00:00:01 Great new superhighway.

00:00:04 The face of the earth is cleared to make way for the farmer's plow.

00:00:08 And under the earth, coal is torn loose to give us heat, light, and power.

00:00:14 The force that moves mountains and does all this work? Dynamite.

00:00:19 One of man's most useful tools.

00:00:22 To explode the dynamite, detonators, more commonly called blasting caps, are needed.

00:00:28 They're safe and useful in trained hands,

00:00:31 but dangerous when handled by boys or girls or inexperienced adults.

00:00:37 This story is about blasting caps.

00:00:40 I thought you said it was an attack bomber.

00:00:58 It is.

00:00:59 It's not, it's a fighter.

00:01:01 Bomber.

00:01:02 Aw, what do girls know about planes?

00:01:04 I know a lot about planes.

00:01:06 My daddy flies one, you know.

00:01:09 Besides, it says so right there on the box.

00:01:12 That's what I said it was, an attack bomber.

00:01:15 You said it was a fighter.

00:01:17 Did I, Tag?

00:01:18 Why would he say it was a fighter if it was a bomber?

00:01:21 Truck knows more about planes than you or your dad.

00:01:25 Yeah, he just flies them.

00:01:28 He's the best airline pilot in the country.

00:01:30 And when I grow up, I'm going to be an airline pilot too.

00:01:34 Who ever heard of a girl airline pilot?

00:01:37 My daddy says there's a first time for everything.

00:01:48 Mommy, when are we going to pick up Daddy?

00:01:51 Give me back my plane.

00:01:52 What do you want to play with planes for?

00:01:54 Why don't you play with dolls?

00:01:56 You're a tomboy.

00:01:57 Aw, quit picking on her.

00:01:59 What did you say?

00:02:01 She's not hurting you.

00:02:03 Just because you live next door to her, you don't have to stick up for her.

00:02:06 I'm not sticking up for her.

00:02:08 Exactly.

00:02:09 Well, you'd better play with girls than with me.

00:02:13 Kathy, if you want to go to the airport with me to meet Daddy,

00:02:17 you better come in and wash your hands.

00:02:20 I'm coming, Mother.

00:02:22 What's so special?

00:02:23 Why are you going to the airport?

00:02:24 It's Daddy's birthday, and we're going to have a birthday party.

00:02:28 You want to have ice cream and cake?

00:02:30 Sure, and steak.

00:02:32 We're going to cook it right over there outside on our new grill.

00:02:36 And just our family's going to be there.

00:02:39 No boys.

00:02:40 Who wants to come to your old party anyhow?

00:02:43 Oh, let her go.

00:02:46 What'll we do?

00:02:48 Let's ride our bikes.

00:02:49 Okay.

00:02:50 I'll get some cookies.

00:02:55 Fighters, bombers, so what?

00:02:58 Doggone girl.

00:03:00 Thinks she's so smart.

00:03:28 Are we all set for the party?

00:03:51 You bet, and we're going to cook right outside on our new grill.

00:03:56 Kathy, you've been such a good girl.

00:03:58 I've got a present for you on my birthday.

00:04:01 Ain't Daddy in a cowboy outfit?

00:04:03 You bet it is, honey.

00:04:24 Hey, maybe Mr. Barrow can fix it.

00:04:27 Let's ask him.

00:04:28 Hey, Mr. Barrow.

00:04:30 Hi, fellas.

00:04:31 What you doing while you're out here?

00:04:32 Taking a ride for something's wrong with my bike.

00:04:35 Well, bring it over.

00:04:36 Let's have a look at it.

00:04:38 I used to be pretty good at fixing bikes, if I do say so.

00:04:42 Fix it so I can ride it home?

00:04:44 Well, I reckon.

00:04:45 I got some tools back there in the shack.

00:04:47 Say, why don't you fellas go around back and pick yourselves an apple?

00:04:50 The trees are loaded with them.

00:04:52 Gee, thanks.

00:04:53 Come on, Chuck.

00:04:54 Race you.

00:04:55 Okay.

00:05:08 Aw, come on.

00:05:09 Beat you again.

00:05:11 Wait till I get my bike fixed.

00:05:13 Race you home.

