1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,680 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. William Holden in tonight's presentation 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,680 of Suspense. 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:22,760 Tonight, Auto Light presents a true story taken from Captain Walter Kerrig's Battle 4 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:27,720 Report Korea, the facts concerning the United States Navy's mine clearing operations in 5 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:35,760 Wonsan Harbor in October 1951, Needle in the Haystack, our star, Mr. William Holden. 6 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:42,120 Hi, Hap, will you have a cigarette? 7 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,560 Oh, no thanks, Harlow, prefer my own brand. 8 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,280 Hey, did you ever think about all the people who feel like you do about cigarettes, but 9 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,940 on something that has to do with the safety and performance of their car, they take a 10 00:00:51,940 --> 00:00:53,800 substitute and don't know the difference? 11 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,080 What do you mean, Harlow? 12 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:59,000 Well, for example, many makes of cars have Auto Light electrical systems as original 13 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,000 equipment, right? 14 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Right. 15 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,320 But if replacements are needed, do the owners of those Auto Light equipped cars insist on 16 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:10,520 Auto Light original service parts exactly the same as those specified by the car manufacturer? 17 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:11,960 Well, I sure would, Harlow. 18 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:16,060 I wouldn't take a chance on any part not designed to do the job right. 19 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:17,640 And you're wise, Hap. 20 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:22,240 Friends, selecting a cigarette is a matter of taste, but selecting a replacement part 21 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,080 for your car's electrical system is a matter of safety and performance. 22 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,300 So for safe, smooth, efficient operation, insist on Auto Light original service parts 23 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,400 for your Auto Light equipped car. 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:38,000 They're available at your car dealers or nearest authorized Auto Light service station. 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,040 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 26 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:47,640 And now, Auto Light presents, transcribed the true story of the United States Navy's 27 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:54,720 actions in Wonsan Harbor in October 1951, Needle in the Haystack, starring Mr. William 28 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:08,760 Holden, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 29 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:14,160 During the last war, we never tried to sweep even a small harbor with less than 30 sweepers. 30 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,720 At Okinawa, for instance, we used 100. 31 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,880 At Normandy, 300. 32 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:32,360 And at good old Wonsan, as big or bigger than any of them, we started in with 10. 33 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,320 Attention men, Captain Spofford. 34 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:39,000 Carry on, smoking lamps lit. 35 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,800 Make yourselves comfortable. 36 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,880 The correspondents are beginning to call those ships out there, the fleet that came to stay 37 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,880 and stay and stay at sea. 38 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,840 Well, I agree with you, it isn't a very good joke. 39 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:58,600 Nothing funny about 250 ships steaming around in circles waiting to get into Wonsan Harbor. 40 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,440 Our job is to make sure they do get in. 41 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:02,920 Oh, Commander the map. 42 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:03,920 Yes, sir. 43 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:08,960 You men on the port want to get in closer. 44 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:14,560 Now here, between the fleet and the shore, mines. 45 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,080 We don't know what kind of mines, but we do know that all of these anchorages and approaches 46 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,080 will have to be swept clear. 47 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,080 Sir? 48 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,280 Well, yesterday would have been a good time to have the job finished. 49 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:29,000 We have 20,000 troops packed into space and it would be close quarters for half as many. 50 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,400 That kind of thing isn't very good on the nerves. 51 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:36,720 Matter of fact, those Marines who are calling this Operation Yo-Yo, they may have something 52 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:37,720 of that. 53 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:42,200 Right now, they're as effectively out of combat as if they were still training in North Carolina. 54 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:55,960 Well, gentlemen, our assault sweep into Wonsan Harbor will commence at 0630. 55 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,040 And that's the way it started. 56 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,040 Assault sweep. 57 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,040 Definition? 58 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:05,240 An assault sweep is just a polite, official gobbledygook for busting through a minefield 59 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,320 in spite of anything. 60 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,080 Few notes here about mines. 61 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,280 They're different kinds. 62 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:15,480 A contact mine floats on top of the water and explodes when it touches a ship. 63 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,600 And there's another kind that just sits on the bottom and gets triggered by a ship's 64 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:19,600 magnetic field. 65 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:20,600 Magnetic mine. 66 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:25,720 And if you don't like those, try yourself an acoustic mine. 67 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:26,720 Dandy. 68 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,240 Detonates from a ship's vibration. 69 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,120 Or there's a pressure mine that just goes off when a ship passes above it. 70 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,200 And if you aren't satisfied with the way they blow up, there just might be a couple of guys 71 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,840 on the beach controlling all of them with an electric cable. 72 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:42,400 Oh yeah. 73 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:43,400 One more thing. 