Kraft Television Theatre
A weekly live play sponsored by a cheese company, and one of the two anthologies the golden age is named for.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Kraft Television Theatre, covering season 1.
It arrived on NBC in 1947, when Meet the Press was also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
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