Family Theater: Stolen Symphony

Family Theatre presents Anne Blithe, Charles Winninger, and Jeff Chandler. From Hollywood, the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theatre presents Anne Blithe and Jeff Chandler in Stolen Symphony. To introduce the drama, your host, Charles Winninger.

Thank you, Tony Lefrano. Family Theatre's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives. If we are going to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families, and peace for the world, family theater urges you to pray. Pray together as a family.

Tonight, family theater brings you a half hour of music and melody. So just relax, folks. Close your eyes and dream with us. Maybe we can brush the dust of a tired day out of your mind with a little soothing sympathy.

Friends, I'm sorry to break into the music like this and crush up the airwaves, but it's the only chance I'll have to tell you what happened. Well, it's my story, and I won't disturb the music much.

You see, here's the way it was. This morning at dawn, I was over the Rocky Mountains, flying eastward into the sunrise. It was a routine test flight of the new XP88. Everything was going smoothly, and just like that, something in the motor burst.

It gave no warning, just exploded into a shower of oil and flames. There were two or three terrifying seconds realizing what happened before I got moved into action. The plane was ablaze when I took the escape hatch and jumped.

A brief, singeing flame was in my hair and as I yanked the rip corner, I felt the jerk in momentary pause when the shoot opened. And then I lost consciousness. And it lightly on my feet.