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Cavalcade of America

738 episodes · 1935–1953 · NBC, NBC Red, Blue Network, CBS · Historical

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The Cavalcade of America dramatized American history from October 9, 1935, to March 31, 1953, in 781 episodes. DuPont sponsored it under its motto, better things for better living through chemistry, partly to mend a reputation hurt by 1930s Senate hearings into World War I munitions profits. Yale historian Frank Monaghan advised on accuracy. Its writers included Arthur Miller, Maxwell Anderson, Stephen Vincent Benet and Carl Sandburg, and stars from Hollywood and Broadway took the leads. It moved to television in 1952.

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Episodes

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  • No Turning Back October 9, 1935 · CBS · 30 min
    The first show, with Walter Hampden: the Pilgrims decide to stay in the New World despite the hardships, and a 1931 farm family faces a grasshopper plague.
  • The Will to Conquer Distance October 16, 1935 · CBS · 30 min
    Theodore Judah finds a pass through the Sierras, and the first airmail crosses them.
  • The Spirit of Competition October 23, 1935 · CBS · 31 min
    The Oklahoma land run and a Mississippi steamboat race.
  • The Will to Rebuild October 30, 1935 · ABC · 31 min
    The Sacramento fire and the Dust Bowl.
  • Faith in Education November 6, 1935 · ABC · 30 min
    A bound boy in colonial Massachusetts, and the story of Horace Mann.
  • Woman's Emancipation November 13, 1935 · CBS · 31 min
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the winning of the vote.
  • Willingness to Share November 20, 1935 · ABC · 31 min
    The Boston Port Bill, and stories of the American Red Cross.
  • Community Self Reliance November 27, 1935 · ABC · 31 min
    The Mayflower Compact and the Vermont flood.
  • Heroism in Medical Science December 4, 1935 · ABC · 31 min
    Crawford Long and the discovery of anesthesia, and Gorgas and the Panama Canal.
  • The Will to Explore December 11, 1935 · ABC · 31 min
    The Lewis and Clark expedition and the Greely polar expedition.
  • Defiance of Nature December 18, 1935 · ABC · 31 min
    Building the Erie Canal and the Holland Tunnel.
  • The Humanitarian Urge December 25, 1935 · ABC · 31 min
    The Mary Ellen case and the first juvenile court.
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  • Declaration of Independence January 1, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Women in Public Service January 8, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Building and Architecture January 15, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Speed of Words January 22, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Enterprise January 29, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Loyalty to Family February 5, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1936 · 31 min
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  • The Bridge Builders February 19, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Heroes of the Sea February 26, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Songs That Inspired the Nation March 4, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Perseverance March 11, 1936 · 31 min
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  • They Also Serve March 18, 1936 · 31 min
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  • Conservation March 25, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Winning Fame for American Literature April 1, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Opportunity April 8, 1936 · 29 min
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  • Railroad Builders April 15, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    A medley of railroad songs, the drilling of the Hoosac Tunnel and the first transcontinental railroad.
  • Safety First April 22, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Self Reliance April 29, 1936 · 30 min
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  • The Artistic Impulse May 6, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Tillers of the Soil May 13, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Hardiness May 20, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Resourcefulness May 27, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Songs of Home June 3, 1936 · 29 min
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  • Heroes of Texas June 17, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Steamboat Builders June 24, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    John Fitch invents the steamboat, Robert Fulton makes it practical, and Eliphalet Nott builds an anthracite engine.
  • American Journalism July 1, 1936 · ABC · 30 min
    Horace Greeley and Henry Morton Stanley.
  • Victor Herbert: Master of Melody July 8, 1936 · ABC · 30 min
    A musical biography of Victor Herbert.
  • The Development of Band Music in America: The Small Bands July 15, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    A summer series on American band music, starting with Sousa, Gilmore and Pryor.
  • From the Gay Nineties on July 22, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    Band music from the Gay Nineties on, starting with "Washington Post March."
  • American Bands Travel July 29, 1936 · CBS · 31 min
    American bands on tour, starting with "El Capitan."
  • Bands Today August 5, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    Bands of today, with "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" played on squeeze-bulb horns.
  • The Evolution of Dance Music in America August 26, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    A musical survey of American dance music, from 1834 to swing.
  • American Music Comedy and Operetta September 2, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    American musical comedy and operetta.
