2000 Plus - "A Veteran Comes Home" (07-05-50)

A Veteran Comes Home (Aired July 5, 1950)

2000 AD is known as the first of the network science fiction shows, although it ran on Mutual just a month prior to the introduction of the landmark series, Dimension X. It was a half hour of science fiction wonder in an exciting package. The stories have a charm that is always present in science fiction of the future that is written in the past. "When The Worlds Met" takes place "at the giant space port in Washington, temporary capitol of the federated world government as in April 21, 2000 Plus 20 (2020) crowds throng as audio and televox networks cover a space ship carrying in its space hold the first load of uranium taken from the pits of Luna, satellite of Earth.

THIS EPISODE:

July 5, 1950. Mutual network. "A Veteran Comes Home". Sustaining. A soldier returns to Earth after five years of fighting in the Martian wars, to find his wife and son waiting. Lon Clark, William Griffis, Sherman H. Dreyer (creator, producer), Robert Weenolsen (producer), Joan Shea, Helen Shea, Charles Smith, Emerson Buckley and His Orchestra, Elliot Jacoby (composer), Walt Shaver (sound), Adrian Penner (sound), Ken Marvin (announcer), Bob Albright (engineer). 28:17. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.