The Final Countdown - A American Science Fiction War Film | Best Movie Classic
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00:00:30Have a nice day.
00:01:30Mr. Titan.
00:02:00Mr. Lasky.
00:02:15Mr. Lasky.
00:02:40Mr. Lasky, I'm Richard Titan's executive assistant.
00:02:47I know you.
00:02:48Are you going with me?
00:02:49No.
00:02:50Mr. Titan just wanted to see you off.
00:02:51Is that him in the car?
00:02:52Yes.
00:02:53Well, we've never met.
00:02:54Can I introduce myself?
00:02:55It isn't necessary, Mr. Lasky.
00:02:56As I said, he came to see you off.
00:02:58Well, thank him for me.
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00:04:15Take a look, sir.
00:04:16Arizona Memorial.
00:04:18The U.S. Air and Space Administration
00:04:22has identified a woman who was shot and killed
00:04:24by air-delivered tornadoes
00:04:26before or on the side of her home
00:04:28and by four aerial bombs.
00:04:30She is now resting in 38 feet of water
00:04:32in an upright position.
00:04:34There were only 289 survivors.
00:04:48Russian trawler.
00:04:51What's it doing?
00:04:54Not doing much fishing.
00:05:18The U.S. Air and Space Administration
00:05:20has identified a woman who was shot and killed
00:05:22by air-delivered tornadoes
00:05:24before or on the side of her home
00:05:26and by four aerial bombs.
00:05:28She is now resting in 38 feet of water
00:05:30in an upright position.
00:05:32There were only 289 survivors.
00:05:34Russian trawler.
00:05:36What's it doing?
00:05:38Not doing much fishing.
00:05:40There were only 289 survivors.
00:05:42Russian trawler.
00:05:44What's it doing?
00:05:46Not doing much fishing.
00:05:48There were only 289 survivors.
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00:05:52What's it doing?
00:05:54Not doing much fishing.
00:05:56There were only 289 survivors.
00:05:58Russian trawler.
00:06:00What's it doing?
00:06:02Not doing much fishing.
00:06:04There were only 289 survivors.
00:06:06Russian trawler.
00:06:08What's it doing?
00:06:10Not doing much fishing.
00:06:12There were only 289 survivors.
00:06:14There were only 289 survivors.
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00:06:18What's it doing?
00:06:20Not doing much fishing.
00:06:22There were only 289 survivors.
00:06:24Russian trawler.
00:06:26What's it doing?
00:06:28Not doing much fishing.
00:06:30There were only 289 survivors.
00:06:32Russian trawler.
00:06:34What's it doing?
00:06:36Not doing much fishing.
00:06:38There were only 289 survivors.
00:06:40Russian trawler.
00:06:42What's it doing?
00:06:44Not doing much fishing.
00:06:46There were only 289 survivors.
00:06:48Russian trawler.
00:06:50What's it doing?
00:06:52Not doing much fishing.
00:06:54There were only 289 survivors.
00:06:56Russian trawler.
00:06:58What's it doing?
00:07:00Not doing much fishing.
00:07:02There were only 289 survivors.
00:07:04Russian trawler.
00:07:06What's it doing?
00:07:08Not doing much fishing.
00:07:11Stand clear.
00:07:17Give me 25 knots of wind over the deck.
00:07:19Aye, Captain.
00:07:21Indicate 1-0-0 RPM.
00:07:23Indicate 1-0-0 RPM. Aye, sir.
00:07:29Can you fix wing recovery?
00:07:31Aye, Captain.
00:07:33Let's bring the keg aboard.
00:07:37Set 5-2, Tomcat.
00:07:39Set 5-2, Tomcat.
00:07:45Overhead in 30 seconds.
00:07:50Tomcat 2-0-0.
00:07:53I'm on approach and lining up.
00:07:56Gear coming down.
00:08:052-0-0. Lightly right.
00:08:10Gear down and locked.
00:08:12Add power.
00:08:14Power.
00:08:16All indicators green.
00:08:18Hold there.
00:08:20Hold it.
00:08:22Lightly left.
00:08:24In the groove.
00:08:26Looks good.
00:09:10It's a port catwalk. Get below.
00:09:12We still have aircraft to land.
00:09:14I hear you're on assignment
00:09:16from Tideman Industries to the Defense Department.
00:09:18Is that right?
00:09:20Yeah, that's right.
00:09:22What is your job, Mr. Lasky?
00:09:24I'm a systems analyst.
00:09:26Efficiency expert, right?
00:09:28Yeah, you could say that.
00:09:39That's a quick change in the weather.
00:09:41Yeah, sure is.
00:09:51Hi, Cag.
00:09:53It's getting a little strange out here, boys.
00:09:55Welcome aboard, Mr. Lasky.
00:09:57Thank you, Captain.
00:09:59Are we headed for a squall?
00:10:01Not an official one.
00:10:03Sir, this is Commander Damon, operations officer.
00:10:05How do you do, Mr. Lasky? Fine, thank you.
00:10:07This is Lieutenant Perry, officer of the deck.
00:10:09How do you do, sir? Good, sir.
00:10:11Mr. Lasky's going to be taking a look
00:10:13at how we do things here aboard the Nimitz.
00:10:15We'll give you whatever help we can, sir. Thank you.
00:10:17Our departure was delayed two days
00:10:19at the request of your mysterious force.
00:10:21Well, I'm sorry about that, Captain,
00:10:23but I'm afraid Mr. Richard Tideman
00:10:25is as much a mystery to me
00:10:27as he is to the rest of the world.
00:10:29Two days.
00:10:31Perhaps the fact that Tideman helped design and build this ship
00:10:33affords him some special privileges.
00:10:35Sir, Corporal Cullen will escort you
00:10:37while you're aboard ship. Right this way, sir.
00:10:39Oh, Mr. Lasky. Sir.
00:10:41I'd be delighted if you'd join me for dinner.
00:10:43Thank you, Captain. I'd like to.
00:11:06If I'm mistaken,
00:11:08it was Black Cloud's forecast this morning
00:11:10for clear skies and sunshine.
00:11:12I'll bet he wishes it wasn't, sir.
00:11:14Hand me that weather report, please.
00:11:17Thank you.
00:11:20Sir?
00:11:22Hmm?
00:11:24What do you think it is?
00:11:26It wasn't there on the morning run.
00:11:30Check all projection lenses,
00:11:32and if it's not there, check all receivers.
00:11:34Aye-aye, sir.
00:11:36What's that?
00:11:38I don't know, sir.
00:11:40I don't know, sir.
00:11:42I don't know, sir.
00:11:44I don't know, sir.
00:11:46I don't know, sir.
00:11:48I don't know, sir.
00:12:10Nimitz?
00:12:12Who's that?
00:12:14A Russian trawler.
00:12:16I'll be just outside, sir, if there's anything you need.
00:12:19Thank you.
00:12:46Hello?
00:13:10Hello?
00:13:11Pacific at war, Commander Richard Thiel.
00:13:36Captain, we're having communication problems with the incoming flights.
00:13:52What do you mean?
00:13:53It's interference in the storm, sir.
00:13:56Get Black Cloud up here.
00:13:58Yes, sir.
00:14:02Sunshine and clear skies.
00:14:12Anything else you'd like to see?
00:14:13I beg your pardon?
00:14:15What the hell are you doing in my cabin?
00:14:17I'm terribly sorry.
00:14:19You're Commander Owen, I'm Warren Lasky.
00:14:21They put me next door.
00:14:22Oh, yes, yes, yes.
00:14:24Well, Mr. Lasky, the one thing we cherish aboard a ship is privacy.
00:14:27Maybe it's because we get so damn little of it.
00:14:29I understand.
00:14:30I hope you'll forgive me.
00:14:33You know, from what I've read, your manuscript is very good.
00:14:37I mean, really very good.
00:14:38Thank you.
00:14:39Are you a historian, Mr. Lasky?
00:14:41Well, I'm a little bit of everything, I guess.
