End Day | BBC End Of The World Documentary (2005)

0:04 we're just getting reports of a volcanic [Applause] explosion one day the world will end this is the story of Just One Day the object will hit Earth in around 5 hours with five different endings the virus is considered highly contagious if you have any of the following symptoms each predicted by scientists we're just getting unconfirmed reports of a giant wave heading across the [Music]

0:51 Atlantic what's the worst that could happen in just one day directors of the project say that they will go ahead with the experiment could cause the destruction of the earth one day five endings what end day [Music]

1:48 hi this is Dr H please leave a message after the beat hi Rob you there uh look we're in big trouble I don't know if you've seen the news but there are hundreds of protesters out outside the building here if we don't do this thing today it's not going to happen get yourself on a plane to New York as soon as possible hi hi Ernie yeah it's me uh-huh uh-huh four protesters have been arrested while staging demonstrations against the newly completed TBM experiment facility on the east coast of the United States it's everywhere it's on the news here 100 people took part in the protests outside what's the world's largest particle accelerator this scientific facility has been built to study the started as soon as I get back

2:34 of nature but has hit controversy ever since some environmental groups reported fears that the energies created could cause the destruction of the earth great I'm leaving in a few minutes see you in a few hours a CL rejected by its deputy director the media always likes end of the world stories because that's basically they do sell papers but in the real world of science the chances of an experiment going wrong are tiny but it's this small chance that has protesters so concerned many believe that it could be a time bomb of global proportions and that the accelerator must never be turned

3:26 on fueled by the fear of a global catastrophe protesters have attacked some of the scientists as they travel to New York for the experiment well despite the protesters tactics the directors of the project say that they will go ahead with the experiment in the very near future as leading scientists fly in from around the world some sources have suggested that it will be carried out later today I spoke yesterday to Dr how the deputy director of the TBM particle accelerator facil in New York welcome to the mate the airport please the chances of anything going wrong are a million million to one but

4:11 in theory we've been told a particle accelerator experiment you going anywhere nice uh New York is that business or pleasure business anything that's possible I mean theoretical science has all kinds of things like there are parallel universes where different versions of our day exist you could just as easy easily say the world would be destroyed by a giant meteor or a massive virus outbreak or something they're far more likely anyway it's time for the news we'll be back to that later come on lady good morning and here is the news we're just getting unconfirmed reports that a volcano has erupted on the island of laava local Witnesses report seeing a huge cloud of

4:57 smoke recent studies of shown that half the island could collapse into the sea during volcanic activity and some experts fear that this event could also generate a giant wave with all passengers on flight to please to information thank you and we are just getting unconfirmed reports of a giant wave heading across the Atlantic Coast Guard officials raised the alarm just minutes ago the sponsor several Mayday signals from ships off the CL the hi hi it's a 10:00 flight to New York already left I'm sorry sir it's just barded is there another flight available to New York yes your luck the 1110 is available and it's it's leaving now for

5:43 G 13 excellent okay it's thought that the Giant Wave or mega tsunami was created by a massive landslide that took place earlier today on the volcanic island of La eruptions this morning are believed to have split the island into two collapsing half a trillion tons of rock into the ocean Witnesses say this impact into the sea created a wave of over 500 M high that giant wave is now thought to be heading westwards across the Atlantic towards the coast of America news that the wave May strike in less than 5 hours was greeted with mixed reactions in New York what kind of wave sound wave in 4 hours yeah my God but aren't you worried

6:29 about your own welfare I mean if this wave is coming shouldn't we be getting out of here all of us I I don't believe that I will hear about this happened this morning get my bathing suit on I guess and just hope for the best I don't know I'm I'm beginning to get a little [Music] scar us fighter jets have been scrambled in an attempt to locate the tsunami that officials fear could be making its way across the Atlantic this is foxtrot Lima 99 I have a sighting confirm I have a sighting of the wave now deploying camera vision it's heading west repeat it's heading

7:24 [Music] west good morning ladies and gentlemen 11:00 a.m. eastern Seaboard time us Fighters confirmed the observation of the tsunami in the Mid-Atlantic which we now believe is about 500 ft high and traveling at 500 mph toward the east coast of the United States passengers for flight UK 555 to New York please report to information [Applause] storm waves the wavelength is just a few tens of meters but with megasun armi

