The Nation's Nightmare

Catalogue Number

6554

Program Number

5

Date

August 16, 1951

Title

"Crime On The Waterfront"

Description

A shocking program. Maurice Gosfield acts as the voice of one of a longshoreman afraid to speak on the air. The show includes a recording of a union representative threaten to have the CBS equipment (and presumably the recording crew) thrown off the pier. The program's closing was added live.

Artists

Maurice Gosfield, Bill Downs (narrator), Irving Gitlin (producer)

Source

CBS net

Sponsor

Sustaining

Quality Excellent
Complete

Complete as above

Duration

1/2 hour