00:14:43I work for Tyvin Industries.
00:14:45What exactly is your job aboard this ship?
00:14:47Very simply, I look at the way you people do things.
00:14:50And, you know, if I can think of any alternatives,
00:14:52I write it up and submit a report to the Department of Defense.
00:14:57Think you'll find some?
00:14:59Well, there are always alternatives, Commander.
00:15:03Mr. Lasky, please don't look for them in here.
00:15:08Excuse me.
00:15:09Thank you.
00:15:27Boss, Cagg's here.
00:15:28Hi, Cagg.
00:15:29George, any further word from Stanton?
00:15:31Well, we know he's inbound, but we can't talk to him.
00:15:33His radios are garbled.
00:15:35I just wish he had more experience.
00:15:38Yes, Captain.
00:15:39Yes, sir, he's right here.
00:15:40Cagg.
00:15:42Yes, Skipper.
00:15:43How many planes have you got in the air?
00:15:45Just one, sir.
00:15:46Our newest pilot, Stanton.
00:15:48Well, get him aboard as fast as you can.
00:15:49I want to get out of this weather.
00:15:51Right away, Skipper.
00:15:52He wants him down now.
00:15:53Keep trying.
00:15:54Air ops primary.
00:15:55Try again on 412.
00:15:56See if you can reach him.
00:16:05Sir?
00:16:06Ah, Black Cloud, you've been doing unauthorized rain dances again, huh?
00:16:10Take a look at the scope, sir.
00:16:15The water temperature's down five degrees.
00:16:17And even the barometer's giving improper readings.
00:16:20It should be down, and it's way up.
00:16:26What the hell is that?
00:16:27It seems to have a cycle, sir.
00:16:28One run, it's there.
00:16:30The next one is clear.
00:16:32One run, it's there.
00:16:34The next one is clear.
00:16:35I've never seen anything like it.
00:16:36Turn those destroyers around and head them back to Pearl Harbor.
00:16:39No need for them to go through this.
00:16:41Yes, sir.
00:16:42Keep it in the wind till we get that Corsair aboard.
00:16:45It's one of our new pilots.
00:16:47All units in Romeo Alpha, this is Kilo Bravo.
00:16:51All units, this is 412.
00:16:53I have an unsafe hook indicator. Over.
00:16:551-2, roger. Unsafe hook.
00:16:57Recycle your hook.
00:16:58Negative. That Corsair's dead.
00:17:00412, your transmission's poor.
00:17:02Say your fuel's staked.
00:17:04Captain, boss, that Corsair's in real trouble.
00:17:06Can't get his tail hooked down.
00:17:07I think we'd better take him in the back.
00:17:09Roger.
00:17:10412, this is 412.
00:17:12I have an unsafe hook indicator. Over.
00:17:141-2, roger. Unsafe hook.
00:17:16Recycle your hook.
00:17:17Negative. That Corsair's dead.
00:17:19I think we'd better take him in the barricade.
00:17:20Rig it.
00:17:21Air ops, try flight.
00:17:23On the flight deck.
00:17:24412, this is 412.
00:17:25I have an unsafe hook indicator. Over.
00:17:271-2, roger. Unsafe hook.
00:17:28Negative. That Corsair's in real trouble.
00:17:29Can't get his tail hooked down.
00:17:30This is not a drill.
00:17:31You've got to do it quick and tight.
00:17:33This is not a drill.
00:17:35Now, rig the barricade.
00:17:37File a deck. File a deck.
00:17:39This is no drill.
00:17:42Come on, let's go.
00:17:44Come on, let's hustle now.
00:17:49Come on.
00:17:59All personnel off the deck now.
00:18:04Barricade coming out. Clear the area.
00:18:07Clear the flight deck.
00:18:10Clear the flight deck.
00:18:17Deck, do you see him out there yet?
00:18:19Yeah, there he is. Here he comes.
00:18:20Heads up. Green deck. Land aircraft.
00:18:25My God.
00:18:39Oh, my God.
00:19:09Oh, my God.
00:19:39Oh, my God.
00:19:40Oh, my God.
00:20:08Have Central come up on the JA.
00:20:09Yes, sir.
00:20:10Steady as she goes.
00:20:11Steady as she goes, aye.
00:20:12Central Bridge, pick up the JA.
00:20:18Aye, sir.
00:20:19Where's that plane?
00:20:22I don't see it, Captain.
00:20:30Sound General Quarters.
00:20:31Aye, Captain.
00:20:33Bolson.
00:20:34Bolson here. Aye, sir.
00:20:35Sound General Quarters.
00:20:36Aye, sir.
00:20:40General Quarters. General Quarters.
00:20:42All hands, man your battleships.
00:20:44Form it forward on your starboard side,
00:20:46down and aft on your port side.
00:20:48General Quarters. General Quarters.
00:20:59Aye, sir.
00:21:00Aye, sir.
00:21:01Aye, sir.
00:21:02Aye, sir.
00:21:03Aye, sir.
00:21:04Aye, sir.
00:21:05Aye, sir.
00:21:06Aye, sir.
00:21:07Aye, sir.
00:21:08Aye, sir.
00:21:18What the hell's going on?
00:21:19General Quarters, sir.
00:21:20Come with me.
00:21:21Time plus three minutes.
00:21:34Time plus four.
00:21:35Now set material...
00:21:36When all stations are manned and ready.
00:21:38Yes, sir.
00:21:39Got him. Right there.
00:21:40Coming in. A-7 Corsair.
00:21:45Heads up on deck.
00:21:46He's inbound to the barricade.
00:21:48Bring deck to the barricade.
00:21:50I can't hear you.
00:22:05We'll get you there.
00:22:13All right.
00:22:21All right.
00:22:27Crash on deck.
00:22:28Crash on deck.
00:22:29My operatives don't respond now.
00:22:30Let's get out there and watch for fire.
00:22:43Go back to course 350.
00:22:45Aye, yes, sir.
00:22:51Okay.
00:23:03Okay. Take her down.
00:23:05All personnel on the flight deck, let's turn to...
00:23:14Blue shirt, lock the seats on the aircraft.
00:23:21All right.
00:23:26Is this the last known position of our destroyers before the storm?
00:23:29Yes, sir, Captain.
00:23:30Skipper.
00:23:31Well, Dan, we're down and check out the threat board.
00:23:35Keep me posted.
00:23:36Right.
00:23:40Get Kag up here.
00:23:41Yes, sir.
00:23:42I want to talk to sink pack fleet.
00:23:44Captain, we're down across the board.
00:23:46Antennas check out, but we're off the air.
00:23:48Any word from our destroyers?
00:23:49We aren't getting anything except some code transmissions in the 200-meter band.
00:23:53Otherwise, we're dead as a doornail.
00:23:55Ops, what's our radar picture?
00:23:57Radar shows us clear, sir.
00:23:58Clear? Can't you see that Russian trawler?
00:24:01I have the signal officer on deck, but no visual sighting, sir.
00:24:04Keep me advised.
00:24:05Navigator, what's our posit?
00:24:07Two-seven-zero, Captain.
00:24:08280 miles west of Pearl Harbor.
00:24:10Oh, Dick.
00:24:12Launch a Hawkeye to check ship's communications.
00:24:15A Crusader to make a photo run over Pearl.
00:24:17With two Tomcats, I'm ready alert.
00:24:19Aye-aye, sir.
00:24:20Captain? Captain?
00:24:22Hey, what happened?
00:24:24Frankly, I don't know.
00:24:28Lieutenant, have the heads of all departments meet me at CVIC immediately after the launch.
00:24:33Aye-aye, sir.
00:24:34Stalanski, I want you to stay with me.
00:24:37Captain's off the bridge?
00:24:38It's a code.
00:24:40Can you break it, Chief?
00:24:42I think someone's putting us on.
00:24:45Why?
00:24:46Because I learned this code at Great Lakes.
00:24:49It's ancient.
00:24:51Thanks, Chief.
