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Dragnet Hammering Hand - At
the close of each episode of the police drama
DRAGNET/NBC/1952-59/NBC/1967-70, a burly pair of hands holding a
hammer and a metal stamping device would clang together to form
the production trademark "Mark VII" on a small rectangular sheet
of steel. The "hands that hammered" closing was dreamed up by the
series creator Jack Webb during a coffee break. He was attempting
to recreate the "hammer and gong" signature trademark used at the
beginning J. Arthur Rank British film productions. The DRAGNET
hammer struck twice at the end of each show. The hands used for
the program's closing were those attached to James Drake, one of
the construction crew members.
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