All language subtitles for The Land Unknown

Your goal,
gentlemen, Antarctica.

Five million square
miles of terra incognita,

But your job, to make it
just a little less incognita,

Amundsen discovered
the South Pole in 1911.

Wilkins explored
the coast in 1928.

And Admiral Byrd flew
over the South Pole in 1929

and once again in 1947.

Now, gentlemen, it's your turn.

As officers of this great enterprise,
you will facilitate our navy's

geographical and meteorological
mapping operations.

You will also investigate

the phenomenon encountered
by the Byrd expedition of 1947,

a polar oasis consisting

of a body of warm water completely
surrounded by this vast desert of ice.

Now, at the time, this discovery
astounded the entire scientific world,

caused a great
deal of speculation.

Now, there are other phenomena
that you will investigate.

Ellsworth discovered fossil
remains of ferns and petrified logs.

Amundsen discovered
veins of coal 100 miles long.

There have been reports
of iron, copper and nickel.

Now, there may be deposits of
uranium under these vast polar ice fields.

Now, in addition,
you may find that...

Gentlemen, this way is south.

Thank you.

Now in just a few moments,

we'll show you excerpts from a
film made by the Byrd expedition

which'll give you
firsthand information

on many of the problems
which you are apt to encounter.

But first, we'll
take a short break.

Not bad.

She's got a head
on her shoulders, too.

Oh, you know her?

Margaret Hathaway,
Oceanic Press.

How do you do, Miss Hathaway?

Hello, Captain.
I'm sorry I'm late.

That's quite all right.

I was thinking perhaps the OP
had decided not to send you after all.

Oh, no.

Of course you're aware
of the dangers of this trip?

I am. I've read a great
deal about Antarctica.

I wasn't thinking of
Antarctica exactly.

I was thinking more of your
being alone with 800 men.

I've read a great
deal about men, too.

Don't forget,

once I was alone with half a million
of them for three months in Korea.

In that case, Miss Hathaway, I think
you've had excellent basic training.

Now, would you care to meet some
of the men you'll be working with?

I always love to
meet men, Captain.

Miss Margaret Hathaway, may
I present Commander Roberts,

with whom you'll be
spending most of your time?

I've heard about you,
Commander. How do you do?

I can do better than that.

I'm an ardent reader of
your column. How do you do?

This is Lieutenant Jack Carmen.
He'll be your helicopter pilot.

Hello, Lieutenant. Hi.

I hope you won't mind having to
fly the first woman over Antarctica.

Ma'am, you just say the word,
and I'll fly you up to the moon.

In a helicopter?

You won't have to worry
about him, Miss Hathaway.

I'm sure he'll cool off as soon
as he hits sub-zero weather.

Pardon me.

The film's ready,
sir. Thank you.

You'll excuse me.

Will you join us?

Thank you.

So you're a geophysicist,
Commander?

That's right.

But you don't look
like a scientist to me.

You don't look like
Walter Winchell.

Give me time.

Will you take your
seats, please?

In 1947, the use of
Huskies as draft animals

was still very much a part of
any operation in the Antarctic.

And here we see some scenes of the careful
training that both men and dogs underwent

in the months prior
to embarkation.

Finally, the ships are loaded,

Admiral Byrd boards his flagship,
and the expedition is on its way.

Its main goal is the Bay
of Whales in the Ross Sea.

But 800 miles of the Ross lce
Barrier had to be penetrated.

But finally, in
the winter of '47,

which is just the beginning of summer
in the Antarctic, the expedition arrives.

It finds the first
Little America intact.

And its foodstuffs, bread and
other perishables remain unharmed

in nature's great deep freeze.

Now, at the edge of
the Ross lce Barrier

some 800 miles away from
Admiral Byrd's base camp,

huge transport aircraft for the first
time are launched from an aircraft carrier

and land in Little America.

Now, their mission,

the greatest aerial exploration
and mapping program of Antarctica

ever undertaken.

