WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.440 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Edmund O'Brien in tonight's presentation 00:11.440 --> 00:16.440 of Suspense. 00:16.440 --> 00:24.760 Tonight, Auto Light presents a true story as we dramatize the diary of a man whose unfortunate 00:24.760 --> 00:31.400 task it was to set down a report on the death of his friends, ordeal in Donner Pass. 00:31.400 --> 00:35.120 Our star, Mr. Edmund O'Brien. 00:35.120 --> 00:41.120 Well, Harlow, tomorrow's the day. 00:41.120 --> 00:45.220 Yes, Senator, the day when a lot of people will step on the starter and find that their 00:45.220 --> 00:49.840 batteries are as dry as a campaign speech because they forgot to keep them properly 00:49.840 --> 00:50.880 filled with water. 00:50.880 --> 00:53.040 I mean election day, Harlow. 00:53.040 --> 00:57.920 Right, right, the day when thousands of wise drivers will elect to get an Auto Light stay 00:57.920 --> 01:02.080 full, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 01:02.080 --> 01:03.800 I'll vote for that. 01:03.800 --> 01:07.360 And that Auto Light stay full is a long time in office. 01:07.360 --> 01:12.240 Fiberglass retaining mats protect every positive plate to reduce shedding and flaking and give 01:12.240 --> 01:17.720 that conscientious candidate longer life as proved by tests conducted according to accepted 01:17.720 --> 01:19.520 life cycle standards. 01:19.520 --> 01:24.640 So friends, after you vote, visit your Auto Light battery dealer, the expert on all makes 01:24.640 --> 01:30.320 of batteries, to quickly locate him, phone Western Union by number, and ask for operator 01:30.320 --> 01:31.320 25. 01:31.320 --> 01:35.560 I'll tell you where to get an Auto Light stay full, the battery that needs water only three 01:35.560 --> 01:37.800 times a year in normal car use. 01:37.800 --> 01:43.340 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:43.340 --> 01:50.180 And now, Auto Light presents, Ordeal in Donner Pass, starring Mr. Edmund O'Brien, hoping 01:50.180 --> 02:04.520 once again to keep you in suspense. 02:04.520 --> 02:09.400 My name is Patrick Breen, and I am a God-fearing man who loves his family and tries to do right 02:09.400 --> 02:10.880 by his fellow man. 02:10.880 --> 02:16.680 If in the months that followed after we started to take the hasting shortcut to California, 02:16.680 --> 02:24.840 if in those months from November of 1846 to March of 1847, I was selfish, there were men 02:24.840 --> 02:26.960 guilty of worse. 02:26.960 --> 02:28.960 I'd done what I was able. 02:28.960 --> 02:35.080 I'd done what was the most any man could. 02:35.080 --> 02:42.600 If we had have read the signs right, it wouldn't have happened maybe. 02:42.600 --> 02:46.160 When Keesburg left the old man, Mr. Hardcoup, behind to die. 02:46.160 --> 02:50.680 When Snyder attacked Mr. Reed and Reed killed him and got banished from the caravan, sent 02:50.680 --> 02:53.320 out alone without wife and child. 02:53.320 --> 02:58.200 If we saw the signs of losing all those cattle and trucky meadows, and the Indians sneaking 02:58.200 --> 03:07.280 up and killing half the rest, we would have seen the hand of nature working against us. 03:07.280 --> 03:12.600 And the crazy task of clearing a road through the Sierra Mountain wilderness by hand, 30 03:12.600 --> 03:14.180 miles of road. 03:14.180 --> 03:19.680 We should have seen the signs, but the Donner Party only saw Missouri where they came from 03:19.680 --> 03:22.480 and California where they was going. 03:22.480 --> 03:23.760 We didn't see in between. 03:23.760 --> 03:25.800 Well, what's the trouble? 03:25.800 --> 03:26.800 What's the matter? 03:26.800 --> 03:27.800 Something go wrong again? 