1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,480 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. John Hodiac in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,440 of Suspense. 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:26,680 Tonight, Auto Light recreates an historical puzzle as we attempt to locate a sunken treasure. 4 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:31,640 The story based on fact is called Gold of the Atomar. 5 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,880 Our star, Mr. John Hodiac. 6 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:34,880 Hello. 7 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:35,880 Hello. 8 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:43,440 Why, Sheriff, you look like a dude on Saturday night. 9 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,080 Well, I'm going for a ride in my new car. 10 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,640 Well, she is over there. 11 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,760 Well, an Auto Light equipped car, I see, with a complete Auto Light electrical system, including 12 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:57,720 the coil distributor, voltage regulator, starting motor, generator, spark plugs, and battery. 13 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,600 You mean Auto Light makes whole electrical systems, Harlow? 14 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,880 They sure do, Sheriff, and every unit and every component part of the Auto Light electrical 15 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:10,040 system is related by Auto Light engineering design and manufacturing skill to give you 16 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,040 the smoothest performance money can buy. 17 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,640 That's why Auto Light electrical systems are installed as original equipment on many leading 18 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,040 makes of our finest cars, trucks, tractors, and boats. 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,480 Well, I sure am lucky. 20 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:24,480 Right you are, Sheriff. 21 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,880 So friends, be sure to insist on Auto Light original service parts for the electrical 22 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,320 system of your Auto Light equipped car, truck, tractor, or boat. 23 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:38,800 You'll find it pays because from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto 24 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,400 Light. 25 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:49,520 And now, Auto Light presents Mr. John Hodiac in Gold of the Atomar, a story based on fact, 26 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:58,880 hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 27 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,160 You don't hear the splash when you're lowered over the side on a diving stage. 28 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,480 Draped in 200 pounds of lead, copper, and rubberized canvas, the main concern at the 29 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:13,120 moment is the precarious balance between the inlet and exhaust air valves. 30 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:18,160 Then you step off the diving stage, hang by your lifelines, and begin the long, slow drop 31 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,600 into the frigid blackness of the bottom of the sea. 32 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:27,800 As many times as I've done this, I've never felt free from the paralyzing fear of the deep. 33 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,480 The ocean seems to take on a malignant personality. 34 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,320 At this time, the stakes are high. 35 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,200 I'm dropping down to a barnacled hulk that has in its strong room three million dollars 36 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,200 in gold. 37 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:46,140 And as the light from the surface slowly fades, I relax and think. 38 00:02:46,140 --> 00:02:49,480 Think about the beginning of my lust for gold. 39 00:02:49,480 --> 00:03:05,560 This won't be the same without you, Nick. 40 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:06,560 Thanks. 41 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:07,560 Still trying to figure out why. 42 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,720 After 14 years, you suddenly decide to leave the Navy. 43 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:11,720 Tired of living underwater. 44 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:12,720 But what if... 45 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,280 I've had a couple of offers from civilian salvage outfits. 46 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:16,280 Doing what? 47 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,280 Supervising, boys. 48 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,280 Supervising. 49 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,280 Up top. 50 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,280 Where the sun shines. 51 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,360 But you don't have to dive anymore if you don't want to. 52 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,360 Being an instructor... 53 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,360 Fred. 54 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,360 What? 55 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:26,360 Fred. 56 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:27,360 It's a monetary world. 57 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,360 If I have to live in it, I'm going to get some of it. 58 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:30,360 So? 59 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:31,360 So, listen. 60 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,720 If I can get a civilian birth, it'll give me three times as much in the next five years 61 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:35,720 as I can get here. 62 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:36,720 Then I'm going to do it. 63 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,560 You'll be eligible for pension in six years. 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:40,560 Couldn't care less. 65 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:41,560 And that's it? 66 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,560 Yep. 67 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:43,560 That's it. 68 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,360 Where will you be staying? 69 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,360 New York for now. 70 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,120 Write me as soon as you have an address. 71 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,120 I will. 72 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,880 Don't get too much of a sun tan. 73 00:03:52,880 --> 00:04:06,400 Right now I'd gladly take a blistering burn. 74 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:07,400 Sunburn. 