War Correspondent

Description

At a remote military outpost, veteran soldiers fight to hold onto their old ways as a modern army brings new technology like airplanes and machines to replace them.

A reporter from a New York newspaper comes west to tell the "truth" and also to learn of the "real" west. The program was recorded April 19, 1956.

The drama of an isolated frontier fort struggles of old-time soldiers against the encroachments of a new army and the advent of airplanes and mechanization.

Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET. Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television star as Perry Mason.

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