"[ 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." "You!" "Citizen!" "Come here." "Stop, or we shoot!" "Come here, citizen." " What do you want?" " You are under arrest." "Arrest?" "Well, what have I done?" "[ Laughing ]" "Quite a sight, citizen." "What are they doing with that man?" "Oh, he is on his way to the guillotine- another aristocrat." "That proud head will soon be in a basket." "Doug." " Careful, citizen." " It's a mistake." "That man doesn't belong there." "I do not doubt it." "Many innocent people go to the guillotine these days." " I've got to get him out of there." " I would not try it." "Your own head will be on the block." "They have no right to kill him." "He hasn't done anything." "One of those, huh?" "Citizen Robespierre has decreed a quota." "If it cannot be filled from the prison cells, sometimes it's filled from the streets." "You mean, they just grab people off the streets and cut off their heads?" "Oui." "It has been known to happen." "No!" "[ Hoofbeats Approaching ]" "[ Horse Whinnying ]" "Aah!" "[ Narrator ] The Time Tunnel." " [ Crowd Cheering ]" " Please." "There's no question about that time or place." "No." "The French Revolution." "Reign ofTerror." "What year do you make it?" "1 7 93." "Early in the fall, I think." "It's horrible." "Can't bear to watch it." "I understand, Ann." "I don't blame you." "Hey, that's the Place de la Revolution." "Tony and Doug must be somewhere near the center of Paris." "Let's refine this setting and see if we can zero in on them." "Citizens!" "This way!" "Quickly!" "That was a foolish thing to do, citizens." " I warned you." " Sure glad you didn't take his advice." "You took quite a chance yourself just now." "Why?" "Ah, who knows?" " Perhaps I felt sorry for you." " No, it was more than that." "Why did you risk your life to help us?" "For one thing, you are foreigners." "Your clothing tells me that." "Do you make it a habit of helping foreigners?" "How do I know I can trust you?" " Perhaps you are spies for the committee." " What committee?" "The Committee for Public Safety." "Robespierre has spies everywhere." "Why would my friend attack the guard to save me?" "If I were a spy I could have identified myself and had my friend released." "Yes, there- there is that." "But if you are indeed foreigners... perhaps you are here to help the widow." " The widow?" " Oui." "The widow Capet." "The queen of France." " Marie Antoinette?" " Oui." "Alone in a cell in the Conciergerie... separated from her children, without friends." " Perhaps you are here to help her, no?" " Now, wait a minute." "Why are you so interested in Marie Antoinette?" "Before the- the revolution..." "I was held in the Bastille because I defended her name... against certain factions in court who were opposed to her." "She ordered my release... and out of gratitude for my defense of her name she became my patroness." "And now" "Now I have sworn to help her." "There's no way to help her now." " Hasn't she been condemned to death?" " No." "No." "Not yet." "Since the king was beheaded lastJanuary... they have been looking for evidence enough to condemn her, but so far they have failed." "Still, they keep trying and her time is running out." " There is no way to help her." " Still, we must try." "You are alone in Paris, and that is good." "But you need other clothing." "You cannot walk around the streets this way." " Where can we get them?" " [ Man ] Guards.!" " [ Gasps ] Shh!" " Search this house.!" "[ Whispering ] They are still looking for you." "Through there is a staircase." "Take it." "At the top of the stairs is a closet." "Put on the clothing you find there." "But hurry!" "Guards!" "This house!" "Open up.!" "Open up in the name of the Republic.!" " [ Pounding On Door]" " Open, or we break it down.!" "Oui, oui.!" "Coming!" "I am" " I am coming." "Search this house!" "It is reported that you were seen giving shelter... to enemies of the revolution." "Monsieur, there is no one in there but me." "Indeed." "And soon there will be no one at all." "In the name of the Committee of Public Safety..." "I arrest you for treason to the sacred cause of the revolution." "Seize him!" "Take him away!" "We're losing them." "Our image is drifting away." "We don't even know if they were captured." "General, what's wrong?" " General?" " Hmm?