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FREEDOM OF FLIGHT -4- SOUND: ENGINE BG ANN'CR: Flying between three and four hundred feet, the two men navigate a five mile course marked by observation balloons. While on the ground, crowds wait, quiet with suspense, watching the minute hand ... SOUND: ENGINE SEGUE CLOCK TICKING FULL RETURNING THRU SEGUE TO ENGINE .. DIP ... WRIGHT: Lieutenant, the time? LAHM: Thirty-two minutes. SOUND: ENGINE FULL AND DIP ANN'CR: Between the two, flat open wings, the men brave the full blast of the wind, listening to the hoarse clatter of the engine as carefully as a doctor to a human heart .. closely checking the timepiece .. thrilling to new hope with each elapsed second... SOUND: ENGINE FULL AND DIP LAHM: Mr. Wright, the time now .. fifty-nine minutes .. (PAUSE) fifty seconds .. (SECS) .. fifty-five seconds .. (5 SECS) .. sixty.! Mr. Wright, we've been in the air an hour. Do you hear? You've fulfilled the terms of the contract! WRIGHT: All right, Lieutenant. We'll stay up a while longer. SOUND: ENGINE FULL AND OUT ANN'CR: Landing skids fastened beneath the lower wing dragged the "Wright Flyer" to a stop without damage....