LogFAQs > #914362077

Nearly all the shows/films on the United States' DuMont network (active in the 40s and 50s) are considered lost, since no effort was made to preserve their kinescope recordings. According to one source, by the 70s, they were seen as having little to no value and, after being acquired by a competiting network, were reportedly dumped into NYC's East River by the truckload. Of the scant few shows that survived, many weren't copyrighted and entered public domain. Despite that, they're rarely seen as reruns, even though it costs nothing to show. DuMont was the only major broadcast network to close down until, about 50 years later, UPN and The WB were shuttered.
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