03:27.800 --> 03:28.800 What's the matter? 03:28.800 --> 03:30.600 Mr. Eddie is for trying to get over the pass again. 03:30.600 --> 03:32.600 I say it's crazy. 03:32.600 --> 03:33.860 Temperature must be near to freezing. 03:33.860 --> 03:35.840 And it gets worse near the summit, up near the pass. 03:35.840 --> 03:38.780 Well, I got my wife and children to think about, Mr. Donner. 03:38.780 --> 03:40.240 And so do I, Mr. Graves. 03:40.240 --> 03:41.600 And think about them. 03:41.600 --> 03:42.600 Don't stop here. 03:42.600 --> 03:45.120 You'll save her lives if you don't stop. 03:45.120 --> 03:46.840 It's colder and colder, Mr. Eddie. 03:46.840 --> 03:49.840 I tell you, get out of these mountains now. 03:49.840 --> 03:51.720 We'd have to leave most of our goods behind. 03:51.720 --> 03:52.800 And leave your goods. 03:52.800 --> 03:53.800 Leave our goods? 03:53.800 --> 03:55.040 As well leave our money. 03:55.040 --> 03:56.040 And your money. 03:56.040 --> 03:57.280 You talk madness, Mr. Eddie. 03:57.280 --> 03:59.800 What would we start our lives with in California? 03:59.800 --> 04:00.800 Don't be fooled. 04:00.800 --> 04:03.320 Mr. Eddie, you'll make trouble for yourself. 04:03.320 --> 04:05.040 Look at the health of our party. 04:05.040 --> 04:06.440 The exhaustion, Mr. Eddie. 04:06.440 --> 04:07.440 Look at it. 04:07.440 --> 04:10.040 Look at dead bodies if you don't move on. 04:10.040 --> 04:11.040 I know. 04:11.040 --> 04:12.980 I know that. 04:12.980 --> 04:15.680 But it's always been what could happen. 04:15.680 --> 04:19.680 Only some of my children, they complain. 04:19.680 --> 04:21.280 They need rest in a regular camp. 04:21.280 --> 04:22.280 And mine too. 04:22.280 --> 04:23.280 And my wife. 04:23.280 --> 04:25.500 The last bluff we lowered our wagons over. 04:25.500 --> 04:27.160 We didn't have the energy to keep them right. 04:27.160 --> 04:29.120 Someone crashing down supplies an oil. 04:29.120 --> 04:31.720 The men just don't have the heart for it. 04:31.720 --> 04:32.720 You'll die. 04:32.720 --> 04:35.080 There's no going back to the Salt Lake. 04:35.080 --> 04:36.080 Some died there already. 04:36.080 --> 04:37.080 Try. 04:37.080 --> 04:39.120 At least try going over the pass again. 04:39.120 --> 04:40.720 Hastings route was a pack of lies. 04:40.720 --> 04:41.960 We'll take another route. 04:41.960 --> 04:43.080 Look up, Mr. Eddie. 04:43.080 --> 04:44.800 Look up to the face of the summit. 04:44.800 --> 04:45.800 Snow. 04:45.800 --> 04:46.800 Solid snow. 04:46.800 --> 04:48.640 No marks or signs. 04:48.640 --> 04:49.640 It's snowing again. 04:49.640 --> 04:52.520 And if we stay, it'll swallow us up. 04:52.520 --> 04:54.440 And look at the faces. 04:54.440 --> 04:57.360 One body can only work so much, Mr. Graves. 04:57.360 --> 04:58.960 And no more. 04:58.960 --> 05:00.640 Only so much. 05:00.640 --> 05:02.040 It calls for a vote. 05:02.040 --> 05:03.040 No, not yet. 05:03.040 --> 05:04.040 Why a vote? 05:04.040 --> 05:05.040 No more argument. 05:05.040 --> 05:06.040 It wastes time. 05:06.040 --> 05:07.540 No, you gotta listen. 05:07.540 --> 05:08.540 We gotta talk some more. 05:08.540 --> 05:09.540 You gotta understand. 05:09.540 --> 05:10.540 Take your hands off me. 05:10.540 --> 05:11.540 Tom, stop it. 05:11.540 --> 05:12.540 Stop it. 05:12.540 --> 05:13.540 All right. 05:13.540 --> 05:19.040 All right, call your vote. 05:19.040 --> 05:21.040 Call the vote, Mr. Breen. 05:21.040 --> 05:22.040 Listen. 05:22.040 --> 05:27.880 The question is, do we go on for another try over the pass or stay? 05:27.880 --> 05:29.440 There's no going back. 05:29.440 --> 05:31.480 Mr. Donner? 05:31.480 --> 05:32.480 To stay. 05:32.480 --> 05:34.240 Mr. Graves? 