population is meeting00:50:30
the first invasion of America
since the war of 1812.00:50:37
Disaster follows disaster00:50:38
as railroad employees
wreck their own trains00:50:41
to slow the enemy drive.00:50:43
A steel plant built00:50:45
at a cost of $50 million
burns to the ground.00:50:48
Part of the terrible financial
balance sheet of war,00:50:52
billions of dollars
of property lost00:50:54
to the American people forever00:50:56
because we did not provide
a strong enough army00:50:59
to protect ourselves.00:51:01
- I heard they got
10,000 transport planes00:51:03
flying in soldiers.00:51:05
They probably got half a million
men in California by now.00:51:07
- A fella I know said
his brother heard00:51:09
they had men on 60 ships
in San Francisco Harbor.00:51:11
Says they landed a couple
hundred heavy tanks00:51:13
and maybe a thousand atom bombs.00:51:15
- The way I figure it's this,00:51:17
they must know they
can't fight all the way00:51:18
across the United States00:51:20
so this landing is
just a diversion, see.00:51:22
I mean, they're
just waiting for us00:51:24
to send our whole army out west
then they'll overrun Europe.00:51:27
- Bases, that's what they're
after, airplane bases.00:51:30
Soon as they get 'em,00:51:32
they'll start to bomb
Pittsburgh, Detroit,
places like that.00:51:34
- Man, we sure bombed the
daylights out of them yesterday.00:51:37
Oh, another drink, Tim.00:51:38
- Coming right up.00:51:40
- Oh, how about
let me buy you one?00:51:44
- Hmm.00:51:46
No thanks.00:51:47
- Might as well have another.00:51:48
You know what the fellow says,00:51:50
drink and be merry for
tomorrow we die. (chuckles)00:51:53
- I'd rather not, thanks.00:51:56
(door clicks)00:51:59
(gentle music)00:52:01
- Hi, honey. - Hi.00:52:03
- How's the blood bank? - It's fine.00:52:05
We set a new record this week.00:52:06
- You set a record with
me a long time ago.00:52:09
Give me a beer, Tim, huh?00:52:11
Well, they turned
me down again today.00:52:14
- The Air Force?00:52:15
- Hmm, Navy this time.00:52:17
Air Force doesn't want
me, army doesn't want me,00:52:19
Navy doesn't want me.00:52:21
- I want you.00:52:22
- That's the best
thing I've heard today.00:52:25
- I mean it too.00:52:28
(lips smack)00:52:30
Why wouldn't the Navy take you?00:52:31
- Same old story, more men
than they have weapons for.00:52:34
Soldier's no good without a gun00:52:36
and a sailor's no
good without a ship.00:52:38
- Don't let it get
you down, chum.00:52:39
Remember old Tim's model.00:52:41
Let Jack do it.00:52:42
- Jack?00:52:44
- Yeah, George's brother.00:52:45
(Tim chuckling)00:52:47
- Oh.
- Oh, you kill me.00:52:51
Let's get out of here.00:52:53
- Right now?00:52:54
- Right now.00:52:56
- I'm with you.00:52:59
(Vince sighs)00:53:00
(coins clatter)00:53:01
- Hey, Vince, you
forgot your beer.00:53:04
- You drink it.00:53:05
- Why not?00:53:06
(Tim laughs)00:53:09
(gentle music)00:53:11
(man chuckling)00:53:14
- Tim, you're a character.00:53:15
What are you gonna do
now there's a war on?00:53:17
- Same thing I did in
the last couple of wars,00:53:21
shake daiquiris.00:53:22
(ice rattling)00:53:23
(Tim laughs) (man laughing)00:53:26
- Emergency announcement,
radar screens00:53:29
have picked up unidentified
aircraft approaching New York.00:53:32
The Red Alert is on.00:53:33
I repeat, emergency
announcement.00:53:36
Unidentified planes
approaching New York.00:53:39
The Red Alert is on.00:53:41
(sirens blaring)00:53:42
- You suppose they're really
going to bomb New York?00:53:44
- They've threatened to.00:53:46
It was on the news wire.00:53:48
We didn't wanna release
it and start a panic.00:53:52
- I'm not afraid.00:53:54
I'm not afraid at all.00:53:55
- I know what you mean.00:53:57
I think we were afraid
because we were drifting,00:53:58
