1. Faster than a speeding bullet.Copy !req
2. More powerful than a locomotive.Copy !req
3. Able to leap tall buildings
at a single bound.Copy !req
4. - Look. Up in the sky.
- It's a bird.Copy !req
5. - It's a plane.
- It's Superman.Copy !req
6. Yes, it's Superman,
strange visitor from another planet...Copy !req
7. who came to Earth with powers
and abilities...Copy !req
8. far beyond those of mortal men.Copy !req
9. Superman, who can change
the course of mighty rivers...Copy !req
10. bend steel in his bare hands...Copy !req
11. and who. Disguised as Clark Kent...Copy !req
12. —mild-mannered reporter
for a great metropolitan newspaper.Copy !req
13. fights a never-ending battle for truth,
justice and the American way.Copy !req
14. And now, another exciting episode
in the Adventures oi Superman.Copy !req
15. Come with us now on a far journey.Copy !req
16. A journey that takes us millions of miles
from the Earth...Copy !req
17. where many years ago.
the planet Krypton...Copy !req
18. burned like a green star
in the endless heavens.Copy !req
19. Here, civilization was far advanced.Copy !req
20. It had brought forth a race of supermen.Copy !req
21. Men and women like ourselves...Copy !req
22. but advanced to the absolute peak
of human perfection.Copy !req
23. As we near Krypton,
we see, high above the city...Copy !req
24. the magnificent Temple of Wisdom, with
its marble columns and burning torches.Copy !req
25. Jor-El. Krypton's leading man of science...Copy !req
26. has been summoned to address a special
meeting of the governing council.Copy !req
27. White-bearded Rozan,
supreme leader of the council...Copy !req
28. calls the meeting to order.Copy !req
29. Members of the governing council...Copy !req
30. you have been summoned here
on urgent business.Copy !req
31. As you are well aware. Krypton has been
experiencing some strange phenomena.Copy !req
32. Only last week. On the full moon. A great
tidal wave threatened to engulf this city.Copy !req
33. There have been mysterious quakes
and eruptions...Copy !req
34. some of which have caused
extensive damage.Copy !req
35. This is a matter of no little concern. And I.
therefore. As president of the council...Copy !req
36. requested Jor-El. Our brilliant young
scientist. To investigate these phenomena.Copy !req
37. He is here with us now.
ready to deliver his report.Copy !req
38. Gentlemen. Jor-El speaks.Copy !req
39. Mr. President.Copy !req
40. Council members. I have completed
my solar calculations.Copy !req
41. And much as I dread uttering
these fateful words...Copy !req
42. I have come to the conclusion
that Krypton is about to be destroyed.Copy !req
43. The sun is gradually drawing Krypton
closer to it.Copy !req
44. Within a month, possibly only a week.
perhaps even a matter of days or hours...Copy !req
45. the gravitational pull will be so strong
Krypton won't be able to weather the strain.Copy !req
46. When that time comes...Copy !req
47. when we are drawn into the burning orbit
of the sun...Copy !req
48. our planet will explode
like a giant bubble.Copy !req
49. It will burst into 100 million fragments and
every living thing on it will be destroyed.Copy !req
50. The man is mad!
He talks like one demented.Copy !req
51. This is an insult to our intelligence.Copy !req
52. Gentlemen. Gentlemen. Please.
We must have order.Copy !req
53. Sir. with your permission...Copy !req
54. As you know. I've been working these
many months on a model of a spaceship...Copy !req
55. which is designed to carry
the population of Krypton to another planet.Copy !req
56. The model is completed
and will be tested before sundown.Copy !req
57. If. as I anticipate. The test is successful...Copy !req
58. I will require the services
of 5000 skilled workers...Copy !req
59. and unlimited material to construct
a fleet of spaceships before the end comes.Copy !req
60. What does he take us for. Fools?Copy !req
61. Yes. tell us. Mr. Scientist. Where do we go
in these fantastic spaceships of yours?Copy !req
62. To the Earth. Gogan.
To the planet Earth. Gogan.Copy !req
63. My studies tell me Earth has an atmosphere
almost identical with our own.Copy !req
64. - You study too much. My friend.
