Not Rated | 30min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery,TV Series | Episode aired 1 November 1960
Emily MacDougall, a young woman living in England during World War II, begins to have strange hallucinations of death and destruction. What she doesn't realize is that her visions may threaten not only the man who is closest to her, but the entire country as well.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus
Stars: Elen Willard, Alexander Davion, Sally Fraser
Emily MacDougall, a young woman living in England during World War II, begins to have strange hallucinations of death and destruction. What she doesn't realize is that her visions may threaten not only the man who is closest to her, but the entire country as well.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus
Stars: Elen Willard, Alexander Davion, Sally Fraser
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00:00I know how difficult this must be for you.
00:16Do you?
00:17Military intelligence must know what happened.
00:19What went wrong.
00:20Kingdown leads.
00:21You're just one of many.
00:24How did the enemy know exactly where and exactly what time the raid was to take place?
00:31Do you believe I'm a spy or something?
00:35Certainly not.
00:38But how can I believe this?
00:40It's the truth.
00:44I'm not a mental case, you know.
00:47It happened just as I said it happened.
00:49It was not a hallucination.
01:03Hallucination.
01:05The perception of objects which have no reality.
01:10Usually arising from disorders of the nervous system.
01:13Well, perhaps.
01:18Three of England's finest neurologists examined Emily MacDougall all that summer of 1943.
01:26And found her nervous system quite normal.
01:30But what could it possibly have been but a hallucination?
01:49Mrs. MacDougall, let us discuss some of the minor points of your statement.
01:56About this girl, Anne.
01:58So now Anne's an enemy agent too, hm?
02:02Well, she happens to be from Omaha, Nebraska.
02:06Which I understand is still in Allied hands.
02:09Mrs. MacDougall, we lost almost 6,000 men in that raid.
02:18Sorry.
02:20Now, tell me about Anne.
02:28I'd corresponded with Anne for years.
02:32One of those hen-pal things that start in school and just go on and on.
02:39Finally, she was able to afford a European holiday.
02:43And in May of 1939, I rented a little house in France, near Loire.
02:51Beautiful little house.
02:54About a hundred yards from the sea.
03:03At first, I thought it was the sea.
03:10Anne!
03:15I'm sorry.
03:18Oh, dear.
03:21Oh, Anne!
03:24Oh, dear.
03:27Oh, Anne!
03:30Oh, Anne!
03:33Oh, Anne!
03:36Ann!
03:39What do you suppose it is? Is the war starting?
03:42Ann!
03:43Ann!
03:46Ann!
03:50Ann, where are you?
03:52Ann!
03:55Open it!
03:56Break it! Break it in!
04:02Easy with him! What do you think he is, a sack of potatoes?
04:05Now get back and find a medical officer.
04:07Get him over here straight away.
04:14Who are you?
04:15What are you doing here?
04:18How are you feeling, Captain?
04:20Not... not so good.
04:24Who are you?
04:26Doctor will be here any time now.
04:29Shorten the pain, then back to the ship and a proper hospital.
04:34You'll be in top shape in no time at all.
04:42Come on.
04:44Take your mind off your troubles.
04:47Did you ever see such a bloody mess?
04:50Over the ships, the planes.
04:54How could so many things go wrong?
04:57Hitler will dance a jig when he hears how we've watched this one.
05:00He'll make August 12th a national holiday.
05:03Free beer and pretzels for everyone.
05:06Hang on.
05:08The doctor will be here any second.
05:11Answer me.
05:13Why don't you answer me?
05:15Spudgett!
05:16Sir?
05:17If the doctor shouldn't come in time...
05:20Now, now don't talk like that.
05:24If I shouldn't get back, all right.
05:27Look at my wife.
05:30Understand?
05:32Make it as easy as you can.
05:37Tell her I love her.
05:44Emily.
05:48I love you.
05:56Emily.
05:57Emily.
06:00I love you.
06:19Emily.
06:20Emily.
06:22Stop it.
06:23Stop it.
06:24What's the matter, darling? Everything's all right?
06:26Come on now, calm down.
