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Freeman company PUBLIC RELATIONS May 4, 1954 IDEA FOR NEWSREEL FEATURE; First, please look at attached picture of the Valley of Fire, about 50 miles from Las Vegas, On the ground, you almost believe you are on another planet, or oh the edge of the moon* General ideas 1, A 5~year old youngster sits on the edge of a rock, marked X in the attached picture. He is holding in front of his face, a Sciences-Fantasy Comic Book. Cameras come up to him, up over the book to catch him bug-eyed at the adventures he reads. He turns last page, finishes, sighs, blinks tiredly, drops off to sleep. Book falls to rock, Zm Suddenly, down past rock, on the crater floor, emerge 10 female figures dressed in space helmets of plastic, with futuristic costumes. They dance short number, then suddenly spy the sleeping youngster, 3, They run up to the rock, observe him with wonder, then carry him down to crater floor, or They pat his cheek, suddenly waking him, then lead him down to crater floor, 4, They dance around him, as he watches in amazement, 5, Some of them huddle together, lookixy* at the youngster as if deciding something. They hold council of war, with leader sitting on rock, youngster sitting nearby, 7, They take vote, then rise and cheer around the youngster, BEVERLY HILLS, CAL. ?╟≤ 2U N- CANON DRIVE ?╟≤ CRESTVIEW ^*326