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Last Of The Clipper Ships Part 06

The Adventures of Superman · March 17, 1941 · 11 min · 1,931 words

The transcript of “Last Of The Clipper Ships Part 06”, an episode of The Adventures of Superman first broadcast March 17, 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 Transcripkin feature, Superman! Superman! The 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 disguise their spark-end, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle against crime and injustice.

A black shroud of mystery and peril surrounds the Clara M, last of the old clipper ships bound on a round-the-world cruise with Clark Kent and Jimmy Olds on the board. To find out what lay behind the strange things happening aboard ship, Clark Kent in our last episode assumed his true identity of Superman and flew back to McRufflers.

Even though a storm was raging when he left, Superman felt certain no harm would come to those on board, since the Clara M was a staunch and seaworthy craft. But Superman could not foresee what was to happen.

As our last episode ended, the anchor cables slipped, dropping the heavy anchor to the side of the ship. At the Glara M healed over in the turbulent sea, the anchor crashed against the hull again and again, breaking the stout timber. Listen.

Well, now that I get that anchor up, the windlessly jammed, someone got to go over side and lash it out. That's suicide, sir, and you know it. Anybody gets thought between the anchor and the side of the ship?

be close to that. Everybody's got to be done. That's the hot side. What are you about? I'm going over side, Mr. Barnaby. Yeah, I can do it. Someone got into it, Mr. Barnaby. But that con-conan anchor will pass your hold on the side big enough to send us to the bottom. Thank you, man. Captain Hawkins, say you'll be

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