Zorro - 1958 - Reel 3 "Zorro's Flaming Sword"

Zorro

Packet No. B469
1958

I have still been struggling to improve the reel scans I am posting without much luck. So far I am finding that scanning the reels at 3200 dpi and then doing a little adjustment in Photoshop gives the best results. But still, with these dark television images, they are not coming out as I would have hoped. I am, to put it nicely, "detail oriented" and I find it difficult to settle for just okay. If anyone has any suggestions please send them my way.

But finally View-Master 3-D Spectacular now brings you the thrilling climax to our story with Zorro, Reel 3.

15

CAPITAN
MONASTARIO AIMS
AT THE ESCAPING
TORRES.

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THE TARGET - The Comandante waited impatiently. At last he opened his door and peered out to see the astounding sight of the prisoner escaping over the wall. Bursting out of his office, he leveled his pistol at Torres who paused, silhouetted, on top of the wall - a perfect target!

Monastario squeezed the trigger ... click! ... the flintlock misfired. Torres disappeared over the wall.

16

ZORRO'S SWORD
DRIVES THE
COMANDANTE
BACK.

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THE FIGHT - Drawing his sword, Monastario rushed towards the man in black. With laughing eagerness, Zorro parried the first thrusts. The captain slashed ... the blow was deflected; he lunged to kill ... Zorro sidestepped.

Then Zorro attacked. His sword wove a web of keen-edged steel. Fighting desperately, Monastario was forced to retreat. A quick flurry of thrusts tumbled him backwards into his own prison cell. Before he could regain his feet, Zorro slammed and locked the door.

"Sergeant Garcia!" he roared. "Call the guard!"

17

SERGEANT
GARCIA'S RESCUE
ATTEMPT ENDED
INGLORIOUSLY

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GARCIA'S RETREAT - Half-dressed, Sergeant Garcia ran into the courtyard to stop Zorro. Before sleep could be brushed from his eyes, he found himself fiercely defending himself against a lightening sword arm. Backed to the edge of the well, Garcia called, "Lancers! To arms! The prisoner has escaped!"

With a thrust and flick, Zorro disarmed the sergeant and forced him splashing into the well.

18

THE LANCERS
ANSWERED THEIR
SERGEANT'S
CALL

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TO ARMS! - The barracks doors flew open as the lancers spilled from their beds. Confusion filled the darkness. Dressing on the run, the soldiers all grabbed their lances at once, falling spear over suspenders! A minute passed before the first lancer leapt to the attack.

19

BUT "THE FOX"
WAS NOT TO
BE TRAPPED!

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ESCAPE - But "The Fox" was not to be trapped. Striking down the lance of the first attacker, Zorro leapt up on a stack of crates and scrambled to the top of the wall. Dodging a hail of lances, he kicked the top crate down creating havoc among the swarming soldiers. Before they could recover, he disappeared.

20

"I SHALL NAIL
THE SKIN OF
THE 'FOX' TO
THIS VERY WALL!"

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REWARD - By morning, reward posters were lettered. The Comandante, himself, posted the first one angrily boasting, "I shall have the skin of this 'Fox' nailed to this wall before the week is out!"

21

BUT ZORRO
RODE AGAIN AND
AGAIN AS THE
MASKED AVENGER.

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MASKED AVENGER - But Zorro was to ride again and again in Spanish California. Wherever injustice arose, there the black, rearing horse and its mysterious rider would appear to rescue and avenge.

What is next of our agenda? Dark Shadows!

Zorro - 1958 - Reel 2 "Tornado"

Zorro
Packet No. B469
1958

Sorry for the delay in posting this second real. I'm still trying to work out the most efficient way and the best software for the job. Sadly, it looks like it must be Photoshop which limits me to scanning at during working hours when I can make the time.

But let's not delay the adventure any longer. View-Master 3-D Spectacular now brings you Zorro, Reel 2.

8

"FROM NOW ON
I SHALL BE
ZORRO, THE FOX,"
SAID DON DIEGO

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THE JAGGED "Z" - Late that evening, a dispirited Don Diego entered his room and said to Bernardo, "I've just had to do something I'm not very proud of, Bernardo. My father told me of the intolerable conditions - unjust taxes, ranchers being flogged for not paying, slave labor by Indians - all to enrich one man - Capitan Monastario! Despite my inner anger, I had to pretend indifference, then feeble rage - now my father thinks I am a spineless weakling ..." Bernardo nodded understandingly.

"... But if I took open action, his life would be in danger." He picked up his sword. "From now on, I shall be Zorro, the Fox!" The sword flashed in three lightning cuts and upon a sheet of music appeared the "mark" of Zorro!

9
ZORRO'S HORSE
"TORNADO" HAD
BEEN RAISED
IN SECRET

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"TORNADO" - The next day, Don Diego and Bernardo rode far from the ranch house. In the hills, they crept up on a magnificent stallion.

"Before I left for Spain," he told his man, "I entrusted a black colt to an old shepherd. Now look at my 'Tornado!' Black as death and as fiery as the wind he was named for. Not even my father will recognize this horse.

10
SERGEANT GARCIA
CHECKED TORRES
THE NEW
PRISONER.

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THE PRISONER - AS darkness fell within the cuartel, Segeant Garcia visited the new prisoner.

"Well, Senor Torres, you're still here, I see," he joked. Then cocking an ear upwards, he listened intently. "Ah, just nerves. I'm upset because the Comandante acts so strange tonight... I'm to dismiss the guards and bring him the cell keys!"

11
ABOVE, A
BLACK FIGURE
MOVED LIKE
A SHADOW.

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THE SHADOW - A masked horseman, leading another horse, rode up to the rear of the cuartel. Tying the horse to a tree, the rider stood on his saddle and, with a quick, catlike motion, gained the top of the wall. The next moment, a black figure slid noiselessly across the tile roof directly above the prisoner's cell.

12
"RELEASE THE
PRISONER," SAID
MONASTARIO, "TO
BE SHOT DOWN"

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THE PLOT - In his office, Capitan Monastario said to the lawyer, Licenciado, "Now take the keys and release the prisoner."

Won't he suspect something," asked Licenciado.

"You are a lawyer," Monastario replied impatiently. "Tell him you have reviewed his case and there has been a mistake. When he crosses the courtyard, give the alarm. I'll be waiting here..." He held up a pistol. "It is already in my report: Fugitive shot while attempting to escape."

13
ZORRO WATCHES
THE LAWYER
UNLOCK THE
CELL DOOR.

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THE WATCHER - As the lawyer crossed the courtyard, he was watched. A black-clad swordsman heard the lawyer say, "I have great news, Senor Torres. I have come to set you free."

There was a sound of a key turning in a padlock.

14
"WHO ARE YOU?"
ASKED TORRES.
"A FRIEND,
EL ZORRO."

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"EL ZORRO" - As the lawyer stepped into the cell, he heard a voice say, "Thank you, Licenciado."

Turning in surprise, the lawyer saw a masked man who cintinued, "You have most kindly solved the problem of opening the cell door. Take the keys, Senor Torres, and free yourself. Chain him to the bars."

This done, the mystery man led Torres from the cell saying "Now I suggest we depart over the wall."

As he climbed, Torres asked, "But who are you?"

"A friend of the people," was the reply, "El Zorro."