Now, here you see the
first pictures ever made

of Antarctica's ice-free
warm water region,

first discovered by the
Byrd expedition in '47

and which will be thoroughly investigated
by a member of our own group...

How soon do we leave?

Commander Alan Roberts.

In two months.

December 15th, we
leave from Norfolk.

He will lead an
expedition into this region.

It's overwhelming.

This tremendous force
chewing up the ice.

Diesel oil.

What?

I was saying, this
overwhelming force

is caused by the sudden
expansion of compressed oil vapor.

Oh, Alan!

Oil vapors, molecules.

Do you have to be so technical?

A few things I can be
quite romantic about.

Name one.

Well, women.

Oh.

For example, although I know
basically women consist mostly of water,

with a few pinches of
salt, metals thrown in,

you have a very unsaltlike
and nonmetallic effect on me.

I give in.

Let's talk about diesel
engines, shall we?

Sorry for the rough treatment.

We'll have to put up with it for a while.
We've just entered the Ross lce Pack.

Thanks.

The heaviest since Sir James Clark
forced his way through it in 1841.

It's going to hold us back
more than we anticipated.

We've got about 700 miles
of the stuff to plow through.

It'll put us about two
weeks behind schedule.

And how will that affect my
program, Captain Burnham?

Well, we've got four
weeks of precious daylight.

I'll have to ask you
to take longer flights

than I would permit under
ordinary circumstances.

You'll commence operations
as soon as we reach open water,

which will be just about there.

The weather reports
are satisfactory.

The sooner you get going, the
better. Are you ready, Lieutenant?

I think so, sir.

Steve?

Ship's all checked out,
sir. Engine's heated.

Provisions? Survival kits?

Yes, sir.

Fine. How about you, Commander?

All my gear's aboard, sir.

Good.

Miss Hathaway, you understand that
if anything should happen out there,

your chances for
survival are limited?

I'm going.

All right, then. Good luck.

Thank you.

Happy landings.

Thank you, sir.

Look at those two.

Man and wife?

Nope. Both males.

Wanna say hello to them?

Maybe you can get an interview.

Looks like they're
all wearing tuxedos.

Nope. All female.

40 below zero.

It's hard to believe that millions of
years ago this region was subtropical.

In those days, on an excursion like
this, you would have worn a bathing suit.

Born too late, I always say.

Unless Mount
Erebus erupts again.

If she did, there'd be a lot
of melted snow down there.

The latest weather report, sir.

Contact Lieutenant Carmen.

The helicopter is
to return at once.

Yes, sir.

A sudden shift in the wind.

There's a storm moving in between
here and the warm water region.

I hope we can catch
them before they land.

We're getting closer.
Right beyond this range.

There it is!

Well, now I believe it, but
there's still the big question.

Is it the beginning
of a new heat wave

or the tail-end of a
million-year-old cooling-off process?

Just how warm is this water?

Warm enough to
swim in. 68 degrees.

Base to Helicopter X-3, Over,

Helicopter X-3 to base. Over.

Base to Helicopter X-3. There's a
storm front developing south of bay.

Wind velocity 45,
direction south-south east.

Return at once, Try to
skirt it in westerly direction,

Do not fly through it! Over,

Received your message.
Am returning to base. Out.

Bad weather building up.
We've got to get back to the base.

There she is.

How high can we go?

Not high enough.

Lieutenant, I've gotta get home. I've
got a kid that's gonna be born in June.

What's your hurry? It's only
the beginning of February.

Are you going to fly around it?

And then refill at the nearest gas
station to get home? No, can't do.

Couldn't we just land here?

Look down.

Even if we could, it would be a
nice three-week stroll back to base.

Why don't we go back to the
warm water lakes and just sit it out?

Ever hear of the
point of no return?

It's back there.

Now, what we need is to
find a break in this weather.

Over there. That's what
I've been looking for.