06:28Did you have a bad dream?
06:32It's only thunder, dear.
06:36There goes our picnic.
06:40It's an awful dream.
06:43There was a battle.
06:46And they brought this man in.
06:49And he was so badly hurt.
06:53And as he was dying...
06:56He called my name.
06:59Emily.
07:01I love you.
07:04Darling, I thought a librarian was just supposed to dust the books.
07:07Not read them.
07:10The hero dying in battle with the name of his beloved on his lips.
07:13Just like a romantic novel.
07:19It's not funny.
07:21But it was only a dream.
07:25It didn't seem like a dream.
07:27Dreams never do.
07:29Now look, we only have a few days left in France and we're going to have fun.
07:33You'll be back in that musty library soon enough.
07:37It didn't seem like a dream.
07:40Now you go back to sleep, darling.
07:42It didn't seem like a dream at all.
08:12I'm sorry. Eight books are the maximum.
08:15But I need every one of them. And ten more beside to tell the truth.
08:18I'm sorry.
08:20But don't keep saying you're sorry. I need the books.
08:23I'm sorry.
08:26What is it?
08:43Hello? Feeling better?
08:45Oh, no. No! No!
08:47No, no. Please don't faint again.
08:50This is terrible. Just terrible.
08:53I shouldn't have run from the library when you fainted.
08:55But nothing like this has ever happened to me before.
08:58I made a girl blush once.
09:00But everybody in town could make her blush.
09:02That was no accomplishment.
09:03Doctor said I fainted because I'm coming down with influenza.
09:06I'm glad. I mean, I'm glad because it wasn't because of me.
09:11Well, your name was on the name plate on your desk.
09:14So I looked up the address in the directory.
09:17Well, I'd better stay in bed and drink plenty of tea.
09:21A drop of whiskey wouldn't hurt either.
09:24Bye.
09:41Sir, I'm terribly confused.
09:44Oh? About what?
09:46Have I seen you before?
09:48Well, I came down from Dorky.
09:50It's a little town six miles from Glasgow.
09:52And, um, I went to Liverpool when I was six years old for my elder sister's wedding.
09:57I'm sure I didn't leave there.
09:59But it really was you.
10:01And you said my name.
10:03I did.
10:05I don't have influenza.
10:07And I don't faint when a man looks at me.
10:11Good.
10:12And I'm not a neurotic or hysteric or anything like that.
10:15Jolly good.
10:16I did dream about you.
10:19It was a terrible dream.
10:21Oh, I apologize.
10:24You're making fun of me.
10:25No, no, no, I'm not. Really, I'm very sympathetic.
10:27You're laughing at me.
10:29No, I'm not. Really.
10:34Go away.
10:35I'm not laughing at you, Miss.
10:37Really, I'm not.
10:47You see, I'm a bit confused, too.
10:49Well, no one's ever dreamed of me before.
10:51I mean, no one not related to me.
10:53And fainting, besides, well, it shakes you up a bit.
10:56I know.
10:58Yeah.
10:59Well, perhaps you dreamed of someone else.
11:01Someone who looks like me. Well, that's very possible.
11:04I mean, I've got a very ordinary face.
11:06You have not.
11:08You've a marvelous face.
11:35Well, thank you.
11:37But I really haven't, you know.
11:40My ears are monstrous.
11:41And my eyes don't match.
11:43Left one's just a wee bit cockeyed.
11:45And, oh, yes, I have an extremely weak chin.
11:48It's a family characteristic.
11:51Won't you have some tea?
11:54Why, yes.
11:55I'd love to.
11:57You know, we talk like characters in one of those silly comedies
12:01where the audience laughs and eats chocolates
12:03and everyone knows it's going to turn out all right.
12:09But it doesn't turn out all right.
12:13No. Oh, no.
12:15A creature had a dream.
12:17Ate a bit of cheese before dozing off and had a dream.
12:19So it can't be.
12:21What nonsense.
12:22How do we know it's nonsense?
12:23How do we know it isn't?
12:24Some of it is true.
12:26In the dream, I married you.