8:09 it's hundreds of kilometers and what this means is that when storm waves break onto a coastline they break almost immediately but megasun armi just keep on coming through the whole length of the wave and this makes them incredibly powerful and Incredibly destructive but the advice we are giving is to evacuate up to 3 mil on the East Coast we think we are looking at only 2 to 3 hours left to do this unless evacuation plans were incredibly efficient it would not be enough time to get everybody out of the affected areas the tunnel is actually better we

8:54 go through the tunnel every day I think that's the best route might be we should our 3 hours we should use our time if we have 3 hours we have plenty of time to get up to the to the GW Bridge and take that I would rather spend 1 hour trying to get through the tunnel then what if it's three trying to get up time I think it's enough time we've it's never been longer than that the tunnel will fill up with water it's not going to fill up with water and we'll be out of it in the next half an hour going sightings of the tsunami suggest that it's just 1 hour away from the east coast of the United States all attempts at dispersing the Giant Wave have

9:43 failed hi Rob we're being evacuated we've called off the experiment I'll call you back I got to go the east coast of America is the is the worst place this could happen it's not some remote deserted Coastline it's one of the most densely populated coasts in the world the areas at risk include cities like Miami parts of Boston the coastal areas and suburbs of New York how much time we have anybody know I can't see it's almost inconceivable how much damage this event will cause

10:29 50 scor Thea [Applause] evacuate up to 3 miles in F [Applause]

11:58 ready due to unforeseen circumstances all flights to New York are cancelled until F notice all flights We Believe many buildings have survived intact um The Wave traveled over 2 miles Inland many towns and cities are declaring a state of emergency rescue efforts are underway across the East Coast as yet we have no idea the true extent of the damage but no doubt thousands of people

12:45 have died in this horic event because we've never experienced these things we don't think that they're going to happen to us we just ignore them but these sorts of events have occurred throughout geological history they're not going to stop happening just because we're around La Palma is going to collapse into the North Atlantic it's not a question of if it's just a question of when [Music]

13:38 hi hi Ernie yeah it's me uh-huh uh-huh more than 200 people took part in the protests outside what's the world's largest particle accelerator some environmental groups reported fears that the energies created could cause the destruction of the earth a claim reject Ed by its deputy director in theory anything is possible I mean theoretical science says all kinds of things like there are parallel universes where different versions of our day exist you could just as easily say the world would be destroyed by a giant meteor or a mess of virus outbreak or something they're far more likely scientists from around the world

14:24 are making their way to the TBM particle accelerator facility in New York you going anywhere nice uh New York is that business or pleasure business anyway lady be back to that later reports are coming in that there's been a series of explosions in the Middle East local Witnesses have reported well we can go straight to our correspondent James Young Who captured the whole incident on camera James can you just talk us through what's happening well we were awoken in the

15:11 early hours by the sound of explosions the night sky was lit up uh in the in the East uh you can see from this night vision footage that there seemed to be what looked like several missiles heading across the [Applause] sky are you in are you in there's the camera rolling uh we can hear some explosions happening now on the uh on the other side of the ridge just over there um I don't know if you can see but there seem to be some kind of missiles coming down in the sky they seem to be impacting uh on the east side of the town there um see see it more clearly they might not be there in a minute get in get in the front it seems that the targets for the attack were completely indiscriminate strangely though for this

15:57 area no milit forces are claiming responsibility TRS have confirmed at last night's explosions across the were a direct result of meteorite impacts it's not clear why these meteorites were missed by space tracking facilities I'm I'm a bit late for my flight is there anywh the try turning left up it travel is slly bad as it is at the moment yeah go for it that'd be great if you would please the hunter is on to locate a killer meteor approaching the Earth and astronomers claimed that last night's craters in the Middle East were caused by Advanced fragments from a much larger

16:44 near Earth object and asteroids large enough to destroy a capital city strike the Earth on average twice a century and it's thought that the approaching meteor has avoided previous detection since its approach through space has been obscured by the brightness of the Sun the hunter is on to locate the object before any counter measures become too late the first indication that we have of the Doomsday asteroid could be the first shock wave hitting the top of the atmosphere 5 seconds before impact this is an announcement the boarding gate the five flight New York is now closed repeat the boarding gate gate is now closed scientists are

