00:00:44 4 |
"BATTLE OF THE WORLDS" BEGINS.
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00:00:58 18.98 |
AS CREDITS ROLL, SHOTS FROM CAVE LOOKING OUT AT SKY.
CAMERA PANS TO REVEAL AN OBSERVATORY BUILDING. |
00:01:29 48.98 |
WOMAN IN WHITE DRESS WALKS DOWN DIRT ROAD SURROUNDED
BY STRANGE SHAPED BOULDERS AND ROCKS. MOUNTAINSIDE WITH BODY OF WATER BELOW. |
00:01:44 64.98 |
WOMAN IN SILLOUETTE ENTERS A CAVE.
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00:02:06 85.98 |
YOUNG MAN EMERGES FROM WATER. SWIMS AND MEETS
WOMAN IN WHITE. SHE HELPS HIM OUT OF WATER. CU OF COUPLE. THEY KISS AND BOTH FALL INTO WATER. |
00:02:43 122.98 |
LONG ESTABLISHING SHOT OF FUTURISTIC HOME ON EDGE
OF WATER. COUPLE SWIM TO SHORE, KISS. YOUNG LOVE. LAY ON ROCK, BASKING IN THE SUN. JOINED BY A WOMAN IN BLACK DRESS AND COWL. CU OF THREE ACTORS. "SOMETHING STRANGE IN THE AIR...I'M JUST SO SENSI- TIVE..." COUPLES KISS AS WOMAN IN BLACK WALKS AWAY. |
00:04:39 238.98 |
SPACE-AGE MACHINES AND GADGETS. SPINNING WHEELS
AND MEN IN LAB COATS. TWO YOUNG MEN DISCUSS PLANETS. |
00:05:27 286.98 |
RADAR SCREEN.
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00:05:42 301.98 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF TWO MEN IN LABCOATS IN STAIRWELL.
"I NEED A CUP OF COFFEE." |
00:05:54 313.98 |
VARIOUS MEN IN LAB COATS AND WOMEN DISCUSS CRISIS.
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00:06:35 354.98 |
BLONDE WOMAN MAKES A PLAY FOR YOUNG MAN WHILE
IN LAB. POURS COFFEE FROM THERMOS. |
00:07:19 398.98 |
BLONDE WOMAN, PENSIVE, TROUBLED, LEAVES LAB AND
LOOKS AT THE SKY. |
00:07:40 419.98 |
THREE MEN DISCUSS CRISIS IN LAB. JOINED BY OTHERS.
DIALOGUE IS DUBBED. "WOULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?" |
00:08:59 498.98 |
CU OF TERRIER DOG BARKING. DOG TURNS AND WALKS
ACROSS FLOOR. |
00:09:24 523.98 |
YOUNG MAN IN BLUE SMOCK WALKS THROUGH GREEN HOUSE.
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00:09:46 545.98 |
MEETS OLD MAN (CLAUDE RAINS, IN GLASSES AND CIGAR).
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00:10:33 592.98 |
OLD MAN RANTS WHILE TREATING PLANTS, PUMPS IN-
SECT SPRAY. |
00:13:19 758.98 |
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF "MARS." ROCKETS AND BUILDINGS
ON PLANETARY SURFACE. WINDSTORM. |
00:13:24 763.98 |
OVERHEAD INTERIOR OF LAB. FLASHING LIGHTS AND
CONSOLES. COMMANDER SPEAKS INTO INTERCOM. MORE TROUBLE AND CONCERNED DIALOGUE AMONGST SCIENTISTS AND MILITARY INSIDE MARS STATION. |
00:15:16 875.98 |
TWO SPACE JETS IN SPACE, LOOKING LIKE FIGHTER PLANES.
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00:15:26 885.98 |
INTERIOR SHOT OF PILOT IN HELMET SPEAKING ON PHONE.
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00:15:45 904.98 |
JETS BLAST OFF IN SPACE. CUTS BACK TO INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR SHOTS OF ROCKET. |
00:16:17 936.98 |
CU OF DISTRESSED PILOT.
