VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA...AND FIVE OF US ARE LEFT
...AND FIVE OF US ARE LEFT Writer-Robert Vincent Wright Dir-Harry Harris Music-Lenny Hayton-(includes often later used Flying Sub music) Teaser July 20, 1945--the US Tetra picks up a Japanese Lieutenant Nakamura out of the ocean. The Tetra is bombed by destroyers dropping depth charges and sinks. One man, Hill leaves his post as the ship is flooded and goes down, a bottle floating inside it. Act One A news report dated Nov. 16, 1973 tells of a bottle found on a beach and brought to Nelson. Nelson examines the bottle which was from the Tetra, lost at the close of the World War II, 28 years ago. The Navy lab tested it and it is authentic. The area of where the Tetra went down was combed--with no luck finding anything. All liberty parties are recalled. Nelson says, "You know, Capt. Crane, always prepared." Crane is kissing a girl with some foreign accent named Brenda near his car and the ocean. Sharkey shows up and calls him to shove off...