[ Man Narrating ] Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze,,,
of past and future ages,,,
during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project‐‐
the Time Tunnel,
Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new, fantastic adventure,,,
somewhere along the infinite corridors of time,
[ Shells Exploding In Distance ]
Looks like World War I equipment,
[ Shells Exploding ] The Alps, Northern Italy or Austria,
[ Shell Incoming, Explodes ] Let's get out of here,
[ Explosions Continue ]
[ Narrator ] The Time Tunnel,
[ Clatters ]
What was that?
‐ [ Tony ] "Nero," ‐ The Roman emperor,
[ Wood Groaning ] [ Plaster Falling ]
We'd better get out of here before this whole ceiling caves in!
[ German Officer ] Corporal! The cellar! Take no prisoners!
[ Frequency Oscillating ] Another instant,
I can't get a firm fix on them, General,
Some strange interference, Another life force dominating the readings,
Even the date reading won't hold steady,
Somewhere in 1915,
Well, keep at it,
[ Groaning ]
Who could've killed him?
Corporal! Did you find anyone?
Major Neistadt! Major Neistadt, over here!
They'll think we killed that German,
Major Neistadt, over here,
Corporal Brunn‐‐ He came in here to look for survivors,
Did you search in there?
Ja, but there is no one there, sir, They must've gotten out that way,
Go after him and kill him,
Watch it,
Just a rat,
These catacombs are centuries old,
How could these matches have gotten here? Somebody's been here recently,
Could be smugglers, bandits‐‐ Who knows?
First thing we have to do is find our way out of here,
Let's see if we can figure out how to work the catch on that door,
We'd better not, Those Germans are shooting first and asking questions later,
Maybe we can find another way out,
Major, it is impossible for anyone to get through these beams,
You overlook the obvious, These beams fell after the killer got through the door,
Post sentries outside,
This must lead up into the house,
We will find the man,
It's blocked off,
[ Metal Clanking ]
Wait a second, [ Explosions in Distance ]
This type of armor dates back to the time of the Caesars,
It ties in with Nero's casket,
[ Shell Explodes ] [ Plaster Breaking ]
One direct hit, and we could be buried alive,
If we don't find another way out soon, we'd better chance getting by the Germans in the cellar,
Let's try those stairs,
[ Neistadt ] Search the house room by room,
It's about a 40‐foot drop,
Thieves, huh?
You have come to rob and loot, Well, there is very little left,
Wait a minute, We're not looters,
‐ We took shelter in your cellar during the bombardment, ‐ Your accents,
[ Doug ] We're Americans, Americans?
We were trying to get away from the attack, but our car broke down,
Oh, you think war is an amusement, huh? A matter of sightseeing,
Listen, a German soldier was killed in your cellar,
‐ Now, they'll think we did it, We've got to get out of here, ‐ Here?
‐ The Germans are already here, ‐ Only an advance squad,
‐ Do you have any rope? We could get out this window, ‐ If you didn't kill the German,
why are you trying to escape?
America is neutral in this war,
The Germans won't harm you if you are Americans,
Whoever did kill him got away somehow, but if the Germans find us here, they'll think‐‐
[ Knocking ]
Doug, try to open the wall, It's our only chance,
What wall? What do you mean? What are you talking about?
[ Knocking ] [ Doug ] There must be a secret catch here,
[ Neistadt ] Open the door,
Your names, please, Listen, I can save you,
‐ Tell me your names, ‐ [ Neistadt ] Open up, or we will shoot,
Patience! I will open it! [ Forceful Whispering ] Your names!
‐ I'm Doug Phillips, and this is Tony Newman, ‐ If you want to live,
give me the gun,
I'm Count Enrico Galba, Let me do the talking,
[ Knocking Resumes ]
Patience! Coming! Coming!
