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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,000 [silence] 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:30,000 [heroic music] 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Never seen such a war. Johnny Reb don't get you, the Indians will! 4 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:42,000 We'll get this California gold through and General Grant will have our scalps anyway. Push him through, Sergeant. 5 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Yes, sir. 6 00:00:44,000 --> 00:01:13,000 [Indian war screams] 7 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:34,000 [gunfire] 8 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,000 [guitar music and singing] I sing as I wander along on the lonely road. 9 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:48,000 There's a song in my heart as I'm totin' my weary load. 10 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Over mountain and desert and valley, 11 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:08,000 with the wind-followed compass I see 12 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:18,000 that I'm on the right road, that mine is a light load for me. 13 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Thanks, thanks to the heroes before me I'm free as the breeze. 14 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:31,000 I go wherever I please, with my song along freedom road! [song ends] 15 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Gone are the dark days of the war between the states. 16 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Gone too are the rumbling wagon wheels on the old pioneer trails. 17 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Today other wheels are rolling on the super highways of modern America. 18 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:49,000 This is a story of America and some of the people along the way. 19 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,000 The people could be you or me or the neighbor next door. 20 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 That is all except one. 21 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,000 The story begins on a California highway near San Francisco. 22 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Meet Jimmy Rollins of Seattle on his way to Washington D.C. and his first Boy Scout Jamboree. 23 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:16,000 He's getting a king-sized thrill out of the ever-changing view of America through these big picture windows. 24 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 [adventurous, upbeat music] 25 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 How does it look to you so far, son? 26 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 It's the greatest! 27 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Take this highway for instance. It follows the coast all the way down to San Diego. 28 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 And then remember it's the same road the Spaniards followed almost 200 years ago. 29 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Only they called it El Camino Real, King's Highway. Try and imagine how it looked then. 30 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 You mean with Spaniards on horseback? 31 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 In your own mind, son, yes. 32 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Fred Schroeder of Portland, Oregon also has his place in this story of America. 33 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Summoned to the nation's capital to receive a medal for his only son, Fred Schroeder should be a proud man. He isn't. 34 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:03,000 [fanfare] 35 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Oh boy, look at that. 36 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:16,000 [fanfare] 37 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 It's the longest single-span bridge in the world. 38 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Gee whiz. 39 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:29,000 [flute music] 40 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Aren't you even going to look at it? 41 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Look at what? It's only the Golden Gate Bridge. 42 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Only? 43 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:52,000 [sad string music; jolly fanfare] 44 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Sure doesn't look like the old west. 45 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Well, maybe not here and now, but they tell me you should have seen it a hundred years ago. 46 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,000 San Francisco was the old west then. See that street sign up ahead? 47 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Sutter Street. 48 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Behind that sign I see Sutter's Mill, the Valley of the Sacramento. The year is 1848. 49 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:16,000 John Sutter's workmen were digging a new mill race in the river and found gold. 50 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Sutter tried hard to keep it quiet, knowing it meant trouble, but it was like fighting a prairie fire with a bucket. 51 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:29,000 People came from everywhere, from way beyond the far Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Monongahela. 52 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Even the Rockies couldn't stop the rush for gold. 53 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Where there was no road, it was block and tackle and just plain old willpower. 54 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Skimming over our highways today in air-conditioned comfort, it's hard to realize what those 49ers went through to get here. 55 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,000 A lot of them didn't make it, but the rest kept coming. 56 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:09,000 It went on and on until the River of the Sacramento and all the runs and cricks were swarming with men seeking California gold. 57 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:14,000 See, I can almost see it. 58 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Boy, I wonder what happened to all that gold. 59 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I can tell you what happened to some of it. 60 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:23,000 This man is another figure in our story of America, perhaps the greatest of them all. 61 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Mark him well. In his way, he is to affect the lives of several people. 62 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 During the war between the states, both the North and the South badly needed that gold. 63 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Once General Grant sent a detachment to bring through a wagon train of it. 64 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,000 They were massacred by Indians. 65 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 It's all part of our American history now, Jimmy. History we can be proud of. 66 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 How did you know my name was Jimmy? 67 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Isn't he a little young for propaganda? 68 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Well, I never thought of patriotism as having an age limit. 69 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Why shouldn't we be proud of our history, Mr. Schroeder? 70 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Even as late as that of Korea. 71 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 What do you mean by that? 72 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 San Francisco terminal, 40 minutes for lunch. 73 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Well, Jimmy, let's see what's on the menu, huh? 74 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Bye! 75 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,000 So long, Jimmy. Say hello to the President for me. 76 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Where did I pick him up? 77 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Bus for Sacramento/Chicago please, number 187. All aboard. 78 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Thank you. 79 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Is that your number? 14? 80 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 No, young fellow, that's my safety record. 81 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Like you earn a badge in scouting. 82 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:43,000 That means I've driven for 14 years and never even dented a fender. 