"sir." "officers and gentlemen." "Keegan?" "I've got a leave coming up." " Where are you going?" "but it's gonna be some place very green. which is as it should be." "that's a new one." "You got old Joe Bradley pretty good." "didn't I?" " You're the one I can't "catch" Major." "Tanner:" "That's because he's so shifty." "Denton:" "How long would it take to do a portrait in oil?" " About a week of preliminary sketches... and a month of painting." "not me." "I wanna give my wife an anniversary present." "You're gonna have a nude done?" "I can give you a great deal on a nude." "I'll be happy too." "we'll see what she says when she comes back from Chicago." "OK." "major." "Bishop to Queen 4." "Bishop?" "You poor fool!" "Bishop to Queen 4... sir." "Jake is a pretty good artist." "I don't know what the hell he's doing in the service." "I think I should mention that I have applied for a roster change." "Oh..." "Why is that?" "I just think we're not temperamentally suited as work team." "sir." "Unless you subscribe to a conspiracy theory." "You're just going to have to believe you don't meet specifications." "sir?" " Mine." "Thanks for telling me." "At least I can plan my future." "Good morning." "We have hot coffee and sandwiches." "sir." " Have a nice day." " Same to you." "Should we run a modular check?" "isn't it?" "Step one..." "[Alarm starts]" " Looks like a satellite reentry to me." " It appears to be a burn up." "Negative on satellite." "Blue Square 1." "break." "Tango." "Part Two..." "Oscar." "Alpha." " I have a valid message." " I agree." "confirmed." "265 heading at 85 degrees." " They're unknown." " Jesus." "Arm all missiles." "[Alarms go off] All missiles..." "armed." "Four." "1." "hostile missiles." "heading to major U.S. population targets." " Foxtrot call 420. 300 interceptors." " Confirm." "Interceptors missile launch in progress." "300 interceptors airborne." "Flight select switch to all." " Flight switch "all"." "switch to 99." "PLCA launch switched to "99"." "All CBF prepare to copy... launch retaliatory missiles... all enemy targets." "unknown." "Ready for launch." " Insert keys." " Inserted." "release." "I'm getting launch indications." "I have missile away light on LFC5." "ten missiles." "Launch in progress." "intercept effective." "Estimate only 40% enemy missiles destroyed." "Missile strikes confirmed." "Pittsburgh." "St. Louis... noticed anything different?" "man?" "buddy." "Hot damn!" "You want I should come out and give you some cover?" "son." "this is where you get off." "you can't leave her like that." "You son of a..." "Keegan?" "There's nothing you can do for her." "she was..." "Ahhh..." "I've finally gone over the edge." "Yeah?" "talking to her all the way." "I swear I even stopped the bike and kissed her." "ain't it?" "I don't know about crazy..." "but it sure was selfish." "well you sure took your time." "I had to go see General Lander's." " You owe me twenty minutes." "Twenty minutes?" "Jesus." "What's the big deal about 20 minutes?" "they're mine and I want them!" "OK!" "OK!" "Weirdo." " How far do you think we'll get?" " Depends on the conditions we find." "You know that thing has never been tested." "Tanner says that he has been as far as Phoenix." " Give me a 3/16th." " Do you believe that?" "He might of." "He's crazy enough." "Why did he quit the service?" "sir." "We get signed authorization from General Landers and we can go." "sir." "I don't think the general really knows what's going on." "he just sits in that control room every day and drinks." "He's our CO." "If we start taking off went we feel like it... this place would collapse within a month." "Landers is gone." "Hey!" "Ahhhhh!" "There's smoke coming from the main building." "Tanner." " Where is the general?" "too late!" "Two days and I can still smell the smoke." " Nobody made it." " I know." "Poor bastards." "Maybe they're better off out of it." "John. or do you want to come along with us?" "Just so I don't have to reenlist." "you don't have to reenlist..." "I'm in charge." "that's a mighty subtle difference." "get your stuff together." "you go with me." "Tanner:" "Eugene still giving orders." "Landmaster 1 to Landmaster 2." "over." "Keep visual contact." "We will halt at 12:00 hours." "Roger." "Where we headin' for?" " Albany." " Albany?" "You got relations there?" "It's the only place we ever got a signal from." "You think we can make it there in these things?" "We sure can't make it without them." "Albany is the place to aim for." "huh?" "You could call it that." "there's not really a way to cross." "But the screen shows it to be that path of least resistance." "Not good." "But it's the best we got." "What happens if we make a wrong turn?" "There's areas of radiation we couldn't get through." "It's