1958

S2.E1 ∙ Suitcase Fireman

Tue, Sep 22, 1959

The Rescue 8 team attempt to rescue a man who, beaten and unconscious, is trapped on a girder next to a blazing furnace.

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An adventure club member becomes trapped inside a cave while trying to reach a flashlight that was dropped. No firemen can fit in the tight space to free the man so a call is put out to any member of the public who is good health, 5 feet tall and no more than 100 pounds. After a few civilian males try and fail, a female trapeze artist is able to dislodge enough rocks from around the trapped victim to allow Wes and Skip to pull the man to safety.

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S2.E3 ∙ Fools Gold

Tue, Oct 06, 1959

Four thieves attempt to rob a safe at a grain elevator company. When one of the thieves lights a cigarette, there is a dust explosion. Wes and Skip must devise a plan to rescue the plant guard who was overcome by the thieves and dumped into a shaft, his son and any of the thieves that survived the blast.

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S2.E4 ∙ Paid in Full

Tue, Oct 13, 1959

Wes and Skip must rescue a gangster who has threatened a friend's life.

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S2.E5 ∙ Dangerous Salvage

Tue, Oct 20, 1959

The Rescue 8 team attempts to rescue trapped in the hold of the ship he was attempting to salvage.

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S2.E6 ∙ 3 Mile Bomb

Sun, Oct 25, 1959

The Rescue 8 team attempts to rescue a truck driver pinned in his cab while deadly butane gas leaks from the wrecked tanker.

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S2.E7 ∙ Not for Glory

Tue, Nov 03, 1959

Skip attempts to rescue a souvenir hunter who becomes trapped.

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S2.E8 ∙ Forced Landing

Tue, Nov 10, 1959

While off duty, Wes, Skip, their friend who is an airplane pilot and his son fly their 4 seat propeller plane to a secluded place for a hunting trip. With no radio or any means of communication, the men plan on a peaceful hunting trip until the pilot gets bit by a snake & ultimately has a heart attack. Wes & skip who realize their dire situation give the pilots son the encouragement he needs to use his limited flying ability to save his father by flying them all to safety.

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S2.E9 ∙ Smashout

Tue, Nov 17, 1959

A prison inmate fakes a heart attack so he can escape and talk his wife out of divorcing him. He takes Wes and Skip along as hostages.

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S2.E10 ∙ Runaway

Tue, Nov 24, 1959

A boy runs away into the woods and is confronted by an escaped lion which forces him to take refuge in a tree.

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S2.E11 ∙ The Third Strike

Tue, Dec 01, 1959

A baseball player loses consciousness when he is hit by a wild pitch. When he wakes up in the clubhouse a short time later he is in shock with short term amnesia. Being afraid and not knowing why he's there, he attacks a policeman and takes his gun. He then flees to the top of the stadium light tower to hold off his pursuers. Wes and skip must devise a plan to get this ball player to give up the gun and get him down safely.

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S2.E12 ∙ Pitfall

Tue, Dec 08, 1959

A pretty teenager with a crush on Wes tries to get him to rescue her by climbing atop a gas tank. Her boyfriend, not realizing her intentions, tries to rescue her and becomes trapped as a result.

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S2.E13 ∙ Heat Wave

Tue, Dec 15, 1959

The Rescue 8 team must come to the aid of two men trapped above a vat acid that's ready to explode.

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S2.E14 ∙ The Birdman

Tue, Dec 22, 1959

Broken-jawed young man in a crashed helicopter is unable to tell rescuers of his professor, who crashed in a bird suit on another hill.

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S2.E15 ∙ The Collision

Tue, Dec 29, 1959

Wes and Skip must rescue a woman trapped behind her steering wheel after a car wreck.

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S2.E16 ∙ Leap of Life

Tue, Jan 05, 1960

Wes and Skip join a team of Indian firemen to battle a forest fire.

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S2.E17 ∙ The Squatters

Tue, Jan 12, 1960

The Rescue 8 team comes to the aid of a frightened backwoods couple.

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S2.E18 ∙ Backfire

Tue, Jan 19, 1960

A wealthy playboy enters a risky cross-country car race at his press agent's request, but wrecks his car in the mountains and Wes and Skip must rescue him before his car goes off the edge of a cliff.

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S2.E19 ∙ High Explosive

Tue, Jan 26, 1960

A spoiled rich kid, attempting to escape the police, hides in the back of a truck full of combustible nitrate. When the truck wrecks, Wes and Skip must rescue him before the chemical explodes.

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S2.E20 ∙ Add a Pinch of Death

Tue, Feb 02, 1960

Three scientists are trapped when their laboratory explodes. Wes and Skip must extract them before the building collapses.

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S2.E21 ∙ Ten Minutes to Doomsday

Tue, Feb 09, 1960

Wes and Skip assist a demolition expert investigate the destruction of recently constructed buildings.

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S2.E22 ∙ Square Triangle

Tue, Feb 16, 1960

Wes and Skip come to the aid of an asthma victim trapped beneath a rotting pier.

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S2.E23 ∙ Ti-Ling

Tue, Feb 23, 1960

A Chinese girl, stung by her father's refusal to let his daughter to marry into a family who no longer follow ancient customs, attempts suicide by blowing up her father's restaurant. The Rescue 8 team attempts to dig her out from the building wreckage.

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S2.E24 ∙ Lifeline

Wed, Mar 02, 1960

When an elderly lighthouse keeper's hand is trapped in the beacon's machinery, Wes and Skip brave a violent storm to rescue the keeper and repair the lighthouse.

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S2.E25 ∙ High Lonely

Wed, Mar 09, 1960

The Rescue 8 team is called when a night watchman attempts to replace the burned out aircraft warning light on top of a smokestack and he accidentally kicks away the ladder.

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S2.E26 ∙ Comeback

Wed, Mar 16, 1960

When an retired actor becomes trapped on the top floor of his dilapidated mansion, Wes and Skip come to the rescue.

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S2.E27 ∙ Quicksand

Wed, Mar 23, 1960

The Rescue 8 team must find a truck driver buried under a tons of sand.

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S2.E28 ∙ Breakdown

Wed, Mar 30, 1960

When an emotionally disturbed man is buried under his family's garage, the Rescue 8 team is called to pull him from the collapsed building.

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S2.E29 ∙ School for Violence

Wed, Apr 06, 1960

Wes and Skip come to the aid of a high school principal who is being attacked by a gang of youthful gang.

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S2.E30 ∙ The Devil's Cavern

Wed, Apr 13, 1960

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S2.E31 ∙ 13 Stories Up

Wed, Apr 20, 1960

Wes and Skip attempt to rescue three men trapped in a burning building's elevator.

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S2.E32 ∙ Deep Danger

Wed, Apr 27, 1960

Fleeing a burglar, a door-to-door saleswoman falls into an abandoned well.

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S2.E33 ∙ I Don't Remember

Wed, May 04, 1960

Wes helps the police locate the bank robber who knocked Skip unconscious.

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S2.E34 ∙ Second Team

Wed, May 11, 1960

Angry that he wasn't put in command of the Rescue 8 squad during Wes's absence, Skip acts insubordinately towards his new commander with disastrous results.

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