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00:16:48 967.98 |
COMMANDER READS A PIECE OF PAPER. CONCERN, WORRY.
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00:16:59 978.98 |
SEVERAL WOMEN WORKING AT CONSOLE.
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00:17:14 993.98 |
ON SURFACE OF "MARS." OBSERVATORY STRUCTURE. A
REVOLVING RADAR AND ROCKS ON SURFACE. |
00:17:55 1034.98 |
CU OF PILOT SHAKING IN TERROR "IT'S COMING! TOWARDS
US!" |
00:18:50 1089.98 |
LOTS OF SHOTS OF CHEESY LOOKING ROCKET SHIPS.
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00:19:19 1118.98 |
ASTRONAUTS FLY THROUGH SPACE TOWARD ROCKET SHIPS.
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00:20:26 1185.98 |
TOTALLY STRESSED OUT COMMANDER SAYS " I KNOW WHAT
I'M DOING!" |
00:21:03 1222.98 |
ROCKET COLLIDES WITH ASTEROID. EXPLOSION.
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00:21:27 1246.98 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF ROCKETS AND PLANET SURFACE.
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00:22:18 1297.98 |
YOUNG BRUNETTE TALKS WITH OLD MAN IN GREENHOUSE.
ARGUE. OLD MAN SCRIBBLES EQUATION ON FLOWER POT. |
00:24:15 1414.98 |
DOG LEAVES ITS LITTLE BED.
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00:24:39 1438.98 |
COUPLE OUTSIDE HOUSE, IN TRENCHCOATS. MAN LIGHTS
CIGARETTE. COUPLE DISCUSS LOVE. |
00:25:36 1495.98 |
COUPLE JOINED BY BLONDE. OLD MAN, DOG AND LABCOATS
IN GREENHOUSE. SERIOUS CONFERENCE. |
00:27:16 1595.98 |
OLD MAN LECTURES GROUP ON MATHEMATICS.
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00:28:04 1643.98 |
"THE END OF THE WORLD HAS BEEN POSTPONED."
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00:28:15 1654.98 |
AS FIRE ALARMS SOUND SHOTS OF POWER PLANT.
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00:28:24 1663.98 |
INTERIOR OF ROCKET SHIP. PILOT IN HELMET.
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00:28:30 1669.98 |
ROCKET DESCENDS TO SURFACE OF PLANET.
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00:28:39 1678.98 |
MILITARY PERSONNEL WALK ACROSS RUNWAY TO GREET
ASTRONAUTS. |
00:30:40 1800.98 |
A SCAN OF MORNING SKY. CLOUDS. SUNRISE.
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00:31:06 1825.98 |
WOMAN RUNS DOWN FLIGHTS OF STAIRS THAT RUN ALONG
MOUNTAINSIDE. |
00:31:20 1839.98 |
MEETS OLD MAN IN GREENHOUSE.
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00:31:56 1876.98 |
GROUP OF SCIENTISTS ENTER GREEHOUSE. "STAND BACK,
YOU MAD MEN!" |
00:32:48 1927.98 |
OLD MAN STRIKES A MATCH AGAINST A POTTED PLANT AND
LIGHTS CIGAR. |
00:33:24 1963.98 |
POV APPROACHING CRATERS OF MOON SURFACE.
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00:33:31 1970.98 |
INTERIOR OF SPACE SHIP. DISCUSSIONS. JUMPSUITS.
WOMEN TECHNICIANS AT CONSOLES. |
00:34:54 2053.98 |
OLD MAN IN BLUE SUIT JOINS YOUNG BRUNETTE INSIDE
LAB. |
00:35:56 2115.98 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF OLD MAN AND YOUNG WOMAN ENTERING
THE CENTER OF LAB. OCCUPANTS STAND AND BOW AS OLD MAN ENTERS. |
00:37:10 2189.98 |
GROUP GATHERS AROUND BIG SCREEN MONITOR SHOWING
A ROCKET SLOWLY PASSING. |
00:37:27 2206.98 |
ROCKET PASSES THROUGH SKY CLOSE-UP.