- Gogan is right, Jor-El.Copy !req
65. You have been working too hard.Copy !req
66. Wait.Copy !req
67. Do you hear that. Rozan? Gentlemen?Copy !req
68. I hear only thunder.Copy !req
69. It's not thunder. It is an internal eruption.
Gas exploding in subterranean pockets.Copy !req
70. I warn you. The time will come.Copy !req
71. And that time is near at hand when you'll
wish you'd heeded the words of Jor-El.Copy !req
72. When Krypton is shattered
into 100 million stars.Copy !req
73. When the glorious civilization we have built
is no more.Copy !req
74. When you and your families are swept
from the face of this planet like dust.Copy !req
75. - Oh. Lara. I didn't hear you come in.
- You were too intent on your work.Copy !req
76. - What did the council say. Jor-El?
- They laughed at me.Copy !req
77. Marked me for a fool.Copy !req
78. No matter. Let them laugh.Copy !req
79. The model's ready to be launched.Copy !req
80. It'll send it on its way and watch its flight
on the scanning screen.Copy !req
81. If it arrives safely. I'll immediately build one
large enough to transport all of us to Earth.Copy !req
82. My one prayer is
I haven't waited too long.Copy !req
83. - What do you mean. Jor-El?
- The clouds are dark.Copy !req
84. All day there's been a strange glow
in the western sky.Copy !req
85. - Different from anything we've seen before.
- It seems to be oppressively hot.Copy !req
86. Is that because we're being drawn closer
to the sun?Copy !req
87. Yes. The sun that will finally destroy us.Copy !req
88. - Where is Kal-El?
- Asleep now. But he's been restless all day.Copy !req
89. - Jor-El? What was that?
- An internal explosion. A bad one.Copy !req
90. - Jor-El!
- Easy. Lara. Easy.Copy !req
91. Jor-El!Copy !req
92. - Jor-El.
- Lara. Listen to me. This is the end.Copy !req
93. - Krypton is breaking apart.
- What can we do?Copy !req
94. - Nothing. I was a fool to wait this long.
- It wasn't your fault.Copy !req
95. I should have built a larger ship months ago.
We have only a model.Copy !req
96. Lara. The model can carry only one of us.
You. Lara.Copy !req
97. No. If only one of us can be saved.
It should be the child.Copy !req
98. All right. Get him.
Wrap him in a blanket and bring him here.Copy !req
99. - Here he is. Jor-El.
- You have him well wrapped?Copy !req
100. Yes. Oh. he's so good.
Not even a whimper.Copy !req
101. The model might carry both of you. Lara.Copy !req
102. - No. I'm not going.
- You must.Copy !req
103. - My place is here with you.
- Lara. Please. There isn't time.Copy !req
104. - The takeoff pressure's building up—
- I'd be lost in a new world without you.Copy !req
105. If anyone is to survive. Let it be our son.Copy !req
106. It's gone. Lara.Copy !req
107. Our son is on his way to Earth.Copy !req
108. Must be getting a head cold.
Got a funny ringing in my ears.Copy !req
109. - Ain't only your ears. I hear it too.
- You do?Copy !req
110. Eben. It's getting louder.Copy !req
111. - What is it?
- I don't know.Copy !req
112. Sarah. Look.Copy !req
113. Merciful heavens.Copy !req
114. - What is it?
- Looks like one of them...Copy !req
115. new-fangled rockets.Copy !req
116. - There's a baby in it.
- Land sakes alive.Copy !req
117. Eben. You can't do nothing.
You'll get burned.Copy !req
118. Gotta do something.Copy !req
119. Here.Copy !req
120. - Burned much?
- Not burned at all.Copy !req
121. Blanket ain't even scorched.Copy !req
122. Sarah. Look.Copy !req
123. - It's gone.
- Like it was never there.Copy !req
124. But the baby. Eben. We can't be dreaming.
The baby's real.Copy !req
125. Real as rain. And just as pretty.Copy !req
126. What do you reckon we ought
to do with it?Copy !req
127. Suppose we ought to turn it over
to the authorities.Copy !req
128. Well. I suppose so. But who's gonna
believe all this. Sarah?Copy !req
129. We got nothing to show
but the baby and a wild story.Copy !req
130. They'll say we're crazy.Copy !req
131. Let's keep the baby.
We always wanted children of our own.Copy !req
132. Eben? Eben. You think maybe we could
keep it and bring it up like our own?Copy !req
133. - Well. Now. I don't know.