83 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 You must be pretty good. 84 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Oh, there are plenty longer records than that. 85 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 The men who drive for Greyhound are proud they've made it the safest transportation in the land. 86 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Who's the proprietor around here? 87 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Where to, please? 88 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Philadelphia. 89 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Thank you. 90 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Hi there, General. 91 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Hey, aren't you Bill Roberts of the Philadelphia Eagles? 92 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Could be. 93 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Excuse me. — Oh. 94 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 He's a professional football player. 95 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Thank you. 96 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Humble. 97 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Oh, I'm sorry. 98 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 That's all right. 99 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Wrong way Roberts does it again. 100 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Thank you. 101 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Thanks, Coach. 102 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Anyway, I don't have to be in Philly for a week to sign the contract, so I thought I'd see the country. 103 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,000 I hear it's quite a country. 104 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,000 It is. 105 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,000 You, uh, you live in New York? 106 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 I work there. I've been home on vacation in San Francisco. 107 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Me too. 108 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Funny you know. 109 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 A couple of natives and we gotta go out of town to meet. 110 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Funny, isn't it? 111 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Say, look, it's only a hop from Philadelphia to New York. 112 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 How about seeing the big town together? 113 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Why, uh, I, uh, I'll be pretty busy. 114 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Oh. 115 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Oh, I see. 116 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Guess I was offside, huh? 117 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Mind if we have a little talk? 118 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 What about? 119 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 You have a problem, so have I. 120 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 I thought we might be able to help each other find the answers. 121 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 I know the answer to mine. 122 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Are you sure you didn't look in the back of the wrong book? 123 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Hey Bill, look at this. 124 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Excuse me, my public. 125 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 [laughter] 126 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Look, there's another one. 127 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:56,000 "Route of the Pony Express" 128 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 It's all right here in my book. 129 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 "Riders of the Pony Express" 130 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 That's right, Sacramento was the western end of it, you know. 131 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 And St. Joe, Missouri was the eastern end. 132 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Here it is. 133 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Listen. 134 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 The first telegraph line had been strung as far west as St. Joe, Missouri. 135 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,000 From there on, the mail had to be carried by stagecoach. 136 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,000 It was 2,000 miles from St. Joe to Sacramento. 137 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,000 It took weeks and months, and then they didn't always get through. 138 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,000 That's when the Pony Express was organized. 139 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 People said it couldn't be done, but it was. 140 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Eighty daring young riders, many in their teens, and 500 thorough-bred horses. 141 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:46,000 They had stations on the way so a rider could change horses every 30 to 40 miles. 142 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:52,000 These pony riders would start out from St. Joe with a pistol and a pair of rope, and the Sacramento mail. 143 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:59,000 No matter what the difficulties, the dangers, or the obstacles, the riders went through. 144 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Boy, was that terrific. 145 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 You know, you can almost see those ponies. 146 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 I wish I would have been living then. 147 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:25,000 How old are you, young man? 148 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Thirteen, sir. 149 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Thirteen. Ten years ago! 150 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 He liked the west too. 151 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Who, Mr. Schroeder? 152 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 He was a boy scout. 153 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 We couldn't wait to get him a new uniform either. 154 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Easy, Schroeder. Look at this guy. Don't you like this country, mister? 155 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 No, Bill. 156 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 If you want to fight for it, they'll give you a uniform too. 157 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,000 I put mine away after Korea. Any more questions? 158 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 I think it's time for some answers, Bill. 159 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Mr. Schroeder's only son was killed in Korea. He just found out how. 160 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,000 The boy's been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. 161 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Mr. Schroeder's on his way to Washington to accept it. 162 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know. 163 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 I didn't know anybody here. 164 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Congressional Medal of Honor. 165 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Guys, that's the highest there is. 166 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Is it? 167 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,000 You know, this is one of the few towns in the world that never sleeps. 168 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 They all come here to gamble. 169 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Or because they have gambled and lost. 170 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 You mean... 171 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,000 I mean, a person ought to be real sure she's marrying the right guy. 172 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Waldo's a fine man. And he has good prospects too. 173 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Waldo? 174 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Besides, he's my boss. 175 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,000 I'm sure he's a good, dependable guy, but do you have fun together? 176 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Of course. 177 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Well, I'm sure you do. 178 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,000 But do you have fun together? 