1959HORROR/MONSTER/SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES
FIERY METEOR SMASHES INTO GIANT SPACE STATION IN ORBIT ABOVE EARTH & CRIPPLES IT. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE QUESTIONS THE SAFETY OF HAVING SUCH COSTLY SPACE PROJECTS. OVERLOADED ROCKET LAUNCH WILL CAUSE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. GREAT B SCI-FI SPECIAL EFFECTS. COLD WAR PARANOIA. CAMPY 1950s SCIENCE FICTION SPACE TRAVEL.
WITH HARRY TOWNES, JOHN AGAR, CHARLES AIDMAN, WHITNEY BLAKE, CECIL KELLAWAY, WILLIAM TRAYLOR, GAIL KOBE, EDWARD PLATT, JOHNE CLARKE, JOEL LAWRENCE, JON LORMER, ROBERT CORNTHWAITE.
WITH HARRY TOWNES, JOHN AGAR, CHARLES AIDMAN, WHITNEY BLAKE, CECIL KELLAWAY, WILLIAM TRAYLOR, GAIL KOBE, EDWARD PLATT, JOHNE CLARKE, JOEL LAWRENCE, JON LORMER, ROBERT CORNTHWAITE.
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VARIOUS SCENES OF WHEEL-LIKE SPACE STATION "PHEBE"
WITH SPACE CRAFT ALONGSIDE IT IN ORBIT AROUND EARTH. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES OF RADAR STATIONS WITH SUPER- IMPOSED ARMY SERGEANT WEARING HEAD PHONES & COMMUNICATING GLOBAL WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CENTRAL CONTROL |
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MAN IN SPACESUIT RIDES IN OPEN WATER SCOOTER-LIKE SPACE CRAFT FROM WHEEL-LIKE SPACE STATION TOWARDS CANMEERS ON WAY TO ROCKET SHIP.
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COLONEL CHECKS OUT CONTROL PANEL ON SPACE STATION.
OTHERS AT CONTROL PANELS IN BKGD. PROGRAM DIRECTOR WALKS AROUND CONTROL ROOM OF SPACE STATION WITH CHECK LIST, CHECKING OFF ITEMS. PASSES MEN WITH EARPHONES STANDING AT CONTROL PANELS WHO RESPOND TO HIS QUERIES. |
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AERIAL ZOOM IN ON ROCKET SHIP. SEVERAL ASTRONAUTS STRAPPED IN AWAIT BLAST OFF TO MOON. COMMUNICATING WITH SPACE STATION. COMMANDER PICKS UP PHONE TO SPEAK TO ASTRONAUTS SEEN IN SPACE CRAFT ON MONITOR.
COMMANDER SITS AT PANEL BOARD WITH COLONEL & BARKS ORDERS TO OTHERS |
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TWO SEATED AT CONTROL PANEL AS ONE SPEAKS ON PHONE.
TWO MEN STANDING AT WALL CONTROLS OF GAUGES. VARIOUS SCENES OF MEN IN CONVERSATION. DIRECTOR MAKING CHECKS ON CHECK-OFF LIST AS MEN CALL OUT STATS. MEN FACE TV MONITOR SHOWING ASTRONAUTS IN ROCKETSHIP |
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RADAR ANTENNA AT GROUND CONTROL FACING SKYWARD.
MONTAGE SERGEANT WITH EARPHONES AT TRACKING STATION SUPER-IMPOSED OVER VARIOUS RADAR ANTENNAS AROUND GLOBE. |
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MILITARY & CIVILIANS IN CONTROL ROOM AT GROUND CONTROL INCLUDE DR. ANDREWS HOLDING PEG BOARD &
SPEAKING TO SPACE STATION AS SERGEANT HANDLES COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. |
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ZOOM IN MAN WITH CHECK LIST IN HAND GIVES ORDERS TO "PRESSURIZE TANKS" FOR ROCKET LIFT OFF.
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TWO CREWMEN AT RADAR CONTROL ARE SUDDENLY STARTLED AT WHAT THEY SEE ON RADAR. CU BLIP ON RADAR SCREEN CU DIRECTOR AT CONTROL BOARD SURPRISED AT SOUND OF ALARM. GRABS MICROPHONE & SHOUTS, "NO GO! NO GO!"
ABORTS MISSION. MEN AT CONTROL PANELS HURRIEDLY TURN KNOBS & PUSH BUTTONS, AS DO THE ASTRONAUTS. |
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CU FLAMING BALL COMES HURTLING TOWARDS CAMERA.
MEN STANDING IN SPACE STATION ARE THROWN ABOUT AT IMPACT. SPARKS FLY FROM DAMAGED CONTROL PANELS. CREWMAN WITH ARMS EXTENDED OVER HEAD COMES SLIDING ACROSS FLOOR & CRASH INTO EQUIPMENT. SPACE DISASTER |
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SPACE WHEEL WOBBLES & SPARKS. SERGEANT AT COMMUNICATION CONTROL TRIES TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SPACE STATION. ASTRONAUT IN SPACE CRAFT RESPONDS TO GROUND CONTROL.
