Death Valley Days

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Death Valley Days is an American Western anthology television series that dramatized true stories and legends of the Old West, originally sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company.

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instanceOf American television series
Western television series
anthology television series
alsoKnownAs Call of the West NERFINISHED
The Pioneers NERFINISHED
basedOn legends of the American Old West
true stories of the American Old West
broadcastIn United States NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Death Valley region NERFINISHED
distributor McCann-Erickson NERFINISHED
episodeRuntime approximately 25 minutes
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California
firstAired 1952
format anthology
genre Western
hasTheme frontier justice
pioneer hardship
rugged individualism
lastAired 1970
mediaType television program
narrativeFocus dramatizations of frontier life
dramatizations of historical events
notableFor longest-running syndicated Western anthology series of its time
notableHost Dale Robertson NERFINISHED
Robert Taylor NERFINISHED
Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED
Stanley Andrews NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes over 450
numberOfSeasons 18
originalLanguage English
originalMedium television
originalNetwork Syndication
pictureFormat black-and-white
producer Pacific Coast Borax Company NERFINISHED
productionEra 1950s American television
1960s American television
setting American Old West NERFINISHED
sponsor 20 Mule Team Borax NERFINISHED
Pacific Coast Borax Company NERFINISHED
sponsorIndustry household cleaning products
mining
sponsorProduct borax
laundry detergent
targetAudience television viewers interested in Westerns
timePeriodDepicted 19th-century American West

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Dale Robertson notableWork Death Valley Days
Frederic Forrest notableWork Death Valley Days
Elaine Devry workedOn Death Valley Days