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Gunsmoke

1955–1975CBSDrama

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Twenty years on air, and a title sequence that changed several times across them — a street, a draw, and a marshal who always wins it.

One opening sequence is catalogued for Gunsmoke, covering season 1.

It arrived on CBS in 1955, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and Truth or Consequences were also on the network.

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The opening titles

Season 1

No usable clip kept — the available upload runs the opening and closing themes together rather than the opening alone.

No footage of this sequence has been found yet.

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