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Dragnet

Dragnet 56-02-07 ep338 The Big Press

Dragnet

Entertainment Radio

Society & Culture, Fiction, Drama

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave audience members a feel for the danger and heroism of police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting; he achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media..

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Sound off for Chesterfield.

0:09.0

Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and king size brings you drag men.

0:28.9

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.

0:31.5

The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Your detective sergeant.

0:41.4

You're assigned to forgery detail.

0:43.7

Two men have been passing bad checks in your city.

0:46.5

You have descriptions of both of them.

0:48.5

You know the names on the checks.

0:50.3

Your job, get them.

0:56.1

First, we read you the six months report, then the eight months report.

1:00.5

Now here is ten full months of scientific evidence on smoking Chesterfields.

1:05.5

A medical specialist is making regular bimonthly examinations of a group of people from various walks of life.

1:12.1

45% of this group have smoked Chesterfields for an average of over 10 years.

1:17.7

After 10 full months, almost a year now,

1:21.1

the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group

1:26.9

from smoking Chesterfield.

1:29.1

That's the report.

1:30.7

And Chesterfield is the first and only premium quality cigarette throughout, in both regular and king size.

1:38.3

Fine tobaccos.

1:39.9

The world's best kept tasty and fresh, wrapped in the finest cigarette paper money can buy.

1:46.1

Yes, everything that goes into your Chesterfield makes it the premium quality cigarette.

1:52.1

And it's the only cigarette that gives you scientific evidence of real smoking pleasure.

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