The Final Countdown Page #3

Charlie!

What is he barking at?

Charlie, what is it?

Listen.

They had U.S. markings.

- You sure of that?

- I thought so too.

Their speed!

Are they ours?

I don't know. But if they are ours,

they've kept them a close secret.

- I want inquiries made as soon as we return.

- Yes, Senator.

Bridge.

Skipper, the F-14s

are on top of the contact.

Alert 1, this is Eagle 1.

What have you got?

We've overflown

the craft, sir.

It's a civilian yacht,

flying U.S. flag

about 50 feet in length,

old but in mint condition.

- Over.

- Hold observation position.

Dispatching 86 tanker

for refueling.

Stand clear, Path 1.

86 tanker departing.

The challenger's back with one,

two, three jabs to the mouth.

Louis responds with a right to the head.

Cuts with a left to the body.

- Brings it up to the head.

- Hey, who's that fighting?

- Louis takes another left and a right.

- I don't know.

Louis is staggered by a right to the jaw.

He almost goes down.

There's the bell ending round 12.

Look sharp, feel sharp

Be sharp and listen, mister

How are you fixed for blades

- Do you have plenty?

- How are you fixed for blades

You're better off...

Let's get some air.

Captain's off the Bridge.

I don't know.

Dan, what's this all about?

What do you make of it?

Nostalgia broadcasting

on the Armed Forces band.

Broadcasting

after a strike? Nah.

Excuse me.

Sir, is it possible that this could be

part of some secret naval maneuver?

- Course not.

- There are a few people

- who'd like to watch us work under pressure.

- What are you saying, Dan?

The Department of Defense sent

him out here.

Maybe they wanted

to give him something to watch.

Now, that makes more sense

than anything else so far.

Now, wait a minute, gentlemen. You may

be the victims of some kind of joke.

But whether the Pentagon's

behind it

or the Kremlin

or some little green men from Mars

I promise you, I'm as much

in the dark about it as you are.

Captain, we're getting something

you might wanna hear.

- In the Plot Room.

- Aye, sir.

The Germans are retreating

on the 70-mile front in southern Russia.

However, forces were reported

and long-range artillery fire

was heard in the suburbs of Moscow.

- Meanwhile in Washington...

- What the hell's going on here?

Sir, I think you ought to see

these aerial reconnaissance

photographs of Pearl Harbor.

- Turn that off!

- Yes, sir.

That'll be all.

You.

- It's not Pearl Harbor.

- Sure as hell is.

Look at that old battle rig.

It's a memorial now.

It's the Arizona.

- But she's completely intact.

- That's right.

- Get Mr. Lasky back up here.

- Yes, sir.

What's the matter

with you?

I was just on the Bridge.

They're scared. Real scared.

- What happened?

- It's crazy.

The Russians, us,

even the Germans.

- We've finally done it.

- Done what, for Christ's sake?

- War. We're at war.

- You always talkin' sh*t.

I want a straight answer

and I don't give a damn about any orders

you've had elsewhere.

Is there something

you've held back?

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing, Captain.

All right.

I accept that.

Here's a photo taken by our reconnaissance

pilots less than an hour ago.

- May I suggest something, Captain?

- I'm wide open.

I suggest that you ask Commander Owens

to come up here right away

and bring the photos he's using

to illustrate his book.

Why?

I think he'll have something

very interesting to show you.

All right.

Tanker, this is Alert 1. You got

two thirsty Tomcats. Whaddya got?

I've got the hard stuff.

Pull right in.

Contact.

We've got a green light.

Fill 'er up, check the oil

and clean the windshield. Over.

Dick, where'd you get these?

I got them from the Smithsonian, sir.

They're old agency photos of Pearl.

- Just like these.

- Not like these.

That one was taken

less than an hour ago.

I don't understand, sir.

These are pre-World War II pictures.

This is the fleet

that was destroyed.

Sir, C.I.C. reports two bogeys

at low altitude. Distance, 125 miles.

- Have our fighters take an I.D. pass.

- Aye, Captain.

Have our fighters investigate and

identify the contact 090, signal Buster.

Aye, sir. Alert 1,

this is Eagle Control.

Vector 210 for the bogeys.

Bogeys low and slow.

Your signal is Buster.

I say again, your signal is Buster.

Roger, Eagle Control.

Alert 2 now completing its fueling.

Vectoring 210. Out.

That's the Arizona,

Tennessee, West Virginia.

You're saying

that these are both photographs

of Pearl Harbor

on December 6, 1941?

Yes, sir.

Our reconnaissance plane

has just taken pictures

of something

that hasn't existed

for over 40 years.

Sir, we've got I.D.

on the bogeys.

- Captain's on the Bridge.

- What button?

Eleven, sir.

Alert 1, this is Eagle 1.

What have you got?

- Two Japanese Zeros, sir.

- Two what?

Two trophy-class Mitsubishi

A6Ms in original condition

complete with all markings.

- I mean, they look brand new, sir.

- Have you been spotted?

Negative. We're right

on the side at 6:00 high.

Stay in visual contact.

Take no action without clearance.

Wilco, Eagle 1. Out.

- Jack Benny and Rochester.

- And newscasts from World War II.

Somebody

for some reason

wants us to believe

that we're back in 1941.

- Now, who wants it?

- The Russians.

- Oh, Dan.

- Maybe. Power of psychology.

Excuse me, Captain

but we also have to consider

one alternative possibility.

What's that?

The possibility that what's

happening here is real.

Geez, that's ridiculous.

Maybe, but we have some

pretty strong evidence, sir.

Let's not just write off one

possible explanation for it

- because we don't happen to like it.

- How would that be possible?

- Could you explain that to me?

- No, sir, I can't.

But all of us know that movement

through time is possible.

Einstein proved it.

- In theory.

- In theory.

So all we have to do is move

through some storm at sea, and bingo...

we're all much more

clever than Einstein.

What sort of storm was that, Commander?

Certainly nothing like I've ever seen.

Nothing like any of us

have ever seen.

There are forces in the universe

which we're only now just

beginning to understand.

I mean, understand through science,

not superstition.

There are black holes in space,

antimatter, curved space...

things that are as strange to us

as electricity would have been

to people in the Middle Ages

or this ship

in World War II.

Well, crew is anxious

for an explanation too.

Now, we've gotta get

a clearer picture of all this.

Let's go to C.I.C.

Hey.

- What is it?

- Listen.

It's those planes again.

No, no.

Different noise entirely.

There they are.

- They're not ours, are they?

- No, certainly not.

They have Japanese markings.

They're comin' in again.

Laurel, ask the captain

to radio Hawaii.

Find out about Japanese

fighter planes in the area.

Yes, Senator.

Oh, God! They're shooting!

Oh, my God.

- Oh, no.

- The captain send the message?

We've gotta

get off this boat.

Come on, Laurel!

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