Eagle Control, Alert 1.
Splash two. Repeat.
Splash two.
Possibly one survivor in the water.
Captain, the E-2 is coming upon Point Charlie.
Eagle Control, we have multiple radar contacts
picking up on 456 heading.
Possible carriers and 24 escort ships.
Southeasterly heading.
Negative radio or radar emissions.
Request instructions. Over.
That is theJapanese attack force.
Yeah. I guess now we know.
Look, Dick. Take personal charge of a rescue team
and keep the survivors isolated.
- Crazy situation. - Yes, sir.
- You know what I want. - I understand.
Keep the fighters airborne to cover the rescue.
Aye, aye, Skipper.
Now track and report all movements of theJapanese task force.
- Aye, aye, sir. - Do you still think it's a dream?
It's a nightmare.
Let go! Forget the damn dog!
- Boss, 36. - Go ahead, 36.
We got two survivors and now we're waiting to pick up Kag.
- Kag? What the hell is he doing in the water? - Damned if I know.
Charlie!
You all right, ma'am?
How you feeling, sir?
What the hell kind of machine is this thing? And what's your ship, Commander?
It's an aircraft carrier, sir. I'm Air Wing Commander Richard Owens.
- Sam Chapman. - Senator Samuel Chapman?
That's right.
Sure am glad you were out here.
Yes, sir.
Okay, Senator, watch yourself.
Watch your head.
- All right, take it easy. - Hang on to me, sir.
You'll be just fine.
It's all right, ma'am. Go with him.
I'll take the dog, Commander.
Little bastard.
Corporal!
Mind the store, Ray. I'm going forward.
- Holy cow. - It's the wholeJapanese fleet.
Have these things returned to theJapanese pilot. Get this translated.
Captain's on the Bridge.
Mr. Lasky. Gentlemen.
Captain's off the Bridge.
We can't ignore it any longer.
Every man on this ship knows that we have radar and visual contact
with a Japanese fleet approaching Pearl Harbor
on December 6, 1941.
- Now, what do we do about it? - Skipper,
what we do about it is blow them out of the water.
The U.S.S. Nimitz declares war on theJapanese empire?
That's what we'd be doing. But they haven't attacked Pearl Harbor yet.
The only evidence we have that they intend to is in the history books.
It opens up some amazing possibilities.
Think of the firepower of the U.S.S. Nimitz back in 1941.
What kind of possibilities, Mr. Lasky?
Possibilities for the future, Mr. Owens.
Think of the history of the next 40 years.
I have a suspicion history will be a little more difficult to beat
than you imagine, Mr. Lasky.
I'm talking about the classic paradox of time.
Imagine, for example, I go back in time to meet my own grandfather
long before he got married, before he had children.
We have an argument, and I kill him.
Now, if that happens, how am I ever gonna be born?
And if I can never be born, how can I go back in history
and meet my very own grandfather?
I'm not half the theorist you are, Mr. Lasky
but I still have a gut instinct that things only happen once.
And if they have happened, then there's nothing we can do to change them
- nor should we try. - How are you gonna avoid it?
It's already happening, and we're already involved.
For Christ's sake, what is this? Some half-ass Princeton debating society?
We are in a war situation.
This is a United States warship
or at least it used to be.
Or will be. Or what the hell ever.
Oh, goddamn it, you can drive yourself crazy
trying to think about this stuff.
- Jesus, I must be dreaming! - Now, hold it.
All right. Let's all calm down.
Let's take it one step at a time and by the book.
If the United States of America falls under attack
our job is to defend her
in the past, present or future.
- And after that? - After that, we take our orders
from the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
- Everything all right here? - You in command of this ship?
Oh, hardly. No, I'm a doctor. Ship's commander is Captain Yelland.
I'm sure he'll be down to see you as soon as possible.
- I certainly hope so. - Meanwhile, you both seem
- none the worse for your little mishap. - Mishap?
You call getting a boat shot out from under you
and three people dead a mishap?
- Are we at war? Is that what happened? - I'm not in a position to...
Am I glad to see you.
Doctor
would you please inform the captain that Senator Samuel Chapman
cochairman of the Senate Defense Committee
would like to see him at once?
Of course, Senator.
Doctor, I believe I said at once.
First, a vitamin shot. Now, if you'll both roll up your sleeves.
- Senator. - No, goddamn it!
Now, you can take up your needles, Doctor
and whatever's in them and get the hell out of here!
Corporal?
What the hell are we, prisoners?
Holy shit.
Smoking lamp is lighted in all authorized spaces.
Son of a...
So, history may be tougher to beat than I imagined.