12:28And now you've asked me.
12:30Don't you see?
12:32And if in real life we don't marry?
12:34Is that how we somehow defeat fate?
12:36You're making fun of me.
12:39All right, all right.
12:43I was badly wounded.
12:45You were dying.
12:46How do you know?
12:47Did you see me die?
12:49No.
12:50Not exactly.
12:53Do you know I haven't had one single childhood disease?
12:56Not even the measles?
12:58What makes you so sure I'm going to die that easily?
13:00How do you know I won't die in my own bed at the age of 97?
13:03Surrounded by six generations of loved ones?
13:06Oh, Harry.
13:07No.
13:09We're not going to meet tomorrow night or the night after or ever.
13:11I'm all through batting my head against the stone wall of your superstitious mumbo jumbo.
13:16For the future, I wish you nothing but pleasant dreams.
13:29In that dream or whatever it was, I was wounded in a war?
13:33Yes, of course.
13:34About the same age as I am now?
13:35Yes.
13:38What war?
13:40Thank you, my good man.
13:49Marry me.
13:52All right, all right, all right, all right.
13:55All right, all right, all right, all right.
14:09And I don't see why, if following our plan, in the next two months, we could...
14:15It's nothing to worry about.
14:17Just an alert.
14:20The first day of war is always the worst.
14:27Emily, darling.
14:32In about a month from now, Adolf will be on his bony knees, begging our pardon.
14:37Can't you just hear the dear chap explaining the whole thing was a slight misunderstanding?
14:53Look, if you're at all worried, we'll go down to the basement.
14:57I suppose it is safer down there.
15:00We're safe.
15:01It doesn't happen here.
15:03It happens near Pointe Loise, in France.
15:06Emily.
15:31Emily.
15:33It's already past August 12th, so it won't happen this year.
15:38Please, darling.
15:40Is it next August 12th?
15:43Perhaps even the August 12th after that.
15:46Do you think we might have two years?
15:49Could we possibly be that lucky?
15:53Could we, Harry?
15:55Could we?
15:59Emily.
16:01I love you.
16:04Dear Anne.
16:07I am approaching another August 12th.
16:10But unlike the agony of last year, when Harry's unit was stationed here in England,
16:16this year, my darling, is in Alexandria, Egypt,
16:215,000 long, long miles from that house, near Pointe Loise.
16:28Hello.
16:31Yes, it's me. It's really me.
16:34They flew a company of us back for special training at a camp nearby.
16:37Very hush-hush.
16:38I'll tell you one thing.
16:40There's going to be plenty of long weekend leaves.
16:43Aren't you even a tiny bit glad to see me?
16:46Oh, Harry.
16:50So, it's to be this August 12th.
17:01Jane?
17:03Harry?
17:04Yes, I'm right here.
17:10I woke up, you were there.
17:12I thought you'd gone without saying goodbye.
17:14Now, would I do a thing like that?
17:16I really wouldn't blame you.
17:18I've made our weekend here so miserable.
17:26Why are you up so early?
17:28Oh, couldn't sleep.
17:29Why?
17:30No reason.
17:32How long have you been awake?
17:34I don't know.
17:37It's almost five.
17:39I'd best start breakfast.
17:42Emily?
17:44Yes?
17:45You know, in that dream of yours,
17:47I was a captain, wasn't I?
17:49That's right.
17:51Thank heaven you're just a lieutenant.
17:54If some things are wrong, maybe everything's wrong.
17:57Yes.
18:03Also, uh,
18:05where was that landing to take place again?
18:10Now, don't look so serious.
18:12What is it, Harry?
18:14Nothing.
18:15Well, after all, it's such a spectacular dream,
18:17I like to check up on it from time to time.
18:19Just to keep the facts straight.
18:21You know the dream as well as I.
18:23You know its point was.
18:25We're gonna land in Norway.
18:27What?
18:28Somewhere near Bergen.
18:30Darling!
18:31Sometime in November.
18:38Is that true?
18:40Well, of course.
18:41Why didn't you tell me before?
18:42I can get court-martialed for even telling you now.