It's taking a chance,
but there's no other way.

Okay, hold on to your parkas.

I hope to get out of
this before we're iced up.

What's your altitude?

Three thousand.

Our collective
control is damaged.

The only way I can go is down!

Helicopter X-3 to base.
Helicopter X-3 to base.

The aerial's gone!

Hang on! We should
break through any second.

I don't get it.

We dropped below sea level.

Lieutenant, look
at the temperature.

What is it?

We've just gone through a
temperature rise of about 50 degrees

in less than two minutes.

It's still going up.

What's your altitude?

Twelve hundred
feet below sea level.

We could be inside
the crater of a volcano.

I hope it's got a bottom.

What's the temperature now?

91 degrees.

It's so hard to breathe.

It's the humidity.
Must be close to 100%.

We're now 2,500
feet below sea level!

And the temperature's
still going up.

We're breaking through!

Look out!

Hang on! We're gonna hit!

Now, can you see
where we got hit?

I can't see anything from
here. I'll take a look up top.

Do you know what's wrong?

No. Not yet.

Steve, while you're up there,
see what the antenna damage is.

Lieutenant, I'm gonna
need some tools up here.

It's the push-pull
tube assembly.

How bad?

Well, I won't be able to
tell you till I take it apart.

But it looks as though
all it is is a bent tube.

Tools coming right up, Steve.

Oh, Commander, you better
take a quick look around.

We're not gonna
be here very long.

That's all right with me, Jack.

Why?

Where's that inquiring
reporter's mind of yours?

Come on, let's
take a look around.

Here we are practically at the South Pole.
A few minutes ago it was 60 below zero.

Wait here.

Alan! Alan!

Maggie, over here.

Where are you?

Right here.

See this?

It's volcanic
activity, all right.

Somewhere beneath us, hot
gases under tremendous pressure

have found a channel
to approach the surface.

We'd better get
back to the ship.

This is Helicopter X-3
calling base. We are down.

Helicopter X-3 is down.

Our location, between
grid 30 and 32.

We're invisible from the air.
Can you home in on my signal?

Do you read me? Over.

You got the radio fixed?

I'm not so sure. I haven't
been able to pick up a thing.

What about your transmitter? Do you
think you're getting through to them?

If I was, they'd answer me. There's
nothing wrong with my receiver.

It could be
atmospheric conditions.

Yeah. I'll try again
a little later on.

Lieutenant.

It's the push-pull
rod, isn't it?

Yes, sir.

All we have to
do is straighten it.

Lieutenant, I just realized,
this tube is a magnesium alloy.

What are we gonna do now?

Well, in the first place,
within the next few hours

there won't be a square mile of this area
that won't be covered by search planes.

What good'll that do?
They won't be able to see us.

They can pick up our radio
signal and home in on it.

They can get us out of here in
a few hours. Right, Lieutenant?

Right.

Steve, help me get
out the survival kit.

We might as well make
ourselves comfortable.

Commander, you're an excellent
naval officer and a brilliant scientist,

but you're a very poor liar.

Commander, would
you give me a hand here?

Excuse me.

Well, we won't starve
for a while, anyway.

Enough rations in here to feed a
small army for a couple of months.

If we're not found within 30 days,
we'll have to do better than that.

The expedition pulls out
at the end of February,

and there may not be
another one for years.

Can I be of any help?

Yes. You can
carry this water jug.

It may have to last us for
some time, so be careful.

Well, come on.

Hello, hello!

This is Helicopter X-3
calling base. Mayday! Mayday!

This is Helicopter
X-3 calling base.

We're down and lost. Please
come in. Please come in.

This is Helicopter X-3
calling base. Mayday! Mayday!

This is Helicopter X-3
calling base! Mayday! Mayday!

Well, what about that
scream? Didn't you hear it?

I heard it.

I heard something.

Rising volcanic heat melts
the ice on top of those cliffs

and turns it into the clouds
that hang over this valley.