00:24:53Stand clear, zero-twelve, Hawkeye rotating.
00:25:16On the louds, stand clear, seven-three-six lifting for flight guard.
00:25:47Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
00:25:50Go home what you want. Who said that?
00:25:52For Christ's sake, Chief, all we want to know is what's going on.
00:25:55Whatever it is, you'll be told.
00:25:57When?
00:25:58As soon as the skipper's ready.
00:26:00That's what they always say.
00:26:06Hey, XO, what's going on?
00:26:08Sentry on deck.
00:26:09Who's the skipper?
00:26:10Carry on.
00:26:17Gentlemen, we're at general quarters because I don't have any idea what's happened.
00:26:23But I don't exclude the possibility of war.
00:26:27Nuclear strike?
00:26:29Possibility.
00:26:31Now, what action's been taken?
00:26:34Well, skipper, there's nothing on the threat board,
00:26:37and there's been no significant damage to the ship, and the crew's in good shape.
00:26:41Air wing is intact. First team's ready to go.
00:26:43E-2 is now showing the area clear, and reconnaissance aircraft should be coming up on Pearl any moment, sir.
00:26:48George?
00:26:49The reactor is stable. All readings are normal.
00:26:52Capable for maximum speed, Captain.
00:26:54Lloyd?
00:26:56We can transmit and receive, but we haven't been able to reach anybody.
00:26:59Why's that?
00:27:00Tried everybody in the book, sink pack, joint chiefs.
00:27:02I even took a crack at the White House.
00:27:04Now, we do have some low-band transmissions, strictly manual stuff, with very low power.
00:27:08We'll have to do some retuning to transmit in that range.
00:27:11Get on with it.
00:27:13Ops?
00:27:14All radars up. All weapon systems check out. We're ready, sir.
00:27:18Mr. Lasky?
00:27:20You have anything to add?
00:27:22No, sir. None at this time.
00:27:24Skipper?
00:27:25I have a reconnaissance report coming in now, sir.
00:27:30Flight level 250. Camo rolling.
00:27:34There doesn't appear to be any damage.
00:27:36Seems to be some unusual shipping traffic.
00:27:40I'll make another pass for a close-up, sir.
00:27:42Over.
00:27:43ETA to Nimitz, 12 minutes, sir.
00:27:45Skipper, we're picking up some weird traffic on the AM broadcast band on the entertainment circuit.
00:27:50But the signal strength is very weak.
00:27:52Oh, it's no use. I tried and tried, and I can't get Carmichael to go to sleep.
00:27:56Rochester, that polar bear's got to go to sleep.
00:27:59He's supposed to have been in hibernation over ten days ago.
00:28:01Jack Benny?
00:28:02Where is he now?
00:28:03Sitting up in bed reading Esquire.
00:28:06Esquire? Well, take it away from him.
00:28:08Oh, come now, boss. He's been around.
00:28:13Lloyd, tape and monitor all transmissions.
00:28:15Ops, I want a closer look on all air, surface, and subsurface contacts within 250 miles of this ship.
00:28:21Vic, put some tankers and a medium-sized strike force on a 30-minute alert.
00:28:25Aye, aye, sir.
00:28:26Any questions?
00:28:27Skipper, the ship is still at general quarters.
00:28:29Request permission to go to condition three.
00:28:31Granted.
00:28:32I'll be on the bridge. I want answers.
00:28:36Good luck, Jack.
00:28:44Secure from general quarters. Check condition three.
00:29:03Aye, aye, sir.
00:29:24I stand relieved.
00:29:25Very well.
00:29:27Bridge?
00:29:28Captain's on the bridge.
00:29:30Captain, CIC reports a surface contact bearing 350 degrees at 130 miles.
00:29:37I want an ID on the surface contact.
00:29:39Yes, sir.
00:29:40Launch the ready alert.
00:29:41Aye, sir.
00:30:01Heads up, three-stacks. RFA on final.
00:30:16Which translated into world terror means a worldwide reduction of armament to such a point and in such a thorough fashion.
00:30:30That no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the world.
00:30:42What the hell's the matter with him?
00:30:45He's asking us to trust our enemies and he knows better.
00:30:47You're absolutely right.
00:30:59Hey, Laurel, you finished that very quickly.
00:31:02Well, I hope so. Let's see, where were we?
00:31:07And therefore, here we are.
00:31:11So if he does choose to support my program, let Senator Chapman be assured now that I am fully aware of those qualities in him which recommend him as cabinet material.
00:31:22I think that says it exactly. You agree, Arthur?
00:31:25Miss Scott, you should have been a diplomat.
00:31:27I rather thought I was.
00:31:28Well, you certainly cooked up a compromise that's going to make your boss the next vice president of the United States.
00:31:34I better type this up before you two start trying to improve on it.
00:31:37Thanks, Laurel.
00:31:43Arthur, will you leave the girl enough clothes on not to catch cold? She's too valuable to me right now.
00:31:48Have you slept with her yet?
00:31:50What kind of a question is that to ask a married man?
00:31:53You son of a gun.
00:31:55I think I better go check what she's doing.
00:31:57Oh, sure.
00:31:59Arthur, have another drink and stop thinking about how much everybody else is getting.
00:32:02Thanks.
00:32:04See you later.
00:32:09We swung her, Laurel. How about that? We really swung it.
00:32:13Did you tell him you were sleeping with me?
00:32:15What?
00:32:17Laurel, I wish I was, but I'm not going to lie about it.
00:32:21People assume you are anyway. I guess I'll just have to live with the fact.
00:32:25Fact?
00:32:26Of what they think.
00:32:29You're a strange girl, Laurel.
00:32:31You give more back talk and less cooperation than any girl on Capitol Hill.
00:32:36I don't know why I put up with you and your dog.
00:32:38I don't know why I just don't fire you.
00:32:40Because I'm the best political assistant you'll find and you're still more interested in politics than sex.
00:32:47Charlie, what is he barking at?
00:32:51Charlie, what is it?
00:32:56Shh. Listen.
00:33:21Hey, a U.S. market.
00:33:23You sure of that?
00:33:24I thought so, too.
00:33:26That's speed.
00:33:27Are they ours?
00:33:28I don't know, but if they are ours, I've kept them a close secret.
00:33:34I want inquiries made as soon as we return.
00:33:36Yes, Senator.
00:33:38Bridge?
00:33:41Skipper, the F-14s are on top of the contact.
00:33:45Alert 1, this is Eagle 1. What have you got?
00:33:48We've overflown the craft, sir.
00:33:50The civilian yacht flying U.S. flag, about 50 feet in length.
00:33:55We've overflown the craft, sir.
00:33:57The civilian yacht flying U.S. flag, about 50 feet in length.
00:34:02We've overflown the craft, sir.
00:34:04The civilian yacht flying U.S. flag, about 50 feet in length.
00:34:07All but in mint condition, over.
00:34:09Hold observation position.
00:34:11Dispatching A-6 tanker for refueling.
00:34:23Stand clear, task 1.
00:34:25A-6 tanker departing.
00:34:34Challenger is backwards. One, two, three taps to the mouth.
00:34:37Lewis is jogged with a right to the head.
00:34:39Kahn hooks a left to the body, brings it up to the head.
00:34:42Hey, who's that fighting?
00:34:44Lewis takes another left and a right to the head.
00:34:47Lewis is staggered by a right to the jaw.
00:34:49He almost goes down.
00:34:51There's the bell, ending round 12.
00:34:53Look sharp, feel sharp, be sharp and listen, mister.
00:34:58How are you fixed for blade?
00:35:00Can you have plenty?
00:35:01How are you fixed for blade?
00:35:04Let's get some air.
00:35:16Van, what's this all about? Where do you make it?
00:35:20Nostalgia broadcasting on the armed forces van.
00:35:23Broadcasting after a strike?
00:35:27Excuse me.
00:35:29Captain.
00:35:30Yes?
