Dramatic music plays with heavy drum noises.

We see shots of a space station.

A caption reads: The next century

A caption reads: Place: The far reaches of outer space

A caption reads: The picture: Silent Running

The music builds.

Images of spaceships containing domes with trees and plant life.

A space convoy on a strange voyage carrying a rare cargo - the forests, the plants, the growing things doomed to extinction on Earth

An astronaut, Lowell, looks through a telescope to view Earth.

Lowell sits at a console with his crewmates listening to the radio.

We have just received orders to abandon and nuclear destruct all the forests...

We see a hand place an explosive device into a container and click a button.

...and return our ships to commercial service.

Lowell sits motionless. A crewmate walks in excitedly.

We're going home!

Lowell wields a spade as a colleague on a 4 wheel device slowly drives towards him.

A dishelleved and fraught Lowell is outraged.

You can't blow up this forest!

An quake causes two of the astronauts to stumble in the space garden.

We see parts of the spaceship start to break and shoot off into space.

Lowell is pushed by a fellow astronaut.

As they roll around, fighting each other we see more of the spaceship start to disintegrate and make loud crashing noises

The spaceship launches with a tail of bright light.

Lowell gains the upper hand and starts to choke his rival.

We see one of the domes explode.

Cataclysm in outer space.

A clock counts down from eleven seconds.

Lowell interacts with a computer console.

Every moment bringing its own danger as man explores the mysteries of an unknown and limitless universe.

We see a bright light in space disppear behind a planet.

A voice comes from the radio.

Valley Forge, Valley Forge, what the hell's wrong? You're moving out, you're accelerating!

A panicked Lowell replies.

I've got a premature detonation on Dome number 2 and I've got an explosion in the main cargo deck now please advise me immediately!

We see the spacecraft passing beside a planet.

Small numbered robots shepherd cargo as they walk inside the spacecraft.

Barker.

I can't find Barker! I can't find Wolf or Keenan either hopefully or I'm afraid Neal that they might have been in Dome number 2.

Lowell staggers and collapses to the floor.

A small robot enters the room.

Tell number one!

Lowell is sat wearing a poker visor playing cards with two robots.

Meet the almost human drones. Amazing companions on a journey beyond the stars.

The robot holds cards in it's hand and lays them on the table.

Lowell begins to laugh.

The man has a full house and he knew it! Now how about that!

A view of the dome from space.

A folk song by Joan Baez begins to play. It is calm and gentle.

Lowell stands in the dome and holds out his arm which a bird of prey lands on.

Here Joan Baez sing "Rejoice in the Sun" and "Silent Running"

Lowell slowly walks through the dome.

A robot with it's light on walks in the dome.

Lowell sits listening to the radio.

Listen, Lowell if you continue as is we figure you'll hit the north eastern quadrant of Saturn's outer ring tomorrow morning.

The spaceship drifts towards Saturn.

Lowell lies resting in bed. He is disturbed by objects falling from the wall and ceiling. The spaceship is shaking.

The music becomes ominous then swells.

Another explosion occurs. Lowell struggles to make his way towards the main console.

The music becomes very dramatic.

The robots walk in a line.

We see another big explosion.

Loud explosion noises.

Various shots of the spaceship and space itself.

The music becomes more truimphant.

A caption reads: Bruce Dern with Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jessie Vint. Original songs sung by Joan Baez.

A caption reads: Silent Running.