  • The Orchestra of Today and How It Grew September 16, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    How the modern dance orchestra grew over fifteen years, and what radio had to do with it.
  • Music of the Movies September 23, 1936 · CBS · 30 min
    The high points of movie music in the first eight years of sound films.
  • Showmanship September 30, 1936 · CBS · 29 min
    The life of P. T. Barnum.
  • A Helping Hand October 7, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Sentinels of the Deep October 14, 1936 · 30 min
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  • John Winthrop Pioneer of Chemical Science October 21, 1936 · 28 min
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  • Edward Macdowell October 28, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Transcontinental Journeys November 11, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Songs of Sentiment November 25, 1936 · 31 min
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  • The Seeing Eye December 2, 1936 · 29 min
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  • The Story of Christmas Seals December 9, 1936 · 30 min
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  • A Tribute to Ernestine Schumann-Heink December 23, 1936 · 30 min
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  • Yankee Independence December 30, 1936 · 30 min
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193828 episodes
  • James Buchanan Eads January 5, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Blazing Trails for Science January 12, 1938 · 28 min
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  • The Big Brothers January 19, 1938 · 29 min
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  • Francis Scott Key and the Story of the Star Spangled Banner February 2, 1938 · CBS · 30 min
    Francis Scott Key and how he came to write the national anthem.
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes: Poet, Scientist, Physician, and Humorist February 9, 1938 · CBS · 30 min
    Oliver Wendell Holmes: poet, scientist, physician and humorist.
  • The Louisiana Purchase February 16, 1938 · 31 min
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  • Noah Webster February 23, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Anne Sullivan Macy March 2, 1938 · 30 min
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  • The Last of the Scouts March 9, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Captain Robert Gray March 16, 1938 · 30 min
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  • John James Audubon March 23, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Charlotte Cushman March 30, 1938 · 30 min
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  • The Search for Iron April 6, 1938 · CBS · 30 min
  • Thomas Jefferson and American Education April 13, 1938 · 30 min
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  • The 4-H Club Movement April 20, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Maria Mitchell April 27, 1938 · CBS · 30 min
  • Songs of the Mississippi May 4, 1938 · 31 min
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  • Junipero Serra May 11, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Benjamin Franklin May 18, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Child Welfare in the United States May 25, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Samuel Slater June 1, 1938 · 30 min
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  • King Coal June 8, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Doctor John Gorrie June 15, 1938 · 30 min
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  • The Swedes Land in Delaware June 22, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Eleuthere Irenee du Pont June 29, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Knute Rockne December 5, 1938 · 28 min
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  • Peter Stuyvesant December 12, 1938 · 30 min
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  • Paul Bunyan December 26, 1938 · 30 min
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  • John Honeyman January 2, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Edward Bok January 9, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Stephen Foster January 16, 1939 · CBS · 30 min
    The life of Stephen Foster.
  • Alexander Graham Bell January 23, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Mark Twain January 30, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Nathan Hale February 6, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Allan Pinkerton February 13, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Kit Carson February 20, 1939 · 30 min
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  • George Gershwin February 27, 1939 · 30 min
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  • The Texas Rangers March 6, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Marie Dressler March 13, 1939 · 30 min
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  • The League of the Long House March 27, 1939 · 28 min
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  • Eliza Ann Brooks April 3, 1939 · 30 min
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  • John Howard Payne April 10, 1939 · 29 min
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  • Patrick Henry April 17, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Baseball April 24, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Washington and the Crown May 1, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Juliette Low May 8, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Mr Justice Holmes May 15, 1939 · 29 min
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  • Dolly Madison May 22, 1939 · 30 min
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  • Amerigo Vespucci January 2, 1940 · 30 min
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  • The Raven Wins Texas January 9, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Sam Houston fights Santa Anna after the fall of the Alamo. Continued March 12, 1940.
  • Mehitabel Wing January 16, 1940 · 29 min
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  • Tisquantum, Strange Friend of the Pilgrims January 23, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Tisquantum, the Native American who was taken by slave traders, lived in London and came home to teach the Pilgrims to survive.
  • Thomas Jefferson January 30, 1940 · Blue Network · 29 min
    How Thomas Jefferson came to draft the Declaration of Independence.
  • Jean Laffite February 6, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    The pirate Jean Laffite is offered a fortune to join the British against Andrew Jackson at New Orleans.
  • Abraham Lincoln and the War Years February 13, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln in the war years.