You're becoming a real pain in the ass, Lasky.
You take an awful lot of risks for someone who's supposed to be intelligent.
Do I? "The attack on Pearl Harbor was far from a surprise for many people
among them, the prominent and ambitious Samuel S. Chapman
who had only two weeks before
publicly argued for an increase in our strength in the Pacific.
Ironically, the senator disappeared and was presumed dead
following the attack he had foreseen so clearly.
Had he lived, it's very possible
Chapman could have been Roosevelt's running mate in the 1944 election
and upon his death, the next president of the United States."
Now if that doesn't come under the heading of trying to beat history
I don't know what does.
Lasky, I realized who we had the moment I heard his name.
Why'd you keep it to yourself?
I don't have your appetite for playing God with the world.
What was I supposed to do, throw him back in the sea?
At least that would have preserved
the natural order of history as you've written it.
Go to hell, Lasky.
Go to hell yourself. I wanna meet Chapman.
Goddamn it.
If this wasn't happening to me, I wouldn't believe it.
- Who the hell are these people? - The navy.
Yeah, the navy, yeah. But what part of it?
I've never seen machines like they got onboard this thing.
And where have they been developing aircraft like that?
The navy would have to appear before my committee
and I've never even heard a whisper about it.
Rocket planes and that thing they pulled us out of the sea with.
And naming this ship after Chester Nimitz, an active-duty admiral.
What the hell's going on here?
Yeah, Roosevelt. He owns the military.
That's it.
That's exactly who.
F.D.R. has wanted the United States in this war since it started
but he knows there's no way it's gonna happen
except in response to an attack.
- You always said theJapanese would attack. - That's right.
And who's sitting out here with no press
while the White House takes all the credit for raising the alarm
and being ready to hit back?
- Obviously, we are. - Goddamn it!
Anything?
Whoever he is, he's either too scared
or too well briefed to talk about it.
Excuse me.
All right, Corporal.
Commander, I demand to know why we're being held prisoners.
Here wait. I got him.
Jesus Christ!
No, don't!
Oh, my God.
The prisoner has shot one, maybe two of your men.
Move in!
Captain, prisoner grabbed a weapon.
He shot one of my men, maybe two.
We're in position. The area is sealed off.
Stand by.
Get Lieutenant Kajima up here on the double.
Can't we get a translator down here, for God's sakes?
How the hell do we know what he's saying if we can't understand him?
We need a translator to tell him we need a translator.
Maybe that's just what he's trying to tell us.
All right, Dick, Lieutenant Kajima is here. Put it on the box.
Ask him what he wants.
He wants access to a radio, sir.
Does he say why?
Because he wants to warn his commander
about us.
He repeats the demand.
- Or else? - He will kill again.
Do you think there's a chance they might believe him?
There's no chance if things remain the way they are.
Tell him we agree.
- You son of a... - No! Don't shoot! Back off!
Don't shoot!
Back off! Back off! Don't shoot!
What the hell's going on down there?
He says one more attempt to trick him and the girl is dead.
There'll be no tricks. He can use the radio room if he frees the girl.
Says he doesn't believe you.
Why don't you tell him what's going on here, Commander?
You're an expert on what's gonna happen tomorrow
tell him about it, for God's sakes.
Go on, tell him! We got nothing to lose!
Go ahead, tell him.
26 November, six carriers left the Coral Isles north ofJapan.
The carriers were the Akagi, Kaga, Shokaku
Zuikaku, Hiryu, Soryu.
Tomorrow at dawn, these carriers will send 353 planes
to attack Pearl Harbor.
How in the hell do you know all that?
Your code is "Climb Mount Niitaka."
What's going on?
Please, Miss Scott, don't ask me any questions.
There isn't anything I can tell you at this time.
All right?
Where's Charlie? Where's my dog?
We'll find him, Miss Scott.
He can't get off the ship.
Casualties will be moved down to secondary triage.
I wanna get out of this bathrobe and into some clothes!
Will somebody please get me some clothes? For God's sakes!
- Chief, get the senator some clothes. - Yes, sir.
Senator, Matt Yelland, commanding officer.
Where and how did you get all this information I've been hearing?
- And is it true? - Yes, sir.
Did you inform Pearl Harbor Command?
- No, Senator. - Why the hell not?
Well, the reasons are a little complicated, but, uh, believe me, Senator
this carrier is capable of handling any attack should it occur.
One carrier against a whole fleet?
What kind of an idiot do you take me for?
- Senator, calm down. - The hell with you.
Tell Pearl Harbor what's happening here, or I'll talk to them.
Very well.