179 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Of course. Well, not frivolous, but... 180 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Oh, well, frivolous is the best kind sometimes. 181 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,000 That's where I could be a help. 182 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Where's the rest of your troops, son? They lost too? 183 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 No, sir. They went on ahead. 184 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,000 My dog was sick and I couldn't leave till it got better. 185 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Oh, good for you, son. 186 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:39,000 I like a fellow I could depend on, even if I was a dog. 187 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Say, aren't you Tex Ritter, the movie cowboy? 188 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 That's my brand. 189 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 I saw you get on at Laramie. 190 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 I've been doing personal appearances, Denver and places. 191 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 I wish I could hear you in person. 192 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Well, could you? 193 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Well, now, maybe I could. Just one short one. 194 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Did you ever hear the legend of the Alamo? 195 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 I don't know. 196 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Did you ever hear of Davy Crockett? 197 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Oh, sure. 198 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Well, this song here is about Davy and the Alamo. 199 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Now, you try to imagine that you're in San Antonio, Texas, while I sing about it. 200 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:30,000 [song] Alamo and the stubborn band that stood in the path of invasion 201 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:38,000 A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die 202 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:46,000 By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle was nigh 203 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:55,000 And young Davy Crockett was first to cross over with a gallantry, fierce in his eye 204 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Forgotten for freedom a man more than willing to die 205 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Hi, Santa Anna, we're killing your soldiers below 206 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:21,000 That men, wherever they go, will remember the Alamo 207 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:30,000 They sent a young scout through the battle much bloody and loud 208 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:38,000 With the words of farewell from a garrison valiant and proud 209 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Grieve not, little darling, my dying 210 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,000 If Texas is sovereign and free 211 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:53,000 We'll never surrender and never with liberty be 212 00:15:53,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Hi, Santa Anna, we're killing your soldiers below 213 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:14,000 That men, wherever they go, will remember the Alamo [song ends; applause from passengers] 214 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Even our songs glorify senseless sacrifice. 215 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:27,000 What good did it do those few men to fight on when they knew they'd all be killed anyway? 216 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:32,000 If I'd known the answer to that for sure, I wouldn't be here. 217 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 I don't understand you. 218 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,000 You will. Before this trip's over, I promise you. 219 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Honest, Mary. That's the way it is. 220 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Oh, Bill. Right when I thought I had my life all planned and ordered. 221 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Why did you have to come along? 222 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:56,000 I'm awful glad I did. Aren't you? 223 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,000 I don't know. 224 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,000 That's why I like this kind of travel. 225 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:08,000 To me, every mile of America is a magnificent mile. 226 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Especially when you can see it close up like we're doing. 227 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,000 But you've got to give me more time. 228 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Time? Time I'm running fresh out of. 229 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Gee, Mary, I can't let you just walk out of my life. 230 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,000 This trip will be over before you know it. 231 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,000 You see, we're coming into Chicago now. 232 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,000 That's Lake Michigan. 233 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,000 Oh? 234 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 Yeah, that lake saved a good many lives once. 235 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000 It did? 236 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:54,000 To look at it the way it is today, it's hard to realize that right here in 1871 237 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:59,000 was the scene of the most destructive fire there ever was. 238 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Thousands of people saved themselves by wading out into the lake, 239 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:08,000 where the smoke turned day into night and the flames turned night into day. 240 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,000 All because Ms. O'Leary's cow kicked over that lantern. 241 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:17,000 But the city rebuilt, bigger and better than ever. 242 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:22,000 With only a few landmarks left to show where the great fire was. 243 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Well, I see we're pulling in. 244 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 I'll be leaving you in Chicago. 245 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 You can get off and look around if you want to. 246 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 You'll have a little time here. 247 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Well, then goodbye, Mr. Ritter. 248 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Just wait until the troop hears that I rode this far with you. 249 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Pleasure's all mine, Jimmy. Be a good scout. 250 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Well, goodbye, Tex. — So long, partner. 251 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Say, I know where I've seen you before. 252 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Was that so? 253 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Weren't you in my outfit, the old second division? 254 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,000 Well, we'll have lunch in Cleveland. 255 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Cleveland already? 256 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:09,000 Why is it time flies so when you're happy and drags so when you're unhappy? 257 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 It ought to be the other way around. 258 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Hurry up when you're unhappy and slow down when you're happy so you can enjoy it. 259 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 You're a funny girl. 260 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 What do you mean, funny peculiar or funny ha-ha? 261 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 I mean funny wonderful. 262 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Hey, Bill. 263 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Oh, so it's pirates now, huh? 264 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 You know, I've been down where a lot of these fellas used to hang out. 265 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Honest? Where? 266 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Florida Keys. 267 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Keys? 268 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Yeah, that's a string of islands off the southern tip of the United States. 