Atom Squad facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Atom Squad |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Written by | Paul Monash |
| Theme music composer | Miklós Rózsa |
| Opening theme | "Tumult and Commotion" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 15 mins. |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white 142 episodes |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | July 6, 1953 – January 22, 1954 |
Atom Squad was an American science-fiction TV series that was broadcast live 5 times a week by the NBC network (out of their Philadelphia studios), Monday July 6, 1953, to January 22, 1954, running Monday through Friday, 5:00 to 5:15 PM EST. Each episode was only 15 minutes long. There were a total of 142 black and white episodes in all.
Synopsis
The Atom Squad is a secret government agency which dealt with Cold War threats to US security involving radiation and nuclear weapons. The Atom Squad scientists, Steve Elliot and Dave Fielding, were played by Robert Courtleigh and Bob Hastings, their chief by Bram Nossem.
The Atom Squad's secret New York City headquarters lab looked very much like Captain Video's secret mountain headquarters control room. The program's opening sequence showed a man in a "radiation suit" lumbering very slowly toward the camera.
Episode status
While Atom Squad kinescopes were probably made for West Coast rebroadcast, none are known to survive today. The series did not appear to have a sponsor and no tie-in toys or premiums are known to exist.
