• 5 years ago
Approved | 31 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Drama, Short | 30 May 1936 (USA)

Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, travels with Professor Norton, his Son Billy, and plucky reporter Diana Compton to the Undersea Kingdom of Atlantis to locate the cause of series of earthquakes. When they arrive Crash and his friends become embroiled in battle between warring Atlanteans.

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane

Writers: John Rathmell , Maurice Geraghty, Oliver Drake, Tracy Knight

Stars: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue
Transcript
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01:32How about it, Doc? Do you think I'll live?
01:54You look kind of weak and puny, but I think you'll pull through.
01:59Thank you, sir.
02:02A great chap. I wish we had more like him at Annapolis.
02:05Yes, sir. Too bad this is his last year.
02:09He'll make a grand naval officer.
02:19Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We're here once more at the Polo Grounds in New York City
02:23to witness this great game between the Army and Navy.
02:25Stands are packed. People are standing all over the place.
02:28And all eyes are on Fresh Oregon, captain of the Navy.
02:41A double wing back. Smith is back.
02:45With the ball past the center, it goes to Smith. It's reversed to Corrigan.
02:48Corrigan hits over his own right tackle. He hits the pullback. Knocks him down.
02:54Wait a minute. It's boxed in. Craig and Reynolds are coming in.
02:56He hits Craig. Knocks him over. Straight arms Reynolds.
02:59And he's across for a touchdown.
03:01Ladies and gentlemen, that was Fresh Oregon, captain of the Navy team,
03:04playing the finest game of his career.
03:25Wait a minute, son. What do you want?
03:27I've got to see Lieutenant Corrigan right away.
03:29You can't go in there. It's against orders.
03:31See, I've got to see him. It's important.
03:37Even if I let you in, you couldn't talk to the lieutenant now. He's busy.
03:41All right.
04:10Come on, boys. Come on. Break it.
04:23Good work, Jimmy.
04:25Don't let him tell you, son.
04:27You almost got him that time, Crash.
04:41Hold him.
04:48Now you got him, Crash.
04:50Let's see how planes fare.
04:53Crash! Help!
04:57Billy!
05:00Hold tight!
05:03Hold it!
05:25Let's go.
05:26I've shot you.
05:30The band's a fella.
05:53Hold tight, Billy.
05:54Okay, Crash.
06:01Good work, Crash.
06:02I thought the kid was a goner.
06:04What were you doing up there?
06:05Dad sent me over to get you, but they wouldn't let me in.
06:07Has he had another earthquake warning?
06:09Yeah, he wants you to come right over.
06:11Wait until I get into my clothes.
06:12I'm going over to Professor Norton's laboratory.
06:14Very well, Crash.
06:18What you say is very interesting, Professor Norton,
06:20but I still can't believe that this little machine can predict earthquakes.
06:24Not only predicts, but prevents them,
06:26if I could get close enough to the source.
06:29Ah, there you are, Lieutenant.
06:31The signals are coming in much stronger.
06:34Oh, I beg your pardon.
06:35This is Miss Compton, staff writer of the Times.
06:38Oh, everybody knows Crash Corrigan.
06:49That was the signal again.
06:51They've been sending it every five minutes.
06:53They?
06:54Just whom do you mean by they?
06:56Professor Norton maintains that these signals
06:58must be the work of some human agency,
07:00apparently coming from the bottom of the ocean.
07:03I hope you're not going to spring that fantastic yarn
07:05about the lost continent of Atlantis.
07:07Exactly.
07:08Only now I have some definite evidence.
07:15This is pure orichalcum,
07:17a metal made by fusing gold and copper.
07:20The secret of this process was lost with the Atlanteans.
07:23What does that prove?
07:24Well, according to every test,
07:26the idol couldn't be more than a couple of years old,
07:28something made recently.
07:30I found it during a recent trip I made in my rocket submarine
07:33in this general location.
07:36And this is where the ancient continent of Atlantis
07:39was reported to have sunk thousands of years ago.
07:41Contrary to popular belief,
07:43Atlantis did not sink overnight,
07:45but during a period of years.
07:47During this time, the people had ample opportunity
07:49to construct a roof of orichalcum over the city
07:52and keep out the ocean waves.
07:54Thus Atlantis, though lost, still lived.
08:06But Your Holiness,
08:07Unger Khan's men are at the gates.
08:10I beg of you to take safety in the citadel.
08:12Poseidon, god of Atlantis,
08:15has never forsaken his people in time of need.
08:18I promise you he will not do so now.
08:22There will be no peace in Atlantis
08:25until we have broken the power of this evil usurper,
08:29Unger Khan.
08:32Onward!
08:42Onward!
08:47It is hopeless, Exalted One.
08:49Our men are outnumbered.
08:50The city is about to fall.
08:52Have faith.
09:12Fire!
