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The Adventures of Superman · November 18, 1942 · 14 min · 2,562 words
The transcript of “The Headless Indian Part 18”, an episode of The Adventures of Superman first broadcast November 18, 1942. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Adventures of Superman plays The Adventures of Superman free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Faster than a speeding bullet. More carfolds than a locomotive. Able to leave poor buildings in a single bound. Look up in the sky, the bird. It's a train. It's Superman. It's Superman, strange visitor from another world who came to work with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.
Superman, who can change the cause of mighty rivers, Ben steel in his bare hands. And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way.
But before we join Superman, here is an important message. Sullen girls, have you ever seen this squadron of American bombers roaring through the air information? Have you seen newsreel pictures of Uncle Sam's destroyers cutting through the seas on patrol in search of enemy subs and surface raiders?
I'm sure you have and I bet you were thrilled. You probably felt terribly proud too. Well, if you've been buying war saving stamps regularly, you have a right to be proud. Not only because those planes and those ships represent the fighting spirit of America, but because you helped to build them.
Yet, sir, every time you bought a war saving stamp, your money helped by the labor and materials that are used to make planes and ships and equipment to knock out the Nazis and the jets.
the jet. So next time you hear some boy or girl on your block say, oh, shock, what difference does it make if I buy one stamp or not? What difference can one dime make? You tell them that it does make a difference. It makes a big difference. You tell them, for instance, that five dimes will buy enough fuel oil to take American destroyer one full mile closer
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