not matter of wrong turns." "Damnation Alley is going to be a hundred miles wide a lot of the way." "who name it that?" " I did." "Major." "this is a great rig." "There is a hell of a lot of secrecy about these damn things." "Denton:" "Off limits to unauthorized personnel." " How about letting me take it for awhile now?" "It's about time for you start earning your keep." "Ready?" "You got it." "There's the tachometer." "The rest of it is just like your family car." "Except there is a manual override in the transmission." "give it some gas." "don't it?" " She will go." "This machine can handle a 60 degree incline." "cruising speed is 60 miles per hour." "There's three separate drive sources." "Can operate with either the front or rear wheels out of action." "How's it do on gas?" " Why did you two guys quit the Air Force?" " What Air Force are you referring too?" "then." "it didn't seem to make much sense to me and siring..." "What do you think would have happened if we all felt like that?" "there would be a hell of a lot more people thinking and feeling... and making love." "Raising babies." "why don't you just call me when you want me to drive this mother." "Here." "Try not to get lost." " You think I can follow this thing?" " The machine will do it all on it's own." "365-115.10" "You just hang on the wheel and make it look good." "head it northeast on that compass." "you'll get a red light..." "Just turn it back until you get a green." "Do you think you can handle that?" "who couldn't?" "It drives like a trolley." "We should put up a sign that says:" ""Damnation Alley on the route to Albany." "and other scenic turnouts call me on the intercom." " That's a big 10-4." "[Humming "Will the Circle be Unbroken"]" "No Country  Western music any more." "No XERB." "Not even any Reverent Ike." "Iwasstandingbymywindow" "Ona coldandcloudyday you sinners!" "C'mon." "and by Lord" " By and by!" "There's a better... home awaiting!" "in the sky!" "over." "come on?" " There's a trace up ahead on the TV screen." "come back?" "but it it's big and moving." "I can see it." "It looks like some kind of storm." "Operational procedure is to dig in and let it pass." " See you on the other side." " Damn him!" "you say this thing digs itself in?" "Because I don't want to have to go out there with no shovel." "Denton:" "What's happening?" "We pickup a storm." "but I don't think that's going to happen." "What are you doing?" " I'm going through it." " Where's Perry?" "I think he's digging in." "Did he advise you to dig in too?" "he instructed." "But I thought it would be better to try to run from it." "You call this running from it?" "it's better than the Baja 1000." "Denton:" "Go to the left!" "baby!" "It's almost here." "it's designed to withstand stresses..." "Hang on..." "Ahhh!" "and pretty stupid." "You should have followed Perry's instructions and dug in." "You're gonna do things my way or you're gonna walk." "Landmaster 2 to Landmaster 1." "over." "come in." "come in." "have you got a copy?" "Come back." "Denton:" "See where that came from." "Tanner:" "There it is." "Denton:" "It doesn't look good." "Tanner:" "Can you bend it?" " You mean forwards or backwards?" " Is it broken?" " I don't think so." "It will be alright." "isn't he?" "Got to move some gas and supplies." "I need your help." "Major?" "Tanner." "Perry is dead." "It doesn't mean that you're right and I'm wrong." "It means Perry's dead." "New York  on a frequency of 808.90." "Require assistance." "New York on a frequency of 808.90..." "What did you turn it off for?" "There might have been more." "It's been broadcasting that same message for two years." "nothing less." " Why nothing more?" "It's a tape." "Programmed to go out the same time every week." "What's it suppose to mean?" "This means that after the bomb there were some people alive... and they've got enough power to broadcast." "we're liable to go all the way to Albany... and find just some little bitty computer in an great big old empty building?" "I don't know what we're gonna find." "But getting there is the only way we'll ever know." "Keegan:" "There it is." "Ohh..." "Will you look at Vegas?" "Is that's it?" "It always looked better at night." "Daytime it kinda looks like Barstow with the high raisers." "Circus!" "Tanner:" "Why don't we stop?" "Alright." "I'm gonna get you a new feather for your hat." "the lights never go out in Vegas." "want to play a little blackjack?" " You're on." "Here's my hand." " Alright." "alright..." " There you are." " I'm gone." "Keegan:" "House wins." " As usual." "looky here." "Somebody ran off without their winnings." "Must be a first in Vegas." "You know they had to be in a hurry." "man!" "Tanner:" "This thing ain't working." "Keegan:" "It's on with