Dragnet: The Big Bomb
Dragnet · July 13, 1950 · 29 min · 5,455 words
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Well the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday
November 15th was raining in Los Angeles. We were off duty reporting in on an emergency call. My partner has been Romero. The boss is Lynn White Deputy Chief of Police. My name is Friday. It was 8.25 a.m. when I walked into the main street entrance of the city hall. Yeah that's right. Right. Thank you. I'm gonna run
You have to 16. Chief's waiting for you up there. Well, what's the pitch? Only one elevator here in service out of 10. The place looks deserted. What's going on? Well, nobody in the building, Sergeant.
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