- We could bring it up good. Eben.Copy !req
134. - Well. Reckon we could...
- Then we can keep it?Copy !req
135. We'll try. Sarah. We'll sure try.Copy !req
136. And so the infant child,
sole survivor of a lost civilization...Copy !req
137. last of a race of superman...Copy !req
138. found a home on Earth with the kindly
farm couple, Sarah and Eben Kent.Copy !req
139. They named him Clark
and raised him as their son.Copy !req
140. And with each passing year,
it became more and more evident...Copy !req
141. that he was endowed
with strange powers and abilities...Copy !req
142. far beyond those
of ordinary human beings.Copy !req
143. Then, one day, when the boy was 12...Copy !req
144. That you. Clark?Copy !req
145. Clark?Copy !req
146. Hi. Mom.Copy !req
147. What's the matter, son?Copy !req
148. Don't you feel well?Copy !req
149. Clark. What is it?Copy !req
150. Ma. why am I different
from all the other boys?Copy !req
151. Merciful heavens.
Is that what's bothering you?Copy !req
152. You had me scared. Thought you was
coming down with measles or something.Copy !req
153. But Mom. why am I different?Copy !req
154. Why can I do things
that nobody else can do?Copy !req
155. Why can I run faster. Jump higher?Copy !req
156. Why am I stronger than anybody?Copy !req
157. You've known all them things
for a long time. Clark.Copy !req
158. Why. land sakes alive, when you was
a tiny little shaver. No bigger than this...Copy !req
159. why. You was strong
as a grown man almost.Copy !req
160. It's not just being strong. Mom.
It's other things.Copy !req
161. What things. Son?Copy !req
162. - Well. Today in school. For instance...
- Yes?Copy !req
163. We were playing baseball
and the ball got lost.Copy !req
164. Nobody could find it.Copy !req
165. But all I had to do was look around
and there it was behind a rock.Copy !req
166. Well. You got good eyes. That's all.Copy !req
167. No. Mom.
It's more than just good eyes.Copy !req
168. I didn't see the ball behind the rock...Copy !req
169. I saw it right through the rock.Copy !req
170. Like my eyes were an x-ray machine.Copy !req
171. Like the rock wasn't even there.Copy !req
172. Son. your pa and me have been meaning
to have a talk with you.Copy !req
173. But somehow we just never
got around to it.Copy !req
174. Looks like now the time's come.Copy !req
175. It'll tell you why likely you're different
from other boys.Copy !req
176. Why you gotta be extra careful.Copy !req
177. About 12 years ago. Son. your pa and me
were driving along down by Jones' farm.Copy !req
178. And all of a sudden. We seen something
up in the sky...Copy !req
179. Searching back in vivid memory...Copy !req
180. Sarah Kent tells young Clark
the amazing story of how he came to Earth.Copy !req
181. of how a rocket streamed across the sky,
almost deafening them.Copy !req
182. Of how his father snatched him
from the flames.Copy !req
183. Of how. Miraculously. Neither he nor the
curious blanket in which he was wrapped...Copy !req
184. was scorched or burned.Copy !req
185. And the boy listened and he understood.Copy !req
186. And so the years went by...Copy !req
187. spring melting into summer,
summer into fall...Copy !req
188. fall into winter.Copy !req
189. The boy Clark grew
into tall young manhood...Copy !req
190. while Eben and Sarah Kent
grew older and grayer.Copy !req
191. - Ain't you through house-cleaning yet?
- Don't you trek any barn dirt in here.Copy !req
192. Look at them shoes.
And look at them tracks.Copy !req
193. The same shoes I had on yesterday
and the day before and the day before that.Copy !req
194. Well. Today ain't yesterday
or the day before or the day before that.Copy !req
195. Well. What in tarnation is today?Copy !req
196. Oh. before noon you was cooking
and baking and fussing around—Copy !req
197. - You got no idea what this day is?
