Three-Minute Fuse
This entry in the Floyd Gibbons' series of "Your True Life Adventures" tells the story of Oklahoma well-digger Clair Bigler when, after lighting a three-minute fuse and the well bottom to blast through the last rock strata, he is being hauled up by a rope which breaks, hurtling him back to the well bottom. Though unconscious and painfully injured, his work crew manages to get him to safety before the dynamite explodes.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 11m
- Released
- 1939
Details
Release year: 1939
Storyline
This entry in the Floyd Gibbons' series of "Your True Life Adventures" tells the story of Oklahoma well-digger Clair Bigler when, after lighting a three-minute fuse and the well bottom to blast through the last rock strata, he is being hauled up by a rope which breaks, hurtling him back to the well bottom. Though unconscious and painfully injured, his work crew manages to get him to safety before the dynamite explodes.
Top credits
- Floyd Gibbons — The Headline Hunter, Narrator
- Edward Andrews — Clair Bigler
- Alexander Cross — Worker
- Draja Dryden — Worker