74 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:48,280 For every kind of mine, there's a different sweeping operation. 75 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,760 So go sweep mines. 76 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:58,920 Fire away! 77 00:04:58,920 --> 00:04:59,920 What's the count? 78 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,400 We've set 21 mines so far, sir. 79 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,400 No casualties. 80 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:03,400 That's encouraging. 81 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:04,400 Now let's see. 82 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,400 We're in here. 83 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,400 That means we've already cleared a channel 3,000 yards wide. 84 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:15,040 From the 100 fathom curve to the 30 fathom curve. 85 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,720 We may get those Marines in action sooner than we expected. 86 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:18,720 This keeps up. 87 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,080 Helicopters are a big help, sir. 88 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,040 Well, it's something new in mine sweeping. 89 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,640 Flying low ahead of the lead sweep. 90 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:24,640 Sir? 91 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:25,640 Yeah. 92 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:26,640 It's the pilot's radio, sir. 93 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:27,640 I think he spotted something. 94 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:28,640 Give me those phones. 95 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:29,640 Yes, sir. 96 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:34,920 Sharply angled mine line directly ahead of lead sweep. 97 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,880 Another line just beyond that. 98 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:37,880 Another. 99 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:38,880 Another. 100 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,880 Order that lead sweep to come about. 101 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:45,880 Aye, aye, sir. 102 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:52,360 The pilot had found five mine lines inside the 30 fathom curve. 103 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:57,640 And with only ten sweepers working, that was a little more than we'd bargained for. 104 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,800 We didn't lose any shipping that first day, but we didn't get an inch closer to Wonsan 105 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:02,800 Harbor. 106 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:32,760 At zero-nine hundred the following day, we tried something 107 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,800 else that was new in mine sweeping. 108 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:40,600 A fly-fly boy spaced off at 600-yard intervals and came roaring in at 1,500 feet, loaded 109 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,600 with bombs and rockets. 110 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:43,600 Object? 111 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,480 To try and blast a channel for the sweepers. 112 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:47,480 It was quite a sight. 113 00:06:47,480 --> 00:07:00,160 A five-mile column of airplanes dropping their goodies into the water on time signals. 114 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:11,360 I've just reported that the aerial countermining operation is complete. 115 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,160 It's up to us to find out whether or not it worked the hard way. 116 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:20,640 Forces two-four-eight, speed eight knots, proceed as planned. 117 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,800 Lieutenant Hyatt aboard the pirate, sir. 118 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,800 We are proceeding as ordered. 119 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:30,560 The pirate was the lead ship in the formation. 120 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,160 The whole fleet watched as she edged out and headed for the waters that had been raked 121 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:35,160 by the planes. 122 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:41,880 Not far behind came the pledge and the incredible and the redhead, all trailing their sweeping 123 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,320 gear, all anxious to get a job done. 124 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:50,760 One at a time they turned to pass between the islands. 125 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,240 We are now entering unswept waters. 126 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,600 Will it work, sir? 127 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,600 I hope so. 128 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,240 If there are any mines in those waters, the bombs and rockets should have done some good. 129 00:07:58,240 --> 00:07:59,240 Yeah. 130 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,280 Well, we'll know in a minute, son. 131 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:11,480 Yak,according to Res anthropologist, the 132 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:35,440 We lost the pirate and the pledge that day. 133 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,040 Aerial countermining had been an experiment. 134 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,880 Another good idea that didn't work. 135 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:47,880 And learned there's no shortcut to mind sweeping. 136 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:53,760 Cigarette Don. 137 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:58,760 Thank you sir. 138 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,640 For the last 20 hours the fleet commander has been asking can we land as scheduled, 139 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,920 can we land tomorrow, if not tomorrow when? 140 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:05,920 I know sir. 141 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,400 I can't answer him until I get some answers myself. 142 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:14,320 We know their influence, mines, but we don't know what kind, magnetic contact or what. 143 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,800 Or how many or where they're placed. 144 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,360 We've got to have this information so we'll know how to sweep. 145 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,000 And so I can give the fleet commander an accurate answer. 146 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,640 You all set? 147 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:25,640 All set sir. 148 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:26,640 Good luck Don. 149 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:27,640 Thank you sir. 150 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:28,640 All right sailors, shove off. 151 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:29,640 Aye aye sir. 152 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:41,760 Hold the course. 153 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:42,760 Holding the course sir. 154 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:43,760 Beg pardon sir. 155 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:44,760 Yeah? 156 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,760 How far in can we go sir? 157 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,000 Until we get to the end of those marked lines. 