It keeps the heat and the
moisture sealed in permanently.

Climatic change, one of the main
causes of evolution, doesn't exist here.

See that tree?

It's a species that disappeared
from the Earth millions of years ago.

What are you trying
to tell us, Commander?

We're liable to meet some
ape men around here?

Even the apes are millions
of years in the future.

It's my guess that this valley
is still in the Mesozoic era.

Do you think there's any
kind of animal life down here?

Yes, I'm pretty
sure that there is.

Tastes like rotten eggs.

Listen!

Hello, navy rescue. Helicopter
X-3 down. Helicopter X-3 is down.

Calling mayday! Calling
mayday! Get a fix on us please.

We can hear your engines.
You're very close to us.

I'll keep talking
as long as I can.

You won't be able to bring a
plane in here. It'll take a copter.

We're at the bottom of a deep
canyon, about 3,000 feet below sea level.

There's a heavy cloud layer, some 1,500
feet that you'll have to break through.

We have a broken
push-pull tube assembly.

If you drop us a
replacement, we can fly out.

We have enough gas to return to
base. Our physical condition is good.

We have enough
food for six weeks.

Hello, navy rescue. This is Helicopter
X-3. My battery is running low.

Am forced to discontinue.

Will try to contact you when
you return to this sector. Out.

They're right over us!
Why can't they hear us?

I don't think our
signal is strong enough.

Can't understand it. We
had enough power last night.

What're you gonna
do, Miller? Wait!

A flare's only
good for 400 feet.

Why don't we save
them until they can see it?

Whoops.

Sorry, Maggie.

I just felt so darned messy.
I had to clean up a bit.

Where's Steve?

Out looking for
some fresh water.

I told him to stay close to camp.
Give me a hand with this, will you?

Maggie, will you
please bring the oars?

What's the matter?

There's... There's
something back there. Awful.

There.

First of the flying lizards.

What a smell.

We better get back to camp.

It isn't safe here.

What's on your mind?

A dead animal is food.

I don't want to be here
to meet its consumers.

Come on.

Steve, you go fire up the
engines! Maggie, go with him.

Come on!

Come on!

More throttle!

That sound! What is it, Alan?

Whatever it was, Rex
wanted no part of it.

You mean there's something
that thing's scared of?

The tyrannosaurus that attacked us is the
largest, most ferocious dinosaur of this era.

It's not only its size,
but the structure...

Alan, no lectures now, please.

Obviously, the only place we've got a
chance is right here in this helicopter.

In that case, we better keep
our food supplies in here, too.

Right.

Come on, Steve. Let's get them.

We'd better all help.

I don't suppose there's any point
in asking which one of us did this.

Come on, Alan, you're
the scientist. What did it?

What could be worse than
that thing that attacked us?

Just people, Maggie.
Just plain folks.

There weren't any
humans in this age.

Fog's beginning
to roll in again.

I don't think we'll ever
find a way up those cliffs.

Well, whatever it is, at
least it's keeping Rex away.

Twenty-five more days and after that
we'll be the only humans in Antarctica.

That calendar of
yours could be wrong.

Besides, they wouldn't
think of leaving without us.

Maggie, we gotta face it,

they can't risk 1,000
men just for the four of us.

And once winter sets in, the ice pack
would crush their ships like matchboxes.

We've still got 25 days.

That's just about how long
my clothes are going to last.

You know, I got a name for
this valley. Hell's Chimney.

Fog really socks in, doesn't it?

Oh, Steve, isn't he
darling! What is it?

I don't know. I
picked him off a tree.

Was sure good to find
something small and soft,

something that
wasn't ready to kill you.

Well, how do you do?

Know him?

Sort of a nodding acquaintance.

I think he's a tarsier,
or a very close relative.

He's a mammal, but it's
his eyes that tell the story.

Observe, please, they're
on the front of his head

and not on the side
like reptile or fish eyes.