09:13Fire!
09:14Fire!
09:15Fire!
09:16Fire!
09:17Fire!
09:18Fire!
09:19Fire!
09:20Fire!
09:21Fire!
09:22Fire!
09:23Fire!
09:24Fire!
09:25Fire!
09:26Fire!
09:27Fire!
09:28Fire!
09:29Fire!
09:30Fire!
09:31Fire!
09:32Fire!
09:33Fire!
09:34Fire!
09:35Fire!
09:36Fire!
09:37Fire!
09:38Fire!
09:39Fire!
09:40Fire!
09:41Fire!
09:42Fire!
09:43Fire!
09:44Fire!
09:45Fire!
09:46Fire!
09:47Fire!
10:04Imperial Majesty,
10:06I am pleased to report that Sherrod's army
10:08has been driven within the walls of the Sacred City.
10:10Good. Recall the truth.
10:12With those religious fanatics under control,
10:15I'll have no more interference with my plans to destroy the upper world.
10:26When you do succeed in sending them to the bottom of the sea,
10:30Atlantis will rise once more to its former place in the sun,
10:33and you will be ruler of all things.
10:35Start the disintegrator.
11:10The entire metropolitan area of St. Clair is in ruins.
11:18Thousands dead, hospitals burning, all communication cut off.
11:21Red Cross is appealing for doctors.
11:22Special trains are rushing supplies to the stricken area.
11:24Governor of the state declared martial law,
11:26rushing a militia to the scenes of the disaster.
11:28Stand by for further announcements.
11:30St. Clair? That's only 300 miles from here.
11:33Yes, and according to my calculations,
11:35another severe shock will occur any moment.
11:38Joe, put that counteracting machine aboard the submarine right away.
11:41Do you mean you're going down to try to stop this quake?
11:44What a story this will make for my paper.
11:46Let me get to a phone.
11:49Can I come along, Dad?
11:51Some other time, Billy.
11:53I have something more important for you, Billy.
11:55I want you to take a note to the naval base for me.
11:57Hurry up, Joe. We've got no time to lose.
11:59But Professor, I don't think it's safe to take the submarine down that far.
12:03We've got to take that chance. Get those things aboard.
12:06Now, quick, give this note to the commanding officer at the naval base.
12:09He'll understand.
12:19Come on, Joe. I'll give you a hand.
12:24This is not an ordinary submarine, Bill.
12:26It's propelled by rocket motors designed by Professor Norton himself.
12:30Yes, it's been tested at 2,500 feet,
12:33and he's going to try to reach the bottom this time.
12:35I'll tell you more about it when I get back.
12:37What? Am I going along? You said I am.
12:44Hello?
12:45This is Professor Norton's boathouse.
12:47Brown and Deep talking.
12:48Hello? Hello? Hello?
12:50Will you shut up?
12:52Oh, no, no, no. I didn't mean you, Professor Norton.
12:55I was talking to Sinbad.
12:57Huh?
13:00Oh, yeah. Right away.
13:02Professor Norton says to get the boat ready for a long trip.
13:11Hurry up, Browny. Hurry up.
13:17For two cents, I'd leave you behind on this trip, you old buzzard.
13:21Get on it. Hurry up.
13:32Ah! Ah!
13:34Ha, ha, ha, ha!
13:37Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
13:40Ah!
13:43He's going to fry me a parrot one of these days.
13:45I don't want a party!
13:48Just the same, the submarine wasn't built to go to the bottom.
13:50It'll crack up like an egg when it gets below 2,500 feet.
13:53Oh, nonsense, Joe.
13:55Professor Norton knows what he's doing.
13:59Go back and help the professor.
14:01I can't stop.
14:06Hold everything!
14:09Oh, we're just leaving. Goodbye.
14:11Goodbye nothing. I'm going, too.
14:14Goodbye.
14:27Gosh, Professor, I was afraid you were going to leave without me.
14:35All clear above.
14:37All right.
14:39Start your motors, Joe.
14:44All right.
15:15Well, according to my calculations,
15:17we're nearing the spot where the earthquake shocks originate.
15:20Prepare to submerge.
15:44All right.
16:02Is it all hooked up?
16:04Yes, we're going to signal the minute an earthquake starts.
16:07Put the ship into a dive.
16:14All right.
16:45We're down 2,500 feet.
16:47Good. Another 2,000 feet and I can stop the contracting rain.
16:51We'll never make it. The submarine will be crushed.
16:54Get a hold of yourself, Joe. There's no danger.
16:57Why, of course not.
16:59Oh, you're all mad.
17:01If we go any deeper, the submarine will crush like the shell of an egg.
17:04Get back there and keep our nose down.
17:06We're going through.
17:08We're going through.
17:10We're going through.
17:12Get back there and keep our nose down.
17:14We're going through with this.
17:16All right. You ask for it.
