Soul Train
1971–2006SyndicationDocumentary
An animated locomotive pulling into a city drawn in airbrush — the longest-running first-run syndicated show in American history opens like a record sleeve.
Soul Train opens with a main title sequence of 24 seconds.
At 24 seconds, it opens well under the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Syndication in 1971, when Romper Room, Truth or Consequences and The Lawrence Welk Show were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
24sFan upload, dated by the uploader to the 1970s.
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