we didn't know
where we were going.00:54:01
Carla, there may not
be much time left00:54:03
but in the few days there are,
I wanna spend them with you.00:54:06
- I want that too.00:54:07
I want it very much.00:54:10
(explosions booming)00:54:14
(plane engines roaring)00:54:18
(explosions booming)
(sirens blaring)00:54:26
- [Man] There they are.00:54:32
(weapons firing)00:54:35
(missiles whistling)00:54:38
(explosion booming)00:54:41
(plane whooshing)00:54:43
(explosion booming)00:54:46
(plane whooshing)00:54:47
- It's like London in the blitz.00:54:52
(explosion booming)00:54:55
(plane engines roaring)00:55:03
- [Man] There is the target.00:55:07
(weapons firing)00:55:10
(plane engine revving)00:55:14
(weapons firing)00:55:19
(plane engine revving)00:55:20
- [Man] Bomb's away.00:55:30
(explosions booming)00:55:39
(buildings crashing)00:55:46
(debris clattering)00:55:52
(fire crackling)00:56:10
(debris clattering)00:56:14
(dramatic music)00:56:21
(fire crackling)00:56:32
(Vince groans)00:56:34
- Carla?00:56:36
(somber music)00:56:37
(footsteps tapping)00:56:48
Carla!00:56:54
(dramatic music)00:56:56
Tim!00:56:57
- He's dead.00:57:02
- Carla!00:57:03
Carl-00:57:06
(somber music)00:57:10
Carla!00:57:12
- Oh, Vince!00:57:14
Oh, Vince, you're alive!00:57:17
(Carla sobbing)00:57:27
- First estimates indicate00:57:29
that more than 30,000
dead were the victims00:57:30
of the A-bombing
of New York City00:57:33
when an enemy plane
pierced our defenses00:57:35
and dropped its deadly
cargo late last night00:57:38
and only the heavy steel
and concrete construction00:57:41
of city skyscrapers
held down the death toll00:57:44
as more than 50,000 injured
filled New York hospitals alone.00:57:48
City and state civilian
defense workers00:57:50
are on a 24-hour shift00:57:52
and aid is pouring
into New York City00:57:54
from every direction.00:57:56
- [General] Any further
report on the New York attack?00:57:59
- Here are some air
pictures of the damage.00:58:01
About a third of the city
has been quarantined.00:58:04
- [General] Radiation.00:58:06
How did the radiation
casualties compare00:58:07
with the direct fatalities?00:58:09
- No report on that yet.00:58:11
- What's his purpose?00:58:13
Why should he capture
one small part00:58:14
of the Pacific
Coast and then stop?00:58:17
- [General] He may be
stockpiling A-bombs00:58:18
to hit our industrial
centers, in which case,00:58:21
this may have been a probing
attack to test our defenses.00:58:26
- Today, we make
the critical attack,00:58:28
10,000 special paratroops.00:58:31
Every man speak English.00:58:32
Every man wear United
States uniform.00:58:35
We attack city of Washington.00:58:37
Our big generals are there.00:58:39
All government officers,
we kill these people today.00:58:43
All soldiers,00:58:46
what is the word for (speaking
in foreign language).00:58:48
- Infilter?00:58:49
- Oh, yeah, infilter.00:58:53
Our soldiers infilter
and assassinate.00:58:56
No one left to give order.00:58:58
No command for the army.00:58:59
No leader for the government.00:59:01
- Could the bombing of
New York be a diversion00:59:05
to keep all our air
strength away from the west?00:59:07
- [General] Oh, it could be.00:59:09
Perhaps, that's what
he wants us to think?00:59:11
Perhaps, he'd like us
to send everything west00:59:13
and leave the east
coast unprotected?00:59:15
I don't believe we've
seen his main attack yet.00:59:18
Put the red alert on everywhere.00:59:19
(suspenseful music)00:59:25
(typewriter clacking)00:59:34
(plane engines roaring)00:59:39
(plane engines revving)00:59:45
(gentle music)00:59:57
(phone clatters)01:00:00
- One unidentified craft,
section Charlie, zone four.01:00:03
Looks like a transport.01:00:05
Yes, that's the third.01:00:07
Better go after it.01:00:09
- [Man On P.A.