me!" "Tanner:" "I'm playing on a nickel." "baby." "here." "whatca got to lose?" "Except his money." "and I'll back away from the machine." "that was my payoff!" "[Sound of busy casino raises in the background]" "[Sound stops]" "the Major knows her." "darling." "Don't stop now." "Lord." "Hello." "You were asking me how I survived?" "really." "Because I was beginning to think that I Had not survived at all." "I was playing here for almost a year...." "I was writing songs and trying to get them to the stars that came to Las Vegas." "I wasn't succeeding." "he knew Frank Sinatra." "maybe he was a very close friend." "I never found out." "to the fallout shelter." "So I could do him a favor for the favor he was going to do for me." "the bombs came." "So I've decided I wasn't meant to be a star." "Do you not think that was sensible to think?" "the manager?" "What happened to him?" "he was very unlucky." "He could not accept that it happened." "Never." "He would wake up in the morning and believe things were all right." "Then remember." "He had a heart attack." "He died in about six months." "and cars... from a bicycle." "but" "I don't think you'll need most of those clothes." "We don't have that kind of room." "sorry." "You have to forgive me." "It's been such a long time since I left on a trip." "I suggest..." "T-shirts and jeans." "Better look for some gas in Salt Lake before we try to go over the Rockies." "Alright." "Wonderful!" "I posted a shower schedule to help conservative water and... to give you some privacy." "I can happily say that we can all have a shower... whether we needed it or not." "my God." "look at this." "their troubles are all over." "I can just imagine them coming back from the Supermarket." "Major." "What?" "almost." "but the doors are still closed." "We're gonna go to town to see what we can pick up." "What are you going to do with that crowbar?" "major." "You think she'll will be alright with him?" "Of course she'll be alright with him." "Just what is it exactly you have against him?" "Denton:" "I don't hold anything against him." "I just don't think that he's reliable." "shoot!" "I hate bugs." "Look at the size." "I'll be damned." " Armored plated cockroaches." " You suppose there's a restaurant down there?" "I'll get the hose." "Hang on." "start the pump." "[Janice screams]" "Let's get out of here." "Sam!" "Sam!" "Go watch the stairs for me!" "this is Denton." "This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches." "killer cockroaches." " No kidding." "we're on the top floor of Gregory's department store." "I'm going out the window." "There is some kind of parking lot across the way." "I'm on my way to your location." "On my way to your location." "baby!" "look at that." "Come here and look at this!" "kid." "play fair." "Son of a... son." "We're aren't gonna hurt you." "and help me." "You wanna see me get whipped by a kid?" "son." "we're not gonna hurt you." "my Pa just started moving around." "just moved." "Kept moving for a long time." "You didn't see anybody else?" "my pa and I stayed well hid." " What about your father." "What happened to him?" " He broke his legs." "Fell off a cliff and broke both of them." " What did you do?" " Sat with him until he died." " How long ago was that?" "as near as I can recollect." "I know my hair grew quite a piece." "You've been wandering around ever sense?" "It don't do no good just sittin' still." "in that machine out there." "or we can just leave you some supplies and leave you here." "Whatever you like." "sure." "is it hard to learn?" "Not especially." "if you teach me to ride." "You got a deal." "what's gonna happen?" "this is it." "It's how things are gonna be." "All these explosions knocked the world off its axis." "What is "its axis?" "something like that." "everything could come back to normal." "Would it take another explosion do that?" "Straighten it up?" " I don't know." "It could do it all by itself." " Nothing good every just happens by itself." "No matter how much you want it to." "You gotta make it." "Do you want to drive this rig?" "Do you think I could?" "we'll do it together for a while." "Give ahold of the wheel." "Look at here what we have in the middle of nowhere." "he's got some gas still in his tank." "we've got a 10 minute refueling stop." "Refreshment and restrooms available." "Should be a generator." "Let's look out back." "Do you think you can get that thing fired up?" " I doubt it." "[Begins playing tune]" "Ahhh!" "alright?" "How you fellows been?" "you've got out there." " Where are you headed for?" "Denton:" "Making for Albany." " How long you men been around?" " Since everything went to hell." "There use to be more of us and now there's less." "and all the living dead are dying." "as well." "Is there