17:31 voicing concerns that last night's meteorites could just be fragments from a bigger yet undocumented dead Comet although downplayed by government officials ground W surveillance facilities are now looking for signs of any larger Earthbound hazards they're expected to make a further announcement within the hour hi hi is 10:00 flight to New York already left I'm sorry sir it's just barded is there another flight available to New York yes your luck the 1110 is available and it's it's leaving now for gate 13 excellent okay and now we're going to go live to Washington DC for the latest official statement several observations at the groundbased surveillance facilities have confirmed the existence of a 100 m wide

18:18 near Earth object this means that there's a 90% chance the object will hit Earth in around 5 hours when are we going to know we think it will strike the Earth approximately 10 miles north of Berlin the German government has started to inform people in the affected areas on how to prepare and they [Music]

19:23 following the discovery of a possible meteorite strike on Berlin evacuation plan have begun to get underway the UN has called an emergency session [Music]

20:26 passengers flight UK 55 to new yor please move through to the departure L thank you our government is now in direct contact with German and UK officials with regard to a possible countermeasure to avert any potential disaster [Music]

21:12 the UN is currently holding an emergency session however the US UK and Germany have lessed the talks in order to finalize emergency plans which according to the Pentagon sources include the launching of nuclear weapons it's believed that the UK and German governments are supporting a Clarion call by the United States for the immediate launch of nuclear missiles they aim to detonate the nuclear warheads just off the surface of the approaching meteor it's hoped that an explosion near to the meteor will change its trajectory pushing it away from the earth however some scientists oppose the measure claiming it is too much of a gamble they believe that the explosion could merely break it into huge pieces of rock that will rain down on earth

21:58 like CL [Music] bombs out in the dark dark sky now and then he BLS [Music]

22:51 all it would seem that a big nuclear weapon detonated either on the surface or drilled inside an asteroid would be the answer to this problem I mean we've been trained from watching movies like Star Wars that if we were to do that the uh asteroid would disappear in a cloud of vapor [Music]

23:42 this is the train from this F pass a deal ladies and gentlemen this is the captain speaking I'm sorry to have to tell you that our departure has been delayed I will let you know as soon as we have some more information uh we leave the entertainment system on for the time being from the space station anytime now we should see the nuclear missiles detonate in an attempt to disintegrate the meteor okay got a signal tilt up counting down 10 on your left side okay there we have visual confirmation impact in five 4 3 2 1

24:27 impact we have an impact we have okay well it looks like we've lost that signal we'll work on getting that back but it would appear that the missiles were unsuccessful we'll try and confirm that as soon as we can [Music]

25:18 but just to recap it would appear that the missiles were unsuccessful we'll try and confirm that as soon as we can ladies and gentlemen I'm sorry to have to inform you that due to to the risk of a meteor strike on Berlin all flights have been cancelled uh please disembark from the aircraft and return to the departure [Music] Lounge now as you can see there is no one to be seen on the streets of Berlin the whole city is completely deserted yet even though there are no more trains out of Berlin many people are gathering in underground stations the advice seems to be that if you can't get out of town then get as deep underground as possible

26:03 [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] R just to remind viewers that you're watching a live broadcast from Berlin anytime now we should see the first signs of the meteor and entering the atmosphere [Music]

27:15 an unspecified number of giant meteorites has struck Berlin the catastrophe has been devastating the number of deaths has not been reported yet but it could be stretching into the millions the entire infrastructure of Berlin has broken down and the emergency services are struggling to reach the worst affected areas the question is not whether or not we will have a large impact in the future but simply [Music] when hi hi Ernie the deputy d director of the TBM facility was asked to assess

28:01 the safety of the proposed experiment experiment is run in a controlled environment I mean the chances of something happening and going wrong are billions to one yet the potential benefits are huge Studies have shown that it's possible for these experiments to create one of the most destructive forces in the universe a black hole black holes are quite simply gravity gone man an object of such concentrated matter its gravitational pull is insatiable nothing can escape not even light itself anything that gets close is

