Pilot lights of the apocalypse

Broadcaster

WHA (Radio station : Madison, Wis.)

Date

• February 18, 1946

Summary

• Dramatization of University of Pennsylvania Department of Physics Professor Louis Ridanour's playlet, Pilot Lights of the Apocalypse. Professor Ridanour helped develop radar weapons during the war. In this original playlet that first appeared in Fortune Magazine, Professor Ridanour graphically portrays the grim prospect which atomic warfare holds for the future. The Editor's Desk series brings your attention to significant writings in the periodical press of the nation. With host Roy Vogelman.