- Well. Let me think.Copy !req
198. Don't strain your brain. Pa.Copy !req
199. It's just 25 years ago this very day
you pulled the baby...Copy !req
200. out of that burning rocket.
Or whatever it was.Copy !req
201. April 10th.Copy !req
202. Land of Goshen.
It plumb slipped my mind.Copy !req
203. Didn't nothing occur to you
when I asked Clark to ride into town...Copy !req
204. and fetch me something I didn't need?Copy !req
205. - I wondered—
- Had to get him out of the way...Copy !req
206. while I iced the cake
and tidied up the parlor a bit.Copy !req
207. A few of the neighbors are coming in
to help us celebrate.Copy !req
208. You better get your chores done.
And change them smelly old clothes...Copy !req
209. - ... before he gets back.
- Chores is done.Copy !req
210. All I gotta do now
is put the tractor away.Copy !req
211. Twenty-five years.Copy !req
212. Doggone. It don't hardly seem that long.Copy !req
213. No. sir. It sure don't.Copy !req
214. - Eben, what's the matter?
- Help.Copy !req
215. Couch.Copy !req
216. Ring the doctor. Sarah.Copy !req
217. Is he...?Copy !req
218. Is he all right, doctor?Copy !req
219. I'm sorry. Sarah.Copy !req
220. He was a good man. Son.Copy !req
221. He was a good husband.Copy !req
222. And a good father.Copy !req
223. Bus will be along any minute now. Clark.Copy !req
224. I still hate to leave you, Mother.Copy !req
225. I'm gonna be just fine with Cousin Edith
coming on to live with me and all.Copy !req
226. Besides. You got a great responsibility
to the world, Clark.Copy !req
227. You gotta accept it.Copy !req
228. Make use of your great powers.Copy !req
229. You sure you packed that costume
I made for you?Copy !req
230. - It's in the suitcase.
- Nothing will ever hurt it, Clark.Copy !req
231. Not acid nor fire nor nothing else.Copy !req
232. It's made out of the red and blue blanket
you was wrapped in the day Pa and me—Copy !req
233. I know. Ma.Copy !req
234. Here comes the bus.Copy !req
235. Goodbye. Mom.Copy !req
236. Bye. son.Copy !req
237. And so Clark Kent,
strange visitor from another planet...Copy !req
238. takes the first step toward dedicating
his amazing powers...Copy !req
239. to the cause of justice.Copy !req
240. He has resolved to keep secret
his Superman identity...Copy !req
241. and to adopt a pose
of mild»mannered timidity as Kent...Copy !req
242. in order to safeguard the masquerade.Copy !req
243. And in order to be at a place
where he can learn immediately...Copy !req
244. of any emergency
that might require his help...Copy !req
245. —he seeks a job as a reporter
on a great metropolitan newspaper.Copy !req
246. Mr. White's on the phone. When he's
through. I'll tell him you're waiting.Copy !req
247. Thank you.Copy !req
248. I don't care what it costs.
That's how I want it and how I'll get it.Copy !req
249. Tell that to Mr. Maguire.
and if he doesn't like it, he can lump it.Copy !req
250. White speaking.Copy !req
251. White speaking. What? Absolutely no.
Certainly not.Copy !req
252. And that's final!Copy !req
253. - Yes?
- That young man is still waiting, Mr. White.Copy !req
254. - What young man?
- Clark Kent.Copy !req
255. Who's he?Copy !req
256. The young man who's applying
for a reporter's job.Copy !req
257. He's been here since 3:00. Mr. White.
You told me to—Copy !req
258. I don't care what I told you.Copy !req
259. I'm not hiring reporters
at 20 minutes of 6.Copy !req
260. Anyway. I'd like to fire some
instead of hire them.Copy !req
261. - Send Lois Lane in here.
- Yes. Mr. White.Copy !req
262. Well. Obviously Mr. White
doesn't want to see me.Copy !req
263. I'm terribly sorry. Mr. Kent.
He's not in a very good humor today.Copy !req
264. - Perhaps if you come back tomorrow.
- Oh. that's all right. Miss.Copy !req
265. I'm gonna get to him somehow.
But thank you very much.Copy !req
266. - You wanted to see me. chief?
- Nothing works around here. Nothing.Copy !req
267. - What's the trouble?
