1:09:02
In rare
German newsreel footage...
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a quick glimpse of the escape
was recorded.
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I was flying.
It was wonderful.
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And then suddenly,
something happened.
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I was frightened.
I lost control.
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We went into a dive.
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Leonard was so terrified that
he changed his personality...
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and before my eyes,
because I was a pilot...
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he turned into one, too.
1:09:42
Zelig takes control
of the airplane.
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Acting the role of pilot...
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he struggles valiantly
with the aircraft.
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The Germans, who are stunned,
take a full fifteen minutes...
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before following
in hot pursuit of their quarry.
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With Eudora Fletcher
unconscious...
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Zelig, who had never flown
before in his life...
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not only escapes
the German pilots...
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but sets a record for flying
nonstop across the Atlantic...
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upside down.
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With a storm of cheers
and a blizzard of ticker tape...
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New York welcomes back
Eudora Fletcher...
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and Leonard Zelig,
the human chameleon.
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His remarkable feat of aviation
fills the nation with pride...
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and earns him
a full presidential pardon.
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Forgiving multitudes
flock to see him...
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as he sits by the side
of his plucky bride-to-be.
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Their journey of triumph
leads to City Hall.
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New York's greatest honor,
the Medal of Valor...
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is bestowed on Zelig
by Carter Dean.
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You are a great inspiration
to the young of this nation...