[ Knocking ]
You will back up against the wall,
And you too, old man, Thank heavens you are here, Major,
Looters have been stripping my villa since the attack began,
My guests and I had to lock ourselves in these rooms for fear they will murder us,
Search the other room,
You are Enrico Galba? Yes, I will not need this anymore,
We are safe now, The major will protect us,
Herr Galba‐‐
You will address me as Count Galba,
and you and your men will treat my guests and I,,,
with courtesy and respect while you are in my house,
You dare order me? You're my prisoners,
May I remind you, Kaiser Wilhelm himself,,,
issued orders concerning treatment of nobility,
With exceptions,
Should nobility oppose actions of the kaiser's imperial army,
then you will be treated like any other enemy,
My house is yours until the Italian army drives you out,
A German soldier was killed in your cellar,
Soldiers are dying everywhere,
There is no one in the other room, Major, There are no other exits,
These men could have killed my soldier, and you can be shot for protecting them,
What reason would I have to harm one of your soldiers?
‐ They're American citizens, neutrals, ‐ Americans?
Yes, When the bombardment started,
Count Galba's servants deserted him, so we stayed on,
[ Galba ] Major, use your famous German logic,
If we had anything to fear from the Imperial German Army,
wouldn't we have used the gun I gave you?
This is a large house, Major,
The looter who killed your soldier must still be hiding,
‐ We will find him, ‐ So there will be no further suspicions while you remain,
may I suggest you lock us in this room?
You will be locked in because you are my prisoners, not because you suggest it,
But do not try to escape, Count Galba, or you will be shot,,,
with the kaiser's blessings,
That was close, Shh‐shh,
We are in serious danger, The insignia on the major's uniform‐‐
signal corps,
Obviously they are here to establish a spotter post for their artillery,
See, from here,
every road in the valley can be seen,
The Germans can pinpoint their fire against any counterattack,
Won't the Italians realize your villa's being used as a spotter post?
Exactly, Then we'll be caught between two fires,
‐ My villa will be destroyed, ‐ We came up from the cellar through the catacombs,
We can get out the same way, I know that wall swings open somehow,
I never knew a secret passage existed,
This is my ancestral home,
There's got to be a release or a spring or something,
I found it,
Some Germans may still be in the cellar,
You stay here with Count Galba, I'll take a look,
If we can get through the cellar, the Germans may have a truck outside,
All right, But be careful, Don't try anything alone,
Excellent, From here, we can see every major pass in the valley,
The Italian army will be completely destroyed,
How long do we have to hold this position, Major? A few hours,
Our intelligence reports that the Italians are already moving toward the front,
Once we spring the trap, our mission will be over,
What of Count Galba und the Americans? They will be killed,
Haven't you stabilized yet? [ Frequency Oscillating ]
There's some strange interference,
It's preventing my stabilizing the fix, Keep trying! We've got to help!
Here's something from the history computer,
Villa Galba was destroyed by artillery fire during World War I,
The date was October 23, 1915,
That narrows the range, Reset your controls,
The base date is May 1915,
There was no significant action until June or July,
We'll narrow the range to the period between July and October 23,
I'm still getting that interference,
Amplify the radiation,
That's it, Hold the level steady,
We're getting a firm reading, General, October 23,
1915,
The villa may be destroyed at any minute,
Doug and Tony'll be killed,
If I were 20 years younger,
I would be commanding my own regiment,
I would drive the Huns back across the Alps,
Did you know that Nero was buried in the cellar?
That's an old wives' tale, You must've heard it from the villagers,
‐ No one has ever found his grave, ‐ But I saw it,
Nero's crypt was blasted open by an artillery shell,
When I was a child, I heard of the promise,,,
that Nero swore when he was dying,
He'd come back to revenge himself,
Oh, I know that's nonsense, utter nonsense,
[ Rattling ]
If they find out Tony's not here, we're in trouble,
[ Rattling, Banging ]
Go and see what that racket is,
[ Rattling, Banging Continue ] Tell them to shut up!
