The War of the Worlds

<i>our gravitational pull would weigh them down.</i> 403 00:23:23,448 --> 00:23:25,133 <i>Our heavier air would oppress them.</i> 404 00:23:25,383 --> 00:23:27,937 REPORTER: <i>Then you think they'd be breathing creatures, like us.</i> 405 00:23:28,187 --> 00:23:30,472 <i>What about the heart and blood and all that?</i> 406 00:23:30,722 --> 00:23:32,107 McPHERSON: <i>Well, if they are Martians,</i> 407 00:23:32,357 --> 00:23:33,642 <i>and if they do have hearts,</i> 408 00:23:33,892 --> 00:23:36,178 <i>they'd almost certainly beat at a slower rate.</i> 409 00:23:36,428 --> 00:23:38,480 <i>Their veins might be distended.</i> 410 00:23:38,730 --> 00:23:40,549 CLAYTON: <i>Their senses could be quite different from ours.</i> 411 00:23:40,799 --> 00:23:45,687 <i>They may, for instance, be able to smell colors.</i> 412 00:23:45,937 --> 00:23:48,273 <i>Precedent in our own evolution makes it possible</i> 413 00:23:48,523 --> 00:23:50,509 <i>that they have more than one brain.</i> 414 00:23:50,759 --> 00:23:52,211 REPORTER: <i>You mean two? Three?</i> 415 00:23:52,461 --> 00:23:53,445 <i>Just think of that, folks.</i> 416 00:23:53,695 --> 00:23:55,180 CLAYTON: <i>It's only speculation.</i> 417 00:23:55,430 --> 00:23:58,450 REPORTER: <i>Now, Dr. Forrester, what about these meteor machines?</i> 418 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:00,285 CLAYTON: <i>They're probably controlled by jets</i> 419 00:24:00,535 --> 00:24:02,121 <i>after they enter our atmosphere</i> 420 00:24:02,371 --> 00:24:04,923 <i>and navigated by some form of gyroscopic mechanism.</i> 421 00:24:05,173 --> 00:24:07,126 Thank you, Dr. Forrester. 422 00:24:07,376 --> 00:24:09,761 Oh, colonel, can you tell us anything 423 00:24:10,011 --> 00:24:11,230 about this plane that's coming over? 424 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,564 It will drop a flare. 425 00:24:12,814 --> 00:24:14,333 That's the only way we dare put a light on them. 426 00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:16,068 Then Air Force cameramen will get pictures. 427 00:24:16,318 --> 00:24:19,104 That was Marine Colonel Ralph Heffner. 428 00:24:19,354 --> 00:24:21,873 There's been a lot of mysterious activity around the machine. 429 00:24:22,123 --> 00:24:24,776 Lights and dust, as if they're digging themselves out. 430 00:24:25,026 --> 00:24:26,479 And there it comes again! 431 00:24:28,232 --> 00:24:29,531 If this keeps up, 432 00:24:29,781 --> 00:24:32,201 it'll be a guide for the plane when it comes over. 433 00:24:39,711 --> 00:24:41,677 Is that the plane now? Yes. He's signaling. 434 00:24:41,927 --> 00:24:43,211 The pilot has just blipped his motor. 435 00:24:43,461 --> 00:24:44,880 That means he's dropped the flare. 436 00:24:45,130 --> 00:24:47,182 He's flying high, so it'll take a few seconds to come down. 437 00:24:47,432 --> 00:24:48,283 When it does burst, 438 00:24:48,533 --> 00:24:49,852 we shall be the first men on Earth 439 00:24:50,102 --> 00:24:52,055 to get a real look at these invaders from space. 440 00:25:08,089 --> 00:25:10,607 They're after the plane with their ray! 441 00:25:13,328 --> 00:25:14,808 Take cover! Jump for it! 442 00:25:21,502 --> 00:25:22,769 Here we are in... 443 00:25:24,573 --> 00:25:26,271 Hey! 444 00:25:26,521 --> 00:25:27,439 They cut me off! 445 00:25:27,689 --> 00:25:28,908 They got my truck! 446 00:25:31,580 --> 00:25:34,112 It looks like they're gonna come out of that gully pretty soon. 447 00:25:34,362 --> 00:25:37,048 We'll have to rush our defenses to be ready when they do. 448 00:25:37,298 --> 00:25:39,017 You're going to need plenty of reinforcements. 449 00:25:39,267 --> 00:25:40,019 We'll get them. 450 00:26:24,799 --> 00:26:26,999 OFFICER: They got the fire road blocked. 451 00:26:27,249 --> 00:26:29,300 A truck turned over. 452 00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:31,503 The troops are certainly moving in here. 453 00:26:31,753 --> 00:26:33,722 I know you sent word to the Sixth Army Command. 454 00:26:33,972 --> 00:26:35,390 No, I just told them the local situation. 455 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,026 Colonel Heffner's in charge. 456 00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:41,730 Never know where you're going to wind up 457 00:26:41,980 --> 00:26:43,331 when you go to a square dance, do you? 458 00:26:43,581 --> 00:26:45,033 OFFICER: Runner? Where's a runner? 459 00:26:45,283 --> 00:26:46,251 That's D-24. 460 00:26:46,501 --> 00:26:49,187 MAN: Correct. 461 00:26:49,437 --> 00:26:52,024 Now, locate your observation post on this hill. 462 00:26:52,274 --> 00:26:54,926 Position your recoilless 75s back here. 463 00:26:55,176 --> 00:26:56,161 Carbon Canyon. 464 00:26:56,411 --> 00:26:57,162 Yes, sir. 465 00:26:57,412 --> 00:26:58,830 I want your battery here. 466 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,732 You may find, at daylight, you're too exposed, 467 00:27:00,982 --> 00:27:03,068 so keep your prime movers r