Based on a popular radio series, each show tells a different reporter's Big Story, a true story selected from newspapers across the United States. Comments from the actual reporter open and close each show but the permanent narrator drives the plot line and a featured actor dramatizes the reporter's role.
Kon-Tiki is a documentary film about an experimental archaeological journey across the Pacific. The film follows a crew of adventurers who set sail on a raft to prove that Polynesians could have settled in the Pacific islands from South America. They face challenges such as windstorms, tides, and the dangers of the open ocean.
Fight of the Wild Stallions is a 1947 short documentary film produced by Thomas Mead about wild stallions in the wilds and the business of wrangling them. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.
Familiar radio voice Ben Grauer leads the viewer on a behind the scenes tour of the National Broadcasting Company studios -- both radio and television -- in Rockefeller Center and Hollywood. The original 25-minute film previewed by network execs and affiliates in the fall of 1948 was cut down to 20 minutes before its first broadcast, reportedly to excise high-profile stars and programs such as Amos 'n' Andy, Jack Benny, and Edgar Bergen that had since left NBC for other networks.
Young Annabelle succumbs to tuberculosis and dies, leaving her admirer distraught and without an emotional anchor.
Silent romantic drama...
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