75 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,080 Someday I'll get one. 76 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,320 Maybe after all this is over, I'll have enough of the monetary world to bask in the sun for 77 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,680 the rest of my life. 78 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,440 Right now though, I'm cold. 79 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,880 I have to swallow over and over again to clear my ears. 80 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,680 This wasn't what I had in mind when I left the service. 81 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:38,600 That is, I didn't have it in mind until Carl Foster talked to me. 82 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:43,320 I went to the Navy Yard hoping to talk you into getting a leave of absence. 83 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:44,680 But now that you've left the service... 84 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,720 How'd you find me here in New York? 85 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,960 I spoke to Fred James, your ex-roommate. 86 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:49,960 Why me? 87 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,600 The country's full of competent divers. 88 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:54,600 Perhaps. 89 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,200 But I want one who's more than just competent. 90 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,120 What's the job? 91 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:00,120 Then you'll take it? 92 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,120 Depend. 93 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,120 On what? 94 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,120 Equipment. 95 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,800 Most of all, money. 96 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:05,800 I've got the equipment. 97 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,800 And the money? 98 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,440 How about one-fifth of three million dollars? 99 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,560 Let me tell you something, Mr. Foster. 100 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:15,560 Carl. 101 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:16,560 Carl. 102 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,840 When I made my first dive into deep water, I had dreams about getting the loot from every 103 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:23,680 sunken Spanish galleon that ever sailed the high seas. 104 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,760 But I'm grown up now. 105 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,760 This is another treasure hunt, and it's no deal. 106 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:29,760 I've done that bit. 107 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,880 But this isn't just another treasure hunt. 108 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,840 This is the gold that went down with the Atomar. 109 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:36,520 The Atomar's never been located. 110 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,960 It's in twenty-four fathoms of water. 111 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,560 Yeah, go on. 112 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,280 I trust you, Nick, but I can't afford to take chances. 113 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,280 Forget about the vacation for a minute. 114 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:47,280 Forgotten. 115 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:48,280 What kind of shape is she in? 116 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,960 I don't know for sure. 117 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:54,680 All I can tell from topside is that she seems to be resting in a gully. 118 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:55,680 Not good. 119 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,400 Any chance you might be wrong? 120 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Possibly. 121 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,800 My instruments only gave me the general condition of the wreck. 122 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,280 Well, then you haven't been down. 123 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:03,280 No. 124 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:04,280 And I can't anymore. 125 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:05,280 Why not? 126 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:06,280 Heart. 127 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,720 Last case of the Benz ruined. 128 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:09,720 Sorry. 129 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,400 But if you haven't been down, how can you be sure it's the Atomar? 130 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:14,400 I'll tell you. 131 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,560 As you probably know, the Atomar was en route to Morocco from here with three million dollars 132 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:19,560 in bullion. 133 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,800 The rest of the cargo had a secret loading manifest. 134 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,040 Uh, 1910, wasn't it? 135 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,040 1911. 136 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,000 She was last heard from 26 miles southeast of Nantucket Light Ship. 137 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,480 Them disappeared. 138 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:32,480 Right. 139 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,000 They've looked for her for forty-two years. 140 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,360 Well, then how can you be sure it's the Atomar you've located? 141 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,600 Little over twenty miles southeast of the light ship, I found a wreck. 142 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:46,000 Now, I've checked records till I'm blind, and there's no known wreck of that size reported 143 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,320 within fifteen miles. 144 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,080 That's kind of flimsy proof. 145 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:51,560 I got a deal for you. 146 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:52,680 Go ahead. 147 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,920 Make one dive for me. 148 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,560 If it is the Atomar, we continue with our prearranged deal. 149 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:58,560 If not? 150 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,560 I'll pay you five hundred for the dive. 151 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:01,560 The deal. 152 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,680 How soon can you get your equipment together? 