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "That period in history always does something to me." "I think it affects all of us." " Can we get them out of there?" " No, I don't think so." "Our signal is very weak." "Well, how about the irradiation technique?" "We'll send back something that we can get a focus on... something that's, uh" "Here." " This?" " That ring is an heirloom." "It's, uh, fairly distinctive." "You think Tony and Doug would recognize it as mine?" " I'd recognize it." " I think they would too." "Ray, is your fix good enough to send this back?" "It may be, General." "But why your ring?" "It's small, compact, easily recognizable by them." "Yet it's something from the period that wouldn't readily arouse anyone else's suspicions." "I think it's the ideal object to use as a focal point." " Don't you think so?" " Well, we've got enough energy to handle something this size." "If only we could be sure they'd recognize its significance." "They would." "I know it." "Send it back." "General, I'm not altogether sold on this irradiation technique." "Even if we get the ring back and they find it... the odds are all against our bringing them both back." " There is a chance?" " A one-in-a-million chance." "Then try it." "All right." "Ann, we'll place this in the radiation bath at 30 seconds exposure." " Good." " Prepare for the transmission." "Right." "Doug!" " What did you find out?" " They've arrested him, all right, poor old guy." " Where did they take him?" " The Temple." "It's the main prison." " I think they're going to execute him." " Execute him?" "It's our fault he got into this." "We can't let him die." "We're gonna be lucky to get out of this place alive ourselves." "But, Doug, we still have to try to help him." "How far is the Temple from here?" "We can't go up there." "That place is swarming with guards." "Besides, we don't even know his name." "Doug, there it is right above the shop window" " Blanchard." "Citizen Blanchard." "All right." "We'll manage to free him somehow." "We'd better get out of here." "The ring is ready, and it's in the tunnel." " Haven't you relocated them yet?" " Almost." "[ Ann ] There." "That should be it." " Those two men in the shadows- could they be Doug and Tony?" " [ Ray ] I think so." " Yes, I can make them out now." " Right!" "We've got 'em." " Can you hold that, Ann?" " Not for long." "It's not very stable." "All right, let's send the ring now." "It's gone." " How will we know if the ring gets to them?" " We won't, General." "Not until we can regain our focus." " What do you think, Ann?" " I don't know." "If we start getting emanations from the ring we may do better." "But right now I'm not getting a thing." "I guess you were right." "Everybody in Paris seems to be under suspicion." "That's why we can't do much without help." " Maybe we'd better concentrate on getting ourselves out of Paris." " That won't be easy either." "Remember your French history?" "Every gate and road out of this city is guarded." " No one's allowed to move without a passport." " Great." "[ Clinking ]" "Look!" " A gold ring." " Let me see that." " What's the matter?" " Don't you recognize it?" " No." " It's Kirk's." " How could it be?" " Doug, I remember admiring it once." "He said it was an inheritance." "I'm certain this is the ring." "Kirk's ring." "That means they sent it back as a focal point." " It's part of the irradiation technique." " Right!" " Look." " That proves it." "They've got a fix on us now." "They can bring us back." "Put it on." "What about you?" "It doesn't matter which one wears it as long as we don't get separated." "Go ahead." "Detail, halt!" "Search this house." "If you meet with resistance, use your weapons." "Hey, kid!" "It's Kirk!" " General!" " Who called?" " General, here!" " Come out, citizen, and show yourself!" "." "Shh!" "Come here." " Come out!" " If you only knew how glad we are to see you" "Stop in your tracks, or you are a dead man." "Okay, we'll play along." " We found your ring." " Ring?" "The ring." "What are you talking about?" "Give me the ring." "Give it to me!" "Guards!" "These two unworthy citizens are Royalist spies." "Arrest them." """To Axel from M.A.... with eternal love."" """M.A."" "Marie Antoinette." "This may cost the Austrian wench her head." "[ Panting ]" "It's amazing." "He looked exactly like the general." "He sure had me fooled." "Welcome to the Temple ofJustice." " I'm sorry." " Yeah." "We are all sorry these days." " Guillotine?" " Without a doubt." " When?" " Who knows?" "Perhaps tomorrow." "Perhaps a week