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MEN IN SPACE STATION TRY TO STAY ON THEIR SEET AS IT FILLS WITH SMOKE & ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. MEN IN SPACE SUITS WITH OXYGEN TANKS ON THEIR BACKS RUN INTO SMOKE FILLED ROOM TO RESCUE CREWMEN. COLONEL WITH MIC IN HAND, HOLDS ONTO TABLE TO KEEP BALANCE. FIRE BREAKS OUT. SPACESUIT CREWMAN WOBBLES AS HE RUNS IN BULKY SUIT. ANOTHER DRAGS UNCONSCIOUS CREWMAN OUT OF SMOKE-
FILLED ROOM. |
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CU THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM EQUIPMENT. CU DISTRESSED COMMANDER COMMUNICATING ON HAND-HELD SET.
MEN IN SPACE SUITS REPAIRING DAMAGED AREAS. DISTRESSED COMMANDER REPORTS OF DAMAGE, THEN SITS WITH SIGH OF RELIEF. SPACE STATION STOPS WOBBLING. |
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ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE SUITS STAND ON PLATFORM OF SPACE CRAFT & AWAIT SPACE SCOOTER, WHICH HEADS TO THEM FROM SPACE STATION. AS SPACE SCOOTER PASSES THEM, THEY GRAB ONTO LINES & ARE PULLED INTO SPACE AWAY FROM SPACE CRAFT. SPACE SCOOTER WITH THREE ASTRONAUTS HANGING ONTO RESCUE LINES APPROACHES SPINNING SPACE STATION.
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COMMANDER & ASSISTANT EXAMINE BURNED-OUT ELECTRIC CABLES & EQUIPMENT DAMAGED AREA OF SPACE STATION
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BUNDLE OF NEWSPAPERS DROPPED IN STREET NEXT TO FIRE HYDRANT. HEADLINES: "U.S. SPACE STATION STRUCK BY METEOR". ANOTHER BUNDLE LANDS ON TOP OF FIRST WITH HEADLINE: "BENEDICT'S BILLIONS BLASTED BY FIREBALL".
ANOTHER BUNDLE DROPPED WITH HEADLINES: "MOON TRIP POSTPONED INDEFINATELY". |
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SENATE HOUSE IN SESSION. CU MALE SENATOR SPEAKS OF "COST BEING MORE SPACTACULAR THAN THE ACHIEVEMENT".
THREE CREWMEN SEATED HAVING COFFEE IN SPACE STATION LISTEN GRIMLY TO SENATOR OVER THE RADIO. ONE GETS UP IN DISGUST & TURNS OFF RADIO. |
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TRAFFIC LIGHTS & AUTO TRAFFIC LIGHT UP NIGHT ON MAIN STREET IN WASHINGTON, D.C. LIT UP CAPITOL BUILDING IN BKGD.
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DIRECTOR & GIRLFRIEND SEATED IN BOOTH IN RESTAURANT
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COUPLE ARE JOINED BY WIFE OF ASTRONAUT. WAITER TAKES HER ORDER. WOMAN GETS INTO ARGUMENT WITH DIRECTOR
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WAITER SERVES MEALS AS WOMAN LIGHTS CIGARETTE.
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WOMAN YELLS AT DIRECTOR FOR USING HER HUSBAND AS GUINEA PIG. PICKS UP HER BAG & RUNS OUT OF RESTAURANT
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NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: "SENATE SPACE HEARING STARTS TODAY". SENATE HEARING ROOM WITH NEWSMEN WATCHING PANEL OF SENATORS. DIRECTOR ANSWERS QUESTIONS OVER MIC AT HIS TABLE.
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TWO SENATORS SEATED AT TABLE ASKING QUESTIONS.
DIRECTOR BENEDICT WALKS TO SPACE STATION PICTURE & POINTS TO SECTION HIT BY METEOR. OTHER PHOTOS OF INTERNAL DAMAGE. SENATORS LAUGH AT ANSWERS |
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CU DR. ANDREWS SIPPING SOUP FROM SPOON. ZOOM OUT TO ANDREWS & OTHERS SEATED AROUND SMALL DINNER TABLE IN RESTAURANT. ANDREWS TALKING ANGRILY.
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CU DIRECTOR LIGHTS GIRLFRIEND'S CIGARETTE WITH LIGHTER AS WAITER REMOVES DISHES FROM TABLE.