153 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,160 We're ready to sail right now. 154 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,120 You were pretty sure of yourself, weren't you? 155 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,040 To answer that, I'll deliver a message from your roommate Fred. 156 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:14,040 What's that? 157 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:27,520 He told me to tell you it's a monetary world. 158 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,320 My world is now apart from the world of normal men. 159 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,960 My world is composed of me and the depths of the Black Sea. 160 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:40,280 There's no sound but the hiss of the exhaust valve as it sends a long ribbon of bubbles 161 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:41,280 upward. 162 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,120 Topside, in the normal world, everything's ready. 163 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,960 Nothing is left to chance. 164 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:47,960 Everything must be right. 165 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:59,800 The men, the time, the place, and the equipment. 166 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,880 And you've got it, the ship's rigged to tackle anything. 167 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,880 You weren't kidding when you said you were ready to go. 168 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:05,880 No, I wasn't. 169 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:06,880 Shall we? 170 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:07,880 Anchor's away. 171 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:08,880 Mr. Gordon. 172 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:09,880 Aye, sir. 173 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:10,880 Hoist anchor, we're on our way. 174 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:11,880 Aye, aye, sir. 175 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:12,880 Let's go to my cabin. 176 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:13,880 Good idea. 177 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:22,600 I want everything right when I go over the side. 178 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,600 In here. 179 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,600 Thanks. 180 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,600 Your gear stowed away? 181 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:30,600 All secured. 182 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Fine, fine. 183 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:36,200 Now, here's the layout of the Atomar. 184 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:41,000 Where's the strong room? 185 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,480 It's right here. 186 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Three decks down. 187 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,480 I thought you'd feel that way. 188 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,480 Well, it's not a problem, really. 189 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,880 In a flexible rig of 24 fathoms, I can go right down the stairs from the superstructure 190 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,040 to that room and torch my way in. 191 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,040 If the hull is upright. 192 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,360 You think it isn't? 193 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,040 I can't be sure. 194 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,560 Instruments registered smooth surface for an aft. 195 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:05,320 I think she's on her side in the gully. 196 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,360 There weren't any survivors, were there? 197 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,360 No. 198 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,440 On the night she sank, a CQD was picked up before recognition was given as gone. 199 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,240 Maybe we'll find out how she went down. 200 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,240 Maybe. 201 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,240 But remember, we only have a week. 202 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,280 Anyway, if she's on her side, here's what we have to do. 203 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:20,280 Wait a minute. 204 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:21,440 You said you only had a week. 205 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,440 Why only a week? 206 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,860 Well, before I located this, I'd already contracted to go to South America for five years to do 207 00:09:26,860 --> 00:09:29,000 a series of salvage jobs. 208 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,920 I don't want to take the chance of somebody else finding the atomar while I'm gone. 209 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,000 Well, isn't the bullion worth more than the contract? 210 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,400 Well, it is if it's there. 211 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,720 I've seen empty strong rooms before. 212 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,400 Well, you want to get in, get the loot if it's there, and get out, is that it? 213 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:43,400 On the button. 214 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:44,400 There you go. 215 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,400 Blasting instead of torching. 216 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,400 Blasting, huh? 217 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,320 What about the rest of the cargo? 218 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,640 No one seems to be able to get a hold of a copy of the manifest. 219 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,000 We may find something interesting when we get to Holopen depth. 220 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,120 Ah, yes, we may. 221 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,240 Well, here we go. 222 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Yep, here we go. 223 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,240 And I didn't even get a sunburn. 224 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:07,240 Huh? 225 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,240 What was that? 226 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:20,880 Nothing, nothing at all. 227 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,920 I no longer look upward. 228 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,080 The land of my world is about to come to me from beneath. 229 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,480 I turn my lamp on again and flash it downward. 230 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:34,120 A mare seeming to rise up from the dark of nothing is a ship. 231 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,280 And I'm no longer alone. 232 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,760 Here is something from my other world. 