later." "It all depends on the demands of the quota." "There any chance of escaping this place?" "It has been done." "But we need time and to be left alone." "Oh, my apologies, citizens." "Such accommodations are hardly fit for Royalists." "We're not Royalists." "We're citizens of the United States." "And we demand to see the American ambassador." """Demand"?" "You're scarcely in the position to make demands, citizen." "What do you intend to do with us?" "Before we discuss your ultimate fate..." "I have some questions of my own which require answers." "Where did you get this?" " We found it in the street." " Oh, come now, citizens!" "If you're going to lie, at least do me the honor to be more inventive." "That shopkeeper... has long been suspected ofbeing an admirer of Marie Antoinette." "He gave you the ring, hmm?" "Am I right?" "No, citizen." "I have never seen that ring before this moment." "Hmph." "I wonder which one of you... knows the Swedish diplomat Count Axel von Fersen." " Hmm?" " Fersen." "Von Fersen." " Well, do you know the man?" " There was a von Fersen with Washington at Yorktown." "Ah!" "You have a commendable knowledge of recent events." "But this does not answer my question." " Do you know this man?" " No." " What does that man have to do with the ring?" " Everything." "You didn't think I'd recognize it, did you?" "This ring was a gift to him from the widow Capet long before she became a widow!" " It is a lie." " Is it?" """To Axel from M.A. with eternal love."" "For nearly a year now..." "Citizen Hebert and his committee have been seeking the evidence to behead that woman." "And to think that I now hold it right in my hand." "It is a lie." "Fersen was only a friend of the queen." " No more.!" " This is a love token." "She was in love with a foreign diplomat, proof enough ofher treasonous actions.!" "It is a lie!" "A lie!" "No, no!" "No killing." "I want them all to die on the guillotine." "Citizens, I owe you a debt." "This ring will cost your queen her head." "It will also make me a hero of the revolution." "Many thanks." "For your reward... all three of you will encounter what my sansculotte friends like to call... the national razor." "Until tomorrow morning, my friends, a bientot." "Oh, it's impossible." "My ancestors came from Scotland, not from France." "It's all right, Woody." " No one's accusing you of anything." " I know what you're thinking." "An ancestor of mine sending Tony and Doug to their deaths." "A man is not responsible for the behavior of his forefathers." "But, blast it, he's not an ancestor!" "None of my people came from France." "Of course he isn't, General." "Only you must admit it's a rather startling resemblance." "[ Sighs ]" "Merci." "We're getting out of here." " Impossible." " We're going to try." "Will you help us?" "I am not afraid to die any longer." "There is only one reason I would want to escape- the queen." "We can't help her." "I must get word to her about this ring and how they plan to use it against her." "There's nothing we can do." "We want to get out of Paris." " You need papers." " Where can we get them?" "There are still some powerful men devoted to the queen." "Her signature will carry a lot of weight with them." "In other words, you can get us out of Paris... if we can help you reach Marie Antoinette." "Precisely." "Well, what do you say about it?" "All right, we'll help... if we can." "Thank you." "Now we must plan our escape." "It's already planned." "Take off your vest." "[ Grunting ]" " No pursuit?" " No pursuit." " I hope it's as easy to get into the Conciergerie." " It will not be." "How about these uniforms?" "Won't they help?" "No, we must think of another plan, a better one." " How much time do we have?" " It will be a few hours before they discover our trick." "It will be time enough." "Let us go." " What happened?" " We lost the picture temporarily." "They just found out Tony and Doug escaped." "Ann, turn up the audio." "[ General ] Our missing guests are both clever and courageous." "But they are also loyal to this woman they still call a queen." "They will go to warn her." "I will be there to greet them." "What's happened to Tony and Doug?" "I can't pick them up." "The image keeps shifting to your- to that other man." "It's your ring that's doing it." "We're zeroed in on it, and we can't shake it." "He would be wearing it." "I don't see what we can do but wait and watch for our chance to save