00:35:31Sir, is it possible that this could be part of some secret naval maneuver?
00:35:35Of course not.
00:35:36There are a few people who'd like to watch us work under pressure.
00:35:40What do you think, Van?
00:35:42The Department of Defense sent him out here.
00:35:44Maybe they wanted to give him something to watch.
00:35:46Now, that makes more sense than anything else so far.
00:35:50Now, wait a minute, gentlemen.
00:35:51You may be the victims of some kind of joke with one of the Pentagon's behind it
00:35:55or the Kremlin or some little green men from Mars.
00:35:58I promise you, I'm as much in the dark about it as you are.
00:36:00Captain, we're getting something you might want to hear.
00:36:03In the plot room.
00:36:04Aye, sir.
00:36:05The Germans under Marshal von Kreis are retreating on a 70-mile front in southern Russia.
00:36:19However, forces under General von Bock were reported 200 miles from Moscow
00:36:23and long-range artillery fire was heard in the suburbs of Moscow.
00:36:27Meanwhile, in Washington, military circles...
00:36:29What the hell's going on here?
00:36:31Sir, I think you ought to see these aerial reconnaissance photographs of Pearl Harbor.
00:36:35Turn that off.
00:36:36Yes, sir.
00:36:37That'll be all.
00:36:39You.
00:36:49It's not Pearl Harbor.
00:36:50Sure as hell is.
00:36:53Look at that old battle wagon.
00:36:55It's a memorial now.
00:36:59It's the Arizona.
00:37:02But she's completely intact.
00:37:05That's right.
00:37:07Get Mr. Lasky back up here.
00:37:09Yes, sir.
00:37:14What's the matter with you?
00:37:17I was just on the bridge.
00:37:19I was scared.
00:37:20Real scared.
00:37:21What happened?
00:37:23It's crazy.
00:37:25The Russians, us, even the Germans.
00:37:29We've finally done it.
00:37:30Done what, for Christ's sake?
00:37:32War.
00:37:34We're at war.
00:37:36You're always talking shit.
00:37:41Mr. Lasky.
00:37:44I want a straight answer.
00:37:46I don't give a damn about any orders you've had elsewhere.
00:37:49Is there something you've held back?
00:37:51Nothing. Absolutely nothing, Captain.
00:37:57All right. I accept that.
00:38:00Here's a photo taken by a reconnaissance pilot less than an hour ago.
00:38:08May I suggest something, Captain?
00:38:10I'm wide open.
00:38:12I suggest that you ask Commander Owens to come up here right away
00:38:15and bring the photos he's using to illustrate his book.
00:38:18Why?
00:38:19I think he'll have something very interesting to show you, sir.
00:38:23All right.
00:38:31Tanker, this is Alert One.
00:38:33You've got two thirsty Tomcats. What do you got?
00:38:36I've got the hard stuff.
00:38:37Pull right in.
00:38:50Contact.
00:38:51We've got a green light.
00:38:53Fill her up, check the oil, and clean the windshield. Over.
00:39:01Dick, where'd you get these?
00:39:04I got them from the Smiths on him, sir.
00:39:05They're old agency photos of Pearl.
00:39:08Just like these?
00:39:09Not like these.
00:39:11That was taken less than an hour ago.
00:39:15I don't understand, sir. These are pre-World War II pictures.
00:39:18It's the fleet that was destroyed.
00:39:20Sir, CIC reports two bogeys at low altitude.
00:39:23Distance, 125 miles.
00:39:25Have our fighters take an ID pass.
00:39:27I get it.
00:39:31Have our fighters investigate and identify the contact 090.
00:39:35Signal busted.
00:39:36Aye, sir.
00:39:37Alert One, this is Eagle Control.
00:39:39Vector 210 for the bogeys.
00:39:41Bogeys low and slow. Your signal is busted.
00:39:44I say again, your signal is busted.
00:39:46Roger, Eagle Control.
00:39:48Alert Two now completing refueling.
00:39:50Vectoring 210. Out.
00:40:00That's the Arizona, Tennessee, West Virginia.
00:40:04You're saying that these are both photographs of Pearl Harbor
00:40:09on December the 6th, 1941?
00:40:17Yes, sir.
00:40:19Our reconnaissance plane has just taken pictures of something that hasn't existed
00:40:24for over 40 years.
00:40:27Sir, we've got ID on the bogeys.
00:40:31Captain's on the bridge.
00:40:33What button?
00:40:3411, sir.
00:40:38Alert One, this is Eagle One.
00:40:40What have you got?
00:40:41Two Japanese Zeros, sir.
00:40:43Two what?
00:40:44Two Trophy Class Mitsubishi A6Ms in original condition.
00:40:49Complete with all markings.
00:40:51I mean, they look brand new, sir.
00:40:53Have you been spotted?
00:40:54Negative. We're right in the sun at their 6 o'clock high.
00:40:57Stay in visual contact. Take no action without clearance.
00:41:00Roger, Eagle One.
00:41:01Out.
00:41:05Jack, Vinnie, and Roger.
00:41:08Somebody, for some reason,
00:41:11wants us to believe that we're back in 1941.
00:41:14Now, who wants it?
00:41:15The Russians.
00:41:16Maybe.
00:41:18Parapsychology.
00:41:19Excuse me, Captain.
00:41:20But we also have to consider one alternative possibility.
00:41:23What's that?
00:41:24The possibility that what's happening here is real.
00:41:28That's ridiculous.
00:41:29Maybe.
00:41:30But we have some pretty strong evidence, sir.
00:41:32Let's not just write off one possible explanation for it
00:41:35because we don't happen to like it.
00:41:37Now, how would that be possible, Mr. Lasky?
00:41:39Could you explain that to me?
00:41:40No, sir, I can't.
00:41:41But all of us know that movement through time is possible.
00:41:44Einstein proved it.
00:41:45In theory.
00:41:46In theory.
00:41:47So all we have to do is move through some storm at sea,
00:41:50and bingo, we're all much more clever than Einstein.
00:41:52What sort of storm was that, Commander?
00:41:54Certainly nothing like I've ever seen.
00:41:56Nothing like any of us have ever seen.
00:41:59There are forces in the universe
00:42:01which we're only now just beginning to understand.
00:42:03I mean understand through science, not superstition.
00:42:05There are black holes in space, anti-matter, curved space.
00:42:09Things that are as strange to us as electricity
00:42:11would have been to people in the Middle Ages.
00:42:13Or this ship in World War II.
00:42:16Well, the crew's anxious for an explanation, too.
00:42:21Well, we've got to get a clearer picture of all this.
00:42:26Let's go to CIC.
00:42:31Hey.
00:42:33What is it?
00:42:34Listen.
00:42:35What is it?
00:42:37What's that noise?
00:42:39I don't know, sir.
00:42:40It's the sound of a ship.
00:42:41Listen.
00:43:02Hey.
00:43:04What is it?
00:43:05They're not ours, are they?
00:43:32No, certainly not.
00:43:33They have Japanese markings.
00:43:48They're coming in again.
00:43:53Laurel, ask the captain of Radio Hawaii.
00:43:57Find out about Japanese fighter planes in the area.
00:44:00Yes, sir.
00:44:14Oh, God, they're shooting!
00:44:23Oh, my God.
00:44:28Oh, no.
00:44:29Did the captain send the message?
00:44:33We've got to get off this boat.
00:44:36Come on, Laurel.
00:44:41Eagle Control, this is Alert One.
00:44:43They just scraped the hell out of that yacht.
00:44:46Why would they attack a yacht?
00:44:49Their job would be to destroy anything with a radio that could warn Pearl Harbor.
00:44:53Providing you and Mr. Einstein are correct.
00:44:56Dick, where would the Japanese fleet be at this time on December the 6th, 1941?
00:45:02Well, sir, they'd be off the scope of it.
00:45:04Educated guests would be around about here.
00:45:07Excuse me.
00:45:08They'd have to be here up around the northwest sector.
00:45:10Let's get this settled once and for all.