233 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:43,240 Here is something which was touched by men who felt the warmth of sunlight. 234 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:49,440 Here at my feet could be the wreck of the atomar. 235 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:50,440 On the bottom. 236 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:51,440 Bull dry. 237 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,160 I'm on the hull. 238 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:54,160 How do you feel? 239 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,160 Fine. 240 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,960 Now, Nick, tell me everything you see and what you're doing. 241 00:10:58,960 --> 00:10:59,960 Right. 242 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:05,040 I think I'm pretty close to midships. 243 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,040 You were right. 244 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,040 She's on her side. 245 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,040 Uh-huh. 246 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,040 Now, remember, you've only got enough. 247 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,040 I'm going to check the boat deck for a nameplate. 248 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,040 Okay, but be careful. 249 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,040 Yeah. 250 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:17,040 Top side. 251 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,040 Here. 252 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:22,640 You won't have to pay me for the dive. 253 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:23,640 It's the atomar? 254 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:24,640 That's what it says here. 255 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:25,640 Oh, start counting your money. 256 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:26,640 I've spent it already. 257 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:27,640 Hey, what's the layout, huh? 258 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:35,520 From where I am, the beam of my lamp just barely reaches to the sides of the gullet 259 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,520 you mentioned. 260 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:41,960 They're about 20 feet higher than the hull as it lies now. 261 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,640 What kind of bottom do you have? 262 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,680 Can't say for sure, but it doesn't look like sand. 263 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:49,680 Probably mud. 264 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:50,680 Watch your footing. 265 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:51,680 Okay. 266 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:52,680 We're going over to... 267 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:53,680 What's the matter up there? 268 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:54,680 Ah, a little chop sprung up. 269 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:55,680 We're pitching a bit. 270 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:56,680 Give me more line. 271 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:57,680 Oh, on its way. 272 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:58,680 I'm near a side entry port. 273 00:11:58,680 --> 00:11:59,680 Can't make out the number. 274 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:00,680 Let me check. 275 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:01,680 You're on the starboard side, you say? 276 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:02,680 That should make it the one next to the port. 277 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:15,680 Where's the strong room from where I am? 278 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:21,800 About 20 feet aft of you. 279 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:22,800 I'll check. 280 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:23,800 Carl? 281 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,800 Yeah, go ahead, Nick. 282 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:32,240 I know how the atomar was sunk. 283 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,240 What's that? 284 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,400 There's a hole in midships big enough to drive a truck through. 285 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,400 Can you make out any detail? 286 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,400 The plates are bent inward. 287 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,400 Looks like a mine or torpedo. 288 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,400 Nothing we can do about that now. 289 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,640 Are you near the strong room yet? 290 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,640 Heading for it right now. 291 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,200 Got to get around this hole. 292 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,600 You want us to lift you over? 293 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:56,600 No. 294 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,600 I'll find foothold on the rivet. 295 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,600 Top side. 296 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,600 Carl? 297 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,600 Yeah, yeah, what is it? 298 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,600 Flipping. 299 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:08,600 No foothold. 300 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,600 Take up the slacks. 301 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:10,600 Take it up. 302 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:11,600 Hey, haul away Gordon, haul away. 303 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:12,600 Carl? 304 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:13,600 Your lines are taunt. 305 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:14,600 Can't budge them. 306 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,600 Black off. 307 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:16,600 Nick? 308 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:17,600 The bottom's mud all right. 309 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,600 A minute over my head. 310 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Lost my lamp. 311 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Can't see a thing. 312 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,600 Look, Nick, we're going to pull three times on your line. 313 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:22,600 Let us know if you feel it. 314 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:29,600 Go ahead. 315 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,600 I said go ahead. 316 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,600 We did. 317 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,600 Did you feel it? 318 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:37,600 No. 319 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,600 We'll pull a little harder. 