The Cisco Kid
1950–1956SyndicationDrama
The first television series filmed in colour, three years before anyone in America could receive it.
The Cisco Kid opens with a main title sequence of 64 seconds.
At 64 seconds, it opens well above the 50-second median for drama sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Syndication in 1950, when Truth or Consequences was also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
64sFan upload.
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