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Dragnet: The Big Building

Dragnet · June 14, 1951 · 29 min · 5,319 words

The transcript of “The Big Building”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast June 14, 1951. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Dragnet free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima Cigarettes. Best of all, long cigarettes brings you dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to homicide detail.

A wealthy society woman in your city vanishes. Two months passed before a disappearance is reported to the police. There's suspicion of foul play. your job, investigate. Webster's Dictionary. Definition of the word compare. Compare. Examine for purpose of discovering resemblance or difference.

Now let's compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. The resemblance. Fatimas are the same length as other king-size cigarettes, 85 millimeters. Fatima has the same circumference, one and one 64th cinches around, and Fatima filters the smoke exactly the same long distance as other king-size cigarettes.

The difference in Fatima, the difference is quality. You see, Fatima contains the finest domestic and Turkish tobaccos superbly blended to make Fatima extra mild. You get all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no other king-size cigarette has.

So compare Fatima yourself. Your first puff will tell you... Ah, that's different. Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. Bye Fatima. Best of all, long cigarettes. Hahaha! Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.

For the next 30 minutes in cooperation of the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files, from beginning to end, from crime to punishment.

Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Monday, February 8th. It was foggy in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives.

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