Dragnet: The Big TV

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Ligget and Myers. First major tobacco company to bring you a complete line of quality cigarettes.

You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a missing persons detail. You get a call that a young mother and a nine month old baby have disappeared. Routine investigation turns up the possibility of foul play. Your job? Find them.

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to Chesterfield. Always say, Chesterfield's for me. to document a drama of an actual crime. For 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 violence.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, August 12th, it was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out on homicide division, missing persons detail.