269 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:51,000 They're connected by a series of bridges making a highway almost a hundred miles long as the crow flies, 270 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000 stretching right out over the ocean all the way to Key West. 271 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:59,000 These islands were said to be part of the old Spanish Main. 272 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Like it says here in your book. 273 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Among these keys and coves, buccaneers used to lie and wait 274 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:12,000 till a fat merchantman came along or a rival pirate crew, whereupon they would grapple in a furious fight. 275 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:17,000 [gunfire] 276 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:22,000 [gunfire] 277 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:27,000 [shouting] 278 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 But there's a lot of buried treasure down there. 279 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Could be. Of course, the important thing is to recognize a treasure when you find one. 280 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,000 We certainly made good time on the Pennsylvania turnpike. 281 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Getting in a hurry now that your trip's almost over? 282 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Oh, no. I mean... 283 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,000 I mean, I'm really enjoying seeing the country. 284 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Well, remember one thing. In this country, a woman has a right to change her mind. 285 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Now we're coming to the post house. Last stop before Philadelphia. 286 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Well, if we'd have been here 180 years ago, we might still have eaten Philadelphia scrapple and cherry pie. 287 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 I doubt if we'd have been drinking iced coffee. 288 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000 No. 289 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 There wouldn't have been this many people, I bet. 290 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Well, you're right. Although the roads were all pretty well traveled in 1776, 291 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:13,000 bringing delegates to the Continental Congress. They came from all corners of the 13 colonies. 292 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,000 By stage, by colonial coach, and by horseback. 293 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Men who were on their way to keep their date with history. 294 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:27,000 And naturally, there were delegates from Boston to report firsthand on Massachusetts' answer to the stamp tax. 295 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:32,000 A secret organization of patriots. We'd call them underground today. 296 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Sons of Liberty staged the famous Boston Tea Party. 297 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Disguised as Indians, they threw three shiploads of heavily taxed tea into the harbor. 298 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:47,000 So the delegates were gathering in a building that still stands in Philadelphia. 299 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Their meetings were stormy and exciting. 300 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Some of the colonists felt they weren't being so badly treated by standards of the old country. 301 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,000 But over here, the people were beginning to breathe the exhilarating air of freedom. 302 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,000 It was a new idea in the world, and they liked it. 303 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,000 But it was a dangerous idea to espouse. 304 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:15,000 [cheering] 305 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:22,000 The signing of the Declaration of Independence, making all men free and equal. 306 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:28,000 [triumphant, somber music] 307 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Why so large a signature, my friend? 308 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,000 So John Bull may read my name without his spectacles. 309 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:40,000 We must hang together, or else most assuredly we'll all hang separately. 310 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:48,000 [funny music; bells ringing] 311 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,000 You can see that same Liberty Bell in Philadelphia today. 312 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Independence Hall, where America became the first free nation on earth. 313 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Hey, I want to go get some chewing gum. 314 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Go ahead. 315 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 We'd better get back to the bus. 316 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,000 I imagine your son was a lot like that. 317 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 A lot. 318 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 I have an idea. 319 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,000 You know, there are shrines and memorials to all our wars. 320 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,000 America is still paying the price for liberty even to this year of 1900 and now. 321 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Let's get to the point. — Gladly. 322 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,000 I think we ought to take a short side trip, you and I. 323 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 There's a bus waiting. 324 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:42,000 Trust me, you'll be glad of it for the rest of your life. 325 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 All right. 326 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:52,000 [hopeful music] 327 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000 So it is that when the rest of the party rolls into Philadelphia, 328 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Schroeder and the friendly stranger are missing. 329 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:02,000 And these two have a problem of their own growing more acute by the moment. 330 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,000 Okay. I'll stick around while you phone him. 331 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 Yes. Yes dear. 332 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 All right. 333 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 Goodbye Waldo. 334 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Mary? 335 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Did you tell him about us? 336 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:37,000 I couldn't. Not just like that. 337 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Maybe that'll help you make up your mind. 338 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Thanks. It does. 339 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 You and your football manners! 340 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,000 So it is with confused emotions that Mary returns to New York. 341 00:25:55,000 --> 00:26:00,000 To her pleasant career girl routine and to Waldo. 342 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:09,000 [bus pulls in] 343 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Mary? 344 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Hello Waldo. 345 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Welcome. Thrice welcome. 346 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 We better get out of here. I have something in this box for you. 347 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 I'll take your luggage. 348 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,000 Excuse us please. 349 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,000 I trust you feel completely rejuvenated. 350 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,000 There are a great many things at the office that require attention. 351 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000 What's the matter? 352 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,000 Waldo, I've got to tell you something. 