Yes. This little fella already
has stereoscopic vision.

He certainly looks silly.

Not a very nice way to talk
about one of your ancestors.

One of my ancestors?

Mmm-hmm.

Homo sapiens junior.
Very, very junior.

At this moment, he
can't make up his mind

whether or not he should
become a real monkey.

But you will.

In 50 million years, you'll
be a monkey in a tree.

And then one day, you'll come
down and walk on your hind legs.

Another 50 million years flip by
just "pfft," and you'll be Aristotle,

Galileo, Michelangelo,
Mozart, Shakespeare.

What are we gonna be, monkeys?

I'm gonna get
Shakespeare a drink.

Maggie!

Alan!

Maggie, where are you?

Maggie!

Any luck?

No, not a trace.

Commander, here's something.

It's part of her outfit.

I don't understand it. No animal
tracks here. No sign of a struggle.

Here's your answer,
Alan. Look at this!

These footprints were made by a
being physically very much like us.

That's all I can tell you.

Except whatever
it is, it's got Maggie.

How do you know?
Where's the footprints?

She was being carried.

End of the line.

He used a boat.

He's on this river somewhere.

There!

That smoke's coming from a cave!

Here. Drink.

You're one of us. Who are you?

How did I get here?

I brought you here.

Where are the others?
Where are the others?

That's our food, isn't it?

It's mine.

The whole valley's mine.

Everything in it belongs
to me, including you.

What happened to the others?

They're dead.

You killed them.

One of the beasts did it for me.

How long have you
been in this valley?

Ten years.

A hundred years.

Time has no meaning when
you have nothing to wait for.

How have you
managed to stay alive?

Not on charity or pity or
the nobleness of the soul.

I survived because
I'm the fittest to survive!

Because I've learned
how to kill efficiently!

You must be very strong.

It's my intelligence that keeps
me alive and in control of this land.

The big beasts are stupid.
They kill when they're hungry.

But I plan murder ahead.

Do you know how?

No. Tell me.

Their eggs!

I destroy their eggs.

Why, that's...
That's very clever.

And those that I permit
to live, I control with this.

The sound frightens them.

Then it was you who...

Yes. That's how I rule them.

No! Don't!

Stay away from her!

Move away, caveman!

Caveman!

You won't call me that after
you've been here for 10 years.

You'll be crawling on your
belly like the rest of the beasts,

if you live that long.

You're out of your mind.

Don't say that!

Hold it, Jack.

I'm sorry. I'm sure that he
didn't mean to offend you.

The fact that you've been able
to survive in this terrible place

proves you're a man
of superior intelligence.

My name is Roberts.

Margaret Hathaway,
Lieutenant Carmen and Mr. Miller.

Now, who are you?

We crashed.

Four of us.

The '45 expedition.

A plane disappeared
with four men aboard.

Four men.

Three are dead, but... Who am I?

I'm Hunter.

Dr. Carl Hunter.

After what he's been through,
it's no wonder he's like this.

This is your trouble, isn't it?

That's from our
ship. How did you...

After we crashed, I stored
some of the wreckage.

I think you could
replace this out of it.

I'll tell you where it is,
then the three of you will go,

and the woman stays here.

What? Oh, you're really crazy.

You don't seem to understand.

I'm giving you a way out
of here, the only way out.

What if we don't go along
with your proposition?

You will, and sooner
than you think.

Do you see this? In case
you don't remember, it's a gun.

If I have to, I'm gonna blow a
hole right through your head.

We'll find the wreck
without your help.

Maybe you will, if you
aren't trampled to death first

or eaten alive or
die of starvation.

Wait till the
Antarctic night comes

and for nine months the black air
hangs round you like a rotten rag.

And your eyes are blinded from
the dark and from your own sweat.

And you'll lose each
other! And you're alone!

Alone! Do you hear me?

Always alone.

Maggie, get out of
here, quick. That way.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Maggie!