28:49 sucked into Oblivion Dr Hal welcome to the show so what is all the fuss about you guys can't really cause the end of the world can well if it happens come and see me and I'll give you a million dollar we'll make that million p and you've got a deal anyway um it's time for the [Applause] news good morning the main story today is the airport security Alert in London a flight from the Far East is being held on the runway following the discovery of a dead passenger airport officials say that there is no evidence at the moment to link the death with the deadly virus that is sweeping through the Far East biochemical experts have victim

29:37 found on board the plane is suspected of having the same contagious virus that has claimed the lives of over 200,000 people across the Far East we'll bring you any updates on that story as soon as we have going anywhere nice uh New York is that business or pleasure business transport authorities are still trying to recall several passengers who are on board the flight UK 009 fears have grown that the missing passengers who've already left the airport may be contaminated with a deadly virus that's already claimed one life in the UK [Music]

30:44 Health authorities are remaining cautious after a man collapsed and died in London's King's cross station it's believed to be the first confirmed case of the deadly flu virus in the UK modern travel by aircraft is a huge concern because you know you're in Hong Kong you're at the epicenter you know of a new outbreak chicken flu outbreak or SARS you know you're feeling all right you get on the plane I was there a few weeks ago get on the plane 9 hours later you're walking out of Heath row get on the tube system you're in one of the biggest cities in the world suddenly you're not feeling too well you say oh jet lag but you could be spreading a new virus the police urgently need to trace all passengers that were on flight UK

31:31 009 if anyone was on flight UK 009 or had a relative or friend on that flight would they please call the following hi Mom hope you had a good holiday um I'm trying to get a hold of you I've tried you on your mobile but you're not answering there's been soing on the news about your flight so I don't know where you might be at the moment I'm going to drive over can you give me a call as soon as you get this message so I know everything's okay bye scientists have confirmed that the killer virus with more than 200,000 deaths in the Far East already many fear we are facing a plague of pandemic proportions theate New York in repeat

32:21 in the last time Britain had to deal with a mass outbreak was when Spanish Flu broke out in 1918 that made the Bubonic plague the Black Death almost look like a picnic it was the end of World War I and millions of soldiers returning home were spreading the disease worldwide one of the classic outbreaks was a group of South African soldiers who returned home to Cape Town on the boat they tried to quarantine them because they knew that this infection was already on the move but how can you quarantine a group of 19 year olds who survived they wanted to go home they wanted to go home and see their mothers their girlfriends they took the Western Railway line up the western coast they

33:08 took the sidings they got home when they got there their parents called a party it was the homecoming party they would invite their friends and Neighbors from 10 miles away they came by horse and cart but that weekend this virus spreading up the railway line exploded and a quarter of a million people died in the space of one year the total number of deaths is still inconceivable we we don't we don't know even all these years later exactly how many people died I think there's a consensus of 50 million but the upper limit might be reach might reach even 90 million certainly the older figures of 20 million are just too low and experts predict that there will

33:54 be another worldwide pandemic we are sure that a pandemic of influenza will happen again is not science fiction it will happen flight UK 555 to New York is now boarding all passengers pleas make their way to gate 13 thank you as officials urge the people of London not to make any unnecessary travel the police force is preparing to close down major thoroughfares to and from London effectively quarantining the area ladies and gentlemen we have now reached our cruising altitude of 40,000 ft uh we expect to be landing in New York in about 5 hours

34:42 time after a suspected outbreak of the killer virus in a hospital in Vancouver the city officials are urging people to stay indoors for their own safety if you have any of the following symptoms High chills shivering or your headaches you were asked to stay indoors and call the emergency helpline now appearing on your screens repeat stay inside do not attempt to leave your [Music] homes the government is now imposing Army roadblocks around London to try and Hal The Exodus suspected cases in the capital now to over 100 since the flu like

35:30 disease was identified as a result Serv is the closed people are advised to stay indoors and avoid making any non-essential travel due to recent information regarding the spread of the flu like virus in Great Britain the US government regrets it has no other option than to quarantine all inbound flights from the UK this is a safety precaution due to the highly contagious nature of the disease despite warnings to stay indoors many families are still trying to leave the inspected areas but with petrol stations closed some people are