320 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,600 Black off. 321 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:40,600 Black off. 322 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:41,600 My lines are fouled. 323 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,600 Are you sure? 324 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,600 I think they're fouled on one of the bent plates in the hull. 325 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:44,600 What are you going to do? 326 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:45,600 I don't know. 327 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:46,600 I don't think. 328 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:47,600 I'm ready to die. 329 00:13:47,600 --> 00:14:14,600 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Hodiac with Joseph Kearns in Gold of the Atomar, tonight's 330 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:21,600 presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 331 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:35,600 Say, Harlow, how long's Auto Light been making them automotive electrical systems? 332 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,240 Why, Sheriff, since way back in 1911 when Auto Light developed the first two-unit, six-volt 333 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,600 electrical system used as original equipment. 334 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,600 All that time? 335 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,400 Yes, Sheriff, and the Auto Light electrical system has a big job to do. 336 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,840 It goes to work when you start your car and works every second the engine does, as well 337 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,120 as when you blow your horn and turn on your heater, radio, or lights. 338 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,840 Well, now that Auto Light electrical system's pretty good, Harlow. 339 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:03,200 It's the finest money can buy, Sheriff, and because the electrical system is so important 340 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:08,120 to smooth the economical operation of your car, it should be treated to a periodic checkup 341 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,960 by your car dealer or authorized Auto Light service station. 342 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,320 To quickly locate him, look in the classified section of the phone book under automobile 343 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:22,000 electrical service, or call Western Union and ask for operator 25. 344 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:29,120 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 345 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:35,760 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr. John Hodiac in Elliot Lewis's 346 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:57,040 production of Gold of the Atomar, a true story well calculated to keep you in suspense. 347 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,600 There isn't much use in struggling. 348 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:05,280 The 200 pounds of my diving rig pull me deeper into mud which is already over my head. 349 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,520 The dark is the worst. 350 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,240 The dark that terrifies me. 351 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,360 Because it isn't water dark. 352 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:13,840 It's mud dark. 353 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,800 I can't find a foothold in this sea of gelatinous muck. 354 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:18,800 Nothing. 355 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:19,800 Nick. 356 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:20,800 Nick. 357 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:21,800 Can you hear me? 358 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,600 I'm aware of Carl's voice intruding. 359 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:24,600 Nick. 360 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,640 A welcome intrusion because it's a voice in the world I so desperately wish I was in. 361 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:29,640 Nick. 362 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:30,640 Nick, can you hear me? 363 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:31,640 Are you okay? 364 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:32,640 Yeah, Carl. 365 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,640 Up to now, I'm okay. 366 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,880 We've taken up all the slack. 367 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:38,880 Don't try any harder. 368 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,400 If my line is fouled on a hull plate, it might tear my air hose. 369 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:43,400 We know. 370 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,080 The important thing is to get you out of the mud. 371 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,080 Important to who? 372 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:48,080 Me? 373 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,080 Well, the three million bucks. 374 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:50,080 Oh, no, easy, Nick. 375 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,080 Sorry. 376 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,080 Are your hands free? 377 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,080 No. 378 00:16:55,080 --> 00:17:00,640 My left hand is pressed against my side. 379 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:01,640 My right's across my chest. 380 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:02,640 Can you move your legs? 381 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:03,640 Not too far. 382 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:04,640 Not too far? 383 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:05,640 Not much. 384 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,520 Even if I could, it wouldn't do any good. 385 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,520 No solid footing here. 386 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:11,520 Nick. 387 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:12,520 Yeah. 388 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:17,760 Want me to come down and get you? 389 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:18,760 Want to die? 390 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:19,760 We've got to do something. 391 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:20,760 I know. 392 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:21,760 Topside. 393 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:22,760 Oh, right here, Nick. 394 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,760 I'm going to try something. 395 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:32,400 My right hand's near enough to my inlet valve to turn it full on. 396 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,000 Oh, you're blown. 397 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 Right. 