00:45:12Have the E2 check it out.
00:45:13I want to see if the Japanese task force is out there.
00:45:16Yes, sir.
00:45:17Eagle Control, Alert One.
00:45:19They're making another run.
00:45:21Jesus, they'll shoot that damn yacht to pieces.
00:45:24Request permission to arm and fire.
00:45:26For God's sake, skip it.
00:45:27Negative.
00:45:29Charlie!
00:45:30Now!
00:45:31Laurel, jump now!
00:45:32Come on!
00:45:33Those planes are coming in!
00:45:34Come on!
00:45:35Let's go!
00:45:36Come on, Harvey!
00:45:53Eagle Control, they blew it to bits.
00:45:55They must have hit the fuel tank.
00:45:57Any survivors?
00:45:59Stand by.
00:46:01Affirmative.
00:46:02One, two, three Mae Wests.
00:46:05Hey, wait a minute.
00:46:06Those bastards are turning back.
00:46:07They're going to straighten them in the water.
00:46:08Request permission to fire.
00:46:10This is Eagle One.
00:46:11You are cleared to arm, but do not fire.
00:46:14Draw the law.
00:46:15Play with them.
00:46:16But don't fire.
00:46:17Affirmative.
00:46:23Sam!
00:46:24It's all right.
00:46:25Sam!
00:46:26It's all right.
00:46:27I'm all right.
00:46:29Look out!
00:46:30Oh, no, they're coming again!
00:46:36Harvey!
00:46:37Get that light cover off and dive!
00:46:40I did!
00:46:41Come here!
00:46:42Here they come!
00:46:49Harvey!
00:46:53Harvey!
00:47:00Harvey!
00:47:02He's dead.
00:47:11It's okay.
00:47:12Easy, boy.
00:47:13Up you go.
00:47:24Hey, Fox, that woke them up.
00:47:27Well, I think we should give them another shot.
00:47:53Oh, no.
00:48:24Sam!
00:48:25Sam!
00:48:26Sam!
00:48:27Sam!
00:48:28Sam!
00:48:29Sam!
00:48:30Sam!
00:48:31Sam!
00:48:32Sam!
00:48:33Sam!
00:48:34Sam!
00:48:35Sam!
00:48:36Sam!
00:48:37Sam!
00:48:38Sam!
00:48:39Sam!
00:48:40Sam!
00:48:41Sam!
00:48:42Sam!
00:48:43Sam!
00:48:44Sam!
00:48:45Sam!
00:48:46Sam!
00:48:47Sam!
00:48:48Sam!
00:48:49Sam!
00:48:50Sam!
00:48:51Sam!
00:48:52Sam!
00:48:53Sam!
00:48:54Sam!
00:48:55Sam!
00:48:56Sam!
00:48:57Sam!
00:48:58Sam!
00:48:59Sam!
00:49:00Sam!
00:49:01Sam!
00:49:02Sam!
00:49:03Sam!
00:49:04Sam!
00:49:05Sam!
00:49:06Sam!
00:49:07Sam!
00:49:08Sam!
00:49:09Sam!
00:49:10Sam!
00:49:11Sam!
00:49:12Sam!
00:49:13Sam!
00:49:14Sam!
00:49:15Sam!
00:49:16Sam!
00:49:17Sam!
00:49:18Sam!
00:49:19Sam!
00:49:20Radar shows enemy planes heading on course.
00:49:22220.
00:49:23220.
00:49:24Sweet Jesus.
00:49:26Skipper, they're headed straight for us
00:49:28and we've got an armed strike force just sitting on the deck.
00:49:35Alert 1, this is Eagle 1.
00:49:36You're cleared to fire.
00:49:38Splash the zeroes.
00:49:40I say again, splash the zeroes.
00:49:42Yes, sir.
00:49:44This has got to be a dream.
00:50:21Oh, my God.
00:50:24Oh, my God.
00:50:49Eagle Control, Alert 1.
00:50:52Splash 2.
00:50:54Repeat, splash 2.
00:50:57Possibly one survivor in the water.
00:51:00Captain, the E2 is coming up on the point, Charlie.
00:51:04Eagle Control, we have multiple radar contacts
00:51:06picking up on four, five, six heavies.
00:51:09Possible carriers and 24 escort ships.
00:51:13Southeasterly heading.
00:51:15Negative radio or radar emissions.
00:51:18Request instructions. Over.
00:51:20That is the Japanese attack force.
00:51:23I guess now we know.
00:51:26Look, Dick.
00:51:28Take personal charge of a rescue team.
00:51:31Keep the survivors isolated.
00:51:33Crazy situation, isn't it?
00:51:35Look, you know what I want to understand.
00:51:37Dan, keep the fighters airborne and cover the rescue.
00:51:39Aye, aye, Skipper.
00:51:41Now track and report all movements of the Japanese task force.
00:51:44Aye, aye, sir. You still think it's a dream?
00:51:46It's a nightmare.
00:51:50Oh, my God.
00:52:20Oh, my God.
00:52:50Oh, my God.
00:53:08Let's go! Let's get this dance on!
00:53:20Let's go!
00:53:51Boss, 3-6.
00:53:53Go ahead, 3-6.
00:53:55We got two survivors, and now we're waiting to pick up Cag.
00:53:57Cag? What the hell is he doing in the water?
00:54:00Dan, do I know.
00:54:13Charlie.
00:54:21You all right, ma'am?
00:54:26How are you feeling, sir?
00:54:28What the hell kind of a machine is this thing?
00:54:30And what's your ship, Commander?
00:54:32It's an aircraft carrier, sir. I'm Air Wing Commander Richard Owen.
00:54:35Sam Chapman.
00:54:37Senator Samuel Chapman?
00:54:39That's right.
00:54:41Sure am glad you are out here.
00:54:47Yes, sir.
00:54:50Yes, sir.
00:55:05On to the White Sands.
00:55:07Cleared to land number 3.
00:55:09Heels.
00:55:113-6 is about.
00:55:21Okay, Senator. Watch yourself.
00:55:24Watch your head.
00:55:27Thank you.
00:55:29Just hang on a minute, sir.
00:55:31Just fine.
00:55:37It's all right, man.
00:55:39I'll take it over, Commander.
00:55:50All right.
00:56:17Little bastard.
00:56:20Come on.
00:56:41Hop on.
00:56:51Mind the store, Ray. I'm going forward.
00:56:59Holy cow.
00:57:01It's the whole Japanese fleet.
00:57:05Have these things returned to the Japanese pilot.
00:57:08Get this translated.
00:57:10Aye, sir.
00:57:14Captain's on the bridge.
00:57:35Salaski.
00:57:37Gentlemen.
00:57:39Captain's off the bridge.
00:57:51We can't ignore it any longer.
00:57:53Every man on this ship knows that we have radar and visual contact...
00:57:56with the Japanese fleet approaching Pearl Harbor...
00:57:59on December the 6th, 1941.
00:58:02Now, what do we do about it?
00:58:04Skipper, what we do about it is blow them out of the water.
00:58:07The USS Nimitz declares war on the Japanese Empire?
00:58:11That's what we've been doing.
00:58:13But they haven't attacked Pearl Harbor yet.
00:58:16The only evidence we have that they intend to is in the history books.
00:58:20It opens up some amazing possibilities.
00:58:23Think of the firepower of the USS Nimitz back in 1941.
00:58:27What kind of possibilities, Mr. Salaski?
00:58:30Possibilities for the future, Mr. Owens.
00:58:33Think of the history of the next 40 years.
00:58:36I have a suspicion history will be a little more difficult to beat...
00:58:40than you imagine, Mr. Salaski.
00:58:42I'm talking about the classic paradox of time.
00:58:45Imagine, for example, I go back in time to meet my own grandfather...
00:58:48long before he got married and before he had children.
00:58:51We have an argument, and I kill him.
00:58:53Now, if that happens, how am I ever gonna be born?