36:17 resorting to stealing tars in order to flee the city [Music] this is the police St have been called do not leave your houses there is an emergency number to call from home repeat do not leave your houses do not leave your houses mom do not make any unnecessary travel repeat we will use for we must remain in

37:10 your the death to in London is now suspected of having reached over 1,000 people this brings the total World casualties to over 300,000 all remaining are reminded is a criminal offense the eny and all uh this is your captain I'm sorry to have to inform you but uh the airport authorities here at JFK have quarantined this aircraft um so please keep your seat belts on and remain in your seats

37:57 an isolation area is being prepared and shortly you will be escorted from the aircraft as the virus spreads worldwide the Army have taken control of Central London limiting heavily the movement of people in the center of the capital in the last hour France Spain and Canada have also reporting suspected cases [Music] the government has urg people to stay indoors as the worst hit cities of London Manchester Edinburgh and Belfast are effectively

38:43 quarantined security forces have been instructed to Halt all travel in and out of these cities and is still growing [Music] repeat stay inside do not attempt to leave your homes all hospitals in the public sector have now created additional isolation rooms and WS the city of London is effectively closed for business the Army are monitoring the supply of food to local supermarkets a sphere's rise of the death toll could surpass 100,000

39:30 it's not a question of is there going to be another pandemic the answer is yes there will be another outbreak the only thing is we don't know [Music] when hi hi Ernie the deputy director of the TBM facility was asked to assess the safety of the proposed experiments the first of which includes colliding particles together at near the speed of light early this morning it was decided by directors at the TBM facility that

40:16 the first of the particle experiments would go ahead today now considering the public fear that has been generated by recent reports in the media we would like to allay any concerns by adding to what many leading experts have already said that the TBM particle acceleration facility is completely safe we'd like to congratulate the team and wish them every success for the experiments tonight any questions in theory anything is possible I mean theoretical Sciences all kinds of things like there are parallel universes where different versions of our day exist you could just as easily say the world would be destroyed by a giant meteor or a mess of virus outbreak or something they're far more likely anyway it's time for the news we'll be back to

41:01 that later come on [Music] lady good morning a powerful earthquake has hit the American state of Wyoming Yellowstone National Park is the worst affected area major roads and highways have been torn apart by the Tremors local Rangers are said to be working as fast as they can to try and resolve the problem numerous mild Quakes have been recorded at Yellowstone over the past year leading some experts to warn that more violent activity might be on the way Yellowstone Park in Wyoming in the US has millions of visitors every year

41:48 but not many of them are aware that underneath lies the biggest volcano known to mankind capable of wreaking unimaginable destruction it's known as a a super volcano like a normal volcano a super volcano begins when a column of magma rises from deep within the Earth but with super volcanoes rather than breaking through the surface the magma forms a giant reservoir of molten rock and gases under the ground and builds up enormous pressures over thousands of years the magma chamber beneath Yellowstone is 70 km long by 30 km wide and 10 km deep it is the biggest known to man kind its eruptions are thousands of times more powerful than a normal volcano if Yellowstone goes off again it

42:35 will be catastrophic for the US and eventually for the entire world this is the last call for Dr Robert how for flight 10:5 to New York Robert how final call the volcanic region of Yellowstone is one of America's most popular tourist attractions and many visitors are still trapped within the Park boundaries since mild earthquakes damag access roads authorities are advising visitors to remain in their cars and await assistance due to Growing fears that the recent Tremors could cause volcanic activity [Music]

43:32 Dad Mom this is awesome the last time a super volcano erupted over 70,000 years ago it reduced man's population to a mere 5,000 people so How likely is it that Yellowstone will erupt again while scientists have studied the layers of Ash around the crater and have reached a worrying conclusion the last three eruptions have occurred with frightening regularity quite amazingly we realized that there was a cycle of Caldera forming eruptions these huge volcanic eruptions about every 600,000 years and with the last eruption already over 600,000 years ago Yellowstone is

44:19 due to erupt again any EJ dad do you think it's going to go no don't think so honey really no it's just um rum blings that's all that's what they do good morning ladies and gentlemen you may know un fasten your seat belts and move around the cabin the warning signs were spotted a few years ago one scientist surveyed the height of the land Yellowstone and compared it to an identical survey from 50 years earlier surveyor said to me there's something wrong and he said it's