  • Anne Royall February 20, 1940 · Blue Network · 29 min
    Anne Royall, crusading journalist of the early 1800s.
  • Enoch Crosby, the Spy February 27, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    How an itinerant shoemaker spied for George Washington.
  • The Stolen General March 5, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Colonel William Barton kidnaps the British general Prescott in 1777.
  • Sam Houston March 12, 1940 · Blue Network · 29 min
    The fall of Santa Anna, continued from January 9, 1940.
  • Jordan's Banks March 19, 1940 · Blue Network · 28 min
    Young Confederate spy Sam Davis is captured and won't talk, even at the cost of his life.
  • The Story of John Fitch March 26, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    John Fitch, the real inventor of the steamboat, and his frustrations.
  • The Story of Benedict Arnold April 2, 1940 · Blue Network · 31 min
    Benedict Arnold's treason, and the reasons behind it.
  • Songs of Stephen Foster, an American Legend April 9, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Stephen Foster's life told in story and song, starting with "Beautiful Dreamer."
  • Daniel Boone April 16, 1940 · 29 min
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  • Robert E. Lee April 23, 1940 · Blue Network · 29 min
    From the Mosque in Richmond: Robert E. Lee in the Civil War, with some of his descendants in the cast.
  • The Story of Thomas Paine April 30, 1940 · Blue Network · 27 min
    Thomas Paine, his pamphlets and his devotion to freedom.
  • The Story of Nancy Hanks May 7, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    The life of Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's mother. The commercial describes DuPont's exhibit at the New York World's Fair.
  • Roger Williams May 14, 1940 · 26 min
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  • Jane Addams of Hull House May 21, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    From Milwaukee: how Jane Addams came to work with the poor in Chicago.
  • Show Boat May 28, 1940 · Blue Network · 29 min
    A condensation of the musical Show Boat.
  • John Sutter June 4, 1940 · Blue Network · 28 min
    John Sutter, who owned the Sacramento Valley until gold turned up at his sawmill.
  • Victor Herbert June 11, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Victor Herbert's life in story and song.
  • Susan B. Anthony June 18, 1940 · Blue Network · 29 min
    Susan B. Anthony, early fighter for women's rights.
  • The Story of Dr. Reed June 25, 1940 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Dr. Walter Reed risks his reputation and his life to prove yellow fever comes from a mosquito.
  • The Lost Colony October 2, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The lost colony of Roanoke Island and the birth of Virginia Dare.
  • Valley Forge (1940) October 9, 1940 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Valley Forge, the low point of the Revolution.
  • The Pathfinder of the Seas October 16, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Matthew Fontaine Maury charts the ocean's currents and winds.
  • Ann Rutledge and Lincoln October 23, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Lincoln's first great love, Ann Rutledge.
  • The Red Death October 30, 1940 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Dr. Joseph Goldberger finds the cause and cure of pellagra.
  • Wild Bill Hickok November 6, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    How Jim Hickok came to be called Wild Bill, his years on the frontier, and the poker game that ended his life. Woody Guthrie sings on the broadcast.
  • Doctor Franklin Goes to Court November 13, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Ben Franklin in the salons of France, bringing American diplomacy in the front door.
  • The Farmer Takes a Wife November 20, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Romance along the Erie Canal.
  • Light in the Hills November 27, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Martha Berry and her school for poor boys in Georgia.
  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic December 4, 1940 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Back to November 1861: how Julia Ward Howe came to write "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
  • John Brown December 11, 1940 · NBC Red · 29 min
    John Brown takes the law into his own hands to free slaves.
  • The Undefended Border December 18, 1940 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Early relations between the United States and Canada.
  • The Green Pastures (1940) December 25, 1940 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The first radio version of The Green Pastures.
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  • Will Rogers January 1, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The life of Will Rogers.
  • Mightier Than the Sword January 8, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Thomas Nast's cartoons bring down Boss Tweed.
  • As a Man Thinketh January 15, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Thomas Cooper tests the Sedition Act and goes to jail for his beliefs.
  • Wait for the Morning January 22, 1941 · NBC Red · 27 min
    The life of Emily Dickinson and her great love.
  • Doctor Franklin Takes It Easy January 29, 1941 · NBC Red · 27 min
    What drove the "lazy" Ben Franklin to his inventions.
  • Henry Clay of Kentucky February 5, 1941 · NBC Red · 27 min
    Henry Clay tries once more to save the Union through compromise.