[ Rattling, Banging ]
I don't understand, They have the key,
[ Doug ] What do you want?
Why do you make so much noise?
[ Galba ] Why didn't you answer before? You will keep quiet,
It is the major's order, You will be fed in due time,
[ Rattling ]
[ Wind Whistling ]
[ Chuckling Softly ]
[ Continues Chuckling ]
Listen, Sergeant, You gave us the message, so just report back to your major,
‐ Galba? You are the descendant of Emperor Galba? ‐ Yes,
Your ancestor declared me to be a public enemy,
He forced me to flee from Rome,
He drove me to my death, You're drunk!
‐ I will report you to your major, ‐ Now, wait!
And now, Galba, you will feel the revenge of Nero!
‐ [ Doug Grunts ] ‐ Nero will kill all men who defend Galba!
Major, this man attacked Count Galba,
You were attempting to escape,
He tried to strangle me! He seemed possessed!
He said he was going to take revenge on me because of what my ancestor did to Nero,
Ridiculous, You expect me to believe such nonsense?
He was raving about Nero and Emperor Galba,
He is drunk,
I will kill you, I will kill all of you!
Schweinehund! Take him out! [ Wind Whistling ]
[ Door Bangs Shut ] Wait,
No doubt the ghost of Nero,
See? No ghosts,
The wind closes the door, and you superstitious fools shake with fear,
Take him out!
I want no more trouble from you,
The next time I send a soldier, he will have orders to shoot,
no matter what my kaiser has ordered,
[ Wind Whistling ]
What happened to me, huh? Where am I?
H‐How can you explain?
Let's not even try, Now, our first objective,,, [ Shells Exploding In Distance ]
is to get out of here alive,
We're lucky you came back when you did,
If that major had discovered you missing‐‐ His hands on my throat,
icy cold like a dead man's,
You're imagining it, You've got to pull yourself together,
No matter what nonsense that sergeant said, one thing was real enough,
He was trying to kill you, Not a ghost, but a soldier,
And maybe on orders from the major, I don't know,
I would like to believe you, Better to face a living threat than‐‐
Ah! I don't believe in ghosts,
Listen, The bombardment stopped,
Let's try to make a break for it,
We can't use the secret door, The German soldiers are still in the cellar,
I think we'd better wait till it's dark,
Ann, do we know what time the bombardment's gonna hit the villa?
No, sir, Just the date: today,
Look at this, While Tony and Doug were fighting the German,
the interference levels reached incredible peaks,
There's some unexplainable force preventing us from getting a clear fix on them,
Unexplainable force? What are you talking about?
Are you suggesting that Nero's ghost actually took possession of the German?
General, whatever the force is, it's making us powerless to help Tony and Doug,
I asked for all the facts on Nero and Galba,
This is from an ancient Roman account of Nero's death,
It says that Nero's last words were, "I shall return to kill all descendants of Galba,"
Both of you scientists,
and yet you're seriously discussing the possibility of the existence of a ghost,
General, because we are scientists, we can't discard any possibility,
If that was a ghost that took possession of the German soldier,
then it's a murderous threat to Doug and Tony,
You heard the German say he'd kill Galba and anyone who stands in his way,
General, we need help with this, You name it, I'll give the authorization,
The best research man on the subject is Dr, Steinholtz, Carton University,
He may have some answers, I'm willing to try anything at this point,
We're ready to go,
He said he would kill anyone who tried to help me,
‐ Aren't you afraid? ‐ Yes,
Of the Germans, Of the bombardment, when it comes,
You make me ashamed,
No Galba was ever a coward,
Well, I am a Galba,
and if it is my fate to die at the hands of an invisible monster,
then I'll die,
[ Sighs ] Well, I don't know,
I have studied many psychic phenomena, but this‐‐
See, Doctor, these men are actually living in a different time zone,
That's all, Tony and Doug are our connection to that time zone,
And they can be affected by what you are doing here in the Time Tunnel?