Dan, set up the communications in my inport cabin.
Wouldn't you like to talk to them with some clothes on?
- Thank you, Captain. - Follow me, sir.
- Are you all right? - Yes, sir, I'm fine.
Can you do that, Captain?
Contact Pearl Harbor back in 1941.
I think so.
- Then what do you do? - One step at a time.
Yeah. Like a minefield.
This is, uh, Senator Samuel S. Chapman of the United States Senate
onboard the aircraft carrier Nimitz.
Captain Yelland is here with me.
- You're on what? - I repeat.
I am Senator Samuel S. Chapman onboard the U.S.S. Nimitz.
All right, whoever the hell you are
use of military frequencies by unauthorized personnel is a felony.
Now just a minute here, sir.
As we have no aircraft carrier Nimitz and no Captain Yelland
I suggest, asshole, that you stop impersonating some other asshole
and get off the air.
You're wasting our time.
How dare you talk to me that way! Captain, tell him who you are.
Speak to them!
You, what are you doing here? You're a civilian.
Yes, sir, I'm with the Department of Def...
I mean, the Navy Department.
That's more like it. What's going on here?
I'm afraid I'm just an observer here, sir.
I couldn't tell you anything more than you already know.
What's happening here?
Who are you people?
- join him in his inport cabin. - Thank you.
I'll wait outside while you change.
Please, I really don't want to be left alone right now.
I'll just be a minute.
Just exactly what is it you do for the senator, Miss Scott?
I work for him, Commander.
I'd like to think I'm more than just a secretary.
I write most of his speeches, and in general, I'm his assistant.
It's quite an accomplishment for a woman in your day...
this day and age.
Let me tell you something. I'm ambitious and very capable.
That's a combination that's not much appreciated.
It's a man's world. I'm sure you'll agree.
It certainly is, Miss Scott.
I spent a lot of time trying to hide the way I look
hoping to be recognized for my ability.
- How's it going so far? - Well, let me put it this way.
If the way I look gets me in the door, then God help them when I get through.
You're a remarkable woman, Miss Scott.
Shall we?
Yeah.
Enemy fleet bears 042 degrees.
Captain, they bear 042 degrees
range 182 miles, course 180, speed 12.
Very well. Keep me advised.
35 degrees, 17 miles north, northwest of Pearl.
Laurel, are you all right?
Miss Scott, I'm Matt Yelland, skipper of this ship.
Thank you for your hospitality, Captain
but I insist you fly Miss Scott and myself
to Pearl Harbor immediately.
- Very well. Lieutenant. - Yes, sir.
Follow this officer. He'll see that you're fully equipped
and then escort you to the hangar deck.
Thank you, Captain.
- Charlie? - Forget about the dog. He'll be all right.
Wait a minute, Captain. I think you're making a big mistake here.
That man mysteriously disappeared on December 7, 1941. That's today, sir.
Now, at the present time, he is the front-running candidate
for the vice presidential spot on the Democratic ticket in 1944.
And if he survives, he's almost certain
to become the president of the United States
when Roosevelt dies in April of 1945.
Sir, don't you think he'd be a whole lot safer to stay on the ship for the time being?
Mr. Lasky, my job is to make decisions here, now
not worry about what politician may be in the White House
- four years from now or 40 years ago. - But, sir...
And right now, I don't like having two civilians on my ship
when I'm about to do battle.
You've got three civilians.
Mr. Lasky, you're free to go with them if you like.
Dick.
Just got enough time to drop them off on a deserted spot on this island.
Not Pearl, sir?
Hell, no. They'll be a whole lot safer there.
We'll equip them to look after themselves till it's over.
I'll feel a lot easier with them off my hands.
Yes, sir.
Be sure you're back by 0700.
I want my best man commanding that strike force.
Yes, sir.
Now hear this. Now hear this.
All hands, stand by
for special announcement from the captain in 15 minutes.
What are you doing here, Mr. Lasky?
I wanna go to Pearl Harbor with you.
Wait a minute. You're not going to Pearl, are you?
Do they know?
Captain, enemy fleet 170 miles north, northwest Pearl.
The Japanese fleet now bears 055 degrees, 12 miles.
Look at all this ordnance.
Yeah, it's gotta be the real thing.
Watch that wing tip!
This is the captain.
I'm speaking to every man aboard this ship.
In the past few hours, many things have happened
but rumors of nuclear attacks
and a third world war are totally untrue.
We have no reason to believe that any aggression has been taken
against our homes and families.
I believe that what we have stumbled across is not man-made
but a phenomena of nature.
One that can't be explained.
