As some of you know, I'm a big "Man from U.N.C.L.E." fan. Now that the DVDs are out, our Yahoo! group is having a grand time dissecting the episodes.

In an early B & W episode, a former Nazi scientist is revealed as having Adolf's body preserved in a cold sleep tank (though the name is never mentioned, it's pretty clear who it has to be) -- in his basement, yet. Now I know this is pretty old-hat to us now. My question: What was the earliest use of the Der Fuehrer Is Not Dead/Has Been Preserved plot in movies or on TV?

I suspect U.N.C.L.E.'s use of the idea (1964) might have been the first ever on series TV. Anybody know?
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