  • Plain Mr. President February 19, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    George Washington leaves Mount Vernon for New York and the presidency.
  • Edgar Allan Poe February 26, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The somber, unhappy life of Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Voice in the Wilderness March 5, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    William Penn and the Quakers, and who Pennsylvania is really named for.
  • Black Rust March 12, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Mark Carleton searches the world for a wheat that resists black rust.
  • I Sing a New World March 19, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A fantasy on the spirit of Walt Whitman in America.
  • Down to the Sea March 26, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Herman Melville's South Seas whaling adventures, and his last years as a New York customs inspector.
  • Edwin Booth March 31, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Paul Muni as Edwin Booth, the actor whose brother shot Lincoln.
  • Ode to a Nightingale April 7, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The tragic life of the poet John Keats.
  • A Passage to Georgia April 14, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    James Oglethorpe sets out to reform debtors' prisons and ends up founding Georgia.
  • Henry Bergh, Founder of the A.S.P.C.A April 21, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Henry Bergh founds the ASPCA.
  • The Heart and the Foundation April 28, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Margaret Fuller, pioneering reporter and the first woman foreign correspondent, covers Garibaldi's revolution and finds love.
  • The Trials and Triumphs of Horatio Alger May 5, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Horatio Alger, inventor of the rags-to-riches story.
  • Theodosia Burr May 12, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Theodosia Burr stands by her father, Aaron Burr, even through his trial for treason.
  • David Crockett May 19, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Davy Crockett has to tell his life story to the other legends in Heaven before they will let him in.
  • Johns Hopkins May 26, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Johns Hopkins, the Quaker who made a fortune and founded a hospital and a university.
  • The Woman in Lincoln's Cabinet June 2, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Anna Ella Carroll, who convinced Lincoln to give Grant command.
  • Young Andrew Jackson June 9, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Young lawyer Andrew Jackson in Tennessee puts down an uprising and captures a traitor.
  • Annie Oakley June 16, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her rise to fame, with Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins in the cast.
  • Joel Chandler Harris June 23, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Joel Chandler Harris, modest author of the Uncle Remus stories.
  • Jean Pierre Blanchard June 30, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard makes the first balloon ascent in America, before George Washington.
  • The Mystery of the Spotted Death July 7, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The Public Health Service conquers Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
  • Ann Hutchinson July 14, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The trial and banishment of Anne Hutchinson from the Massachusetts colony.
  • O. Henry July 21, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A night with O. Henry and his unusual way of writing.
  • Clifford Holland July 28, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Clifford Holland's underwater tunnels, and how he made them safer for the sandhogs.
  • Josephine Baker August 4, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Dr. S. Josephine Baker, public health doctor in the Typhoid Mary case.
  • Red Lanterns on St. Michael's August 11, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    A daring Confederate plan involving a submarine.
  • Eve of Conflict August 18, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln's rival.
  • Sacajawea August 25, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Sacagawea guides Lewis and Clark to the western ocean.
  • Leif Ericson September 1, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Leif Ericson, the first Viking to reach the New World.
  • Geronimo September 8, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The Apache leader Geronimo and his long fight against General Miles and the cavalry.
  • City of Illusion September 15, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The Comstock silver mine in Virginia City, Nevada, and the Queen of the Comstock.
  • Native Land, Part One September 22, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Carl Sandburg reads from The People, Yes and his Lincoln biography.
  • Native Land, Part Two September 29, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Stories of American women from the Revolution on.
  • Bolivar, the Liberator October 6, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Simon Bolivar, liberator of Venezuela.
  • Waters of the Wilderness October 13, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Colonel George Rogers Clark in the Revolution. The first Cavalcade from Hollywood.
  • All That Money Can Buy October 20, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Jabez Stone makes a deal with the Devil, then hires Daniel Webster to break it.
  • Captain Paul October 27, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Claude Rains stars as John Paul Jones, the naval hero of the Revolution, in a portrait sadder than the legend. Arthur Miller is one of the adaptors.
  • One Foot in Heaven November 3, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A small-town pastor and his troubles. Norman Vincent Peale, the film's technical adviser, speaks afterward.
  • Drums Along the Mohawk November 10, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Pioneer life in the Mohawk Valley during the Revolution.
  • They Died with Their Boots on November 17, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    General George Custer and the road to the Little Bighorn.
  • So Red the Rose November 24, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    A Civil War romance in rural Mississippi.