45:04 not me it's got to be something else so we went through all the measurements again trying to be very careful but he discovered that his original calculations had been correct the ground around the Caldera had risen by nearly a meter this led others to believe that the Bulge was due to enormous pressures from the magma chamber below a claim yet to be confirmed by meeting [Music] scientists

45:51 Dad we're going on cing come on quickly shut up excite your readers but let me say that the government is working closely with leading experts to clarify if this small eruption today could lead to anything larger from much larger explosion um now we do know that Yellowstone Park is sitting a top a giant volcano a super volcano erup hear that some tourists died we would like to

46:36 reassure the public that despite the recent break in the surface caused by the minor eruption today that the chances of it leading to a much larger super volcanic eruption are are very slim indeed yeah the climatic effects globally from that eruption will be produced by the plume of material that goes up into the atmosphere that'll spread worldwide and will have a cooling effect that will probably knock out the growing season on a global

47:23 basis how long I will love you till the end of the world you'll be [Applause] [Music] mine ladies and gentlemen I've just been informed by air traffic that our aircraft has been diverted to Toronto for refueling uh we will then be heading straight back to the UK [Music]

48:43 it's really not a question of if they'll go off it's a question of when because sooner or later one of these large super eruptions will happen oh [Music] tomor hi hi Ernie it's HED that this experiment will help shed light on how the universe began although some fear the energies created have the potential to destroy the Earth the experiment will take place in a machine called a particle accelerator particles are collided at nearly the speed of light in an attempt to recreate the conditions at the

49:29 beginning of the universe also known as The Big Bang on [Music] lady as leading scientists fly in from around the world some sources have suggested that this experiment will be carried out later today in 1999 the US government commissioned a report investigating the risks from particle accelerator experiments there were fears that it may be possible to create one of the most destructive forces in the universe a black hole black holes are quite simply

50:15 gravity gone mad an object of such concentrated matter its gravitational pull is insatiable nothing can escape not even light itself anything that it's close is sucked into Oblivion stand clear this train for J early this morning it was decided by directors of TBM facility that the first of the partical experiments go ahead today now considering the public fear that has been generated by recent reports from the media we would like to elay any concerns by adding to what many leading experts have already said at the the TBM particle acceleration facility is completely safe we'd like to

51:02 congratulate the team and wish them every success for the experiments tonight any questions taxi taxi yes later today a TBM spokesperson has admitted that it is possible to create a black hole inside the particle accelerator however they claim that this type of black hole would be incredibly small and evaporate extremely quickly but despite these reassurances protesters are continuing to gather outside the TBM test site oh could you exit here please thanks well these scenes are live from the TVM facility where it's believed that Dr Howell has slipped through the

51:47 protesters and got into the building there's no sign of him yet but we do believe he has actually broken the line and gotten into the building test will begin in 5 minutes the protesters are warning that in addition to a black home there is another terrible danger that could be Unleashed by the machine scientists have calculated that a mysterious new particle could be created a killer strangelet in theory strangelets have have the power to Devour the Earth millions of times heavier than

52:35 gold they have a gravitational force so great that nothing can resist it all he support everything that that strangel touches changes into a strangel so if you make one in a room for example then all the atoms in the room will start falling inwards toward towards the strangelet and the strangelet will suck in that matter and grow and get bigger and bigger okay just as we planned it test one to five Dr how you do the honors please the Chan of this happening I said is like you winning the major prize on The Lottery 3 weeks in

53:20 succession the problem is that people believe it is possible to win the lottery 3 weeks in succession otherwise they wouldn't enter it 5 4 3 2 1 be created a killer strangel in theory strangelets have the

54:07 power to Devour the Earth millions of times heavier gold uh ladies and gentlemen um we seem to have some uh heavy turbulence ahead we would like to ask um all passengers to return to their seats and fasten their seat belts we um we are experiencing some technical difficulties uh but but this is nothing nothing to be concerned

54:54 about in these particle EXP experiments we're recreating the big experiment that nature did just after the big bang nothing un came out of that nothing unto is going to come out of these experiments it makes great science fiction great entertainment great television but on this we can sleep easy oh Tomorrow Never Comes oh tomorrow never come now you tell me that you love me but tomorrow never come [Music]