17:18I'll nose her down.
17:20I'll send her straight to the bottom.
17:22I'll send her to the bottom of the ocean.
17:38It's locked itself in.
17:41Open the door.
17:47Open this door, Joe.
17:54He's out of his mind.
17:56He'll destroy us all.
17:58Joe! Joe!
18:00Isn't there some way you can break through the door?
18:02The oxygen torch.
18:10The oxygen torch.
18:12The oxygen torch.
18:37It's no use. He shut off the oxygen supply.
18:42Joe!
19:08It's on again.
19:10It's on again.
19:12It's on again.
19:14It's on again.
19:40Rog, help! Rog!
19:43Really?
19:45Daddy, quick! Help!
19:48Hey, search!
20:05Come on, search!
20:12Come on!
20:27I hated to do this, but it was the only way I could stop him.
20:30He'll be all right in a little while.
20:32We're down 7,000 feet.
20:34And we're still diving.
20:36Do you think it's safe to continue?
20:39It's the earthquake detector.
20:45I'll start the counteracting ray while you level the ship off.
20:48We're down far enough.
21:09I believe I have the earthquake under control.
21:20There's something wrong with the descent detector.
21:25It must be outside interference, Your Majesty.
21:27We'll soon find out.
21:39So that's what's interfering with my plans.
21:42It's a deep-sea craft from the upper world, Your Majesty.
21:45Shall I destroy it?
21:47Wait. I have a better plan.
21:50Turn on the magnetic ray and bring them down into Atlantis.
21:55Professor Norton.
21:58What's happening?
22:00I don't know. We're on a level keel, but we're being dragged down by some mysterious force.
22:25We're in a tunnel.
22:27Bring them up to the surface.
22:29Yes, Your Majesty.
22:54Through the inland sea.
23:06We're on the surface. I can see land.
23:08Impossible.
23:10According to the depth indicator, we're still some 10,000 feet down.
23:14That's land all right.
23:16We're moving into a small inlet.
23:25Gee, we're on the surface.
23:39Hey, Sully. Sully, wake up. We're back home.
23:42Hey, Sully. Sully. Come on, wake up.
23:45Order up the Imperial Guard.
23:48Imperial Stable.
23:50By command of His Supreme Majesty, Unger Kahn,
23:53the detachment of the Imperial Guard will proceed at once to the inland sea
23:57and capture the stranger from the upper world.
23:59Captain Hackers.
24:01Yes, yes. My horse, quickly.
24:03Number one patrol, mount.
24:05Number one patrol, prepare to move out.
24:09Column two.
24:11Column two move out.
24:14Column two.
24:37Well, this is beyond me.
24:40below sea level, and apparently in another world.
24:51Ah, go to your faces!
24:53You'd better submerge the submarine
24:55while we investigate this place.
25:08Better hide the control box.
25:10Now there's a good place.
25:11Yes, that'll do.
25:12Do you think we'd better wait for Briney and Salty?
25:14Oh, if necessary.
25:15They'll join us as soon as we catch Sinbad the Parrot.
25:40♪♪
26:08Look, Dad!
26:11Unless my calculations are wrong,
26:13we've come across the lost continent of Atlantis.
26:15Oh, I can hardly believe it.
26:18It must be a mirage, some illusion.
26:21Listen!
26:22♪♪
26:32Why, that's no illusion.
26:34Those are hoofbeats.
26:37Look, soldiers!
26:40♪♪
26:44Keep out of sight.
26:46We'll find out if they're friends or enemies.
26:48♪♪
26:57Hey!
26:58♪♪
27:02Capture them!
27:03♪♪
27:10After them, men!
27:11♪♪
27:41He's escaped!
27:42Send out the juggernaut!
27:44♪♪
27:56Ha!
27:57Ha!
27:58Ha!
27:59Get him!
28:00He sure fooled them that time, Christ.
28:01Let's get back to the submarine.
28:02But the soldiers, what about them?
28:03I'll tell you later.
28:04We have no time to lose.
28:05Hurry, Diana!
28:06Hurry, Diana!
28:07Come on!
28:08♪♪
28:19What's that?
28:20♪♪
28:23Some sort of a war tank.
28:24♪♪
28:32Steady.
28:33Steady.
28:34♪♪
28:46They're not human!
28:47♪♪
28:56Run for that crevice.
28:57♪♪
29:12♪♪
29:26Down, Billy!
29:27Down!
29:28You two get behind that rock.
29:29Billy and I will lead them off.
29:30♪♪
29:36Two of the strangers have escaped the Volkeits
29:38and are heading for the peaks.
29:39♪♪
29:47The blast from the invisible ray gun will soon stop them.
29:50♪♪
30:00Start the disintegrator.
30:01♪♪
30:20Head on about.
30:21♪♪
30:33Move.
30:34♪♪