05:34.240 --> 05:35.240 To stay. 05:35.240 --> 05:39.000 Mrs. Reed, with your husband gone, you have a man's vote. 05:39.000 --> 05:42.200 To stay, I suppose. 05:42.200 --> 05:44.880 I don't know. 05:44.880 --> 05:46.960 I cast no vote, Mr. Breen. 05:46.960 --> 05:48.960 Mr. Murphy? 05:48.960 --> 06:00.160 Keesburg? 06:00.160 --> 06:01.840 We built three houses. 06:01.840 --> 06:03.680 One was already standing. 06:03.680 --> 06:05.720 The Graves family next to the Reeds. 06:05.720 --> 06:08.040 Our family in Keesburg's next door. 06:08.040 --> 06:10.960 The Eddie and Murphy families in the adjoining cabins. 06:10.960 --> 06:14.260 And five miles down, the Donners. 06:14.260 --> 06:17.080 No windows and one door to each cabin. 06:17.080 --> 06:22.280 And like sentinels from October 31st, half our slaughtered oxen, dressed and ready, split 06:22.280 --> 06:35.880 in half, stood frozen next to our cabins. 06:35.880 --> 06:40.600 On Friday, November 20th, 1846, I began my journal. 06:40.600 --> 06:45.000 We now had killed most part of our cattle, having to stay here until next spring and 06:45.000 --> 06:48.120 live on poor beef without bread or salt. 06:48.120 --> 06:51.040 It snowed during the space of eight days with little interruption. 06:51.040 --> 06:54.760 The remainder of time up to this day was clear and pleasant. 06:54.760 --> 06:58.520 Freezing at night, the snow had nearly gone from the valleys. 06:58.520 --> 06:59.520 Hello! 06:59.520 --> 07:01.840 My wife, my children asleep. 07:01.840 --> 07:06.680 They could not have attempted the crossing with Mr. Eddie, who started out with 22. 07:06.680 --> 07:08.880 My wife thought it better to wait. 07:08.880 --> 07:09.880 Hello! 07:09.880 --> 07:10.880 We're off! 07:10.880 --> 07:15.720 What, what is it? 07:15.720 --> 07:18.400 It's Mr. Eddie taking a group for another try. 07:18.400 --> 07:20.040 Oh, I wonder. 07:20.040 --> 07:22.000 It's no time for doubt. 07:22.000 --> 07:24.000 A doubt can mean terrible things. 07:24.000 --> 07:26.440 Do you think they'll make it? 07:26.440 --> 07:29.200 I've no facts to go by. 07:29.200 --> 07:33.040 Mr. Eddie's a courageous and daring man. 07:33.040 --> 07:34.700 Will they make it? 07:34.700 --> 07:38.400 It's only a feeling and it's the only guide we have. 07:38.400 --> 07:40.520 Will they make it? 07:40.520 --> 07:44.320 I say no. 07:44.320 --> 07:54.680 On November 26th, I slaughtered my last team of oxen. 07:54.680 --> 07:58.360 After this beef was gone, maybe Mrs. Eddie would sell me some of hers. 07:58.360 --> 08:07.920 There were some mules, there were dogs, and we waited. 08:07.920 --> 08:18.160 Monday, December 1st, snowing fast, wind west, snow about four or five feet deep, no drifts, 08:18.160 --> 08:21.360 looks as likely to continue as when it commenced. 08:21.360 --> 08:28.480 No living thing without wings can get about. 08:28.480 --> 08:37.760 Tuesday, December 2nd, still snowing, wind west, snow now about five and a half to six 08:37.760 --> 08:39.480 feet deep. 08:39.480 --> 08:53.840 Difficult to get wood, no going from the house, completely closed in. 08:53.840 --> 08:58.600 Great days of storm and not seeing or hearing a word of life or death. 08:58.600 --> 09:04.560 Snow bound so that even the people in the next cabin were like a thousand miles away. 09:04.560 --> 09:08.840 We couldn't get out to kill the pack animals and after the sixth day our ration was barely 09:08.840 --> 09:10.880 enough to keep a baby alive. 09:10.880 --> 09:14.900 And then the storm stopped. 09:14.900 --> 09:16.840 We got to have meat. 09:16.840 --> 09:18.960 I'll go out. 09:18.960 --> 09:19.960 Slaughter the mules. 09:19.960 --> 09:20.960 Aye, the mules. 09:20.960 --> 09:21.960 Here. 09:21.960 --> 09:24.160 Help me with these boxes. 