158 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,800 I'll swim it from there. 159 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,800 Does it always go like this? 160 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,600 I mean we've tried about everything to get those ships into the harbor. 161 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,600 Nothing seems to work. 162 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:57,600 It's that way sometimes. 163 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,560 How long you been in the Navy son? 164 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:04,680 Well this is my first time out, about 18 months now sir. 165 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:06,320 What did you do before that? 166 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:07,320 High school. 167 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,680 Sir, could I ask how long you've been in the Navy? 168 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,440 Well I started out as a seaman. 169 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,440 Let's see, 20 years now. 170 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,320 That's a good long time sir. 171 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:17,480 Have you always been looking for things? 172 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,480 I mean minesweeper. 173 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:19,480 14 years of it. 174 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:20,480 Okay cut him. 175 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:21,480 Aye aye sir. 176 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:28,440 When I'm clear take her back and follow the cans. 177 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,440 Yes sir. 178 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,760 Well, so long. 179 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:41,520 Good luck sir. 180 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,120 It took me a half an hour to swim the rest of the way. 181 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,280 A couple of times my legs brushed against the mines, moored no more than two feet below 182 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:49,280 the surface. 183 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,360 When I finally got onto shore there was a welcoming committee waiting for me. 184 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,360 About 12 Korean fishermen. 185 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:04,320 Aye, aye you there. 186 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:09,920 Hello, you speak any English? 187 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,360 Do you hear me? 188 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,920 You speak any English? 189 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:19,600 I say do any of you speak English? 190 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,840 Yankee, Yankee. 191 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,440 That's right I'm a Yankee. 192 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,440 Do you speak English? 193 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,040 Fish, me fish. 194 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,920 Yeah, yeah you're a fisherman. 195 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,360 Then maybe you can help me get the information I need. 196 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,280 I'm from that ship out there, understand? 197 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:43,400 In order to land all those boats we have to find out what kind of mines are in these waters, 198 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,840 where they're located, how many. 199 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,400 Can you tell me anything about them? 200 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,920 Can you tell me who laid them? 201 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:59,400 Do you understand? 202 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:04,240 Men who lay mines in water? 203 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,240 Yeah, yeah that's it. 204 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,320 It took a lot of men and boats to mine that whole area. 205 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:09,720 The commies had to have help. 206 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,160 Now who helped them? 207 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,560 The Sampan men. 208 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:18,120 All the Sampan men help. 209 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,480 The soldiers say help. 210 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,000 The soldiers made the Sampan boats help, huh? 211 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,920 Well then a Sampan skipper can tell me what I want to know. 212 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:27,920 Where can I find one? 213 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:28,920 For gone. 214 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:29,920 What? 215 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,920 No tell anything. 216 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:48,640 I'll tell you, kill all Sampan men. 217 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,600 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. William Holden in Needle in the Haystack, the true story of 218 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:59,080 the United States Navy's operations in Wonsan Harbor in October 1951. 219 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:12,520 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 220 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:17,240 Say Hap, did you ever hear about a person buying cigarettes without asking for a particular 221 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,240 brand? 222 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,240 No, never Harlow. 223 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:23,600 Well, some of those same folks accept replacement parts for their car's electrical systems 224 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,080 without even asking the name. 225 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:30,040 You mean they don't insist on parts exactly like those specified by the car manufacturer, 226 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,040 Harlow? 227 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,040 Believe it or not, Hap. 228 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,880 Well then how can they be sure to get peak performance? 229 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,800 They can't be sure and here's why. 230 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,360 Auto Light designs and builds complete electrical systems for many leading makes of our finest 231 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:42,400 cars. 232 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:47,080 And every Auto Light unit, like the coil, distributor, generator and others, is related 233 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:52,560 by Auto Light design and manufacturing skill to work perfectly with every other Auto Light 234 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:53,560 part. 235 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:58,400 When a replacement is needed, it should be an Auto Light original service part to assure 236 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,000 smooth, safe and economical performance. 237 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,120 So know what you get, eh Harlow? 238 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:08,520 Right Hap, and in an Auto Light equipped car, it pays to get only Auto Light original service 239 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,520 parts. 