Post by Steven Pietrobon on Apr 23, 2008 14:29:10 GMT -6
(original post: 22 Nov 2007 06:11 am)
From an early draft of the 2001 script.
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From an early draft of the 2001 script.
B1
EARTH FROM 200 MILES UP NARRATOR
By the year 2001, overpopulation has
B1a replaced the problem of starvation
THOUSAND MEGATON but this was ominously offset by the
NUCLEAR BOMB IN ORBIT absolute and utter perfection of the
ABOVE THE EARTH, weapon.
RUSSIAN INSIGNIA AND
CCCP MARKINGS
B1b NARRATOR
AMERICAN THOUSAND Hundreds of giant bombs had been
MEGATON BOMB IN ORBIT placed in perpetual orbit above the
ABOVE THE EARTH. Earth. They were capable of
incinerating the entire Earth's
surface from an altitude of 100
miles.
B1c
FRENCH BOMB NARRATOR
Matters were further complicated
by the presence of twenty-seven
nations in the nuclear club. There
had been no deliberate or acciden-
B1d tal use of nuclear weapons since
GERMAN BOMB World War II and some people felt
sercure in this knowledge. But to
others, the situation seemed
comparible to an airline with a
B1f perfect safety record; in showed
CHINESE BOMB admirable care and skill but no
one expected it to last forever.
10/4/65 b1(needs format fix)