00:58:56And if I can never be born, how am I ever gonna die?
00:58:59And if I can never be born, how can I go back in history...
00:59:02and meet my very own grandfather?
00:59:05I'm not half the theorist you are, Mr. Lasky.
00:59:08But I still have a gut instinct that things only happen once.
00:59:11And if they have happened, then there's nothing we can do to change them.
00:59:14Nor should we try.
00:59:16How are you gonna avoid it? It's already happening, and we're already involved.
00:59:20For Christ's sake, what is this?
00:59:22Some half-ass Princeton debating society.
00:59:25We are in a war situation.
00:59:27This is a United States warship.
00:59:29Or at least it used to be.
00:59:31Or will be.
00:59:33Or what the hell ever.
00:59:35Oh, God damn it, you can drive yourself crazy just trying to think about this stuff.
00:59:38Jesus, I must be dreaming.
00:59:40Now, hold it, hold it.
00:59:42Now, let's all calm down.
00:59:44Let's take it one step at a time and by the book.
00:59:49The United States of America falls under attack.
00:59:52Our job is to defend her.
00:59:55Past, present, and future.
00:59:57And after that?
00:59:59After that, we take our orders from the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
01:00:05Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
01:00:26Everything all right here?
01:00:28You in command of this ship?
01:00:29Hardly. No, I'm a doctor.
01:00:31Ship's commander's Captain Yelland.
01:00:33I'm sure he'll be down to see you as soon as possible.
01:00:35Certainly hope so.
01:00:36Meanwhile, you both seem none the worse for your little mishap.
01:00:39Mishap? You call getting a boat shot off from under you and three people dead a mishap?
01:00:44Are we at war? Is that what happened?
01:00:46I'm really not in a position to tell you.
01:00:48Yes.
01:00:50Charlie! Charlie!
01:00:53Oh, Charlie, am I glad to see you.
01:00:58Doctor.
01:01:00Would you please inform the captain that Senator Samuel Chapman,
01:01:03co-chairman of the Senate Defense Committee, would like to see him at once.
01:01:06Of course, Senator.
01:01:10Doctor, I believe I said at once.
01:01:12First a vitamin shot.
01:01:14Now, if you'll both roll up your sleeves.
01:01:16Senator.
01:01:17No, goddammit.
01:01:18Now, you can take up your needles, Doctor.
01:01:21And whatever's in them, and get the hell out of here.
01:01:27Corporal.
01:01:39What the hell are we, prisoners?
01:01:51Let's go.
01:02:21Let's go.
01:02:38Holy shit.
01:02:41The smoking lamp is lighted in all operated spaces.
01:02:59Son of a bitch.
01:03:02So, history may be tougher to beat than you think.
01:03:07So, history may be tougher to beat than I imagine.
01:03:10You're becoming a real pain in the ass, Lasky.
01:03:13You take an awful lot of risks with someone who's supposed to be intelligent.
01:03:16Do I?
01:03:17The attack on Pearl Harbor was far from a surprise for many people,
01:03:20among them the prominent and ambitious Senator Samuel S. Chapman,
01:03:24who had only two weeks before publicly argued for an increase in our strength in the Pacific.
01:03:28Ironically, the senator disappeared and was presumed dead
01:03:31following the attack he had foreseen so clearly.
01:03:34Had he lived, it's very possible Chapman could have been Roosevelt's running mate in the 1944 election,
01:03:41and upon his death, the next president of the United States.
01:03:45Well, now, if that doesn't come under the heading of trying to beat history, I don't know what does.
01:03:49Lasky, I realized who he had the moment I heard his name.
01:03:51Why'd you keep it to yourself?
01:03:53Because I don't have your appetite for playing God with the world.
01:03:55What was I supposed to do, throw him back in the sea?
01:03:57Well, at least that would have preserved the natural order of history, as you've written it.
01:04:01Go to hell, Lasky.
01:04:03Go to hell yourself. I want to meet Chapman.
01:04:09God damn it!
01:04:11If this wasn't happening to me, I wouldn't believe it.
01:04:13Who the hell are these people?
01:04:15The Navy.
01:04:17The Navy, yeah. But what part of it?
01:04:20I've never seen machines like they got on board this thing.
01:04:23And where have they been developing aircraft like that?
01:04:26The Navy would have to appear before my committee.
01:04:29And I've never even heard a whisper about...
01:04:32Rocket planes and that thing they pulled us out of the sea with.
01:04:36And naming this ship after Chester Nimitz, an active duty admiral.
01:04:40What the hell's going on here?
01:04:42Yeah. Roosevelt.
01:04:44He owns the military.
01:04:47That's it. That's exactly who.
01:04:50FDR has wanted the United States in this war since it started.
01:04:53But he knows there's no way it's going to happen except in response to an attack.
01:04:56You always said the Japanese would attack.
01:04:58That's right.
01:05:00Two sitting out here with no press,
01:05:02while the White House takes all the credit for raising the alarm
01:05:05and being ready to hit back.
01:05:07Obviously. We are.
01:05:09God damn it!
01:05:26Anything?
01:05:28He's either too scared or too well-briefed to talk about it.
01:05:32Excuse me.
01:05:38All right, Corporal.
01:05:41Commander, I demand to know why we're being tried in this place.
01:05:44Charlie!
01:05:46I got him.
01:05:55Jesus Christ!
01:05:58No, don't!
01:06:02Oh, my God.
01:06:28Captain.
01:06:45Prisoner's on it. Shot one, maybe two of your men.
01:06:47Move in.
01:06:53Captain.
01:06:55Prisoner grabbed a weapon.
01:06:57One of my men, maybe two.
01:07:00We're in position.
01:07:02The area is sealed off.
01:07:04Stand by.
01:07:06Get Lieutenant Kajima up here on the double.
01:07:12Can we get a translator out here for God's sakes?
01:07:14How do we know where he's safe?
01:07:17We need a translator. Tell him we need a translator.
01:07:22Maybe that's just what he's trying to tell us.
01:07:27Call a translator!
01:07:29That's right.
01:07:32Grier 6.
01:07:36If he does anything strange, shoot him.
01:07:39That's right.
01:07:41Use the phone and call the person in charge.
01:07:48All right, Dick. Lieutenant Kajima's here.
01:07:50Put it on the box.
01:07:58Ask him what he wants.
01:08:16He wants access to a radio, sir.
01:08:18Does he say why?
01:08:20Because he wants to warn his commander.
01:08:23About us.
01:08:27He doesn't say why.
01:08:29We have the same demands.
01:08:32If he doesn't listen to us,
01:08:35one by one,
01:08:37one by one...
01:08:39He repeats the demand.
01:08:41Or else?
01:08:43He will kill again.
01:08:47Do you think there's a chance they might believe him?
01:08:50Well, there's no chance if things remain the way they are.
01:08:58Tell him we agree.
01:09:01We agree to the conditions.
01:09:05All right.
01:09:07Let's go.
01:09:21Lieutenant!
01:09:24Lieutenant!
01:09:29Come here!
01:09:39Don't shoot!
01:09:43You son of a bitch!
01:09:45Don't shoot! Back off!
01:09:48Don't shoot! Back off!
01:09:51What the hell's going on down there?
01:10:04He says one more attempt to trick him
01:10:06and the girl is dead.
01:10:08There'll be no tricks.
01:10:10He can use the radio room if he frees the girl.
01:10:21I don't believe you.
01:10:25He says he doesn't believe you.
01:10:29Why don't you tell him what's going on here, Commander?
01:10:32You're an expert on what's going to happen tomorrow.
01:10:34Why don't you tell him about it, for God's sakes?
01:10:36Go on, tell him! We got nothing to lose!
01:10:39Dick?
01:10:41Yes, sir.
01:10:42Go ahead.
01:10:43Tell him.
01:10:4626th of November.
01:10:48Six carriers left the core isles, north of Japan.
01:10:59The carriers were the Kangni, Kongna, Shokaku, Zuikaku,
01:11:04Hiryu, Soryu.
