The War of the Worlds Page #4

activity around the machine.

Lights and dust, as if they're digging

themselves out. There it comes again!

If it keeps up,

it'll be a guide for the plane.

(AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT SOUNDS)

The pilot's just blipped his motor.

That means he's dropped the flare.

We'll be the first men on Earth to get a

real look at these invaders from space.

They're after the plane with their rays!

Jump for it!

Here we are...

Hey, they cut me off!

They got my truck!

They'll come out of the gully soon.

Our defences have to be ready.

- You'll need plenty of reinforcements.

- We'll get them.

- The troops are certainly moving in.

- You sent word to the 6th Army?

No, Col. Heffner's in charge.

(SQUEALING CAR BRAKES)

You never know where you'll wind up

when you go to a square dance.

- That's D-24.

- Correct.

Locate your observation post

on this hill.

Position your recoilless 75s

back here. Carbon Canyon.

I want your battery here. In daylight you

may be exposed. Be ready to pull out.

- But you'll get first crack at them.

- Suits me, sir.

Heffner...

Half-tracks? Okay.

Get in back of Hill Three.

If it's a moving target,

follow up from there. Over and out.

They've located that second meteor.

There's one, there's the other.

We're right between them.

- So is the town.

- I warned them to prepare to evacuate.

Everyone has been alerted.

- Gen. Mann, I was told to expect you.

- I'm here to report back, not interfere.

Clayton Forrester,

I haven't seen you since Oak Ridge.

This is Pastor Collins,

Sheriff Bogany, head of local control.

- Miss Van Buren.

- Would you care for some coffee?

Gen. Mann's in charge of intelligence

for the Pacific area.

You've certainly got them surrounded.

- They've neutralised communications?

- Not all. The field phones are okay.

A cylinder reported by Huntington

Beach. That's a job for the Navy.

- Any news from abroad?

- We're in touch with their militaries.

They're coming down all over.

Santiago has two cylinders.

They're outside London.

They're in Naples.

We've got them between here

and Fresno. Two on Long Island.

- They're coming down at random.

- No.

According to information from foreign

sources, they have some kind of plan.

What it is isn't clear yet, because

once they begin to move,

no more news comes out of that area.

We've had reports

of destruction, massacre.

"Town south of Bordeaux

wiped out by ray."

"Local reports say nothing remains."

What do you make of that?

- All we've seen is their heat ray.

- Our newest weapons will stop them.

From the data, and that picture

the Air Force took tonight,

this is the original pilot ship.

Its observations

guided the others down.

Rate this script:4.0 / 2 votes