Maggie.

I backed into it. It
was horrible! Horrible!

It's all right now.

Where's Hunter? He was here.

Oh, we'll never get out of
here, Alan! Never, never, never!

Stop it! Do you
hear me? Stop it!

This doesn't sound like
you. We're not licked yet.

Three lives for one, Alan.

No.

Don't you understand? It's the
only way. I've got to go to him.

We'll find the
wreck, I tell you.

We don't have time.

Oh, please, Alan, let me do it.

No, and don't talk anymore.

But why should
three of you die...

They've given us up. They're
gonna leave without us.

Oh, shut up, will you?

You know something, Lieutenant,

you're a dead duck
just like all the rest of us.

You think I'm blind?

We're all gonna
die because of her!

That's enough!

He's right, Alan.

We're not making any deals
with Hunter, not the kind he wants.

Why don't you let
Maggie talk for herself?

You, too, Jack?

What's the matter, Alan?
Losing your sense of humor?

Well, what are we waiting for?

Let's find that wreck.
We got two whole days.

Come on, Steve. Pick up where you left
off. I'll keep on working the south end.

I think, darling,
we'd better try...

Maggie!

Maggie, where are you?

Get back! Get back!

Where's that wreck?
Where's that wreck?

Stop it! Stop it!

Not before he talks.

No!

No!

Where is it? Where's that wreck?

Tell me or I'll... Where's
that wreck? Talk!

No!

You're gonna rot here.

Talk! Talk!

Get out of my way.

You've lost your mind.

Maybe you wanna stay here
for the rest of your life, but not me!

You're not gonna touch him.

Go ahead, Steve.

We're not gonna dig our way
out of here through human flesh.

Not Maggie's,
Hunter's, not even yours.

Jack.

Get out. No one asked
you to come here.

We want to help you.

I don't need your
help or your pity.

We all need pity,
and we all need help.

Here. It's a map.

It'll show you
where the wreck is.

Take it. And leave me alone.

We'll find it.

If it's true that you can't live
among beasts without becoming one,

then it's just as true that you
can't live among human beings

without becoming
affected by their humanity.

Let's get started.

Come on, Maggie.

I'll stay with Hunter.
I'll be all right.

We must have passed
this place 20 times.

It'll work.

Okay, Jack. Give it a whirl.

Well, if it doesn't run this time, we've
had it. The battery's just about shot.

Jack, is there
anything we can do?

Let's check the
ignition system again.

I'm going back to camp.

No! You stay here!

Something's happened to them.
Something's happened to them!

Well, she's running
smooth as a watch.

Kick in the rotor and
let's see what happens.

Yeah, here goes.

What is it, Steve?

The new rod needs
adjusting. We'll be all right.

How about it, Steve?

I need a little more time.

It's okay now!

Let's go.

Look! There's Maggie and Hunter.

Steve! Get the winch ready.

Oh, look!

Jack, get as close as you can.

Right.

Hello, Task Force W.
This is Helicopter X-3.

We're airborne and trying to intercept
you. Give us a heading. We're low on fuel.

Repeat, give us a heading,

Hello, Helicopter X-3.
Hello, Helicopter X-3.

Our radar has you spotted.

Take a heading of 51
degrees, We will intercept you,

Proceed to flight
deck on the north wind,

We've everything
ready for you, Over,

Received your message.
We're coming in. Out.

Hey, there they are!

Probably will be another
expedition next year.

Would you like to come along?

No, thanks. I've had it.

Anyway, the OP likes
to rotate assignments.

I wasn't thinking of it
exactly as an assignment.

Oh? What then?

Well, sort of a
honeymoon, sort of?

At the South Pole?

Well, it's one way
of keeping warm.

That's ridiculous, Alan.

Yeah, I guess it is.

Why, who'd stay
home with the baby?

Sure, who'd stay...

What baby?

Ours, silly.

Why, by this time next year...