01:11:06Tomorrow at dawn,
01:11:08these carriers will send 353 planes to attack Pearl Harbor.
01:11:13How in the hell do you know all that?
01:11:20Your code is...
01:11:22climb Mount Nitaka.
01:12:13What's going on?
01:12:19Please, Miss Scott, don't ask me any questions.
01:12:22There isn't anything I can tell you at this time.
01:12:43You all right?
01:12:47Where's Charlie?
01:12:49Where's my dog?
01:12:52We'll find him, Miss Scott.
01:12:55We can't get out of this shit.
01:13:05I want to get out of this bathrobe and into some clothes!
01:13:08Will somebody please get me some clothes?
01:13:10For God's sake!
01:13:11Chief, get the senator some clothes.
01:13:13Yes, sir.
01:13:15Senator Matt Yellen, commanding officer.
01:13:18Where and how did you get all this information I've been hearing?
01:13:22And is it true?
01:13:24Yes, sir.
01:13:25Did you inform Pearl Harbor Command?
01:13:28No, Senator.
01:13:30Why the hell not?
01:13:34The reasons are a little complicated,
01:13:36but believe me, Senator,
01:13:38this carrier is capable of handling any attack should it occur.
01:13:41One carrier against a whole fleet?
01:13:43Just what kind of an idiot did you take me for, Captain?
01:13:45Senator, calm down.
01:13:46To hell with you!
01:13:48Tell Pearl Harbor what's happening here, or I'll talk to them.
01:13:51Very well.
01:13:53Dan, set up the communications in my import cabin.
01:13:58Wouldn't you like to talk to them with some clothes on?
01:14:04Thank you, Captain.
01:14:06Follow me, sir.
01:14:15Are you all right?
01:14:17Yes, sir, I'm fine.
01:14:19Can you do that, Captain?
01:14:21Contact Pearl Harbor back in 1941.
01:14:27I think so.
01:14:29Then what do you do?
01:14:31One step at a time.
01:14:34Like a minefield.
01:14:53This is Senator Samuel S. Chapman of the United States Senate
01:14:58on board the aircraft carrier Nimitz.
01:15:01Captain Yelland is here with me.
01:15:03You're on what?
01:15:05I repeat, I am Senator Samuel S. Chapman on board the USS Nimitz.
01:15:10All right, whoever the hell you are.
01:15:13Use of military frequencies by unauthorized personnel is a felony.
01:15:17Now, just a minute here, sir.
01:15:19As we have no aircraft carrier Nimitz and no Captain Yelland,
01:15:23I suggest, asshole, that you stop impersonating some other asshole
01:15:28and get off the air. You're wasting our time.
01:15:30How dare you talk to me that way?
01:15:32Captain, tell them who you are. Speak to them.
01:15:40You. What are you doing here? You're a civilian.
01:15:44Yes, sir, I'm with the Department of Defense. I mean, the Navy Department, sir.
01:15:47Well, that's more like it. What's going on here?
01:15:50I'm afraid I'm just an observer here, sir.
01:15:52I couldn't tell you anything more than you already know.
01:15:56What's happening here?
01:16:01Who are you people?
01:16:10Sir, when you're ready, the Captain requests that you and Miss Scott join him in his import cabin.
01:16:13Thank you.
01:16:19I'll wait outside while you change.
01:16:22Please, I really don't want to be left alone right now.
01:16:27I'll just be a minute.
01:16:31Just exactly what is it you do for the Senator, Miss Scott?
01:16:35I work for him, Commander.
01:16:38I'd like to think I'm more than just a secretary.
01:16:41I write most of his speeches.
01:16:43In general, I'm his assistant.
01:16:46That's quite an accomplishment for a woman in your day, this day and age.
01:16:49Let me tell you something.
01:16:51I'm ambitious and very capable.
01:16:54That's a combination that's not much of a combination.
01:16:57It's a man's world. I'm sure you'll agree.
01:17:02It certainly is, Miss Scott.
01:17:04I spend a lot of time trying to hide the way I look, hoping to be recognized for my ability.
01:17:09How's it going so far?
01:17:11Well, let me put it this way.
01:17:13If the way I look gets me in the door, then God help him when I get through.
01:17:17You're a remarkable woman, Miss Scott.
01:17:22Shall we?
01:17:25Shall we?
01:17:41Enemy fleet bears 042 degrees.
01:17:44Captain, they bear 042 degrees.
01:17:47Range 182 miles.
01:17:49Course 180. Speed 12.
01:17:51Very well. Keep me advised.
01:17:54Copy.
01:18:08Laurel, are you all right?
01:18:10Miss Scott, I'm Matt Yellen Skipper of this ship.
01:18:12Thank you for your hospitality, Captain.
01:18:14But I insist that you fly Miss Scott and myself to Pearl Harbor immediately.
01:18:19Very well.
01:18:21Lieutenant. Yes, sir.
01:18:23Follow this officer. He'll see that you're fully equipped,
01:18:26and then escort you to the hangar deck.
01:18:28Thank you, Captain.
01:18:30Laurel.
01:18:32Charlie.
01:18:33Forget about the dog. He'll be all right.
01:18:35Wait a minute, Captain.
01:18:37I think you're making a big mistake here.
01:18:39That man mysteriously disappeared on December the 7th, 1941.
01:18:43That's today, sir.
01:18:45Now, at the present time, he is the front-running candidate
01:18:48for the vice presidential spot on the Democratic ticket in 1944.
01:18:51And if he survives, he's almost certain to become the president of the United States
01:18:55when Roosevelt dies in April of 1945.
01:18:57Now, sir, don't you think he'd be a whole lot safer to stay here on this ship with us
01:19:01for the time being, I mean?
01:19:03My job is to make decisions here, now.
01:19:07Not worry about what politician may be in the White House four years from now
01:19:11or 40 years ago.
01:19:13And right now, I don't like having two civilians on my ship
01:19:16when I'm about to do battle.
01:19:18You've got three civilians.
01:19:20Mr. Lasky, you're free to go with them if you like.
01:19:33Dick.
01:19:36Dick.
01:19:40Just got enough time to drop them off on a deserted spot on this island.
01:19:44Not Pearl, sir?
01:19:46Hell, no. They'll be a whole lot safer there.
01:19:49We'll equip them to look after themselves till it's over.
01:19:52I'll feel a lot easier with them off my hands.
01:19:56Yes, sir.
01:19:59Dick.
01:20:01I'm sure you're back by 0700.
01:20:04I've got my best man commanding that strike force.
01:20:06Yes, sir.
01:20:16Now hear this. Now hear this.
01:20:19All hands, stand by for a special announcement from the captain in 15 minutes.
01:20:25Go, go, go!
01:20:32What are you doing here, Mr. Lasky?
01:20:35I want to go to Pearl Harbor with you.
01:20:44Wait a minute.
01:20:46You're not going to Pearl, are you?
01:20:50Did they know?
01:20:52No.
01:21:20Elevator number two arriving.
01:21:23Stand clear of the door.
01:21:25Stand by to press.
01:21:27Stand by to press.
01:21:30Captain, enemy fleet 170 miles north, northwest of Pearl.
01:21:36The Japanese fleet now bears 055 degrees, 162 miles.
01:21:50Look at all those horns.
01:21:52Yeah, it's got to be the real thing.
01:21:58Watch that wingtip!
01:22:00Red ball, 42414.
01:22:08This is the captain.
01:22:10I'm speaking to every man aboard this ship.
01:22:13In the past few hours, many things have changed.
01:22:16The rumors of nuclear attacks and a third world war are totally untrue.
01:22:23We have no reason to believe that any aggression has been taken against our homes and families.
01:22:30I believe that what we have stumbled across is not man-made, but a phenomenon of nature.
01:22:38One that can't be explained.
01:22:41This phenomenon is a storm which the Nimitz went through less than 18 hours ago.
01:22:47The storm has had some effect on time, as we know it.