Yes, but there's been interference‐‐ abnormal interference‐‐ with our control,
You think it is the ghost?
- Well, if there is a ghost, - Oh, ganz möglich, it's quite possible,
During psychic phenomena, I have actually recorded,,,
enormous electrical energy surges on instruments,
So you'll tell me, please, what you actually know? Yes, sir,
This way, please,
"Nero fled for his life to a northern province, There he was killed,
Unsubstantiated: Nero's last words were, "I shall return,,,
to kill all descendants of Galba,"
Yes, The legendary curse of a dying man, It frequently comes up in my research,
Tell me, Did you see or hear anything unexplainable?
Well, a door was being pounded, Doctor,
We actually heard it, but saw nothing,
Now, if the ghost is the kind called a "poltergeist,"
it is quite powerless against locked doors,
Doctor, the second thing we observed,,,
was that a German soldier seemed suddenly invested by the force,
He tried to kill Count Galba, The man even talked strangely, as though he were Nero,
Yes, well, sometimes a poltergeist can get into a human body,
That way, he can open locked doors and,,,
even get an innocent person to kill for him,
I'm only interested in giving Tony and Doug every chance to get safely out,
You may call the interference a ghost, poltergeist or whatever,
We just wanna get rid of it,
[ Door Creaking ]
[ Creaking ]
[ Wind Whistling ]
It must be the ghost,
What can we do about it? Nothing,
Nothing until I have had a chance to study it in action,
[ Clatters ]
[ Gasps ] It's only me,
Oh, If we could only see it!
Look, you stay with me, and we'll try for the exit,
[ Punch Landing ]
[ Thuds ] [ Body Lands ]
Count Galba, where are you?
[ Gasping ] Are you all right?
Leave me to die, Save yourself,
You hold on to me, and we'll try to get out of here,
[ Shell Explodes ]
[ Explosions Continue ]
Doug?
[ Wind Whistling ]
He's possessed,
The ghost force has taken possession of him,
I think we've lost him, No, We are the ones who are lost,
How can we fight the powers of a ghost?
[ Creaking ]
Oh, Pain in my chest,
I‐‐ I can't go any further,
[ Ringing ]
[ Ringing Continues ]
Are the interference readings aligned with Tony's readings? Yes, Exactly,
Can you transmit a power surge‐‐ a million volts?
‐ You'll burn him alive, ‐ Not if the surge lasts only one millisecond,
‐ Shock treatment, ‐ Yes, It's worked with others possessed with spirits,
It's too risky, The slightest miscalculation, and Tony'll be killed,
Well, if he gets to Doug and Galba, he may kill them or be killed himself,
Ray, can you send the surge?
I'm authorizing it,
Lock your coordinates, Ann,
Align power circuits, Build to a million volts,
Voltage building,
800,000,
900,000,
One million,
All right, Keep it steady, Set your charge at a millisecond,
Ready,
The reading on Tony has dropped to almost zero,
He may not come to, What are the interference readings?
There are none, The ghost force has left Tony's body,
Small consolation if Tony dies,
Maybe we can try for a retrieve, If we can get Tony back here,
we may be able to save his life,
My chest! [ Gasping ]
Now, you just settle back, relax,
The door's locked, Locked doors seem to keep that ghost, or whatever it is, out,
I ran in terror, I don't blame you,
There's got to be a way we can get him,
What happened? I don't know,
The readings are still constant, I've lost the image, but I'm sure I can bring it back,
[ Beeping ] Oh, wait, We'd better check the circuits,
The ghost is somewhere in this room,
Where'd it come from? Whatever the force is, we have no control over it,
[ Electrical Charges Bursting ]
If we could only see it,
What do we do? We can't just wait for him to kill us,
His basic drive is toward Galba‐‐ the original Galba,
Now, maybe with the Time Tunnel, you can send him back to his own period,
Is that possible? Can he be sent through the Tunnel?