09:24.160 --> 09:29.200 The door is jammed. 09:29.200 --> 09:30.200 Step aside now. 09:30.200 --> 09:35.720 When I pull back the last hide, snow will fall through. 09:35.720 --> 09:39.360 Mr. Graves? 09:39.360 --> 09:41.880 They're gone. 09:41.880 --> 09:42.880 They're gone. 09:42.880 --> 09:43.880 What are you talking about? 09:43.880 --> 09:44.880 We didn't tie the stock. 09:44.880 --> 09:45.880 They ran off. 09:45.880 --> 09:46.880 The stock. 09:46.880 --> 09:47.880 Oh, no, no. 09:47.880 --> 09:48.880 They couldn't have gone far enough. 09:48.880 --> 09:53.160 They couldn't have gone far enough in the storm. 09:53.160 --> 09:55.160 They've got to be here. 09:55.160 --> 09:56.760 Look for the trash. 09:56.760 --> 09:57.760 Trash should be gone. 09:57.760 --> 09:58.760 Cover it up. 09:58.760 --> 09:59.760 We should have tied them. 09:59.760 --> 10:04.760 Yeah, we should have tied them up. 10:04.760 --> 10:05.760 I can't dig anymore. 10:05.760 --> 10:11.440 Mr. Green, Mr. Graves, Bayless Williams is dead. 10:11.440 --> 10:14.640 Will someone help take him from our cabin? 10:14.640 --> 10:17.480 Graves, will you help? 10:17.480 --> 10:19.080 I cannot. 10:19.080 --> 10:21.400 I've got to save my strength. 10:21.400 --> 10:22.400 I cannot. 10:22.400 --> 10:24.920 Come, Mrs. Reed. 10:24.920 --> 10:33.240 We'll give Bayless Williams the final rest, poor man. 10:33.240 --> 10:37.640 Mr. Green, have you any ox meat for my children? 10:37.640 --> 10:39.520 There's almost none. 10:39.520 --> 10:40.520 A little. 10:40.520 --> 10:43.600 Just a little for my children. 10:43.600 --> 10:45.840 We have children too, Mrs. Reed. 10:45.840 --> 10:46.840 Sorry. 10:46.840 --> 10:49.280 It's starting to snow again. 10:49.280 --> 10:50.880 I'm sorry. 10:50.880 --> 10:54.000 And getting colder. 10:54.000 --> 11:14.080 Maybe we should call him Fortunate, Mr. Williams. 11:14.080 --> 11:20.400 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Edmund O'Brien in Ordeal in Donner Pass, tonight's presentation 11:20.400 --> 11:28.320 in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 11:28.320 --> 11:38.680 Say, Harlow, who do you think will win tomorrow? 11:38.680 --> 11:42.120 Why, the man with the auto light stay full battery, Senator. 11:42.120 --> 11:46.440 You just can't lose with that rare, rugged and reliable battery that states right on 11:46.440 --> 11:47.440 the case. 11:47.440 --> 11:50.160 Needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 11:50.160 --> 11:53.760 But both candidates have an auto light stay full, Harlow. 11:53.760 --> 11:57.600 Then they have long-term power insurance, Senator. 11:57.600 --> 12:02.320 Fiberglass retaining mats protect every positive plate to reduce shedding and flaking and give 12:02.320 --> 12:07.200 that auto light stay full longer life, as proved by tests conducted according to accepted 12:07.200 --> 12:08.520 life cycle standards. 12:08.520 --> 12:11.800 Yes, but who are you voting for, Harlow? 12:11.800 --> 12:13.960 Why, for my auto light battery dealer. 12:13.960 --> 12:16.600 He's the expert on all makes of batteries. 12:16.600 --> 12:20.480 And if a replacement is needed, he'll recommend an auto light stay full. 12:20.480 --> 12:24.720 The battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 12:24.720 --> 12:30.200 To quickly locate him, phone Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 12:30.200 --> 12:31.200 That's right. 12:31.200 --> 12:33.960 Call me Western Union operator 25. 12:33.960 --> 12:39.400 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. 