System] Group three,01:00:10
rendezvous at section baker.01:00:12
Get going fellas.01:00:15
(dramatic music)01:00:16
- [Pilot] Let's go!01:00:27
(plane engines revving)01:00:44
- We picked up three
unidentified transport planes.01:00:46
- Big boy.01:00:48
- That's the Joker, one
south, one east and one north.01:00:50
- You sent out interceptors?01:00:51
- After all three.01:00:53
- You don't suppose-01:00:55
- There were no reports
from the west, sir.01:00:57
- Ring Post 21.01:00:58
- Yes, sir.01:01:01
(telephone ringing)01:01:18
- And so, in this critical hour,01:01:21
I call upon the Congress
of the United States01:01:25
to back its military leaders
with the last dollar,01:01:30
the last man hour of labor,
the last American life.01:01:35
(plane engines roaring)01:02:06
(plane engines
roaring continues)01:02:35
(plane engines
roaring continues)01:03:05
(plane engines
roaring continues)01:03:13
- Hello, hello.01:03:15
Yes, sir, Outpost 26 calling
general headquarters,01:03:17
priority line.01:03:19
Hello.01:03:20
- They've landed where?01:03:22
Yes, yes.01:03:23
Across the Potomac
in American uniforms.01:03:26
Stand by for orders.01:03:28
Double the companies
guarding the White House,01:03:30
the Capitol, the Senate
building and the House.01:03:32
- Yes, sir.01:03:34
- And have them
challenge everybody, no
matter what uniform.01:03:36
(suspenseful music)01:03:40
- Halt! Who goes there?01:03:42
- Company B 183rd Infantry.01:03:44
- 183rd, that, that's an
Illinois outfit, ain't it?01:03:47
- Yes, yes, Chicago, Illinois.01:03:50
- You ever go see the Cubs play?01:03:54
- Cubs?01:03:56
Uh, cub is a young
animal, a bear.01:03:57
- Sergeant, the guards!01:03:59
Sergeant, the guards! (guns firing)01:04:03
- Halt, who goes there!01:04:04
(guns firing)01:04:08
- If we as members of Congress
have ever been lacking01:04:12
in vigor in our
nation's defense,01:04:16
if we have ever failed
to realize the urgency01:04:19
of the nation's peril, let
us be doubly vigilant now.01:04:26
Let us set an example
of fighting Americanism01:04:29
for the whole nation to follow.01:04:31
Let us continue to-01:04:32
(gavel thudding)01:04:33
- Gentlemen, gentlemen,01:04:35
the enemy is attempting to
seize the seat of government.01:04:39
We are surrounded!01:04:40
(crowd chattering)01:04:43
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps tapping)01:04:54
(guns firing)01:05:08
- Hold on, sorry.01:05:13
- [Man] The secretary, gone.01:05:15
Murdered.01:05:17
- Do you have any casualty lists01:05:18
of the attack on the Senate?01:05:20
How many?01:05:21
Including who?01:05:24
Thanks, I'll get back to you.01:05:26
(phone clatters)01:05:27
Do you remember what
Senator Baker said01:05:29
when the Military Appropriations
Bill came up for vote?01:05:32
- [President] He said
we could safely reduce01:05:34
our armed forces by half.01:05:35
- He wasn't only
wrong, he's dead.01:05:40
(paper rustles)01:05:42
- [President] Enemy demands
surrender of my state01:05:44
or threatens to atom bomb
our principal cities.01:05:47
Can you protect me?01:05:48
Signed, Governor Clayton.01:05:50
Can you?01:05:54
- How do we stand?01:05:55
- We're driving 'em
out of the city.01:05:57
In another 24 hours, the
government will be safe.01:05:59
- [President] Well,
I'm glad to hear that.01:06:02
- Gentlemen.01:06:04
Gentlemen, they've
invaded New York.01:06:07
- I've been looking
out the window here01:06:08
at our improvised
radio transmitter.01:06:10
I saw hundreds of enemy troops
moving in the streets below.01:06:14
It's only a matter of
minutes before they find us01:06:16
and take this
station off the air.01:06:17
- Vince, they're coming
into the building now.01:06:19
- But in the little
time we have left,01:06:21
I wanna tell you
how proud you can be01:06:22
of the ordinary
citizen of New York.01:06:25
It seems every man and boy today01:06:27
has become a guerrilla fighter.01:06:28
I saw taxi drivers use
their cabs as weapons01:06:31
to mow down enemy troops.01:06:33
I saw high school boys
attack enemy tanks01:06:35
with pop bottles
