The Local Station 1950s TV Afternoon Evening 40 Program DVD Collection

Description

Turn back the clock and spend an afternoon and evening watching television as it might have appeared on an American local station between 1955 and 1959.

The Local Station is a carefully arranged 40-program viewing experience inspired by the schedules of independent and network-affiliated television stations during the 1950s. Programs are presented in broadcast-day order with vintage commercials, station identifications, public-service announcements and station breaks placed throughout the schedule.

Begin with afternoon news and after-school entertainment, continue through early-evening family programming and prime-time television, and finish with a late-night feature before station sign-off.

This is more than a group of unrelated shows—it is a recreation of an evening spent watching your local television station during television’s Golden Age.

Programming Schedule

Station Opening

• Vintage station sign-on

• Station identification

• Afternoon news presentation

• Public-service announcement

• Period commercials and station break

After-School Television

• Children’s television

• Classic cartoons

• Western adventure

• Action or serial program

• Family comedy

• Period toy, cereal and snack commercials

Late-Afternoon Programming

• Situation comedy

• Adventure series

• Juvenile or family drama

• Classic western

• Local-style station break

• Coming-attractions announcement

Early Evening

• Newsreel or public-information presentation

• Family situation comedy

• Western or frontier adventure

• Detective program

• Household and automobile commercials

Prime-Time Television

• Comedy program

• Dramatic anthology

• Crime or courtroom drama

• Musical variety program

• Mystery presentation

• Sponsor messages and station identifications

Late-Night Television

• Late-night mystery, science-fiction or horror presentation

• Vintage commercial break

• Station closing announcement

• Traditional television sign-off

Collection Features

• 40 scheduled program selections

• Inspired by American local television from 1955–1959

• Afternoon-through-evening broadcast arrangement

• Vintage commercials and sponsor messages

• Station identifications and announcements

• Public-service presentations

• Children’s, family, western and adventure programming

• Comedy, drama, crime, mystery and musical variety

• Physical multi-disc DVD collection

• Custom collector artwork

• Bonus feature insert images

• No streaming or download required

DVD Specifications

• Format: DVD

• Edition: Collector Edition

• Programs: 40

• Presentation: Afternoon to station sign-off

• Video: Primarily black-and-white

• Language: English

• Television Era: 1955–1959

• Aspect Ratio: Original television presentation

• Rating: Not Rated

• Region: Region Free

• Product Type: Physical multi-disc DVD collection

Archival picture and sound quality will vary. Film grain, scratches, broadcast noise and other age-related imperfections may be present.

This is a physical product shipped by mail. Processing and shipping take approximately 5–7 business days.

Public Domain Statement

Public Domain Statement: All films included in this collection have been thoroughly researched and verified as public domain under applicable United States copyright law.