them." "He's on his way now to arrest them." "He's not going to let them escape again." "I know." "But what can we do?" "Only one thing." "Bring him back." " We can't do that." " Why not?" " We've got a perfect fix." " But what about Tony and Doug?" "They're safer where they are if that man is right here in the Time Tunnel." "It's risky." "We have no idea how he'll react to a shift in time." "I don't care how he reacts." "Right now I want that man here, in front of us, where I can talk to him face-to-face." "Will you make the shift or not?" "Well, we'll try." "It doesn't mean it will work, but we'll try." " All right, Ann, make the preparation." " Right." "[ Tunnel Oscillating ]" "Get me an armed detail!" "Be quick about it!" "What is this place?" "Answer me!" "Welcome to the 20th century, citizen." "Am I going mad?" "Who are you?" "What is this place?" "Put away your gun." "I brought you here to answer questions, not to ask them." "Put it away!" " [ Exhales ] Well?" " That's better." "You're wearing a ring that belongs to me." "I want it back." "Ah." "I assume you have proof of ownership." " I don't need proof." "You're my prisoner." " Prisoner?" "Well, France is at war with many countries now, but I see nothing here that is familiar." "Surely this is not Austria." "This is America... but nearly two centuries after your time." "I don't expect you to accept that fact, but it happens to be true." "Ah, this is the age of reason, citizen." "We no longer believe in witchcraft." "Neither do we." "This isn't witchcraft." "It's science." "My ring, please." " This is actually the 20th century?" " It is." "Then the ring belongs to me by right of prior ownership." "I can have it removed by force." " It will cost you the life of at least one man." " Is the ring that important?" "It is important to France, to the revolution." " You're going to use it to kill the queen." " The widow Capet." " Isn't there enough blood on your hands already?" " You speak like a Royalist." "Listen to me." "Your revolution is already won." "You did behead Marie Antoinette... and without the evidence of that ring you're wearing." "How can you know these things?" "It's, uh, history now." "Come here." "Let me show you." "See what you can pick up now." "[ Reverberating ]" "The Conciergerie?" "And the widow?" "What kind of magic is this?" "The age of reason, citizen." "You're witnessing history." "Watch." " Widow Capet." " What do you want?" " We've brought you a priest." " I don't need one." "Leave me alone." "Your Majesty." " You." "You shouldn't have risked coming here." " Don't be alarmed." "My children." "You're bringing bad news of my children." "No, no, no." "They are both well." "But why are you here?" " To warn you, Your Majesty." " To warn me?" "The Committee for Public Safety is about to receive a ring." "They will use this as evidence against you... on the grounds that you gave it to a certain foreign gentleman." "Axel." "They know about him." "Am I to be spared nothing?" "But they have invented lies about this ring and why you gave it to Count von Fersen." " Lies?" " Oui." "My poor, devoted friend..." "I loved Axel von Fersen." "I will never deny it." "They'll use it against you." "We've come to warn you, to give you a chance to prepare a defense." "Defense?" "As God is my witness, I have committed no crime against my adopted country." "Still, they call me the Austrian wench... and other names so foul I can't repeat them." "Nothing can save you now!" "In a matter of days we'll have your head!" "Release me at once!" "In the name of the Republic, I demand it!" " You're not in France now." " Let me go!" "Send me back!" "These men have no right to interfere with the execution of that Austrian woman!" "You're right on one score- they can't interfere with history." "Marie Antoinette will die at the hands of your fellow citizens." " How do I know she will pay for her crimes?" " I can prove what I say." "Ann, move your fix ahead to October 1 5, shortly after high noon." "The time of her execution?" "Please, don't make me." "I don't want to look at it." "All right, I'll take over." "All right, citizen, here's your proof." "[ Drumroll ]" " [ Blade Lands ] - [ Crowd Cheering ]" "There's your revenge." "I hope you're proud of it." "All right, Ann, it's over." "I've switched the image back to where it was, a week before her execution." "Take over the controls." "I hope this will help you and your friends escape