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The Adventures of Superman · April 25, 1941 · 11 min · 1,725 words
The transcript of “The Nitrate Shipment Part 03”, an episode of The Adventures of Superman first broadcast April 25, 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! The other guy! Look! It's a plane! It's a plane! It's 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 disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, wages a never-ending battle for truth and justice.
justice. And we last saw Kent, he had assumed his role as Superman, and gone in search of young punk Flanagan, suspected of having stolen the treasure map found aboard the ill-fated clipper ship, the Clara M.
But in reality, Pug himself had been locked in a storage bin by the man who did steal the map, a half-breed Spaniard named Carlo. Fortunately, Jimmy Olsen overheard a conversation between Carlos and his partner Manuel, clerk at the Panama Hotel where Kent, Jimmy and Pug were spending the night. From the conversation Jimmy learned where Pug was being held prisoner and also that
Carlos planned to sail for the island where the treasure was buried that very night on a fishing boat owned by a man named Sanchez. With Pug release both boys hurried to the waterfront determined that the fishing boat the La Paloma would not leave for us. As our story continues to be they have sneaked into
hold of the boat and are attempting to open a seatcock to sink it. Listen. This thing is damn tight. Can't budge it. Let me try it. Okay. It is tight. Ian, how? Hey, wait a minute. What's that noise?
It looks like a boat engine. It's this ball. We're shoving off. What do we do? We got a scram. Come on. No. I stand at the top of the companion way step. But we've got to get off. We just got to.
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