240 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,760 See your car dealer or authorized Auto Light service station because from bumper to tail 241 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,320 light you're always right with Auto Light. 242 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:23,020 And now Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage Mr. William Holden. 243 00:14:23,020 --> 00:14:29,040 In Elliot Lewis's production of Needle in the Haystack, a true report well calculated 244 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:44,920 to keep you in suspense. 245 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,520 What kind of minds are sinking our ships? 246 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:48,520 How many? 247 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:49,520 Where are they? 248 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,040 All tough questions and tougher to answer. 249 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,520 The Wansan fishermen said there was no such thing. 250 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,800 All the answers had been killed off. 251 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:07,120 I tried another source, Rock headquarters in the friendly city of Wansan. 252 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,120 Commander De Forest? 253 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,120 Yes. 254 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,120 Lieutenant Ching, sit down please. 255 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:11,120 Thank you. 256 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,120 Sorry to have kept you waiting. 257 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,120 It has been busy here. 258 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,120 Yes, I noticed. 259 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,120 They leave slowly. 260 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,120 They seem to. 261 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,120 We'd like to speed that up a little bit. 262 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:21,280 I know. 263 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,360 You want to get those ships in the harbor. 264 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:24,360 What can I do? 265 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,520 Well, you can find me a Sam Fan boat skipper who knows all about the mine laying job. 266 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,000 You have been to the waterfront? 267 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Yes, I have. 268 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,440 Then you know that all who helped have been killed or taken away. 269 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,040 I thought there might be one someplace. 270 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:40,360 Twenty-five miles north of here there is supposed to be a mining depot they use. 271 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,640 Well, maybe we can find out something there. 272 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,400 They are still out there. 273 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:45,400 You realize, huh? 274 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:46,400 Huh. 275 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,040 Well, I'll have to take that risk. 276 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,240 Can I get some kind of transportation? 277 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:51,240 We have a jeep. 278 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,240 Good. 279 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,360 Now any chance of borrowing somebody as an interpreter? 280 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,040 I am as anxious as you are to secure this harbor. 281 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:05,280 I will go with you, Commander. 282 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,160 Ching was dog-tired and nervous and a little trigger-happy. 283 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:13,160 As we drove over the roughest road in North Korea, he sat with a pistol and a rifle ready 284 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,200 to handle anything. 285 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,400 About fifteen miles out of one sound we came to a village, a place of about a thousand 286 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:20,880 people or so. 287 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,400 When they heard the sound of our motor, they scattered in all directions. 288 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:29,080 By the time we pulled to a stop, there wasn't a soul in sight, except a little girl about 289 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,080 five years old. 290 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,680 Well, hey, wait. 291 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:35,680 Where are you going? 292 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:36,680 We were questioned. 293 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:37,680 No, no. 294 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,080 Let's try this little lady with the muddy face first. 295 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,080 It's Charles? 296 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,320 Yeah, kids are the same all over the world. 297 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,320 At least I think they are. 298 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,640 Come on, leave that rifle here. 299 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,640 It is not... 300 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,640 Okay. 301 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:59,840 Hello there, honey. 302 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,940 What's your name? 303 00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:02,940 You ask her, Singh. 304 00:17:02,940 --> 00:17:03,940 Oh. 305 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:04,940 Can I take? 306 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:08,880 I guess she's a little scared. 307 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:10,320 Can I take? 308 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,640 No, don't ask her anymore. 309 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,960 She's as scared of you as she is of me. 310 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,360 I have something here for you, honey. 311 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:18,360 Here. 312 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:19,360 Here. 313 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:20,360 Candy for you. 314 00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:21,360 Go ahead, take it. 315 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:22,360 Here. 316 00:17:22,360 --> 00:17:23,360 For you, honey. 317 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:24,360 Well, at least the candy was a hit. 318 00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:25,360 This is no way to handle these people, Commander. 319 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:26,360 What do you want to do, Singh? 320 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:27,360 Start pumping bullets into them? 321 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:29,160 They have no flag above the village. 322 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,160 We do not know whether they are friendly or not. 323 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,160 They are not friendly. 324 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:34,160 They are not friendly. 325 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,160 They are not friendly. 326 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,160 They are not friendly. 327 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:37,160 They are not friendly. 