full of gasoline.01:06:37
I saw mounted policemen
become a fighting cavalry.01:06:39
- [Soldier] We take over now.01:06:41
(gun fires) - Oh, Vince!01:06:44
Oh, Vince!01:06:46
- The people's
government of America01:06:48
will take the wealth
from the greedy,01:06:50
the speculators and the
capitalistic bourgeoisie01:06:55
and distribute it
among the workers01:06:57
whose labor will never
again be exploited01:07:00
for the benefit of the
warmongers of Wall Street.01:07:04
The people's government brings01:07:06
the citizens of New
York a new freedom,01:07:09
a freedom based on order,
a freedom based on loyalty01:07:12
to the leaders of the
party, your party,01:07:16
which will work hand in hand01:07:18
with the Marxist Democratic
leadership of all other nations01:07:22
so that never again
will war be necessary01:07:25
among the civilized
peoples of the world.01:07:28
(somber music)01:07:43
(knuckles rapping)01:07:49
(door clicks)01:07:51
(suspenseful music)
(Carla gasps)01:07:58
- Darling.01:07:59
- [Carla] Vince!01:08:00
(dramatic music)01:08:02
I thought they killed you.01:08:04
- They're saving me to broadcast01:08:05
the glories of the new order.01:08:07
- You're not going to
broadcast for them.01:08:08
- What do you think?01:08:11
Hey, buster, do you
mind if we sit down?01:08:13
- All right, sit down.01:08:16
(dramatic music)01:08:20
- Look.01:08:22
Look, you guys, don't you
drink whiskey, good whiskey?01:08:24
I drink it myself, over there.01:08:26
- Ah, whiskey, whiskey good.01:08:28
(Speaking Russian) Yes.01:08:29
- You try trick, I kill
you, your woman too.01:08:33
- No tricks, no tricks.01:08:37
(soldier grunts)01:08:38
- Good whiskey.01:08:43
- Look, baby, I tricked
them into bringing me here.01:08:45
I'm gonna get you out.01:08:47
- You don't know how wonderful
it is just to see your face.01:08:51
To know that you're alive.01:08:53
- I never thought I'd
see you again either.01:08:56
- Oh, Vince, we could
just stay together.01:08:59
- We should have met
another time, honey,01:09:01
a year ago, a month.01:09:04
- A month ago I
wanted mink stole.01:09:07
I thought it was important.01:09:09
- Yeah.01:09:13
(glass clinks)01:09:14
(whiskey sloshing)01:09:16
(bottle clatters)01:09:19
(dramatic music)01:09:20
- Vince, if I had my
life to live over again.01:09:22
- That's what everybody's
saying, honey.01:09:24
- You drink whiskey too.01:09:27
- Please, no.01:09:28
- She doesn't want any.01:09:31
- Drink!01:09:32
(fist thuds)01:09:33
- Listen, honey!01:09:35
(gun firing)
(Carla screaming)01:09:37
(dramatic music)
(Carla crying)01:09:42
- Get out!01:09:44
Get out of here!01:09:45
- He is dead.01:09:46
Now, you my woman!01:09:48
(soldier grunts)01:09:50
(Carla screaming)01:09:52
- No!01:09:54
(soldier groans)01:09:59
(Carla screaming)01:10:03
(ominous music)01:10:10
(soft music)01:10:27
(glass clinks)01:10:37
You're alive.01:10:40
- Say, didn't we fly to the
west coast together, you and me?01:10:44
- Oh, yes, what are
we doing back here?01:10:47
We are in New York, aren't we?01:10:49
- Are you kidding?01:10:52
- The man that was sitting
behind that brandy glass,01:10:53
where is he?01:10:55
- Ohman?01:10:56
Well, I guess he left.01:10:58
Hey, he went out without
paying for his drink.01:11:01
- Do you know who he is?01:11:02
- Well, yeah, he's, uh, some
kind of a fortune-teller,01:11:05
hypnotizes people, he says.01:11:08
Tells them what's gonna happen.01:11:10
A phony if I ever saw one.01:11:12
- Am I, Tim?01:11:15
(footsteps tapping)01:11:20
(book thuds)01:11:25
(Ohman gulps)01:11:26
That's for the drink.01:11:29
You asked for me, Congressman.01:11:30
Did you enjoy your little
excursion into the future?01:11:36
- Thank you.01:11:37
- Mass hypnotism,
that's what it was.01:11:41
- Exactly.01:11:43
- Then all that stuff about
the enemy taking over my plant,01:11:45
it isn't on the level, is it?01:11:46
It isn't really gonna happen?01:11:48
- It is unless you do
something to stop it.01:11:51
Tomorrow springs
from today like,01:11:54
like water from a rock.01:11:57
If you want to change
what you will become,01:12:00
