Nightwatch - "Black Eye To Road Death" (02-24-55)

Nightwatch - Black Eye To Road Death (Aired February 24, 1955)

Before the "Reality TV", there was "Reality Radio" and Night Watch was there. This show is a straight crime documentary with no music, sound effects, or actors. Police reporter Don Reid rode in a prowl car on the night shift with officers from the Culver City, California police department. While wearing a hidden microphone, he captures the sounds and voices of real life drama. From the worried child to the hardened criminal, their stories come through loud and clear. The names were changed to protect identities, but everything else in this gripping series is real. 

 

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February 24, 1955. "Black Eye To Road Death (02-24-55)" - CBS network. Sustaining. 8:30 P. M. The first case is about a woman with a black eye who's been choked. Donn Reed (police recorder), W. N. Hildebrand (Chief of Police), Sterling Tracy (producer, director), Jim Headlock (producer), Ron Perkins (technical adviser). 26:47. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.