The Future
The episode opens at La Guardia Airport set three years in the future, with a brief impression of President Roosevelt honoring war hero Colin Kelly. Orson Welles reads a statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury and declares the sound of airplane engines a symbol of tomorrow, before announcing the Mercury Theatre is going off the air.
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Ceiling Unlimited (1942–1944) is a CBS radio series created by Orson Welles and sponsored by the Lockheed-Vega Corporation. The program was conceived to glorify the aviation industry and dramatize its role in World War II.
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“The Future.” Ceiling Unlimited. Radio broadcast, February 1, 1943.
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