Maybe, As long as we have an energy reading to guide us,
First, he has to get into the Tunnel, [ Electrical Charges Bursting ]
Ray, can you bring in an image of the period?
We need coordinates from the history computer,
Ann, Time and place of Emperor Nero,
[ Banging ]
[ Banging Continues ]
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Banging ]
All right, Lock your setting and activate image power,
He's attacking the image,
Retract the electrodes, We must get him into the Tunnel,
[ Banging, Rattling ]
He'll wreck the whole complex!
In the Middle Ages, they used torches to get rid of poltergeists,
They retreat before fire, We've got to try something,
Flame guns to the control complex on the double!
[ Electrical Charges Bursting ]
Get ready, Fire when I tell you,
Now!
Set the transmission, For the day he died: 68 A, D,
Hurry it, Hurry it, I'm trying,
I keep setting the controls for 68 A, D,, but they keep slipping back to 1915,
I can't control it, Ray,
[ Electrical Charges Bursting ]
He's gone,
Yes, but he's gone back to the villa,
The reading for Tony is almost nil,
‐ Then he must be dying, ‐ And the villa is due to be bombarded,,,
almost any moment now,
I'm ready,
This time, I will not run away, Good,
‐ Let's get back to Tony, ‐ [ Glasses Clinking ]
He's in this room,
Nero, listen to me!
Your revenge is a petty and minor thing,
What is the life of one Galba,,,
when the enemies of the Roman Empire are trying to destroy it?
Nero! Emperor Nero! The Huns have invaded!
Use your powers to destroy the Germans,
Save the land you once ruled!
Achieve the greatness that you failed to attain when you lived!
[ Choking ]
[ Blow Landing ]
[ Body Thudding ]
Tony? Tony?
He's not wounded, Let's try to revive him,
One more minute, and the entire Italian division will be in our trap,
[ Door Opening ]
There is still no sign of the prisoners, Major,
When we abandon this position, our artillery will level the villa,
That will take care of our prisoners,
Signal to commence firing,
I don't remember,
How did I get here? You were unconscious when we found you,
[ Shells Exploding ]
We've got to get moving, Through the cellar,
[ Explosions Continue ]
[ Door Creaking ]
[ Gunfire ]
[ Shouts ]
[ Gunshot ]
Corporal, we're Americans,
This is Count Galba, Can you get him to safety?
Take him to the field hospital,
Corporal, the Germans are using this villa as a spotting post for their artillery,
Yes, We know, But how many are there? A squad,
Will you lead us to their observation post? Yes, Come on,
Through here,
[ Door Creaking ]
We've got them again, And the fix is firm,
Power building,
I wonder what happened to Nero's ghost, We may never know,
Get ready to transfer them,
We are abandoning the villa,
Tell artillery to give us five minutes, then destroy the villa,
[ Wind Whistling ]
There are no ghosts!
There are none! [ Banging ]
[ Wind Whistling ]
We will drive the Huns out, and in the end, Caesar will return,
‐ What is your name? ‐ Corporal Benito Mussolini,
[ Lightning Crashing ]
Wait!
I am Joshua, commander of the Israelites,
Who are you, and what do you want among us?
We come,,, from the future, Joshua,
Rise,
Leave them with me,
The Lord appeared unto Moses and me,,,
in a cloud of dust!
After that,
all miracles are one miracle,
But I must know if you are telling the truth,
Joshua! The warrior‐prophet,,,
who brought down the walls of Jericho,
So the Bible tells us,
But are we supposed to accept the story literally?
Well, there he is! Look!
General, that merely proves the historical existence of a man called Joshua,
All the rest could be mere legend‐‐ poetry,
We're going to see the proof before our eyes,
I've always wanted to believe, and secretly doubted,
At last I'll know,
As a scientist, I don't permit myself to believe in miracles,
We'll see whether or not the walls came tumbling down,