328 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,160 They are not friendly. 329 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,160 They are not friendly. 330 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,160 They are not friendly. 331 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:41,160 They are not friendly. 332 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,640 They are not friendly or not, we are taking unnecessary chance. 333 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,320 We do not like it. 334 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,320 Something should happen pretty soon. 335 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,320 Over there. 336 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,680 Get your hand off that side arm. 337 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,680 Maybe that candy worked. 338 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:00,760 The old gent's coming over to us. 339 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:01,760 Singh. 340 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:02,760 What? 341 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,800 You know how to smile? 342 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,200 We'll do it now. 343 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,980 What does he want us to do? 344 00:18:10,980 --> 00:18:12,680 He wishes us to follow him. 345 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:13,680 Over there. 346 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:14,680 The wooden house. 347 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,680 Looks like some kind of meeting hall. 348 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,720 Now, come on. 349 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,240 It might not be advisable. 350 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:27,840 Nothing's happened to us yet. 351 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,840 Whole place is sure turning out to see what's what. 352 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:31,840 They see my rifle in Egypt. 353 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:36,320 Can you get any of that? 354 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,320 Not much. 355 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:47,960 Something about a stranger. 356 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,480 No guns or swords on the walls. 357 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:51,480 They must be friendly. 358 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,680 They do not count on it, Commander. 359 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:55,680 He wants us inside. 360 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:03,080 Then inside we go. 361 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,080 Now what? 362 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,400 The boss man of the village. 363 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:07,400 Tell him that we've come here. 364 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:13,360 My oldest son joined a communist party. 365 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:21,120 He killed his mother and two sister because they no join. 366 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:27,360 He tried to kill me, but failed. 367 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:29,400 What you want? 368 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,800 I'm not here to hurt anyone, sir. 369 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:36,120 I'm a member of the UN forces that have come to North Korea to help restore this country. 370 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:39,560 But before that, I need your help, sir. 371 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:40,560 UN? 372 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,560 Yes, United Nations. 373 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,960 The war has changed many things. 374 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:53,160 Yesterday it seemed the communists might win. 375 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,640 Today, the UN. 376 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:02,320 Tomorrow, my people know not. 377 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,160 We must speak before we decide to help. 378 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:12,080 We must speak before we decide to help. 379 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:17,080 They had a council meeting and everybody who was anybody in the village got in on it. 380 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:21,840 They discussed how we'd come in, why we were there, and what we wanted. 381 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,760 And most of all, the candy bar I had given to the little girl. 382 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,920 In the end, the candy bar won. 383 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,320 The old man with his black robe and white beard said that they would give us any help 384 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:32,320 that we needed. 385 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:37,320 Then he gave another order and a few minutes later a group of men brought in a tall, rangy 386 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:43,540 looking character who didn't like it one bit. 387 00:20:43,540 --> 00:20:44,540 What's all this? 388 00:20:44,540 --> 00:20:45,540 I do not know. 389 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:46,540 The man's name is Sandhee. 390 00:20:46,540 --> 00:20:57,540 Well, why all the fuss? 391 00:20:57,540 --> 00:20:58,540 What's the matter, sir? 392 00:20:58,540 --> 00:21:02,480 He is telling the man he will not be harmed. 393 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,480 He's giving him his word. 394 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,160 That's pretty scary. 395 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,920 You talk to Sandhee. 396 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,920 The only one left alive. 397 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,300 He escaped. 398 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,560 Is this Sandhee, sir? 399 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:20,640 Yes. 400 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:25,880 He helped Russian plant mine, make mine. 401 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:26,880 What's that? 402 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,640 Sandhee, him, Sam Fan Man. 403 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:41,440 So, I told the old man, I will not be harmed. 404 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,960 I will not be harmed. 405 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,480 I will not be harmed. 406 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,480 I will not be harmed. 407 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,480 I will not be harmed. 408 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:57,200 I will not be harmed. 409 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,200 I will not be harmed. 410 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,600 I will not be harmed. 411 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,400 The poor junk pulled the Sam fans loaded with mine. 412 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,520 Sometimes the junk laid their mine in a curve. 413 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,520 When that happened, the Sam fans keeper was shot. 414 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,520 Ask him how he got away. 415 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:26,160 He jumped from his ship and swam ashore. 416 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,960 He's quite a boy, isn't he? 417 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,960 How many junks did they use? 418 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:34,960 32. 