- There's a ladder that leads down to where the miners were trapped.
- Why don't they use it to get out? First, because the miners probably didn't know that this blast opened the old shaft. Second, maybe the gas didn't leave 'em enough strength to get out.
13 seconds sound clip from Superman (1948) - Depths Of The Earth (Chapter 2).
You can hear this line at 00:11:41.668 in the Blu-ray version of the episode.
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- It won't do me any good if the place is guarded.
- Well, that's just it. It ain't.
- Of course, I figured that this ought to be worth a little something.
- This is it. You go straight through there until you find a vertical shaft.
- There's a ladder that leads down to where the miners were trapped.
- Say, I'm from the Daily Planet, I'd like to see the manager of the mine.
- So would a lot of other people.
- So White did hire someone else?
- Only if I get the story, but I'm not so sure of that as I was.
- I'm Clark Kent. And you're...?
- Jimmy Olsen, the Planet's best cub reporter... if I'm still on the payroll.
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