398 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,480 Maybe I'll get enough buoyancy to drag myself out of this muck. 399 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,160 If you pop through too fast, you'll surface. 400 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,520 Or you'll be dead before we can get to you. 401 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:46,440 I think I can get into the inlet valve fast enough to cut my air down and let it bleed 402 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,680 out slowly so I can stay down. 403 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,040 Then I'll get my lines free and you can haul me up. 404 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,240 Let it into the decompression chamber just in case I miss. 405 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,240 No, no, no, no. 406 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:57,240 It's too risky. 407 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,240 Don't do it. 408 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,240 Got a better idea? 409 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:00,240 No. 410 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:06,760 Then we'll do it my way. 411 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,960 I'm no hero, but it's the only way out of the mud. 412 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,840 Ballooning my rig could kill me. 413 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:17,240 If I don't shut off my air in time, I'll shoot up to the surface. 414 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,920 Then if I miss braining myself on the hull of the salvage ship, I'll pop through the 415 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,160 surface and be dead of the bend before Carl gets to me. 416 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,240 But I have to risk it. 417 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:31,080 I don't want to die in the dark of the mud. 418 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,760 Slowly I inch my hand up to my breastplate and twist the handle of the inlet valve. 419 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:41,280 As my rig inflates, I feel the pressure of the mud ease off. 420 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:42,280 A little more. 421 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,320 A little more. 422 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,440 Suddenly I pull free and shoot up toward the surface. 423 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,440 I claw for the air valve and turn it off, but still I rise. 424 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,760 Desperately, I bang my exhaust valve wide open with my chin. 425 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:54,760 Too late. 426 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,360 I'm too buoyant. 427 00:18:56,360 --> 00:19:00,720 Suddenly I'm brought up short. 428 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,160 My fouled lifeline holds firm. 429 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:09,160 As the excess air bleeds through the exhaust valve, I settle back to the atomar to another 430 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,960 chance at three million dollars. 431 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:17,640 I adjust the balance of the valves and look for the spot where my line fouled. 432 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:18,640 I find it. 433 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:31,520 Here, have some more coffee. 434 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,000 Thanks. 435 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,760 Oh man, that air smells good. 436 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,200 Well, I guess that's that. 437 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,200 What do you mean, that's that? 438 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,200 Well, you're not going down there anymore are you? 439 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,200 Of course I am. 440 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,840 I'm a diver, not a tourist. 441 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,880 That was a pretty rough go down there. 442 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,320 Yes, it was. 443 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,240 But there's also three million dollars down there. 444 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,440 I'm not going to let a little mud bother me. 445 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,440 Funny. 446 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,440 What's funny? 447 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,680 You calling it only a little mud. 448 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:05,560 Yeah, I guess so. 449 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:09,240 Now that you're going ahead, what's the next step? 450 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:10,240 Blast. 451 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,240 When? 452 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,920 Tomorrow morning. 453 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,000 How many charges do you think it'll take? 454 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,280 About three. 455 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,280 One thing bothers me. 456 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:19,280 What's that? 457 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,040 That gully the atomers in. 458 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,920 Any chance of the sides caving in from the blast? 459 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,680 That's not about that too. 460 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,520 I don't think so, Carl. 461 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,760 I'm going to use control charges. 462 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,400 Most of the blast effect will channel into the plate. 463 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,400 Okay. 464 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,480 Why don't you turn in now? 465 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,280 It's been a rough day. 466 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,280 I think I will. 467 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:43,720 What about you? 468 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,480 I'll be there in a few minutes. 469 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:46,480 Okay. 470 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:47,480 Good night. 471 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,480 Night, night. 472 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:55,480 I had nightmares. 473 00:20:55,480 --> 00:21:02,320 Nightmares about mud. 474 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,880 All night long I dreamed of sticky, gummy, slimy mud. 475 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,880 Until it seemed that the whole world was one gigantic mud ball. 476 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:15,440 Finally, I managed to get a few hours of restful sleep. 