GORT! presents
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Timeline
Compiled by Jim and Mindy Gerard
* = sure thing  " = most likely  ' = probably  ? = good guess

Thursday, April 19, 1951 "
          3:47 PM -- Spaceship lands at the Ellipse in Washington DC *
          5:30 PM -- Drew Pearson reports on Evening Newscast *
          5:40 PM -- Spaceship opens; Klaatu appears "
          5:50 PM -- Klaatu is shot: take to Walter Reed Memorial Hospital, Room 306 "
          8:30 PM -- First meeting with Secretary Harley '
Friday, April 20, 1951 "
          3:30 PM -- Checkup by MD: healed of gunshot wound '
          3:40 PM -- Second meeting with Secretary Harley '
          7:00 PM -- Klaatu's escape discovered '
          8:00 PM -- Carpenter (Klaatu) rents room at Mrs. Crocket's '
Saturday, April 21, 1951"

            Afternoon -- Talks with Bobby Benson

Sunday, April 22, 1951"
          10:00 AM - Escorts Bobby Benson on tour of Washington DC '
          10:30 AM - Visit Arlington Memorial Cemetary '
          11:30 AM - Visit Lincoln Memorial '
          12:00 PM - Visit Spaceship '
          1:00 PM -- Attempt to meet with Professor Barnhardt '
          2:00 PM -- Lunch and Matinee ?
          8:30 PM -- Federal agent takes Carpenter to Professor's home '
          9:00 PM -- Carpenter meets with Professor Barnhardt '
Monday, April 23, 1951 "
          9:00 PM -- Klaatu returns to Spaceship to program 'anomoly' '
          11:00 PM - Klaatu discovered by Tom Stevenson '
Tuesday, April 24, 1951 "
The Day the Earth Stood Still
          11:45 AM - Carpenter meets Helen Benson at work "
          12:00 PM - Anomoly occurs: all electrical activity ceases for one half hour *
          12:30 PM - Military puts Washington under quaranteen *
          7:00 PM -- Helen confronts Tom: Feds alerted by Tom '
          7:30 PM -- Helen leaves boarding house with Carpenter: chase begins ?
          7:55 PM -- Chase ends: Klaatu shot and killed - moved to Police Station nearby ?
          8:00 PM -- Gort activates: dissolves plastic restraint '
          8:10 PM -- Helen tells Gort, "Klaatu birada nicto" '
          8:20 PM -- Gort recovers body of Klaatu and returns to spaceship '
          8:35 PM -- Klaatu is revived '
          9:00 PM -- Scientist conference begins - Klaatu presents ultimatum *
          9:15 PM -- Klaatu and Gort depart in Spaceship *
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