353 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Yes my dear. 354 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,000 Then I'll be going back to Philadelphia. 355 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 To Philadelphia? 356 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:59,000 [football music] 357 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 You did say three o'clock didn't you? 358 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,000 He better be here at three and he better sign that contract. 359 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,000 He will. 360 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,000 We'll need the money. 361 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000 Good news, honey! 362 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Here I am. 363 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,000 You can tell the old man. 364 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Mary. 365 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 But, but, but you… 366 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Now what kind of language is that? 367 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Waldo. What about Waldo? 368 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Does that answer your question? 369 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000 The ring never belonged there in the first place. 370 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 Belonged to my mother really. 371 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,000 I just switched it. 372 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 Well Bill Roberts you've got the ball. 373 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 Now carry it. 374 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:55,000 [romantic music] 375 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:01,000 This is the mysterious destination to which the stranger has lured Fred Schroeder. 376 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:08,000 What connection is there between this bit of Pennsylvania countryside and far-off Korea? 377 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,000 I still don't know why you wanted me to come here. 378 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:15,000 I wanted us both to come here because there's a message here we both need. 379 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,000 What message? Who are you anyway? 380 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Come to think of it I don't even know your name. 381 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Almost a hundred years ago when he came to Gettysburg 382 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,000 he was in this very town. 383 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000 You're comfortable, Mr. President? 384 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:40,000 Mrs. Wilson and I want this night to be as easy for you as it will be memorable for us. 385 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000 That's very kind of you Judge. 386 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:46,000 I'm afraid they'll expect you to make a few remarks Mr. President. 387 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 I better save my few remarks for tomorrow. 388 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Is there anything else? 389 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,000 No, yes there is something else. 390 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Would you request the band to play Dixie for me? 391 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Dixie? Mr. President? 392 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Dixie sir? Somehow I think it would be a fitting thing at this time in this place. 393 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:12,000 [band plays] 394 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Fellow citizens, the President is very tired and he'd like to be excused until tomorrow. 395 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,000 He asks that the band play Dixie. 396 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,000 Dixie? What does he mean by that? 397 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,000 Does he know that Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania? 398 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:38,000 [band plays Dixie] 399 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,000 Oh that, they seem to like it. 400 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,000 Why not? It's a mighty fine tune. 401 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,000 I think you can hear it here. Listen. 402 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000 I don't hear anything. 403 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,000 I don't think. 404 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,000 Listen. From beside that monument. 405 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:05,000 That's where Abraham Lincoln stood to deliver his Gettysburg address. 406 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,000 You can hear the murmur of the crowd gathered before the speaker's platform. 407 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,000 They're quieting now. He's coming forward. 408 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,000 You can hear him now. 409 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:24,000 Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, 410 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:35,000 conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 411 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:50,000 Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. 412 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:56,000 We are met on a great battlefield of that war. 413 00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:09,000 We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. 414 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:23,000 That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. 415 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:34,000 That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. 416 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:40,000 That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. 417 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:50,000 And that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. 418 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:57,000 Did you hear that, Schroeder? Did you hear that? That was the message we both needed. 419 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:05,000 These dead shall not have died in vain. They wonder sometimes, those who gave that last full measure of devotion, 420 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,000 if the people who inherited this country are worth the sacrifice. 421 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:17,000 Well, I've seen both now. I've seen the country and the people. They're worthy of each other. 422 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:26,000 You've made me understand, too. You have made me proud. Proud and humble. 423 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:31,000 I'm glad. Look after Jimmy, will you? I'll see you in Washington. 424 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,000 Of course. And I want to thank you. 425 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,000 It was nice of you to come and get me. 426 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:18,000 I wanted you here with me, Jimmy. That's the tomb of the unknown soldier. 427 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,000 Is the guard always there? Always. 428 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:27,000 And over there lie other heroes, the unknown of the war between the states and other wars. 429 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,000 Is this were we are supposed to meet him? 430 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:38,000 I thought we might. He said he'd see us again. Come to think of it, he didn't say we'd see him. 431 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:48,000 He was kind of strange, but nice. I wonder what he does. 432 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:56,000 I don't know, Jimmy. But whatever it is, I have a feeling his job is done. 433 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:00,000 And to think we never even knew his name. 434 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:17,000 His name, like the words of President Harding when he dedicated this spot, 435 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:24,000 the name of him whose body lies here took flight with his imperishable soul. 436 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:33,000 We know only that his death marks him with the everlasting glory of an American who died for his country.