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Preferred Citation

Cuban Television Scripts, 1953, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase from ebay, 2015.

Scope and Contents

Two early Cuban television scripts on original mimeographed sheets produced by CMQ Television in Cuba. The scripts are for Cabaret Regales El Cuna and Cascabeles Candado. These scripts are from the early inceptio of CMQ television station, which became an NBC affiliate prior to the Cuban revolution. CMQ was established in December of 1950 and officially launched March 11, 1951. At the time, Cuba was only the second country in the world, after the United States, to have a National Television Network.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Television scripts