The Day the Earth Stood Still Page #5

ANOTHER ANGLE:

PEARSON:

The ship, designed for travel outside

the earth's atmosphere, landed in

Washington today at 3:47 p.m., Eastern

Standard Time. We still don't know

where it came from, but I can reveal

that military leaders are considering

two possibilities; that it came from

some unfriendly power here on earth --

or that it actually arrived from

another planet.

CAMERA PANS to and DOLLIES IN on the TV screen in the wall.

On the screen is a shot of the space ship.

PEARSON'S VOICE

(over scene)

The ship is resting exactly where it

landed two hours ago, and there has

been no sign of life from inside it.

OUR CAMERAL HOLDS on the TV screen. The cuts that follow are

inside the frame of the screen:

EXT. THE MALL - MED. SHOT

Two platoons of infantry soldiers surround the ship, their

rifles at the ready.

PEARSON'S VOICE

(over scene)

Troops have been rushed from Fort

Myer and they have formed a cordon

around the ship.

MED. SHOT

showing two machine guns, two Sherman tanks and two 75MM

guns. The gun crews are posted for action and all weapons

are trained on the space ship.

PEARSON'S VOICE

(over scene)

They are supported by machine guns,

tanks and artillery.

MED. SHOT - POLICE CORDON

Cops are holding back a section of a large crowd, some

distance away from the ship. The people are wide-eyed and

tense with excitement.

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