first change what you are.01:12:02
- That goes for everybody.01:12:04
- That goes for everybody.01:12:07
Good day, everybody.01:12:09
(footsteps tapping)01:12:12
- Well, I guess I
better be going.01:12:14
Maybe I'll make some
of those tank parts.01:12:16
- I'll be going with you
as far as Washington.01:12:19
I've got some things to do also.01:12:20
- I'm in on this too.01:12:22
So long, Tim.01:12:23
- [Tim] So long,
fellas, come back again.01:12:25
- Finished with your drink?01:12:27
- Yes, but I-01:12:28
- I'll take care of her.01:12:30
- Is that the way you want it?01:12:33
- Okay, good luck
to the both of you.01:12:37
(gentle instrumental music)01:12:39
- I guess it's my turn.01:12:42
Do you happen to know
the address of the
nearest blood bank?01:12:45
- I'll show you the way.01:12:53
(footsteps tapping)01:13:00
(gentle instrumental
music intensifies)01:13:02
- [Narrator] Father of country,
George Washington, said,01:13:08
"To be prepared for war01:13:11
is one of the most effectual
means of preserving peace."01:13:15
(gentle instrumental music)Description:
A newsman (Gerald Mohr), a debutante (Peggie Castle) and others in a bar think World War III has begun. Original Title: Invasion, U.S.A. (1952) | AKA: Invasion USA / Atomic attack against America b&w version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pXcOCi4I4o Credits: Directed by Alfred E. Green (The Jackie Robinson Story, The Jolson Story) Written by Robert Smith Music score by Albert Glasser (It! The Terror from Beyond Space) Cast: Gerald Mohr - Vince Potter Peggie Castle - Carla Sanford Dan O'Herlihy - Mr. Ohman Robert Bice - George Sylvester Tom Kennedy - Tim the bartender Wade Crosby - Illinois Congressman Arthur V. Harroway Erik Blythe - Ed Mulfory Phyllis Coates - Mrs. Mulfory Aram Katcher - factory window washer Knox Manning - himself Edward G. Robinson Jr. - radio dispatcher Noel Neill - second airline ticket agent Clarence A. Shoop - Army Major Joseph Granby - President of the United States (uncredited) 🎯 WHY WATCH? ☢️ Cold War Paranoia • 🎭 Hypnotic Thrills • 📺 Vintage Propaganda 🔔 SUBSCRIBE @CultCinemaClassics Classic Film • Sci-Fi • Drama • War • Cold War Cinema
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The most convenient way is to use the UDL Client program, which supports converting video to MP3 format. In some cases, MP3 can also be downloaded through the UDL Helper extension.
How can I save a frame from a video "Atomic attack against America (1952) That night at the bar when WWIII played on TV screens"?
This feature is available in the UDL Helper extension. Make sure that "Show the video snapshot button" is checked in the settings. A camera icon should appear in the lower right corner of the player to the left of the "Settings" icon. When you click on it, the current frame from the video will be saved to your computer in JPEG format.
How do I play and download streaming video?
- in video formats, hover your mouse over "Streaming Video**";
- right-click on "Copy link";
- open VLC-player;
- select Media - Open Network Stream - Network in the menu;
- paste the copied link into the input field;
- click "Play".
- copy the video address (URL);
- select "Open Network Stream" in the "Media" item of VLC player and paste the link to the video into the input field;
- click on the arrow on the "Play" button and select "Convert" in the list;
- select "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)" in the "Profile" line;
- click the "Browse" button to select a folder to save the converted video and click the "Start" button;
- conversion speed depends on the resolution and duration of the video.
For this purpose you need VLC-player, which can be downloaded for free from the official website https://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
How to play streaming video through VLC player:
To download streaming video via VLC player, you need to convert it:
Warning: this download method no longer works with most YouTube videos.
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