00:05:14 Okay.

00:05:16 That Mr. Barrow's nice.

00:05:18 Yeah.

00:05:20 I'd like to throw Rose and Billy away.

00:05:22 He does.

00:05:23 Wouldn't you?

00:05:24 Oh, I guess it'd be okay.

00:05:26 But I'd rather be a pilot.

00:05:29 Like Cathy's dad?

00:05:32 Maybe.

00:05:34 That Cathy thinks she's so smart.

00:05:38 You know, I bet if we got back before they finished the party,

00:05:41 they'd give us some ice cream.

00:05:43 People always have ice cream and cake on birthdays.

00:05:47 Come on, Chuck.

00:05:50 What is it?

00:05:51 Sort of like a firecracker.

00:05:54 I saw some kids put one under a tin can and set it off.

00:05:57 Boy, it made a loud noise.

00:06:00 Let's do it.

00:06:02 Wait.

00:06:03 I got a better idea.

00:06:05 What?

00:06:06 Cathy and her dad are building a fire on their grill, aren't they?

00:06:09 Sure, but what's that?

00:06:11 You sneak up and drop it in.

00:06:13 It'll go bang.

00:06:15 Boy, then we'll see how smart that Cathy is.

00:06:18 It'll scare the daylights out of her.

00:06:21 You think we should do it?

00:06:22 Sure, it'll be fun.

00:06:24 We'll sneak up, drop it in, and then hide.

00:06:26 And watch their faces when it goes off.

00:06:29 Suppose somebody gets hurt.

00:06:31 Nobody'll get hurt.

00:06:33 It's just like a firecracker.

00:06:35 Come on, let's get our bikes.

00:06:37 Okay.

00:06:39 Race you.

00:06:46 Got it fixed.

00:06:48 Thanks a lot.

00:06:49 Come on, Tag.

00:06:51 We'll be late.

00:06:53 Oh, you boys got a big date, huh?

00:06:56 I'll say we have.

00:06:57 Come on, Tag.

00:06:58 I've changed my mind.

00:06:59 I don't want to do it.

00:07:01 Oh, for Pete's sake, why not?

00:07:03 I just don't want to, that's all.

00:07:06 Okay, I'll do it myself.

00:07:10 What's he up to?

00:07:13 What's he up to?

00:07:15 Nothing, just a joke he's going to play on someone.

00:07:19 Oh.

00:07:20 Well, gotta get this stuff loaded on the truck.

00:07:24 How about if I help you?

00:07:25 Okay, Tag.

00:07:32 Hey, leave that alone, son.

00:07:35 Put it down easy now.

00:07:40 You load the tools on the truck.

00:07:42 I'll take care of these.

00:07:44 You gotta be mighty careful with caps.

00:07:46 We don't let boys handle them, they're too dangerous.

00:07:49 What are they?

00:07:50 Electric blasting caps.

00:07:52 We needed to set off dynamite.

00:07:54 Did you say they were dangerous?

00:07:56 Oh, you're doggone right they are.

00:07:58 Look here.

00:07:59 This little cap is filled with a high-powered explosive.

00:08:02 An electric current sets it off.

00:08:05 And when this cap goes off, that sets off the dynamite, see?

00:08:09 Now, because these caps are very powerful, they're very dangerous.

00:08:14 Especially if they're handled carelessly or get into the hands of children

00:08:17 or somebody who doesn't understand them.

00:08:20 You could stand 200 feet from one of these things when it exploded

00:08:24 and the flying metal could wound you or put an eye out.

00:08:27 But Chuck said, I mean, I thought it wouldn't hurt you.

00:08:31 Let me show you something.

00:08:34 You see that old shoe over there, Tag?

00:08:37 Now, if you were to put a blasting cap in it and set it off,

00:08:41 it would give you some idea of how dangerous a blasting cap can really be.

00:08:48 Babe Ruth with his mighty swing never did to a baseball

00:08:51 what a little blasting cap can do.

00:08:56 Kids have been known to set off blasting caps under a tin can.

00:09:00 And you don't even have to behold them to get hurt.

00:09:03 You see? They're like a hand grenade.

00:09:06 A hand grenade?

00:09:08 Yes, dangerous as a hand grenade.