12:39.400 --> 12:45.480 And now, auto light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Edmund O'Brien in Elliot Lewis's 12:45.480 --> 12:49.160 production of Ordeal in Donner Pass. 12:49.160 --> 13:06.820 A true report, well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:06.820 --> 13:12.760 Maybe you say it was cruel of me to turn aside Mrs. Reed, but I had eight mouths to feed. 13:12.760 --> 13:14.800 She only had five. 13:14.800 --> 13:17.400 Figuring life and death in numbers. 13:17.400 --> 13:25.760 What else could we do? 13:25.760 --> 13:30.200 December 31st, 1846, last of the year. 13:30.200 --> 13:34.240 With God's help, we spend the coming year better than the past, which we propose to 13:34.240 --> 13:35.240 do. 13:35.240 --> 13:38.240 We're blessed to have a good time. 13:38.240 --> 13:39.240 Burger died, Reinhardt also. 13:39.240 --> 13:47.240 If only almighty God will deliver us from our terrible situation, which is our prayer. 13:47.240 --> 13:48.240 Amen. 13:48.240 --> 13:56.200 Morning, cloudy again, wind east by south for three days past freezing hard every night. 13:56.200 --> 13:58.960 Looks like another snowstorm. 13:58.960 --> 14:00.800 Snowstorms are awful to us. 14:00.800 --> 14:02.440 Snow is so deep now. 14:02.440 --> 14:05.120 So very cold. 14:05.120 --> 14:07.760 Some of the children too weak to get from bed. 14:07.760 --> 14:20.680 Nothing but hides in the children's starving dog. 14:20.680 --> 14:26.280 Sunday January 3rd, 1847, freezing at night, wind about east. 14:26.280 --> 14:30.320 Mrs. Reed talks of crossing the mountains with one of her older children, leaving others 14:30.320 --> 14:31.320 behind. 14:31.320 --> 14:33.160 Provisions cast. 14:33.160 --> 14:36.440 I have no right to ask you, but it's for their sake. 14:36.440 --> 14:37.440 I must go. 14:37.440 --> 14:38.440 No, not alone. 14:38.440 --> 14:39.440 Mrs. Reed. 14:39.440 --> 14:40.440 With milk. 14:40.440 --> 14:41.440 No. 14:41.440 --> 14:42.440 And Eliza in Virginia. 14:42.440 --> 14:43.440 10 strong mountain men couldn't do it now. 14:43.440 --> 14:44.440 I must, I must. 14:44.440 --> 14:47.440 There isn't enough for all of us. 14:47.440 --> 14:50.440 Can I leave James with you? 14:50.440 --> 14:53.800 I'm going for bread, Tommy. 14:53.800 --> 14:56.800 Get bread for you and everybody. 14:56.800 --> 14:57.800 Child. 14:57.800 --> 14:58.800 What of Tom? 14:58.800 --> 14:59.800 To the graves. 14:59.800 --> 15:00.800 Will they take him in? 15:00.800 --> 15:01.800 I can only imagine. 15:01.800 --> 15:04.800 Will you help me take him over? 15:04.800 --> 15:20.200 Hurry, hurry, Mr. Breen, for God's sake, hurry. 15:20.200 --> 15:33.800 You come seeking help, Mrs. Reed? 15:33.800 --> 15:35.840 The fine and dandy Mrs. Reed? 15:35.840 --> 15:40.520 I only ask you with some charity. 15:40.520 --> 15:41.880 Take in my baby, Tom. 15:41.880 --> 15:44.800 We've got nothing to share with the son of your husband. 15:44.800 --> 15:46.280 Cut out your tongue, Mr. Graves. 15:46.280 --> 15:48.280 This isn't your concern, Mr. Breen, none of it. 15:48.280 --> 15:49.280 I've taken in James. 15:49.280 --> 15:51.160 And it's your bad luck. 15:51.160 --> 15:53.080 How can you talk so selfish? 15:53.080 --> 15:55.480 For all of us, one problem, all to help each other. 15:55.480 --> 15:57.480 We're more alone than ever, alone. 15:57.480 --> 16:02.120 From the man who fights the hardest, wins his life and life for his family. 16:02.120 --> 16:03.680 You ask a price? 16:03.680 --> 16:07.360 There's still some animal hides on the roof of your hut. 16:07.360 --> 16:09.880 I thought to share them for all the children. 16:09.880 --> 16:13.320 Let the others care for your precious baby. 16:13.320 --> 16:14.320 Mr. Breen? 16:14.320 --> 16:16.960 He can have some of them you give me. 16:16.960 --> 16:18.280 And the silverware you brought. 