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unsurely in front of his band.

Though he is a veteran of numerous combats at the water's edge,

One-Ear has never been attacked by an enemy who had not first

displayed his fighting rage; and he had never before been attacked

with a weapon. One-Ear, merely looks up at the raised club

until the heavey thigh bone of an antelope brings the darkness

down around him.

The Others stare in wonder at Moonwatcher's power.

Moonwatcher surveys the scene. Now he was master of the

world, and he was not sure what to do next. But he would

think of something.

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A1 00.30

A2 00.45

A3 01.30

A4 00.30

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A6 01.00

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A8 03.00

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TITLEPART II:

YEAR 2001

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B1

EARTH FROM 200 MILES UP NARRATOR

By the year 2001, overpopulation has

B1a replaced the problem of starvation

THOUSAND MEGATON but this was ominously offset by the

NUCLEAR BOMB IN ORBIT absolute and utter perfection of the

ABOVE THE EARTH, weapon.

RUSSIAN INSIGNIA AND

CCCP MARKINGS:

B1b NARRATOR

AMERICAN THOUSAND Hundreds of giant bombs had been

MEGATON BOMB IN ORBIT placed in perpetual orbit above the

ABOVE THE EARTH. Earth. They were capable of

incinerating the entire Earth's

surface from an altitude of 100

miles.

B1c

FRENCH BOMB NARRATOR

Matters were further complicated

by the presence of twenty-seven

nations in the nuclear club. There

had been no deliberate or acciden-

B1d tal use of nuclear weapons since

GERMAN BOMB World War II and some people felt

sercure in this knowledge. But to

others, the situation seemed

comparible to an airline with a

B1f perfect safety record; in showed

CHINESE BOMB admirable care and skill but no

one expected it to last forever.

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B2

ORION-III SPACECRAFT

IN FIGHT AWAY FROM

EARTH, 200 MILES

ALTITUDE.

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B3

ORION-III PASSENGER AREA.

DR. HEYWOOD FLOYD IS THE

ONLY PASSENGER IN THE

ELEGANT CABIN DESIGNED

FOR 30 PEOPLE. HE IS

ASLEEP.

HIS PEN FLOATS NEAR HIS

HAND.

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B4

ORION-III COCKPIT.

PILOT, CO-PILOT.

FLOYD CAN BE SEEN

ASLEEP ON A SMALL

TV MONITOR.

STEWARDESS IS PUTTING

ON LIPSTICK. SHE SEES

PEN.

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B5

STEWARDESS GOES BACK

TO PASSENGER AREA,

RESCUES PEN AND CLIPS

IT BACK IN FLOYD'S

POCKET.

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B6

SPACE STATION-5. THE

RAW SUNLIGHT OF SPACE

DAZZLES FROM THE

POLISHED METAL SURFACES

OF THE SLOWLY REVOLVING,

THOUSAND-FOOT DIAMETER

SPACE STATION. DRIFTING

IN THE SAME ORBIT, WE SEE

SWEPT-BACK TITOV-V

SPACECRAFT. ALSO THE

ALMOST SPHERICAL ARIES-IB

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B7

ORION-III PASSENGER AREA

FLOYD AWAKE BUT GROGGY,

LOOKS OUT OF WINDOW.

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B8

ORION-III COCKPIT.

THE CO-PILOT IN RADIO

COMMUNICATION WITH THE

SPACE STATION.

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B9

THE ORION-III SPACECRAFT

IN DOCKING APPROACH. THE

EARTH IS SEEN IN BREATH-

TAKING VIEW IN B.G.

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B10

INSIDE DOCKING CONTROL.

WE SEE ORION-III MANO-

UVERING. IN BACKGROUND.

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B11

FROM DOCKING PORT WE

SEE THE ORION-III INCHING

IN TO COMPLETE ITS

DOCKING. WE SEE VARIOUS

WINDOWED BOOTHS INSIDE

DOCKING PORT. WE SEE

THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT

INSIDE THE ORION-III

COCKPIT.

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B12

SPACE STATION:

RECEPTION AREA:

RECEPTIONIST AT DESK.

MILLER ENTERS, HUR-

RYING. HE GOES TO

THE ELEVATOR AND

PRESSES BUTTON. HE

WAITS IMPATIENTLY.

WE SEE ELEVATOR:

INDICATOR WORKING

ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS

AND FLOYD IS SEEN

UNSTRAPPING HIMSELF.

THE ELEVATOR GIRL IS

SEATED BY THE DOOR

MILLER:

Oh, good morning, Dr. Floyd.

I'm Nick Miller.

FLOYD:

How do you do, Mr. Miller?

MILLER:

I'm terribly sorry. I was just

on my way down to meet you. I

saw your ship dock and I knew I

had plenty of time, and I was on

my way out of the office when,

suddenly, the phone rang.

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FLOYD:

Oh, please don't worry about it.

MILLER:

Well, thank you very much for

being so understanding.

FLOYD:

Please, it really doesn't matter.

MILLER:

Well.. Did you have a pleaant

flight?

FLOYD:

Yes, very pleasant.

MILLER:

Well, shall we go through

Documentation?

FLOYD:

Fine.

RECEPTIONIST:

Will you use number eight,

please?

MILLER:

Thank you, Miss Turner.

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B12

CONTINUED:

THEY ENTER PASSPORT

AREA:

RECEPTIONIST PRESSES

"ENGLISH" BAR ON HER

CONSOLE AND SMILES

AS FLOYD GOES THROUGH.

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IN AUTOMATED PASSPORT

SECTION. THEY STOP IN

FRONT OF A BOOTH

FEATURING A TV SCREEN

PASSPORT GIRL (TV)

Good morning and welcome to voice

Print Identification. When you see

the red light go on would you please

state in the following order; your

desitination, your nationality and

your full name. Surname first,

christian name and initial. For

example:
Moon, American,

Smith, John, D. Thank you.

THERE IS A PAUSE

AND A RED BAR LIGHTS UP

FLOYD:

Moon, American, Floyd, Heywood,

R.

THE RED LIGHT GOES OFF.

THERE IS A DELAY OF

ABOUT TWO SECONDS AND

THE WOMAN'S FACE

REAPPEARS:

FLOYD:

I've always wondered....

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B13

CONTINUED:

PASSPORT GIRL (TV)

(Interrupting) Thank you. Despite

and excellent and continually

improving safety record there are

certain risks inherent in space

travel and an extremely high cost

of pay load. Because of this it

is necessary for the Space Carrier

to advise you that it cannot be

responsible for the return of your

body to Earth should you become

deceased on the Moon or en route

to the Moon. However, it wishes

to advise you that insurance

covering this contingency is

available in the Main Lounge.

Thank you. You are cleared

through Voice Print Identification.

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