00:09:11 Why, only a couple of weeks ago on a construction job not far from here,

00:09:15 a boy found a cap and he started to hammer it with a stone to see what would happen.

00:09:20 That boy's right hand was crippled.

00:09:22 He'll never play baseball again.

00:09:24 Could it kill you?

00:09:26 Yep, might even do that.

00:09:28 But I thought it just made a noise like a big firecracker.

00:09:32 It does, and so does a hand grenade.

00:09:35 Chuck found something that looks sort of like that, but not exactly.

00:09:39 Now, wait a minute.

00:09:45 Does it look like this?

00:09:47 This is a different kind, but just as dangerous.

00:09:51 If you ever find a cap, don't touch it.

00:09:54 Leave it where it is and tell someone who knows something about them.

00:09:58 Remember, one of them can cripple or blind you for life.

00:10:05 Hey, where are you going?

00:10:31 Bang, bang, bang, bang.

00:10:34 Daddy, he's in the house changing his clothes.

00:10:37 Well, please tell him to hurry.

00:10:39 The fire's almost ready.

00:10:41 Good, I'm stoned.

00:10:47 We'll sneak up and drop him in the fire. It'll go bang.

00:10:51 You don't even have to hold them to get hurt. They're like a hand grenade.

00:10:55 I'll bet it scares the daylights out of Captain.

00:10:58 One of them can cripple or blind you for life.

00:11:05 Dangerous when boys and girls touch them.

00:11:08 We'll drop it in the fire and hide out.

00:11:11 Might put an eye out. Might put an eye out. Might put an eye out.

00:11:15 They're like a hand grenade.

00:11:17 Might even kill you. Might even kill you.

00:11:35 Bang!

00:11:50 Howdy, cowgirl.

00:11:52 Bang, gotcha!

00:12:04 What's the matter with you?

00:12:06 I'm all right. We're just playing.

00:12:15 Hey, what's going on here?

00:12:17 Hey, Phillips, what's gotten into you?

00:12:19 He was going to throw this in the fire.

00:12:22 That's a blasting cap.

00:12:24 Oh, Chuck!

00:12:25 Don't you know these things are dangerous?

00:12:27 You could have killed somebody.

00:12:29 I didn't mean to hurt anybody.

00:12:31 It was just a joke.

00:12:33 Joke, huh?

00:12:35 This could have wounded any one of us

00:12:37 if a piece of metal had hit it right.

00:12:39 Or it might have put out an eye.

00:12:41 I've been in air battles in a lot of tight places.

00:12:48 But I've never had a closer call than just now.

00:12:52 Blasting caps are powerful explosives.

00:12:55 Do you know that now?

00:12:59 All right, now I want you to promise

00:13:02 never to touch a blasting cap.

00:13:04 If you ever see one, don't move it.

00:13:07 Don't touch it with anything.

00:13:09 Leave it just where it is and call someone

00:13:12 who knows how to handle them.

00:13:14 I'm going to take this over to Mr. Barrow myself.

00:13:18 Can I go with you, Daddy?

00:13:20 Sure, Cathy.

00:13:22 Were you really scared, Daddy?

00:13:25 Were you really scared, Daddy?

00:13:28 Scared? Of course I was.

00:13:31 When I think what could have happened to you,

00:13:34 I get cold shivers.

00:13:36 But they say children learn best from experience.

00:13:39 So if you've learned never, ever to touch a blasting cap,

00:13:43 well, then perhaps it was worthwhile.

00:13:46 Come on.

00:13:49 Take a good look at this blasting cap

00:13:52 and don't touch it.

00:13:55 Here's another kind.

00:13:57 Don't touch it.

00:14:00 This one's a little different.

00:14:02 Don't touch it.

00:14:05 Here's one more.

00:14:07 Remember what it looks like and don't touch it.

00:14:12 If you ever see one, don't move it.

00:14:15 Don't touch it.

00:14:18 If you ever see any of these blasting caps anywhere,

00:14:21 don't move them.

00:14:23 Don't touch them with anything.

00:14:25 Leave them just where they are and call a policeman,

00:14:28 a fireman, a sheriff,

00:14:31 or tell your mother and father.