16:18.280 --> 16:20.240 A foul mind and a foul body. 16:20.240 --> 16:23.760 No father than the stink of your own cabin, living like animals. 16:23.760 --> 16:24.760 But you become one. 16:24.760 --> 16:28.440 And then there's a golden bracelet my wife saw you wear. 16:28.440 --> 16:29.440 You can have it. 16:29.440 --> 16:30.440 And fine linen cloth. 16:30.440 --> 16:31.440 Any other... 16:31.440 --> 16:32.440 Enough! 16:32.440 --> 16:33.440 Shut up! 16:33.440 --> 16:35.440 You ask for another thing and I turn my hand against you. 16:35.440 --> 16:37.440 I'll kill you if you ask for another thing! 16:37.440 --> 16:38.920 Please, Mr. Breen. 16:38.920 --> 16:40.920 I got all I want. 16:40.920 --> 16:41.920 I've got all I need. 16:41.920 --> 16:55.360 Monday, January 4th, Mrs. Reed, Milt, Virginia and Eliza started about a half hour ago with 16:55.360 --> 16:58.160 a prospect of crossing the mountain. 16:58.160 --> 17:00.160 May our God of Mercy help them. 17:00.160 --> 17:14.880 It was difficult for Mrs. Reed to get away from the other children. 17:14.880 --> 17:18.920 Friday, January 8th, wind east, froze hard last night. 17:18.920 --> 17:20.840 Very cold this morning. 17:20.840 --> 17:23.480 Mrs. Reed and company came back this morning. 17:23.480 --> 17:26.040 Could not find their way on the other side of the mountain. 17:26.040 --> 17:35.200 They have nothing but a few hides to live on. 17:35.200 --> 17:39.840 From January 10th to the 14th, it snowed without stop. 17:39.840 --> 17:41.960 Difficult to get wood even after the storm broke. 17:41.960 --> 17:48.480 There is little energy for much but sitting. 17:48.480 --> 17:56.160 Saturday, 23rd, blew hard and snowed all night. 17:56.160 --> 17:59.080 The worst storm we experienced this winter. 17:59.080 --> 18:01.080 The sun came out a while. 18:01.080 --> 18:03.400 No sign of any game. 18:03.400 --> 18:04.920 No birds. 18:04.920 --> 18:06.660 No Indians. 18:06.660 --> 18:12.760 Even they leave us to our fate. 18:12.760 --> 18:16.560 January 31st, Glander Murphy died. 18:16.560 --> 18:32.120 The sun don't shine out brilliant this morning and it froze pretty hard last night. 18:32.120 --> 18:36.800 February 21st, 1847, we sat in our cabin. 18:36.800 --> 18:41.160 The hides was rotting from the heat inside and snow on top of them. 18:41.160 --> 18:43.440 But even those we boil and eat. 18:43.440 --> 18:46.600 We hear from the Donners up the trail. 18:46.600 --> 18:49.320 Old Jacob Donner is dying. 18:49.320 --> 18:52.320 Many were dying. 18:52.320 --> 18:57.600 Patrick, how long can we last? 18:57.600 --> 19:03.200 Not long if all we talk of is death. 19:03.200 --> 19:05.320 What was that? 19:05.320 --> 19:08.880 Something, something's happened. 19:08.880 --> 19:10.840 Gone mad? 19:10.840 --> 19:11.840 Have some gone mad? 19:11.840 --> 19:13.840 Oh no, I think it's more. 19:13.840 --> 19:15.840 Who are they? 19:15.840 --> 19:17.840 Are we saved? 19:17.840 --> 19:22.840 Oh God, dear God, are we saved? 19:22.840 --> 19:27.840 Are you, are you an angel or are you real? 19:27.840 --> 19:28.840 We're real. 19:28.840 --> 19:31.840 My name is Rhodes. 19:31.840 --> 19:32.840 Who sent you? 19:32.840 --> 19:35.560 How have you come to us? 19:35.560 --> 19:36.560 Reed told us. 19:36.560 --> 19:38.560 He got us to come. 19:38.560 --> 19:39.560 Reed? 19:39.560 --> 19:42.240 The man we banished, God forgive us, the man we cast out. 19:42.240 --> 19:43.240 You, you, you brought food. 19:43.240 --> 19:44.240 Some flour, some salt. 19:44.240 --> 19:45.240 We had to leave a lot behind. 19:45.240 --> 19:46.240 Enough to get us over the mountain? 19:46.240 --> 19:47.240 How many are there? 19:47.240 --> 19:48.240 Maybe 40, including children. 