anything we can do for you before we move on?" "boys?" "Anything you've got a mind for?" "I know." "Can you show us around that machine of yours..." "General." "We'd like that." "The boy and the little lady can stay here..." "and rest." "Maybe the little lady will play some more." "That was real nice." "Why don't you play for something for me?" " What do you want me to play?" " I don't care." "Just play something." "And keep on playing." "[Tune begins] come here." "Stand over there by your ma." "and you're ain't my pa." " And I don't have to stand anywhere." " It'll go bad for him when I get him." "You'd better call him back in here." "come back!" "Ahhh!" " Get out!" " Can I have a sucker?" "please?" "I won't tell your friends." "You say you're going to Albany?" "That's a fair ways." "you get back in there." "That guy sent me out." "He said that wanted to be on his own with my ma." "[All the others reacting ]" " I'll take care of this." "You keep an eye on these two." "boy." " I want to be with my pa." " Let him stay here." "What about that friend of yours and my wife?" "mister." "He ain't doing anything we ain't all going to be doing" "He's just doing it in the wrong order." " I've got a PLCA 99." " I agree." "to keep it from welding up." "We're losing a gear in the rear end." "Take it to 015 degrees north." "we should get what we need in Detroit." " You mean we can get spare parts for this thing?" "It's designed to use spare truck parts." "A Semi will give me what I need." "Now keep it under 40." "Billy." "though" "Still got food and drink." "Fireworks in the sky. we just might make it someplace." "Albany?" "Tanner:" "Doesn't really matter." "Tanner." "you've got plenty of room." "I'm gonna let you back it out." "Do you see any trucks?" "What we need is a Semi." "Maybe over this way." "looky there." " Must be the truck department." "Denton:" "Looks like my old pickup." "Everybody out for Disneyland." "I hereby declare this park a national monument." "I need your help." " Do you hear that noise?" " What about it?" "I don't know." "It's like a whining or an engine somewhere." "I don't know." "Billy." "What's "heritage"?" "That's what people leave other people.." "after they find out it don't work." "I've gotta go help Denton." "this place is full of wild life." "Full of wild life?" "Impala." "This place is a gosh dang zoo." " Is this a hurricane?" " I don't know what it is." "I think I oughta go find Billy thought." "we've got a storm on the way." "You don't have to tell me." "Doesn't look like one we can sit out." "we gonna sit it out if we unless we get this vital gear." "get on the loud speakers and see if you can get Billy to get back here." "I'm going to go out and look for him." "come back!"" "sweet baby." "look what I found." " Let's get out of here." "We can put it on the bike." "c'mon let's go." "Come on." "sit down." "store this." "this mother is going to shake." "Hang on!" "Tanner:" "She's coming back!" "Tanner:" "You all in one piece?" "Everybody all right?" "it looks like it's clearing up." "The sky is blue." "Denton:" "Alright?" "Tanner:" "Yeah." "you get the hatch open." "Tanner:" "Damn thing's stuck." "Billy:" "Need some help?" "Get that crowbar." "Denton:" "This is why we lost power." "We got water in the engine compartment." "too." "Billy:" "Are we going to sink?" "Denton:" "I've got this vehicle designed to float when she's halfway full of water." "Tanner:" "How about when it's all full?" "Denton:" "Let's not think about that." "hold this." "I'm just cleaning the plug." "I gonna get on it and take my trip." "Like hell you are." "I'm the only one who's gonna ride this bike." "Tanner..." "[Radio begins playing music]" ""This is Albany New York broadcasting it's daily program to whoever is out there." ""We're on the air daily at noon with music and informal programing." "our transmission on 720 kilocycles..." "" will continue after a 2 minute pause for any incoming broadcast."" "Ya hoo!" "Wait a minute." "We've got two minutes." "We've got two minutes." "I get a distinct impression of a tall redhead about 25." " What if she's 65?" " I'll live with it." "Miss Albany." "over?" "who is this?" "Who are you?" "Please identify yourself."" "United States Air Force." "There are 4 of us." "a woman and a boy." "We are near a large body of water." "Can you locate us?" "Major." "on a heading of 8-1 degrees." "Do you have transportation?"" "yes I do." "I understand that you have got us on a reading of 8-1 degrees." "I will come to you on the reverse heading of 2-6-1." "get off of that bike!" "be back by dark." "come back here!" "Tanner!" "Come back here!" "I read you." "We are sending you a... emissary." "His name is Tanner." "Please don't take him as an example of the rest of our party."