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DIRECTOR BENEDICT STANDS AT PHOTO ON EASEL OF SPACE STATION & SPEAKS TO SENATORS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SPACE STATION & INTENTIONS TO LAND ON MOON
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UNCONVINCED SENATOR SAYS HE WILL HAVE HIS OWN SCIENTIST GO ALONG ON MISSION AS OFFICIAL OBSERVER.
VARIOUS FACE SHOTS OF PEOPLE IN AUDIENCE. MEN ON SPACE STATION LISTENING TO HEARINGS ON RADIO. |
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SENATORS, MILITARY, CIVILIANS IN AUDIENCE STAND. GIVE ROUSING APPLAUSE TO DIRECTOR AFTER INSPIRING SPEECH
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DIRECTOR & GIRLFRIEND LOOK OUT TO ROCKET SHIP ON LAUNCH PAD. COUPLE ARE JOINED BY OBSERVER OTHERS
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CU DIRECTOR KISSES GIRLFRIEND GOODBYE. APPOLOGIZES FOR HER BEHAVIOR IN RESTAURANT. GRABS HIS HAND, RUBS HER CHEEK ON IT, CRIES & RUNS OFF. CU MAN'S EXPRESSION OF CONCERN.
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ROCKETSHIP BLASTS OFF TRAILING FIRE AND SMOKE. VIEW OF ROCKET AS SEEN ON MONITOR IN SPACE STATION.
ANIMATED ROCKET SHIP HEADING FOR ORBITING SPACE STATION |
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DOOR IN ROCKET OPENS FORMING PLATFORM. MEN IN SPACE SUITS EXIT ONTO PLATFORM. EACH ARE PUSHED OFF PLATFORM BY MAN BEHIND THEM UNTIL ENTIRE GROUP IS FLOATING IN SPACE TOWARDS SPACE STATION, PROPELLED BY SMALL ROCKET PACKS ON THEIR BACKS
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DIRECTOR & OBSERVER ARE GREETED BY TWO CREWMEN ON SPACE STATION.
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CU TALKING HEADS: DIRECTOR SPEAKS TO HIS ASSOCIATE
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MONTAGE OFFICIAL OBSERVER IN CONTROL ROOM WATCHES CREWMEN AT WORK AT CONTROL PANELS & VARIOUS OTHER AREAS OF SPACE STATION.
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SENATE COMMITTEE OBSERVER ENTERS CABIN AS DIRECTOR IS WORKING ON CONTROL PANEL. WISHES DIRECTOR "GOOD LUCK" ON MISSION.
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ZOOM IN SPACE STATION
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MEN AT CONTROL DESK WATCHING MONITOR WITH ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE SHIP AWAITING LIFT OFF. CU ASTRONAUT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN ACCORDANCE TO INSTRUCTION FROM SPACE STATION DIRECTOR WHO HAS CHECK-LIST IN HAND. GROUND CONTROL PERSONNEL RESPONDING.
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CREWMAN CHECKING GAUGES WARNS OF TROUBLE. DIRECTOR WITH LOOK OF DISTRESS CALLS OUT. CU ASTRONAUTS' HANDS HASTILY TURNING KNOBS. CU ASTRONAUT REPORTS, "NOT RESPONDING". DIRECTOR & SCIENTISTS LISTEN GRIMLY
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CU COLONEL SPEAKS TO CREW OVER HAND-HELD MIC. "ALL PERSONNEL MAN EMERGENCY STATIONS". CU HAND OF CREWMAN TURNING DOOR WHEEL TO SECURE COMPARTMENT. CREWMEN RUNNING ABOUT.
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CU ASTRONAUTS STRAPPED IN SEATS. ASKS FOR READING IN PRESSURE COMPARTMENT. OFFERS TO TAKE CHANCE ON FIXING PROBLEM.
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CU MONTAGE CONCERNED ASTRONAUTS' FACES IN PRESSURIZED SPACE SUITS, FLOATING AROUND IN SPACE CRAFT. FLOATS INTO ESCAPE COMPARTMENT IN SPACE CRAFT. CU MAN AT GAUGE CALLS OUT, "INCREASING PRESSURE READING".
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ABOVE VIEW ASTRONAUT CLIMBING LADDER IN CYLINDER.
CONCERNED FACE SHOTS |
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CU ASTRONAUT CHECKS FROZEN VALVE. CU USING SMALL PICK TO CHOP AWAY ICE.
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ASTRONAUT HANDS SHARP TOOL TO PARTNER. CU JIGGLES TOOL INTO ICE. CU MAN AT PRESSURE GAUGE REPORTS INCREASED PRESSURE
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CU CREWMAN AT PRESSURE VALVE ELATEDLY CALLS OUT PRESSURE REDUCTION. CU GAUGE. CU FACES EXPRESS RELIEF.
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COLONEL STANDS, SLAMS HAND DOWN IN ANGER & SAYS "MORE DELAY" AS HE REALIZES FAILURE OF MISSION.
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