  • Cimarron December 1, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A crusading newspaper editor in the Oklahoma Territory, always moving on to the next frontier.
  • Men in White December 8, 1941 · NBC Red · 28 min
    A dedicated surgeon.
  • The Great Man Votes December 15, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A drunken old man turns out to be the only registered voter in his district in a crucial election.
  • The Green Pastures (1941) December 22, 1941 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The second radio version of The Green Pastures.
  • The Gorgeous Hussy December 29, 1941 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Peggy Eaton, a woman of humble beginnings, scandalizes Washington society while helping Andrew Jackson.
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  • Valley Forge (1942) January 5, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: the hard winter at Valley Forge, when Washington came close to surrender.
  • The Gentleman from Paris January 12, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Lafayette comes to America to fight for liberty with Washington.
  • An American Is Born January 19, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A Czech couple in Mexico waits for a visa to enter the United States.
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow January 26, 1942 · NBC Red · 28 min
    A model wife bored with her husband gets a chance to leave with her true love, and her son complicates things.
  • Captains of the Clouds February 2, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: an old Canadian barnstorming bush pilot tries to join the air force in wartime.
  • The Dark Angel February 16, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A wartime romance: a doctor disappears after losing his sight.
  • Arrowsmith February 23, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: a doctor's devotion to science and healing.
  • Angels on Horseback March 23, 1942 · NBC Red · 26 min
    Mary Breckinridge creates the Frontier Nursing Service.
  • Yellow Jack April 6, 1942 · NBC Red · 28 min
    Walter Reed's fight against yellow fever in Cuba.
  • A Continental Uniform April 13, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Benedict Arnold and his treason.
  • In This Crisis April 20, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Thomas Paine and what he gave to American freedom.
  • The Printer Was a Lady May 4, 1942 · NBC Red · 26 min
    Lynn Fontanne as Anne Royall, newspaper editor in Jackson's day.
  • A Tooth for Paul Revere May 11, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    A comic fantasy: how a Yankee with a toothache started the American Revolution.
  • Remember the Day May 18, 1942 · NBC Red · 26 min
    A teacher and her special student.
  • Young Tom Jefferson May 25, 1942 · NBC Red · 27 min
    From Hollywood: what led Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
  • The Colossus of Panama June 8, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    William Crawford Gorgas rids the Canal Zone of yellow fever.
  • The Battle of the Ovens June 22, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Christopher Ludwig, the elderly baker who helped Washington win the war.
  • The Gentleman from the Islands July 6, 1942 · NBC Red · 28 min
    Alfred Lunt in the story behind the Hamilton-Burr duel.
  • The Wild Young Man July 20, 1942 · NBC Red · 27 min
    Stephen Decatur battles the pirates of Tripoli.
  • Man of Design July 27, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Eli Whitney mass-produces muskets with interchangeable parts.
  • This Our Exile August 3, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    A drama based on Longfellow's Evangeline.
  • I, Mary Washington August 10, 1942 · NBC Red · 27 min
    Mary Washington, mother of George Washington.
  • The Giant in the Meadow August 24, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Dr. Theobald Smith solves the puzzle of Texas fever in cattle, 1893.
  • Prophet Without Honor August 31, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The neglected genius Homer Lea, who predicted when and where Japan would attack.
  • Soldier of a Free Press September 7, 1942 · NBC Red · 25 min
    Richard Harding Davis, America's first war correspondent.
  • Joseph C. Grew Speaks September 14, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Joseph Grew, former ambassador to Japan, speaks at an Army-Navy E Award ceremony for Remington Arms.
  • Eagle to Britain September 21, 1942 · NBC Red · 28 min
    The Air Transport Command ferries bombers to England.
  • Juarez September 28, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The life of the Mexican patriot Benito Juarez.
  • I Was Married on Bataan October 5, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Army nurse Lt. Dorothea Engel, married on Bataan after the Japanese attack.
  • Admiral of the Ocean Sea October 12, 1942 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Orson Welles stars in a lighthearted but factual look behind the legend of Christopher Columbus, broadcast on Columbus Day.
  • That They Might Live (1942) October 19, 1942 · NBC Red · 26 min
    Marie Zakrzewska, pioneering woman doctor.
  • In the Best Tradition October 26, 1942 · NBC Red · 25 min
    The early years of the Navy. Rear Admiral Blandy speaks.
