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Vincent Connolly [Narrator]: At the National Airport, ambulances with wings, one each for Navy and Army. Ready to be christened by
Mrs. Harry S. Truman who, with her daughter Margaret, will do the honors in her first public appearance. But Mrs. Truman is in for a surprise.
By an oversight the champagne bottle, unlike this one, hasn’t been properly prepared, etched to break the glass on impact.
And glass cutting is behind successful christenings like these. Now Mrs. Truman, unaware that her bottle is not prepared.
Refusing to be rattled, the new First Lady joins in the crowd’s laughter.
Let’s see how her military aid meets the crisis.
But to the Navy, forewarned is forearmed. Here armed means a hammer. Watch it just under the airplane’s nose.
And even the hammer misses on the first try. All’s well that ends well.
Despite the stubborn bottle, Mrs. Truman sends off the hospital planes with her blessing.