Our Secret Weapon: The Truth
| Our Secret Weapon: The Truth | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Public Affairs |
| Starring | Leo Cherne Ralph de Toledano |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont |
| Release | October 22, 1950 – April 17, 1951 |
Our Secret Weapon: The Truth is a public affairs program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from October 22, 1950, to April 17, 1951, and hosted by conservative commentators Leo Cherne and Ralph de Toledano.
Production
[edit]Our Secret Weapon: The Truth had its origins in the Freedom House radio program Our Secret Weapon (1942–43), a CBS Radio series hosted by Rex Stout, which was created to counter Axis shortwave radio propaganda broadcasts during World War II.[1]: 529
The concept was revived during the Korean War as a weekly series that would "answer Communist lies about us" with testimony from special guests. The program featured conservative commentators Leo Cherne and Ralph de Toledano.[2]
See also
[edit]- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
References
[edit]- ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Hardcover; revised edition of Tune In Yesterday (1976) ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
- ^ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946–Present. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988 (fourth edition), ISBN 0-345-35610-1 p. 571
Bibliography
[edit]- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1