477 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:16,440 Dreamless sleep. 478 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:17,440 Welcome sleep. 479 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:25,080 In the morning, I climbed into my rig and went down to set the first blast on the atomar. 480 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,560 The water was clear and my lamp pierced through to the limit of its beam. 481 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,320 I planted the charge against the entry port and went up to the salvage ship to help Carl 482 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,400 with the detonation. 483 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,320 We made the necessary arrangements and pulled the trigger. 484 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,480 The next day was a repetition of the previous day. 485 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:47,880 Six hours after the second blast, I went down to check the results. 486 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:57,520 What did we do? 487 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,520 Knocked off a little more than I expected. 488 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,280 The cargo hold is exposed. 489 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:06,200 Looks like there was only one bulkhead between it and the strong room. 490 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,200 I'm going to check it. 491 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,200 Okay, but don't take any chances. 492 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,200 Relax, that gold is as good as a board right now. 493 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,200 Topside. 494 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,200 Yeah, go ahead. 495 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,560 I know why the cargo manifest was secret. 496 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,560 What'd you find? 497 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:26,560 Dynamite. 498 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:38,560 But why didn't the atomar blow up when she was hit? 499 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,160 Well, the hole in her hull is aft the munitions hole. 500 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,480 I mean, one of a dozen things could have diverted the shock. 501 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:49,320 There was a main hole full of munitions and dynamite. 502 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:50,880 No surprise to me. 503 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,160 A cargo hold full of munitions isn't a surprise? 504 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,600 Under ordinary conditions, yes. 505 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,320 But under the conditions surrounding the voyage of the atomar, no. 506 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:58,640 All right, I'll bite. 507 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:59,640 What were the conditions? 508 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,720 Well, first we know that she sailed in 1911, July 2nd. 509 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:03,720 Well, what's that bet? 510 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:04,720 I'm coming to that. 511 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:10,360 On July 1st, a German warship, the Panther, sailed into the harbor of Agadir port of Morocco. 512 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:13,480 I think I'm beginning to get the story. 513 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,880 This was the incident that almost caused a war between France and Germany. 514 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:17,880 On the button. 515 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,560 Well, then the reason the atomar was on its way to Morocco was to deliver the essentials 516 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:22,840 of war, money, and munitions. 517 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,840 That's the way I got it figured. 518 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,920 Well, now the secret manifest begins to make sense. 519 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:28,920 Doesn't it, though? 520 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,240 What do we do now? 521 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,600 That's your job. 522 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:32,600 One more blast. 523 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:33,600 Are you nuts? 524 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,720 The next blast might set off all ammunition. 525 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:36,720 No, it wouldn't. 526 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,680 Nick, that stuff's been underwater for over 40 years. 527 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,920 Why, there wouldn't be one chance in a million of that happening. 528 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:41,920 It happened once before. 529 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:42,920 When? 530 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,200 1930, the Artilio in the harbor of Kiburona. 531 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,520 Oh, yeah, but the TNT in the hold of that wreck had only been underwater 13 years. 532 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,080 1333, makes no difference. 533 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,160 But there is a difference. 534 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,920 That other stuff was only in 10 fathoms. 535 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,640 It's 24 fathoms here. 536 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,920 There's enough pressure down there to squash every shell, let alone seep into every crack. 537 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:00,920 All right. 538 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,400 What do you want to do? 539 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,400 Blast. 540 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,600 Even if it means planning two small charges and two separate trips, it'll still be faster 541 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:09,600 than an underwater torch. 542 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,720 They're pausing the whole wreck blows. 543 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:16,080 Well, then you lose one-fifth of three million bucks. 544 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,000 And you? 545 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,720 I go back to South America. 546 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,360 Well? 547 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:23,680 Okay. 548 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,880 Hate me. 549 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,880 I'm greedy. 550 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:33,600 Let's go. 551 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:42,600 Now, you all set? 552 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,640 All set. 553 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:51,000 I set the explosives for an aft. 554 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Oh, good. 555 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,000 One thing. 