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The Adventures of Superman · April 4, 1941 · 11 min · 1,877 words
The transcript of “Last Of The Clipper Ships Part 14”, an episode of The Adventures of Superman first broadcast April 4, 1941. 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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Presenting the transcription feature, Superman! Superman! Superman! Superman! Superman! Superman! And now Superman! Strange visitor from the planet Krypton, who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, and who, discards as Clark Kent's star reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle against crime and injustice.
Like a phantom vessel, the Clara M, last of the old clipper ships, moved southward toward Panama through a shroud of grey and swirling fog. Abort her encountering many mysterious adventures, our Clark Kent and young Jimmy Olsen.
Greatest of mysteries has been that of the Whistler, a sailor who many years ago was washed over board in a storm, and was said to return to the Clara M at night, walking her deck's whistling.
But in our last episode, Jimmy Olsen discovered the Whistler to be a boy of his own age, who There's been a store away on the clipper ship. A fight ensued between the store away and Jimmy.
A fight which ended in both boys falling overboard, locked in each other's arms. The falling the unconscious boy, Jimmy tried violently to swim to the Clara M without success. Slowly the red and green riding lights of the ship slipped into the thick fog and were gone.
Meanwhile aboard the clipper, Clark Kent and Pigleg Teak Barnaby are walking the wet deck. Listen. Strange Barnaby, very strange. I was so sure I heard a cry for help coming to us out of the fog.
Well, fog is a peculiar something, Mr. Kent. Makes you hear things that ain't there. Now come away from that rail and stop staring off into the soup. There's nothing you heard but your imagination. Jimmy ought to be on deck by this time.
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