from this terrible city." "If only we could do more for you." "There is nothing." "I am beyond help." "Doug, maybe something can be done." "The Dauphin." "That's right." "Nobody knows what happened to him." "Maybe he did escape." "There are lots of legends, even that he came to America, became a famous man." "What about the Dauphin?" "My son?" "My little Charles." "If there were any hope of saving him" "Gentlemen... there is a chance, if you will help me." "I don't know." "Where is he being held?" "In the Temple, in a special cell." "The Temple?" "Why, it's filled with guards." "No, with this paper, and for a cause like this..." "I can get gold for bribes and all the necessary documents." "Do this, and I guarantee to get you out of Paris." "I have no right to ask for my sake... but for the sake of a helpless child" "We'll do everything we can, Your Majesty." "My thanks." "Your Majesty." "Those men of yours must be stopped." "They are trying to save the Capet boy." " I hope they do before we bring them back." " Back?" " You are returning them here?" " We're going to try to." "With the help of that ring you're wearing." "Remove the ring from his finger." " [ Sighs ] - [ Kirk ] Place it in the tunnel." "What are your plans for me?" "You'll stay here until, or if, our men return." "If they do, we'll send you back to your own time." " Ray, start the countdown." " Prepare coordinates." "[ Switches Clicking ]" "Activate." "You are going to let them save that boy?" "Let him become Louis XVII?" "No!" "I will not permit it!" "Don't try to follow him!" "It's too late!" "Don't try to follow him!" "It's too late!" "[ Sighs ]" "Guard!" "Find me a carriage." "I must get to the Temple at once!" " Any luck?" " Not a sign of him yet." "Do you think he might have been arrested?" "Anything could happen in this town." " Without the papers he promised, we'll never get out of Paris." " I know." " [ Footsteps Approaching ]" " Someone's coming." "My friends.!" "It is I.!" "Here." "I had a little trouble, but it is all right now." "Gold." "I find the constabulary is extremely sensitive to it." " Did you get the passes?" " Ah!" "Oui.!" "An official pass from Robespierre himself." "A forgery, of course." "It permits two guards to escort one art instructor... to the cell of the Dauphin for a lesson." " Art instructor?" " Ah, oui." "I am resigning from the priesthood." "Voila!" "An artiste!" " But how do we get out of the city?" " Oh!" "I have, uh, four passports." "for a young man, his grand-pere and, uh, two uncles." "I believe that covers everything, huh?" "You've had a busy evening." " We are going to have a busier night." " Let's go." "Very good, my boy." "Very good indeed." "With instruction, you can become a painter- a fine painter." "Thank you, m'sieur." "Citizen, you scummy spawn!" "I beg your pardon, Citizen Simon." "I meant to say, ""Thank you, citizen."" "Well, mind what you say or I'll box your ears for you." "Yes, citizen." " Citizen, I must ask you to leave me alone with the boy." " Impossible." "My orders are never to leave him alone." "Guard, the pass." "I have seen that pass already." "Then you realize I have the authority to teach the boy." "I am his tutor." "He needs nobody else." "Oh, then you choose to ignore the orders." "Bon." "Citizen Robespierre will be interested to learn this." "Wait." "I am a patriot." "I obey my orders." "Then leave me alone with the boy." "All right." "Ten minutes." "No more." " Will you be my teacher now, sir?" " Oui, mon petit, from now on." "What about Simon?" "Who, that shoemaker?" "You can forget about him." " I'm glad." "He beats me, you know." " He will never beat you again." " Now, come." "Let us gather your things." " We are going away?" "Oui, mon petit, to another land entirely, with God's help." "Quick." "I am looking for three men- strangers." " They plan to kidnap the Capet boy." " Three men?" " There are three men with him right now." " Follow me!" "Citizen, be careful." "They have a pass from Robespierre himself." "Idiot!" "It's a forgery!" "They are traitors!" "Let no one out of here without further orders." "No one!" "Hurry up." "We're taking too long." " You'll have to forget that." "We have no time." " Leave it." "Come." "They're coming." "Take the boy out that way." "We'll try to hold them off." "Around to the side!" "Quick!" "They're getting away!" "Another wagonload of aristocrats for Pere Lachaise." " Are we through the gates?" " So