556 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Yeah, what? 557 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 How much electrical cable you got? 558 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Oh, a couple of thousand feet wide. 559 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Let's use it. 560 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 We've got the buoy for a marker. 561 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,200 Let's ease off as far as we can from the wreck just in case the cargo goes. 562 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,200 Nothing's going to happen. 563 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,200 I said let's move off. 564 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,600 This is my ship and I give the orders. 565 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:06,600 We stay. 566 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:07,600 Aye, aye, sir. 567 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:08,600 Gordon. 568 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:09,600 Aye, sir. 569 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:10,600 Make ready to blast. 570 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:11,600 Ready. 571 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:12,600 Let her go. 572 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,600 Here she goes. 573 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,600 She blew up. 574 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:21,600 The atomar blew up. 575 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,600 Hang on. 576 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,560 Hang on. 577 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:41,440 We didn't sink, but we might as well have. 578 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,280 The salvage ship sprung every seam in her hull. 579 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,640 Most of the gear was washed overboard as great gobs of mud spewed from the bottom rose into 580 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,880 the air and splashed against us. 581 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,760 It wasn't hard to imagine what happened on the bottom. 582 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,960 The gully that cradled the atomar collapsed. 583 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:02,440 The sides rolled down on the wreck bearing in under 20 feet of silt. 584 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,120 What happened to the three million dollars is anybody's guess. 585 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:10,640 Probably salted through all the muck 24-filems down. 586 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,920 We managed to make it to dry dock for repairs. 587 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,440 I never saw Carl again after that. 588 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:17,440 Me? 589 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:23,160 But if you want me, you'll have to write to Chief Petty Officer Larkin attached to under 590 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,760 sea training New London, Connecticut. 591 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:30,800 I'm eating three good meals a day, getting plenty of sunshine, and building up pension 592 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,560 time. 593 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,560 I think I'm content. 594 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:47,080 As far as I'm concerned, you can have your monetary world. 595 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:59,520 Suspense. 596 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:04,040 And by Auto Light, the night star Mr. John Hodiac. 597 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,800 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, world's largest independent manufacturer of 598 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,040 automotive electrical equipment. 599 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,080 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 600 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,560 That's why during the early months of this year, as we did a year ago, the Auto Light 601 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:24,440 family will join in saluting the leading car manufacturers who install Auto Light products 602 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,720 as original equipment. 603 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:32,040 Our Auto Light family is a worldwide family and includes some 30,000 men and women in 604 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:37,920 Auto Light plants in the United States, Canada, and many foreign countries, and the 18,000 605 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,480 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light, as well as thousands 606 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,240 of Auto Light distributors and dealers and the many leading manufacturers who use Auto 607 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,360 Light products as original equipment. 608 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:55,200 Our Auto Light family will salute the Hudson Motor Car Company on the next Auto Light Suspense 609 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,600 television program. 610 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:01,120 If you live in a television area, check the day and time of Suspense on television so 611 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:11,320 that you'll be sure to see this program. 612 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:15,320 Next week, a true story with only names and places changed. 613 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:20,120 A classic report on a famous bank robbery and murder in the Old West. 614 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,000 It's called The Spencer Brothers. 615 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,520 Our star, Mr. Richard Widmark. 616 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:41,240 Next week on Suspense. 617 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,920 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by Lucian Morawick 618 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,400 and conducted by Lutgluskin. 619 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:53,000 Gold of the Anomar was written for Suspense by Ross Murray. 620 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:58,200 In tonight's story, Joseph Kearns was heard as Carl, Clayton Post as Fred, and Charles 621 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,200 Calvert as Gordon. 622 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:07,920 John Hodiac is soon to be seen in Conquest of Cochise, a Columbia picture. 623 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:18,000 And remember, next week, Mr. Richard Widmark in The Spencer Brothers. 624 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:30,360 This is the CBS Radio Network.