The Asphyx

Thank you. 410 00:25:18,081 --> 00:25:20,510 These will be most useful to the movement. 411 00:25:20,511 --> 00:25:22,999 They're slides and moving images. 412 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,779 Moving images? 413 00:25:24,780 --> 00:25:26,749 I don't understand. 414 00:25:26,750 --> 00:25:30,140 Well, I mentioned before I'd invented a device whereby 415 00:25:30,141 --> 00:25:31,879 I can record moving objects. 416 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,170 Then we must show both sets of images. 417 00:25:34,171 --> 00:25:36,389 No. 418 00:25:36,390 --> 00:25:38,339 The moving pictures I wish to keep 419 00:25:38,340 --> 00:25:41,629 from my own private purposes. 420 00:25:41,630 --> 00:25:43,689 And what are they? 421 00:25:43,690 --> 00:25:45,299 I'm afraid I cannot tell you. 422 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:46,659 Oh, come now, Hugo. 423 00:25:46,660 --> 00:25:48,639 We have no secrets. 424 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,228 We must share what knowledge we glean from our researches. 425 00:25:52,229 --> 00:25:55,428 You've made some new discovery? 426 00:25:55,429 --> 00:25:57,718 Possibly. 427 00:25:57,719 --> 00:26:00,279 But it is not something I wish to discuss. 428 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,429 You have other theories, I can tell. 429 00:26:02,430 --> 00:26:03,630 About what, though? 430 00:26:05,909 --> 00:26:08,418 The apparition at the hanging. 431 00:26:08,419 --> 00:26:10,848 Have you recorded that in moment? 432 00:26:10,849 --> 00:26:13,218 I've told you, I don't want to say anything to anybody. 433 00:26:13,219 --> 00:26:16,027 Until you're absolutely certain, of course. 434 00:26:16,028 --> 00:26:17,228 Perhaps. 435 00:26:19,948 --> 00:26:20,909 But Hugo... 436 00:26:20,909 --> 00:26:22,109 That is all. 437 00:27:33,017 --> 00:27:34,905 You do nothing by halves, do you? 438 00:27:34,906 --> 00:27:36,915 No sign of the asphyx. 439 00:27:36,916 --> 00:27:38,346 So what do you conclude? 440 00:27:38,347 --> 00:27:41,097 It manifests itself, but for an instant. 441 00:27:41,098 --> 00:27:43,077 And then it's gone. 442 00:27:43,078 --> 00:27:45,706 Now, let's compare it with the moving pictures. 443 00:27:53,227 --> 00:27:54,695 Good grief. 444 00:27:54,696 --> 00:27:55,896 Shh. 445 00:28:03,746 --> 00:28:05,566 I tell you, it saw me. 446 00:28:08,656 --> 00:28:12,725 The hanged man's asphyx, it saw me. 447 00:28:12,726 --> 00:28:15,685 And stopped. 448 00:28:15,686 --> 00:28:18,355 You saw for yourself. 449 00:28:18,356 --> 00:28:21,086 It seemed to be... struggling. 450 00:28:21,087 --> 00:28:23,015 It couldn't possibly have seen you, 451 00:28:23,016 --> 00:28:26,794 unless it's possessed of some unearthly intelligence. 452 00:28:26,795 --> 00:28:28,245 Then what explanation have you? 453 00:28:28,246 --> 00:28:31,124 It seems more likely it was halted by some kind of barrier. 454 00:28:31,125 --> 00:28:33,064 Such as? 455 00:28:33,065 --> 00:28:34,884 Well, the man didn't want to die, obviously. 456 00:28:34,885 --> 00:28:36,964 So perhaps he was generating some kind of resistance. 457 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:37,605 Generating? 458 00:28:37,606 --> 00:28:38,674 Well, if not resistance, then... 459 00:28:38,675 --> 00:28:40,375 Well, resistance could have been generated, yes. 460 00:28:40,376 --> 00:28:41,644 But not by a dying man. 461 00:28:41,645 --> 00:28:44,714 Well, then, by whom? 462 00:28:44,715 --> 00:28:47,723 Not by whom. 463 00:28:47,724 --> 00:28:49,414 By what. 464 00:28:49,415 --> 00:28:52,733 The "Times" report speaks of some strange light. 465 00:28:52,734 --> 00:28:53,405 Well, they're right. 466 00:28:53,406 --> 00:28:55,144 It was my strange light. 467 00:28:55,145 --> 00:28:58,593 On the film I've just shown you, the asphyx halted. 468 00:28:58,594 --> 00:29:01,365 But at the precise time I was using my light booster. 469 00:29:04,355 --> 00:29:06,843 I don't follow. 470 00:29:06,844 --> 00:29:09,133 If I'm able to recall the asphyx because of the fluid 471 00:29:09,134 --> 00:29:12,922 with which I sensitized my photographic material, 472 00:29:12,923 --> 00:29:16,863 then why shouldn't the light my booster generates 473 00:29:16,864 --> 00:29:19,023 determine the asphyx's movements? 474 00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:20,543 How is the light generated? 475 00:29:20,544 --> 00:29:23,872 It's a phosphate compound. 476 00:29:23,873 --> 00:29:26,802 When I press the trigger it releases accurately 477 00:29:26,803 --> 00:29:31,433 measured droplets of water onto these crystals, 478 00:29:31,434 --> 00:29:33,002 generating a brilliant beam... 479 00:29:33,003 --> 00:29:33,974 A blinding blue light. 480 00:29:33,975 --> 00:29:35,213 So. 481 00:29:35,214 --> 00:29:39,533 Your curiosity is getting the better of you after all. 482 00:29:39,534 --> 00:29:43,912 Well, it was you who ta