01:22:51It created a portal.
01:22:53A door into another era.
01:22:57Today is December the 7th, 1941.
01:23:03I'm sure we're all aware of the...
01:23:061941.
01:23:09I'm sure we're all aware of the significance of this date at this place in history.
01:23:16We're about to fight a battle that was lost before most of you were born.
01:23:22This time, with God's help, it's going to be different.
01:23:29Good luck.
01:23:36Go, go, go!
01:24:06THE NIMITZ
01:24:27Hey, Charlie.
01:24:30Good boy.
01:24:32Where have you been hiding?
01:24:34You want to come with me?
01:24:36Come on, boy.
01:24:44Eagle, control, 736.
01:24:47DCA decimation in three minutes.
01:24:49We'll report to airborne again, over.
01:24:52Roger, 736.
01:25:04Eagle, control, 736.
01:25:07DCA decimation in three minutes.
01:25:09We'll report to airborne again, over.
01:25:11Roger, 736.
01:25:13Eagle, control, 736.
01:25:15DCA decimation in three minutes.
01:25:17We'll report to airborne again, over.
01:25:19Roger, 736.
01:25:21Eagle, control, 736.
01:25:23Eagle, control, 736.
01:25:25Eagle, control, 736.
01:25:27Eagle, control, 736.
01:25:29Eagle, control, 736.
01:25:31All right, let's move it!
01:25:36This isn't Pearl Harbor!
01:25:38Following orders, Commander.
01:25:41That's right, Senator.
01:26:01Let's go.
01:26:24Is Commander Owen in the air yet?
01:26:26No, sir.
01:26:27Let me know the moment he's airborne.
01:26:29Yes, sir.
01:26:31Why didn't you go with him?
01:26:33I wasn't invited.
01:26:48Skipper, it's time to go.
01:26:50Then let's go!
01:26:52To Pearl Harbor!
01:26:53You shoot that in the air, we're all going up!
01:26:55Then you better do what I say!
01:26:57Take off! Now!
01:27:01Now!
01:27:32Commander!
01:27:34Get that gun!
01:27:36Let it go off!
01:27:41I lost it!
01:27:42I lost the helo!
01:27:44What?
01:27:46I tell you, I lost it.
01:27:47It just disappeared from the scope.
01:27:51What the hell do you mean, it just disappeared?
01:27:53That's it, Captain.
01:27:54One second it was on the scope, the next it was gone.
01:27:57Search party?
01:27:59Search party?
01:28:03It's too late.
01:28:04Officer to deck, turn the Nimitz into the wind.
01:28:06Aye, aye, Captain.
01:28:09Launch aircraft.
01:28:10Yes, sir, Captain.
01:28:12That's it, let's go.
01:28:14Cats, you got green lights.
01:28:16Get them in the air.
01:28:29Get them in the air.
01:28:59Get them in the air.
01:29:00Get them in the air.
01:29:29Get them in the air.
01:29:30Get them in the air.
01:29:59Get them in the air.
01:30:00Get them in the air.
01:30:29Victory 210, Zulu 5 Bravo, vector 120, estimated time of intercept 0740, over.
01:30:44Zulu 5 Bravo, this is Victory 210, nine minutes to intercept.
01:30:53Sir, I think you ought to see this.
01:30:57It suddenly appeared behind us.
01:31:02I don't believe this.
01:31:04It's starting again.
01:31:06Do you think we can outrun it?
01:31:08Maybe we ought to be asking ourselves, should we even be trying to outrun it?
01:31:12Six minutes to intercept.
01:31:15Change course to 180.
01:31:17Aye, aye, sir.
01:31:18All ahead flank speed.
01:31:20Steady course 180.
01:31:22Come to course 180.
01:31:23Aye, sir.
01:31:24All ahead flank, indicate 125 RPM.
01:31:26All ahead flank, indicate 125 RPM.
01:31:40Zulu 5 Bravo, this is Victory 210.
01:31:43I have enemy bandits on radar.
01:31:45Approximately four minutes to intercept.
01:31:47210, this is Zulu 5 Bravo.
01:31:50You're cleared to arm.
01:31:55Sir, when we change course, the storm changes course.
01:31:59It's following us and growing at the same time.
01:32:01I'm recalling those planes.
01:32:03Wait a minute, sir.
01:32:05You can't do that.
01:32:06What are you talking about?
01:32:08We've got an incredible opportunity here.
01:32:10We know where all the mistakes are going to be made for the next 40 years.
01:32:13And you've got the power to correct them.
01:32:15You stay out of this.
01:32:17Scrub the mission.
01:32:19Get those planes back.
01:32:22Get those planes back.
01:32:31Your signal is buster.
01:32:33I say again, your signal is buster.
01:32:35Read you loud and clear.
01:32:37Strike force, this is strike leader.
01:32:40Return to base.
01:32:42Mission aborted.
01:32:44Mission aborted?
01:32:45But we can see them.
01:32:47They're going to let the Japs do it again.
01:32:52This is the captain.
01:32:54Now hear this, men.
01:32:56You've been through it once.
01:32:58You're going through it again.
01:33:00Prepare for approaching storm.
01:33:22We interrupt this program to bring you a special news bulletin.
01:33:28The enemy bombers appeared over Pearl Harbor at about 7.55 a.m.
01:33:32A dog attack.
01:33:35December 7, 1941.
01:33:39A date which will live in information.
01:34:05A date which will live in information.
01:34:18Any contact with our planes?
01:34:20No, sir.
01:34:21Keep trying.
01:34:23Dan, get me a damage report.
01:34:25Right, Skipper.
01:34:26Get a phone check with all stations.
01:34:28You still have control of the rudder?
01:34:30Rich has control of the rudders.
01:34:31Very well.
01:34:32All stations, bridge.
01:34:33Phone check.
01:34:42There they are.
01:34:43Where?
01:34:44Low, on the horizon.
01:35:32Fire!
01:35:55Stand by to render honors to Port USS Arizona.
01:35:58Attention to port.
01:36:01And salute.
01:36:04Two.
01:36:05Carry on.
01:36:15Pacific fleet arriving.
01:36:25Third fleet.
01:36:27Third fleet arriving.
01:36:35Carrier group eight arriving.
01:36:45Matt, what the hell is going on here?
01:36:47Admiral, I don't know where to begin.
01:36:49Aircraft carrier getting lost in the Pacific Ocean.
01:36:51What kind of Navy is this?
01:36:58I'll never believe it.
01:37:09Pacific fleet departing.
01:37:17Third fleet departing.
01:37:23Carrier group eight departing.
01:37:28Captain, the admirals have departed.
01:37:30Thank you.
01:37:35You seem to have a 40-year-old dog on your hands.
01:37:38Yeah, you could say that.
01:37:41Good luck, Mr. Lasky.
01:37:42Thank you, Mr. Thurman.
01:37:43Goodbye.
01:37:57You know, in a way, Captain, I think we're lucky.
01:37:59How's that?
01:38:00At least we came back to the same world we left.
01:38:04Most of us have.
01:38:07Did Commander Owen have any family?
01:38:10No one.
01:38:13Lasky, you've been a pain in the ass.
01:38:17But I'm glad to have known you.
01:38:19Thank you, Captain. I appreciate that.
01:38:21Good luck to you.
01:38:23And you too.
01:38:27Charlie.
01:38:38Wait a minute, boy. Here, Charlie.
01:38:40Charlie, come back here.
01:38:41Charlie.
01:38:48Mr. Lasky, Mr. and Mrs. Tideman would like you to join them.
01:38:58Mr. Tideman.
01:39:08Welcome back, Mr. Lasky.
01:39:12Laurel.
01:39:14Commander Owens.
01:39:17Please join us.
01:39:23We have a lot to talk about.
01:39:27Come on, Laurel.
01:39:57Let's go.
01:40:27Let's go.
01:40:57Let's go.
01:41:27Let's go.
01:41:57Let's go.
01:42:27No!