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00:37:58 2237.98 |
"SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE ME A MATCH." OLD MAN WITH
CIGAR, SEVERAL HANDS WITH LIGHTERS REACH DOWN. |
00:38:10 2249.98 |
CU OF ROCKET CREW IN HELMETS.
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00:38:22 2261.98 |
ROCKET IN SPACE.
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00:38:58 2297.98 |
FLYING SAUCERS EMERGE IN SKY AND ATTACK ROCKET SHIP.
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00:39:09 2308.98 |
CU OF TERRIFIED PILOT: "THEY'RE OVERTAKING US!"
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00:39:16 2315.98 |
FLYING SAUCERS SHOOT A BEAM OF LIGHT AND BLOW UP
ROCKET SHIP. FLY OFF TO ASTEROID. |
00:40:36 2396.98 |
OLD MAN CONDUCTS DIALOGUE WITH SEVERE MAN ON
MONITOR SCREEN. ON MONITOR VARIOUS ETHNIC REP- RENTATIVES. INTERNATIONAL GROUPS BANTER WITH OLD MAN, DISCUSSING THE END OF THE WORLD. |
00:45:03 2662.98 |
DISTRESSED OLD MAN PUTS HAND ON HEAD AND IS JOINED
BY CONCERNED YOUNG WOMAN. |
00:46:55 2774.98 |
GROUP OF SCIENTISTS, MEN IN SUITS, MILITARY
PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN LAB AND DISCUSS SITUATION. BLOND MAN IN ASCOT AND SMOKING JACKET IS THE HEAD OF PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT. |
00:47:42 2821.98 |
BLONDE WOMAN IN GREEN JACKET FLIRTS WITH COMMANDER.
THEY EMBRACE AND KISS. |
00:48:56 2895.98 |
OLD MAN RECLINING IN HAMMOCK. GLASSES. CHATS WITH
YOUNG MAN IN GREENHOUSE. |
00:50:05 2964.98 |
CU OF DOG'S FACE. IT BARKS AS YOUNG WOMAN ENTERS.
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00:50:57 3017.98 |
DOG LEAPS OUT OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE LITTER BOX (DOG
BED). |
00:51:23 3042.98 |
FLYING SAUCERS AND ROCKET SHIPS IN SPACE.
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00:51:39 3058.98 |
SAUCERS SHOOT RAYS AT ROCKETS, DESTROYING THEM.
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00:51:49 3069.98 |
ASTRONAUTS ARGUE INSIDE SHIP.
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00:52:19 3098.98 |
ONE ASTRONAUT TO ANOTHER: "DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT
WAY. I'M NOT INSANE!" CU OF HYSTERICAL ASTRO- NAUT. ROCKET SHOOTS AT SAUCER. SPINNING SAUCER AND ROCKET. |
00:53:53 3192.98 |
INTERIOR OF ROCKET SHIP. RELIEVED CREW JOKE AND
FLIRT. |
00:54:29 3228.98 |
CU OF OLD MAN: "IF THE BIGWIGS DON'T WANT TO
LISTEN TO ME THIS TIME EITHER, YOU CAN TELL THEM IN MY NAME, THAT THEY CAN ALL GO TO HELL." |
00:54:42 3241.98 |
FLYING SAUCER SPINS IN SPACE. OBSERVED BY CREW.
SAUCER |
00:55:02 3261.98 |
SMOKE EMINATES FROM CRASHED SAUCER. CREW IN BLUE
JUMPSUITS WITH MACHINE GUNS SURROUND CRAFT. |
00:55:29 3288.98 |
SAUCER LOOKS LIKE A GIANT FRIED EGG.
