Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and was the first series of its genre on American television.
Captain Video title card
Don Hastings (left) and Al Hodge (right)
A screen shot of Captain Video in progress
A TV schedule showing programming from 4 pm. to 10 p.m., Thursday, September 16, 1954, for four TV stations in Chicago. Captain Video aired at 6 p.m. on WGN-TV that day.
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The DuMont Television Network was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States. It was owned by Allen B
Captain Video and His Video Rangers
…Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and was the first series of its genre on American television. The series aired between June 27, 1949, and April 1, 1955, originally on Monday through…
Still from Rocky King, Inside Detective, one of DuMont's most popular programs.
WDTV broadcast of We, the People on April 18, 1952. The tall guest is New York Yankees player Bill Bevens.
Benny Goodman and his band on the DuMont show Star Time, circa 1950.
The DuMont Building at 515 Madison Avenue in New York, with the original WABD broadcast tower still standing, April 2008.