Drake Defeats Spanish Armada

This is Harry Marvel, CBS London, July 29, 1588. Somewhere in the English Channel at this moment, under cover of darkness, so Francis Drake and the English fleet stand face to face with the Spanish Armada, the decisive battle between Elizabeth of England and Philip of Spain, the battle which will decide the fate of Europe, the fate of the world,

for a thousand years, is about to be fought. Before another day is done, we will know whether or not the sun will under rise again. July 29, 1588. C.B.S. is there. Sir Francis Drake faces the Spanish Armada, a lone, her fleet at bay in the English Channel, Britain girds to meet in Beijing.

C.B.S. asked you to imagine that our microphones are there sharing one of England's finest hours. All things are, as they were then, except for one thing. C.B.S. is there. This broadcast, the fifth of a special summer series produced in directed for Columbia by Robert D. O'Shayon, It's based on authentic historical facts and quotations.

And now, London, July 29, 1588, and Harry Mab. This is a night England will never forget. This is a night during which no one has slept. All hearts, all minds, all eyes wait for the dawn.

Because when the sun first freaks the English channel with light, the two mightiest freets the world has ever known will engage in the greatest sea battle of all time. This epic battle will be the climax of action which has been continuous in the English channel for nine days, ever since the sales of Spain loomed out of the sea off the beaches of Britain.

A cloak of naval security has been flung over this nine-day action in the channel by the English Admiralty. We know little of what has happened. We will know nothing more until dawn. But here beside me now is Sir Walter Raleigh, Commissioner of Cornwall, Commander of Plymouth, advisor to the Queen, and her emissary to the New World, America.