19:48.240 --> 19:49.240 But don't you know for sure? 19:49.240 --> 19:50.240 Every night there's less. 19:50.240 --> 19:51.240 We hardly see each other for days at a time. 19:51.240 --> 19:52.240 Hey, keep that man away from the pack. 19:52.240 --> 19:53.240 You want food? 19:53.240 --> 19:54.240 Flour, I've got to have food. 19:54.240 --> 19:55.240 You'll kill yourself if you eat too much. 19:55.240 --> 19:56.240 Put a guard on the food. 19:56.240 --> 19:57.240 We'll give out what we can. 19:57.240 --> 19:58.240 Not all of it. 19:58.240 --> 19:59.240 There's got to be enough left. 19:59.240 --> 20:00.240 We've got to get out of here. 20:00.240 --> 20:01.240 We've got to get out of here. 20:01.240 --> 20:02.240 We've got to get out of here. 20:02.240 --> 20:10.280 We've got to get out of here. 20:10.280 --> 20:17.280 We've got to get out of here. 20:17.280 --> 20:25.660 We've got to get out of here. 20:25.660 --> 20:34.280 Twenty-four went with the brave seven men. 20:34.280 --> 20:37.920 And those who were left moved into only two cabins. 20:37.920 --> 20:40.400 We lived like animals then. 20:40.400 --> 20:53.480 We was little more. 20:53.480 --> 21:10.920 They said I lived more than they could see. 21:10.920 --> 21:12.920 if we go outside. 21:13.920 --> 21:18.920 Build a fire on the snow. 21:19.920 --> 21:23.920 If the others help, we can. 21:23.920 --> 21:49.920 At least, not to live in a room with the dead. 21:49.920 --> 21:52.920 We come from built-up country and cities. 21:52.920 --> 21:57.920 We didn't know that to build a fire on snow, you've got to cross tree trunks and put the fire on them. 21:58.920 --> 22:02.920 We built it on snow, and it cut a well into the snow. 22:02.920 --> 22:05.920 We all moved down to it, like a cave. 22:05.920 --> 22:09.920 We was too weak to move from the wet ground, too sick to care. 22:09.920 --> 22:12.920 At least it protected us from the wind. 22:12.920 --> 22:16.920 Fourteen of us was all that was left alive. 22:16.920 --> 22:20.920 My wife Peggy, Mrs. Graves, and her baby. 22:22.920 --> 22:26.920 What do you have there? 22:26.920 --> 22:28.920 Nothing. 22:28.920 --> 22:29.920 Nothing? 22:29.920 --> 22:35.920 You hid something under your shawl. 22:35.920 --> 22:38.920 I didn't hide anything. 22:38.920 --> 22:43.920 You put something to your mouth. 22:43.920 --> 22:44.920 No. 22:44.920 --> 22:50.920 You got some food. 22:50.920 --> 22:56.920 You've been holding up some food. 22:56.920 --> 22:58.920 Come back Peggy, leave her be. 22:58.920 --> 23:01.920 I won't. 23:01.920 --> 23:04.920 Under her shawl. 23:04.920 --> 23:06.920 No, stop, stop now. 23:06.920 --> 23:08.920 Give it back. 23:08.920 --> 23:09.920 Give it. 23:09.920 --> 23:10.920 Give me. 23:10.920 --> 23:11.920 My baby. 23:11.920 --> 23:14.920 It was only a bleached out bone, Peggy. 23:14.920 --> 23:21.920 She ate all that was on it. 23:21.920 --> 23:23.920 She ate. 23:23.920 --> 23:26.920 Don't, Mrs. Graves, don't. 23:26.920 --> 23:28.920 She held out. 23:28.920 --> 23:30.920 It was only an empty bone. 23:30.920 --> 23:32.920 It had been boiled over and over. 23:32.920 --> 23:34.920 Held out. 23:34.920 --> 23:37.920 An empty, empty bone. 23:37.920 --> 23:38.920 Held out. 23:38.920 --> 23:49.920 An empty. 23:49.920 --> 23:54.920 Mrs. Graves' baby died that night, and in the morning, a five-year-old son. 23:54.920 --> 23:59.920 Life went from her altogether, she died by the time the sky was light. 23:59.920 --> 24:11.920 We did not have energy to take them out of the pit, because we didn't have no energy to get out ourselves. 24:11.920 --> 24:13.920 There was eleven left. 24:13.920 --> 24:15.920 Close to ninety started. 24:15.920 --> 24:17.920 Half died. 24:17.920 --> 24:26.920 And on the sixth day, in that cave of snow and the ground, sitting like animals in the mud, not caring or even hearing. 