- I just can't get the top off.Copy !req
268. Here. Let me try.Copy !req
269. It'll be a monkey's uncle.Copy !req
270. - Who the blazes are you?
- My name is Clark Kent. Sir.Copy !req
271. - I told that girl not to—
- Please. Don't blame your receptionist.Copy !req
272. She doesn't know I'm here.Copy !req
273. She doesn't know?
How did you get past her?Copy !req
274. Well. I didn't.
You see. I came in through the window.Copy !req
275. Is that supposed to be funny?Copy !req
276. That window's 28 stories above the ground.
and the side of the building's flat.Copy !req
277. - Except for a narrow ledge.
- Mr. White!Copy !req
278. - Who gave you permission to barge in here?
- Just got a flash.Copy !req
279. There's a dirigible over the airport
with a guy hanging from a rope.Copy !req
280. - Let's see. Jim.
- I still wanna know—Copy !req
281. Listen. “A blimp attempting to land
at Metropolis Airfield in a high wind...Copy !req
282. pulled 11 men aloft.
clinging to the ropes.Copy !req
283. Ten dropped off safely.
but one is still hanging on...Copy !req
284. while the blimp cruises 1000 feet
above the field. More to follow.“Copy !req
285. Get down there right away.
You too. Olsen.Copy !req
286. Tell Ludlow to assign a photographer.
Two of them.Copy !req
287. - Okay. Come on. Jim.
- Right.Copy !req
288. Hello. Pete. Hold the Seven Star
for a page one replate.Copy !req
289. - No. I don't know when. Just hold it.
- Mr. White—Copy !req
290. Look here. Young man.
I'm too busy to talk.Copy !req
291. Well. If I could— If that man could be
rescued. And I got his exclusive story—Copy !req
292. - What?
- Would you give me a job?Copy !req
293. - Don't bother me.
- But would you, Mr. White?Copy !req
294. - Yes. yes. Now leave me alone.
- Thank you. Sir.Copy !req
295. Crazy.Copy !req
296. Just crazy.Copy !req
297. Step on it, Jim.Copy !req
298. The speed limit's 35, Miss Lane.
I don't wanna get a ticket.Copy !req
299. You're right.Copy !req
300. Just like I told Mr. Kent...Copy !req
301. there I was hanging there
for what seemed like years—Copy !req
302. - Then your hands slipped from the rope.
- A thousand feet up. I knew I was a goner.Copy !req
303. Enough pictures. Get them on metal
for the next edition.Copy !req
304. Well. Then I thought I must have
flipped my lid...Copy !req
305. because right then. This guy
in a red and blue costume...Copy !req
306. flies through the air and catches me.Copy !req
307. It's ridiculous!Copy !req
308. There just can't be any man
who flies through the air.Copy !req
309. I know it, Mr. White. But it happened.Copy !req
310. - I'm here. Ain't I? And I'm alive.
- It happened all right.Copy !req
311. As we got to the airport. We saw something
streak across the sky and catch this man.Copy !req
312. We thought we were crazy too.Copy !req
313. My brain was whizzing around
in my head...Copy !req
314. and next thing I knew. This super guy
landed me behind one of the hangars...Copy !req
315. like on a feather bed.Copy !req
316. Then I made like a schoolgirl
and passed out. Fainted.Copy !req
317. - And when you came to. Kent was there.
- Yes. sir.Copy !req
318. He hustled me around the administration
building and got me into a cab.Copy !req
319. - Then we came straight here.
- Pretty smart. Kent.Copy !req
320. We've got a clean beat
over every other paper in town.Copy !req
321. Does that mean I get the job. Sir?Copy !req
322. - There's your answer. Son.
- Oh. thanks a million.Copy !req
323. There are one or two things I haven't got
quite straight in my mind, Mr. Kent.Copy !req
324. For example. How did you leave here
later than we did and beat us to the airport?Copy !req
325. - Is that all?
- Not quite.Copy !req
326. How come you found the man at just the
right moment to get his exclusive story...Copy !req
327. when every experienced reporter
in the business was breaking his neck—Copy !req
328. - Or her neck.
- Or her neck to get that story?Copy !req
329. Maybe I'm a superman. Miss Lane.Copy !req