Dragnet Opening and Closing Theme 1951 - 1959 and 1967 - 1970
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"The names have been changed to protect the innocent!" Dragnet is an American radio, television and motion picture series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. 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 boredom and drudgery, as well as 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,[peacock term] and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media.
"The story you are about to see is true", "Just the facts, ma'am", "We were working the day watch" - phrases which became so popular as to inspire much parody - set the realistic tone of this early police drama. The show emphasized careful police work and the interweaving of policemen's professional and personal lives. Here are the themes and snippets from the 1951 series as well as the 1967 series. - Zábava
Composer Walter Schumann's "Danger Ahead" (Dum-de-dum-dum) was introduced
as the Dragnet theme in the third radio broadcast. All these years later, it is still
one of the most recognizable themes of all time.
2 million people in Los Angeles, today its over 12 million
As a little kid watching the reruns, I demanded that my mother buy me that Mark VII hammer and stamp. She ignored these requests.
Imagine my surprise when I found out that the color Dragnet with Colonel Potter, the one that I grew up on in the early 90s, was the SEQUEL series! Or even maybe the third series if you count the radio.
I was listening to the radio episodes of Dragnet from 1949 and 1950. Harry Morgan was even in some of those episodes, playing various roles before he was considered for Bill Gannon. Also, it came of great surprise to me, Raymond Burr was Chief of Detectives Ed Backstrand in the first two seasons, long before he was Perry Mason, too. He got his start on Dragnet as well.
That explains a lot actually.
@@michaelmorgan7893Perry Mason and Dragnet used many of the same actors in guest roles.
As I understand it, the LAPD retired the Sergeant's Badge 714 and presented it to Jack Webb when the show went off the air...
Miss and love you,dear.This is great.
I find the kid pulling out the switchblade so funny. In my school, carrying a folding knife was common. You were just a student, not a bad kid.
- - -And when I was in high school in the late 50s and early 60s, it was common for a kid to bring a shotgun and sell it to his coach after football practice, and no one thought anything about it. Just imagine what it would be like today if a kid was caught anywhere on school grounds with a gun. He would be hauled off immediately and charges would be filed.
I was not a hurter, but it was a common thing for high school seniors to drive their trucks to school with a gun hung behind the seat and after school, they would go deer hunting or squirrel hunting, . . . etc.
In many schools there were gun clubs with safety instructions for all types of guns.
In those days, school shootings never occurred.
Rest in peace jack Webb and Harry Morgan i carry a badge
Why do so many of these clips neglect to credit the composer? This one was Walter Schumann.
Jack Webb did so much for our finest heros and our first responders. Dragnet, Adam 12, and Emergency. There will never be another one like him again
The end credits for the series were different. You have the closing theme to the 1966 Dragnet TV Movie. For 1967 and 1968, there was a different theme used.
Brilliant.
I wasn't asleep! I was drunk!
“He’ll show
How’s that?
It’s his job
How’s that?
He’s a burglar”
The Theme of 50s And 60s Justice And Early 70s
UNFORTUNATELY, JACK WEBB DIED FROM SMOKING AND DRINKING TOO MUCH. JACK WEBB (1920-1982)
We are all not guaranteed to live to see tomorrow.
He never actually said the words "Just the facts, ma'am".
For some reason..I had to hear it.
They played reruns from the 50s run all Christmas day on the Justice Network. The whole soundtrack was redone - sounded horrible. Not sure if it was for copyright reasons or what, but all the music including the main (famous) theme was completely different and sounded cheap. Should have put a disclaimer "The music has been changed to protect the innocent."
I'm guessing the episodes were public domain, but the music was still under copyright?
I wish sometimes l had the first 8 notes ,to the theme song of. Dragnet ,as ringtone .l got these neighbors ,thats always peaking out the windows ..l set the remote and every time the cops drove by ,l could play them 8 nores over my loud speaker ,and spread joy and good will ,all over the 2 to 3 block area .couldn't happen to a nicer bounce of folks
Kenneth W Baxter - It would be 9 notes ( ta ta dat ta ----- ta ta dat ta -- daa ! ), and you could do it with a later generation Android phone.
I just want , just the facts . But none of these have that
Were these 2 shows ever shown in the UK?
Not that I ever remember
Wonder what these detectives would say today. Poor USA
Joe Friday Mr Just The Facts Mame
Two million people...imagine.
yep, as I mentioned above, today it is 12 million
@@KatB69 Actually, the population of the city of Los Angeles is only about 4 million. Even the entire Los Angeles County has only about 10 million. The entire Los Angeles metropolitan area is far larger than 12 million, however.
Young people would probably be surprised to learn that NY state actually had a larger population than California up until about 1964....
I don't remember which show made mention of this, but it was noted that squad cars are used a little differently between New York and Los Angeles, with the latter having more outward sprawl, and the former having more high-rises.
@@jbm71Metro areas have different definitions. LA’s ranges from 12.5 million to over 18 million.
Kent McCord
Happy 714 day!
Donkey Kong Arcade Game brought me here, from 0:13 thru 0:16
Kapitan Bomba! XD
Came here after a John Cooper Clarke concert
Modern Rome
Anyone else here because of some creepy af alarm tone on Huawei?
Wait a minute - it was never hot in Los Angeles in the 1960s when CO2 levels were much lower. It was only hot since the 1990s when the old data was erased and new data replaced it.
Sound off king
That's not quite true - I lived in the San Fernando Valley (North Hollywood) from 1963 - 1965 and,believe me,it was plenty hot there at that time,especially in late August - early September (about 106 degrees on some days)and the smog was actually worse than it is now ( no pollution controls on cars,trucks,factories,etc). It's not the CO2 that pollutes - It's the dirty exhaust from airplanes,factories,trucks,cars,etc .All engines run much better and cleaner today....
you know the air in La was much cleaner in the 90's then it ever was in 60's i think in the 60's La's air was the worst in the world