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00:55:37 3296.98 |
BATHED IN RED LIGHT A CREW MEMBER ENTERS INTERIOR
OF SHIP. A LONG TUNNEL. FOLLOWED BY OTHERS, ARMED. SURROUND AN OBJECT, SPIDER-LIKE METALLIC OBJECT WITH BLINKING LIGHTS. |
00:57:04 3383.98 |
OLD MAN IN HAMMOCK WHILE TECHNICIANS PLAY WITH
KNOBS IN GREENHOUSE. READS FROM A BOOK. |
00:58:09 3448.98 |
FOLLOWING SHOTS LOOK LIKE STOCK FOOTAGE: SOLAR OR
LUNAR ECLIPSE, VOLCANO ERUPTING, BURNING BUILDINGS, WILD FIRES, TIDAL WAVES, FLOODS. LIGHTNING, TROPI- CAL STORMS. MONTAGE OF NATURAL DISASTER (WITH SOME CUT-AWAY SHOTS OF FILM'S CHARACTERS). |
00:59:42 3541.98 |
FOUR CHARACTERS IN RAINCOATS HUDDLE IN RAIN.
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01:00:38 3598.98 |
TWO WOMEN DISCUSS LOVE AND FATE. THE FOUR JOIN
THE OLD MAN AND TECHNICIANS IN GREENHOUSE. |
01:03:49 3788.98 |
EXTREME CU OF OLD MAN LOOKING MANIACAL.
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01:04:12 3811.98 |
FLYING SAUCERS AND ROCKETS FLY TOWARDS EACH OTHER.
HEADING FOR A SPACE SHOWDOWN. BATTLE ENSUES. SAUCERS RETREAT. CREW MEMBERS SMILE IN VICTORY. SAUCERS EXPLODE. |
01:06:29 3948.98 |
OLD MAN ARGUES WITH WORLD LEADERS ON MONITORS.
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01:07:42 4021.98 |
CLAUDE RAINS IN SPACE SUIT! ABOARD ROCKET. A GREAT
CAREER NEARS ITS END...! |
01:09:43 4142.98 |
PLANET SURFACE. CHARACTERS IN SPACE SUITS AND RED
AND BLUE HELMETS WALK ALONG. LONG SHOT. |
01:11:04 4223.98 |
GRAPHIC OF RED SIRLS ON BLACK BACKROUND.
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01:11:29 4248.98 |
ASTRONAUTS EXPLORE PLANET SURFACE AND CRATERS. ENTER
TUNNEL. SLIMEY WALLS. "RADIOACTIVITY." |
01:14:51 4450.98 |
OLD MAN ABANDON REST OF CREW. SET LOOKS LIKE
MANGLED RUBBER BANDS. SHADES OF "THE INVISIBLE MAN": CLAUDE RAINS MANIACAL LAUGH. |
01:18:13 4652.98 |
INTERIOR OF SPACE SHIP. "STOP THE PLAN!"
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01:18:53 4692.98 |
UNDERGROUND, INTERIOR OF PLANET BEGINS TO DISIN-
TEGRATE. ASTRONAUTS HELP FEMALE MEMBER. |
01:19:44 4743.98 |
VARIETY OF CUs OF ASTRONAUTS AND MILITARY PERSON-
NEL. |
01:20:34 4793.98 |
ROCKET SHIP TAKE OFF. A SECOND SHIP TAKES OFF.
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01:21:31 4850.98 |
YOUNG WOMAN AILING, LAYING ON BED.
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01:21:49 4869.98 |
ROCKETS FLY THROUGH SPACE. CU OF OLD MAN
BATHED IN RED LIGHT, FLASHING LIGHTS, AS HE BEAMS WITH ELATION. |
01:22:19 4898.98 |
GREAT EXPLOSION. CU OF ASTRONAUT.
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01:22:37 4916.98 |
TERRIER SCRATCHES AT WINDOW OF GREENHOUSE. THE END.
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Description: EARTH IS THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION BY A RUNAWAY PLANET CONTROLLED BY A GIANT COMPUTER. EXCELLENT CIRCA 1950s SPECIAL EFFECTS B-GRADE SCI-FI. CAMPY. WITH CLAUDE RAINS, BILL CARTER, MAYA BRENT, UMBERTO ORSINI, JACQUELINE DERVAL, CARLO D'ANGELO, CAROL DANELL, RENZO PALMER.
Keywords: 1960
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