419 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,960 Does he know how many mines? 420 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:48,520 He says 3,000. 421 00:22:48,520 --> 00:23:01,960 He knows where they are. 422 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:02,960 He will show you. 423 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:03,960 Well, good. 424 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,440 We'll take you up on that, old boy. 425 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,120 Where do you get your first ride in a helicopter over the harbor? 426 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,640 Now for the $64 question, Saint. 427 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:12,640 What kind of mines? 428 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:13,640 Magnetic contact or what? 429 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:14,640 Doesn't he know? 430 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:15,640 Mine is a mine to him. 431 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:16,640 He knew everything else. 432 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:44,760 That information is vital. 433 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,280 We've got to know what kind so we know how to sweep. 434 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:49,280 Cigarette? 435 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:50,280 Cigarette? 436 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:51,280 Yonkey cigarette? 437 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:56,120 Here, have a smoke buster. 438 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,080 You were great while you lasted. 439 00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:59,080 Donkey. 440 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,080 Donkey. 441 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,080 What now? 442 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,880 Tell him to wait here. 443 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,440 We're going to find that mining depot who you were talking about and we're going to 444 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:16,680 find out what kind of mines they used. 445 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,800 The road to the abandoned mine depot followed a narrow gauge railroad. 446 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:25,200 All along the way there were bunkers and barricades indicating that the area had been heavily 447 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,200 guarded. 448 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,800 Now and then we passed campsites where communist guerrillas had recently been. 449 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,080 Snipers fired at us from both sides of the road, but we didn't make any stops until we 450 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,440 got to the abandoned mine depot. 451 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,240 When we stopped in front of the thick concrete entrances, I forgot all about the trouble 452 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,800 we'd had in getting there and ran for the nearest one. 453 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:50,320 Oh no. 454 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,320 Flooded. 455 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,320 Yeah. 456 00:24:54,320 --> 00:25:00,920 They must have flooded it before they left. 457 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:06,240 Then there's no way to find any parts, any plans that will tell you what kind of mines 458 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:07,240 were assembled here. 459 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,240 Nothing. 460 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,840 The whole thing's a bust. 461 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,200 Trying to find anything in that water would be like trying to find a needle in that pile 462 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,600 of hay over there. 463 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,960 Now what would a pile of dry hay be doing on this upper level? 464 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:20,960 Why, I... 465 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,120 To pack things in. 466 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:28,080 To pack cartons of coils, detonating parts. 467 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:33,200 Well, what do you know? 468 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,200 Mine? 469 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,200 You bet your life. 470 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,640 The eye and nose of an 1800 pound magnetic mine. 471 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:40,640 Magnetic? 472 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:41,640 Yeah. 473 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:54,200 Seeing you can tell your friends that we found a needle in a haystack. 474 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,720 The landing was held up to allow the minesweepers to clear all channels. 475 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:03,640 The beach was finally turned over to the troops and 22,000 men went ashore in two days with 476 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:04,640 no losses. 477 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:10,080 Before the end of the week, the 10th Corps was ashore with 50,000 men. 478 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,960 Operation Yo-Yo was over. 479 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:20,840 The long march to the Yalu had begun. 480 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,800 Suspense. 481 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:38,720 Presented by Auto Light, the night star, Mr. William Holden. 482 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:43,120 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, the world's largest independent manufacturer 483 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:45,320 of automotive electrical equipment. 484 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:51,000 In 28 plants from coast to coast, Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, 485 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,320 tractors, planes, boats, and industry. 486 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:58,120 These products include bumpers, speedometers, batteries, such as the famous Auto Light Stay 487 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:03,160 Full, ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs, both standard and resistor types, voltage 488 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:09,200 regulators, wire and battery cable, Auto Light bullseye sealed beam units, and Auto Light 489 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,520 original service parts for all Auto Light electrical systems. 490 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,560 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 491 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:28,060 So from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 492 00:27:28,060 --> 00:27:32,280 Next week, it will be our pleasure to present part one of the first detective story ever 493 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:36,920 written, a tale considered by many to be the greatest ever written. 494 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:47,960 Ricky Collins, the Moonstone, our star, Mr. Peter Lawford, that's next week on Suspense. 495 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:52,120 Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis, the music composed by Lucian Morawick 496 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:54,240 and conducted by Lutte Gluskin. 497 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:59,120 Needle in the Haystack was adapted for Suspense by E. 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