far, so good." "Next stop, Calais..." "and freedom." " You must be exhausted, Ann." "I'll get a relief for you." " No." "No, not yet." "Not until we're sure Doug and Tony get away to safety." "Any new developments?" "Well, I'm getting less and less interference from the ring all the time." "It's making it a lot easier for me to keep a fix on Doug and Tony." " Can we try a time shift?" " I wouldn't risk it yet, not unless we have to." " Why is the effect of the ring getting weaker?" " The radiation is wearing off." " Where is the ring now?" " He's still wearing it." " Can we bring him back again?" " We could, General." "But I don't see any point in it." "The committee has been alerted by this time." "They'll track down Tony and Doug whether he's around or not." "I can work him over, get him to change the orders and free Tony and Doug." "No, it won't work, General." "Besides, we've got to conserve power for one last attempt to shift them." "You're right, of course." "Uh, incidentally, I" "I just got word from Research." "A branch of my family did migrate to Scotland from France." "Then you are a descendant of his." "Yes." "One thing this has done:" "It's cured me of any tendency toward ancestor worship." "Well, keep at it." "Bonsoir, gentlemen." "I am Lieutenant Bonaparte." "May I see your papers?" "Uh... here you are, Lieutenant." "These indicate you are citizens of France." "Yet your accent is foreign." "Well, forgive me, Lieutenant, but so is yours." "France is my adopted country." "I am from Corsica." "France is also my adopted country." "Your insignias indicate you're a lieutenant in artillery." "You find something strange in that?" "In a sense, yes." "An artillery lieutenant from Corsica in the French army must be very rare." "True." "I am, perhaps, the only one." "I thought so." "Tell me, Lieutenant, do you believe in destiny?" "Only a fool would not." "I'm a great believer in destiny." "There are those who say I have second sight." "Looking at you, Lieutenant, the strangest visions appear to me." " Indeed." "What visions?" " Forgive my friend, Lieutenant." "He's too modest." "He has the ability to see the future quite clearly." "For you, sir, I see great things, soon." "[ Chuckles ] I believe in destiny, m'sieur, not fortune-telling." "I see France in ruins, and out of it rises a great leader... to carry the country to the days of its greatest glory." "And that leader, Lieutenant..." "I say, is you." "It's going to happen." "He's never wrong." " Now, may we pass?" " One moment." " Are there any others?" " No." "We're traveling alone." "Days of greatest glory, you say." "Beyond anything you can possibly imagine." "Yes." "This is a vision I share." "Alors." "Very well." "Pass on, citizens." "We're getting under way." " Where's the boy?" " Down below, in the hold." "Stop the ship.!" "Stop the ship.!" "Get below with the boy!" "We'll lead them away!" "Come on!" "Stop the ship, in the name of the Committee of Public Safety!" "Search this ship from stem to stern." "I want all four of them." " What is the meaning of this?" " We're looking for an old man and a small boy." "No doubt you allowed them to walk aboard under your very nose." "I have passed no such passengers, and you will not delay the sailing of this ship." "Cast off the lines!" "Get under way at once!" "Citizen, you will pay for this insolence." " I will report you to the committee." " Do that." "To make it easier, you shall have name- Bonaparte." "Lieutenant Napoleon Bonaparte." "Bonsoir, citizen." "Those men!" "Arrest them!" "Shoot them.!" "Shoot them.!" "Fire.!" "Shoot them.!" "Somehow, there's a unfriendly feel in the air." " Europe?" " Could be." "Not France or Spain." "Not Northern Europe though." " Germany." " No." "Farther east, I think." "1 850, 1 900." "It's hard to tell about Europe." "Some of these places haven't changed in hundreds of years." "I can't make it out." "It's a Cyrillic alphabet." "That's Southeast Europe." "Tony." "Today is June 1 6, 1 956." "Looks like the kind of city where you might need identification papers." "Maybe we won't be here that long." "Look!" "What's the matter?" " Tony, let go of it!" " I can't!" " [ Exhaling ]" " Are you all right?" "[ Tony ] Time Tunnel gave it too much power." "At least their time lock was accurate." "Accurate, but not enough control." "The day they solve the problems of control is the day we'll get home." "[ Panting ]" "[ Tony ] There's another one."