Now, this phenomena is a storm which the Nimitz went through
less than 18 hours ago.
This storm has had some effect on time as we know it.
It created a portal, a door into another era.
Today is December 7, 1941.
I'm sure we're all aware of the significance of this date
and its place in history.
We're about to fight a battle that was lost
before most of you were born.
This time, with God's help
it's going to be different.
Good luck.
Hey, Charlie.
Good boy. Where you been hiding?
You wanna come with me? Come on, boy.
Eagle Control, 736.
E. T.A. destination three minutes.
All right, let's move it!
This isn't Pearl Harbor!
Following orders, Commander?
That's right, Senator.
Is Commander Owens in the air yet?
- No, sir. - Let me know the moment he's airborne.
Yes, sir.
Why didn't you go with them?
I wasn't invited.
Skipper, it's time to go.
Then let's go... to Pearl Harbor.
You shoot that in here, we're all going up.
Then you better do what I say. Take off. Now!
Don't let it go off!
- I lost it. I lost the helo! - What?
I tell you, I lost it. It just disappeared from the scope.
What the hell do you mean it just disappeared?
That's it, Captain.
One second it was on the scope, the next it was gone.
Search party?
It's too late. Officer of the deck, turn the Nimitz into the wind.
Aye, aye, Captain.
- Launch aircraft. - Yes, sir, Captain.
That's it. Let's go. Cats, you got green lights. Get 'em in the air!
Victory 210, this is Zulu-5-Bravo.
Your vector 120. Estimated time of intercept 0740. Over.
Zulu-5-Bravo, this is Victory 210.
Nine minutes to intercept.
Sir, I think you oughta see this.
It suddenly appeared behind us.
I don't believe this. It's starting again.
Do you think we can outrun it?
Maybe we oughta be asking ourselves should we even be trying to outrun it.
Six minutes to intercept.
Change course to 180.
- All ahead, flank speed. - Steady course 180.
- Come to course 180, aye, sir. - All ahead flank.
- Indicate 125 R.P.M. - All ahead flank, indicate 125 R.P.M.
Zulu-5-Bravo, this is Victory 210.
I have enemy bandits on radar. Approximately four minutes to intercept.
210, this is Zulu-5-Bravo. You're cleared to arm.
Sir, when we changed course, the storm changed course.
It's following us and growing at the same time.
I'm recalling those planes.
- Wait a minute, sir. You can't do that. - What are you talking about?
We've got an incredible opportunity here.
We know where all the mistakes are gonna be made for the next 40 years
and you've got the power to correct them.
You stay out of this.
Scrub the mission. Get those planes back.
Your signal is Buster. I say again, your signal is Buster.
Read you loud and clear.
Strike Force, this is Strike Leader.
Return to base. Mission aborted.
Mission aborted? But we can see 'em?
Shit, they're gonna let theJaps do it again.
This is the captain. Now hear this, men.
We've been through it once, we're going through it again.
Prepare for approaching storm.
We interrupt this program to bring you a special news bulletin.
The enemy bombers appeared over Pearl Harbor at about 7:55 a.m.
December 7, 1941...
a date which will live in infamy...
- Any contact with our planes? - No, sir.
Keep trying.
- Dan, get me a damage report. - Right, Skipper.
- Get a phone check with all stations. - Yes, sir.
- You have control of the rudder. - Bridge has control of the rudder, sir.
- Very well. - All stations who experienced contact.
There they are! Lo, on the right!
Stand by to render honors to port U.S.S. Arizona.
Attention to port.
And salute.
Two. Carry on.
Pacific Fleet arriving.
3rd Fleet arriving.
Carrier Group 8 arriving.
Matt, what the hell's going on here?
Admiral, I don't know where to begin.
Aircraft carrier getting lost in the Pacific Ocean.
What kind of navy is this?
He'll never believe it.
Captain, the admirals have departed.
Thank you.
You seem to have a 40-year-old dog on your hands.
Yeah, you could say that.
- Good luck, Mr. Lasky. - Thank you, Mr. Thurman. Good-bye.
You know, in a way, Captain, I think we're lucky.
How's that?
At least we came back to the same world we left.
Most of us have.
Did Commander Owens have any family?
No one.
Lasky, you've been a pain in the ass.
But I'm glad to have known you.
Thank you, Captain. I appreciate that.
Good luck to you.
And you too.
Wait a minute, boy. Here, Charlie! Charlie, come back here.
Mr. and Mrs. Tideman would like you to join them.
Mr. Tideman?
Welcome back, Mr. Lasky.
Laurel. Commander Owens.
Please, join us.
We have a lot to talk about.