24:26.920 --> 24:29.920 I can't pray. 24:29.920 --> 24:30.920 Don't. 24:30.920 --> 24:31.920 No, ma. 24:31.920 --> 24:33.920 Don't say that. 24:33.920 --> 24:43.920 You can't even remember my prayers. 24:43.920 --> 24:46.920 They, they come back. 24:46.920 --> 24:48.920 Call. 24:48.920 --> 24:51.920 I've got to call them. 24:51.920 --> 24:53.920 Help. 24:53.920 --> 24:58.920 We're, we're here. 24:58.920 --> 25:00.920 Help. 25:00.920 --> 25:08.920 Go up to them. 25:08.920 --> 25:13.920 I can't move. 25:13.920 --> 25:17.920 Help. 25:17.920 --> 25:23.920 They'll go, they're not here. 25:23.920 --> 25:26.920 They'll go. 25:26.920 --> 25:31.920 We'll die down here. 25:31.920 --> 25:38.920 If we, maybe if we all try to shout, shout to them. 25:38.920 --> 25:40.920 Come on. 25:40.920 --> 25:44.920 Help. 25:44.920 --> 25:47.920 Help. 25:47.920 --> 25:49.920 Hear it? 25:49.920 --> 25:50.920 Come over there. 25:50.920 --> 25:52.920 Come on. 25:52.920 --> 25:54.920 Here. 25:54.920 --> 25:59.920 Down here in this hole. 25:59.920 --> 26:07.920 Oh, no. 26:07.920 --> 26:10.920 We'll take you out. 26:10.920 --> 26:12.920 Don't worry. 26:12.920 --> 26:22.920 We'll take you out. 26:22.920 --> 26:25.920 We lived in that place five months. 26:25.920 --> 26:27.920 We left the camp. 26:27.920 --> 26:29.920 We will never forget. 26:29.920 --> 26:31.920 Some of us were selfish. 26:31.920 --> 26:39.920 We will never forget that no matter what we'd done that was wrong, a lot of us tried to be decent. 26:39.920 --> 26:42.920 I'd done what I was able. 26:42.920 --> 26:45.920 I'd done what was the most any man could. 26:45.920 --> 27:12.920 April, 1847. 27:12.920 --> 27:19.920 Suspense. 27:19.920 --> 27:28.920 Harlow Wilcox again speaking for Auto Light, the world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment in 28 plants from coast to coast, 27:28.920 --> 27:34.920 where Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, tractors, planes, boats, and industry. 27:34.920 --> 27:45.920 These products include horns, bumpers, recording thermometers, and batteries such as the famous Auto Light Stay Full, ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs, both standard and resistor types, 27:45.920 --> 27:56.920 voltage regulators, wire and battery cable, Auto Light bullseye sealed beam units, and Auto Light original service parts for all Auto Light electrical systems. 27:56.920 --> 28:05.920 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry, so from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 28:05.920 --> 28:11.920 Next week, a true story taken from Captain Walter Kerrig's Battle Report Korea. 28:11.920 --> 28:16.920 The facts concerning the mine clearing operations in Wonsan Harbor. 28:16.920 --> 28:18.920 Needle in the haystack. 28:18.920 --> 28:20.920 Our star, Mr. William Holden. 28:20.920 --> 28:25.920 That's next week on Suspense. 28:25.920 --> 28:31.920 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Lud Bluskin. 28:31.920 --> 28:35.920 Ordeal and honor pass was adapted for Suspense by Arthur Ross. 28:35.920 --> 28:42.920 Featured in tonight's cast were Paula Winslow, Mary Lansing, Charlotte Lawrence, John Danaer, Joseph Kearns, Harry Bartel, and Parley Bear. 28:42.920 --> 28:47.920 Edmund O'Brien may soon be seen in The Bigamist, co-starring Joan Fontaine and Ida Lupino. 28:47.920 --> 28:56.920 And remember next week, Mr. William Holden in Needle in the Haystack. 28:56.920 --> 29:05.920 You can buy Auto Light stay full batteries, Auto Light standard or resistor type spark plugs, and Auto Light original service parts at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers. 29:05.920 --> 29:11.920 Switch to Auto Light. 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