18:48Harry,
18:50if you ever lie to me about this...
18:52I wouldn't.
18:53Yes, you would.
18:55All right.
18:57On some distant August 12th, when G.H.Q. says,
19:00Off to Point Oise, boys.
19:02I shall instantly phone you and say,
19:04Guess what?
19:06What good would that do?
19:08If you didn't tell me the truth,
19:11I'd never forgive you.
19:14Even if my dream were insane.
19:17And you came back.
19:19Or if you die of your wounds.
19:21Until I died,
19:23I wouldn't forgive you.
19:25Forgive me for what?
19:27Sparing you senseless worry?
19:30Denying us one honest moment
19:33before we said goodbye.
19:35Why, you sentimental little...
19:38I mean it, Harry.
19:51Point...
19:52Oise.
19:55What?
19:58Oh.
19:59Nothing.
20:00Nothing.
20:08We're almost there.
20:10Harry,
20:11instead of staying at home,
20:13next Friday, why don't we drive down to Henley on the Thames
20:16and have a picnic?
20:17Harry?
20:18Yes, darling?
20:20Did you hear what I said?
20:22Why, yes, darling.
20:24What is it, Harry?
20:27You meant what you said before, didn't you?
20:30About what?
20:32That if I lied to you, you'd never forgive me.
20:37Well, it's going to be in newspapers anyhow afterwards, so...
20:40I don't know.
20:42I'm afraid I'll have to go.
20:44Well, it's going to be in newspapers anyhow afterwards, so...
20:47And you're such an unpredictable little character,
20:49you might actually hate me for the rest of your life.
20:54It is France.
20:57And we are landing August 12th.
21:01But I'll come back to you, Emily.
21:04I will.
21:06No, no, no!
21:14No!
21:25Welcome back.
21:27You had a motor accident.
21:29You're in St. Martin's Hospital.
21:33Was my husband hurt?
21:37Just a few scratches, that's all.
21:40Now, you must try and get some rest.
21:42It's been quite an ordeal.
21:44You know, you've been unconscious for almost a week.
21:48What day is this?
21:50Tuesday.
21:52I mean the date.
21:54August the 17th.
21:59Doctor, will you please tell this soldier
22:01that it's pointless to sit in the hall day after day?
22:07Harry! Darling!
22:09You told me they couldn't kill you so easily.
22:11You were right!
22:12You must go back to bed at once!
22:21Harry's dead, isn't he?
22:26Please, you must go back to bed at once.
22:29A shock like this might kill you.
22:32It's all right, Doctor.
22:36I've been expecting this man...
22:38for years.
22:45And you expect me to believe that
22:48the knowledge of this raid was a dream,
22:51an accident in time?
22:53Believe what you wish.
22:55Mrs. MacDougall, I deal in facts.
22:58And the only fact I have
23:00is that you were in hospital, unconscious,
23:03in a delirium.
23:05And in that delirious state,
23:06you mentioned again and again
23:09the exact time and place
23:11of a raid that was yet to take place.
23:17He's dead now, poor chap,
23:18and you can't hurt him anymore with the truth.
23:22Did he mention the raid before him to you?
23:27Why won't you believe me?
23:31And so what did Emily's psychic experience
23:33really prove to you?
23:34That fate can't be changed no matter what?
23:37Yes, I suppose so.
23:39But if Emily had had a second chance,
23:43aren't you absolutely certain
23:45she would have chosen the dream
23:48in those few sweet years with Harry?
23:51And what about Harry MacDougall?
23:53What would he have chosen?
23:55Exactly what he did choose, of course.
23:58Because isn't that the whole point
24:00about fate?
24:01That given any number of second chances,
24:04they would always have done
24:06exactly what they did do.
24:09It would still and always end
24:12exactly the same way.
24:16Next week, and every week,
24:19we'll be bringing you the personal records
24:22of the rarest kind of human experience,
24:25man's adventure in the world of the unknown,
24:28that mysterious mystery
24:29beyond our five senses.
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24:34to take with us that astonishing
24:37one step beyond.
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