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The Last Day of Pompeii (Repeat of 47-08-25)

You Are There · April 11, 1948 · 31 min · 3,441 words

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broadcasting both way up at the top of the Great Amphitheater of Pompeii. It's Navy Day here in Pompeii that's blistering hot 26th day of orbit in the year 79. Navy Day has no doubt about it.

The mighty Roman fleet fresh from its region Mediterranean maneuver is anchored right out here in the Bay of Naples. And every Navy man that could get liberty is jam-packed in this amphitheater. Like to create a whole population of Pompeii, 20,000 people that turned out to want to have a watch-dod-to-the-empire.

The mighty Roman fleet commanded by plenty of the Elders. There's just a great day for Pompeii. From my vantage point way up high, I can see this big bowl full of Pompeii and spread out before me, and they're having a whale of the time.

The games haven't started yet. August has been singing a rapidly 79th A.T. That's the last A of Pompeii. CBS is set... CBS takes you back 1869 years to a city in the shadow of an epic catastrophe.

All things are as they were then, except for one thing. CBS is there. CBS is there, produced and directed by Robert Louis Chaehan, is based on authentic historical facts and quotations. And now... August 26, 79, 80.

Moments lead in Pompeii's backyard. And the Pompeians have been looking forward to this holiday for a long time. The customers are still pouring into the amphitheater with their mission tickets and phones and runs. Yes, sure, they're showing the crowd to their seats.

The tradition to the ringside seats, the breed men to the middle section, and the ladies way up in the gallery, especially reserved for them. The big show in the arena here this afternoon, of course, is the fight between the gladiators, Pudmak, P-U-G-N-A-X, Pudmak, and Moreno's.

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