  • Toward a Farther Star November 2, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Amelia Earhart sets out to show that flying isn't just for men.
  • Torpedo Lane November 9, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A young sailor in the Merchant Marine tanker service learns you don't need a uniform to serve. Madeleine Carroll speaks afterward.
  • Alaska Under Arms November 16, 1942 · NBC Red · 26 min
    Alaska and its value to America.
  • Feast from the Harvest November 23, 1942 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Sister Kenny November 30, 1942 · NBC Red · 27 min
    The Australian nurse who developed a treatment for polio. Sister Elizabeth Kenny speaks afterward.
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Be President December 14, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Daniel Webster.
  • A Child Is Born December 21, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    An original nativity play.
  • The Eagle's Nest December 28, 1942 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Garibaldi's fight to unify Italy, told from Nazi-occupied Italy.
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  • Between Them Both January 4, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A girl on the home front feels the war when her sister is killed overseas.
  • Diary on a Pig Boat January 11, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    An American submarine takes on the Japanese navy. A submarine commander speaks.
  • Soldiers of the Tide January 18, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Marines on Guadalcanal.
  • The Flying Tigers January 25, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The American volunteer squadron fighting Japan before Pearl Harbor. China's first woman pilot appears.
  • To the Shores of Tripoli February 1, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The young Marine Corps flexes its muscles.
  • The Perfect Tribute February 8, 1943 · NBC Red · 27 min
    The story behind the Gettysburg Address.
  • War Comes to Dr. Morgan February 15, 1943 · NBC Red · 27 min
    A small-town doctor is set on going to war, despite his friends and neighbors.
  • The Plot to Kidnap Washington February 22, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Hercules Mulligan, a meek New York tailor and one of Washington's best spies.
  • Diary of a Saboteur March 1, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A fifth columnist plans to burn down a defense plant with a booby-trapped fountain pen.
  • The Eighteenth Captain March 8, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    John Paul Jones and his theory of the offensive.
  • A Case for the F.B.I March 15, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The FBI takes to the air to catch a kidnapper. A message from J. Edgar Hoover on wartime delinquency.
  • Lifetide (1943) March 22, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Dr. Norman Bethune and the mobile blood bank. The Army Surgeon General appeals for blood.
  • The Cook on the P.T. Boat Writes Home March 29, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A PT boat cook sees plenty of action while thinking only about food.
  • Submarine Astern April 5, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The Coast Guard battles a German submarine, with a sailor from the Campbell.
  • The Lengthening Shadow April 12, 1943 · NBC Red · 26 min
    Thomas Jefferson's life, on the two hundredth anniversary of his birth.
  • Listen for the Sound of Wings April 19, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who stood up to Hitler.
  • Soldiers in High Boots April 26, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Paratroopers on a sabotage mission in Norway, and one who was afraid to jump.
  • Soldiers in Greasepaint May 3, 1943 · NBC Red · 28 min
    From Hollywood: the first USO camp show tour of the battlefronts.
  • Fat Girl May 10, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The Navy oiler Neosho, which survived Pearl Harbor. Her captain thanks his crew.
  • Nurses Under Sealed Orders May 17, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The nurses left behind on Bataan and Corregidor.
  • Pharmacist's Mate, First Class May 24, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A true story: a pharmacist's mate performs emergency surgery aboard a submarine, and is interviewed after.
  • Mr. Lincoln's Wife May 31, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The personal tragedy of Mary Todd Lincoln.
  • The Enemy Is Listening June 7, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    How rumors pieced together can help the enemy: a slip of the lip sinks a ship.
  • Make Way for the Lady June 14, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Mary Putnam Jacobi, one of the first women doctors.
  • The Unsinkable Marblehead June 21, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The cruiser Marblehead, badly damaged in the Java Sea, makes it home.
  • Sky Nursemaid June 28, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The new air evacuation service and its flying nurses.
  • Listen to the People July 5, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    A poetic Independence Day program about America.
  • Soldier of the Cloth July 12, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    An Army chaplain on Guadalcanal.
  • The Schoolhouse at the Front July 19, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Army special training units teach soldiers to read and count.
  • Diamonds at War July 26, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Nazi spies and industrial diamonds.
  • Nine Men Against the Arctic August 2, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The crew of a crashed B-17 tries to survive on the Greenland ice cap.
  • Short Cut to Tokyo August 9, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The fight against Japan in the Aleutians.
  • The Major and the Mules August 16, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Mules in the New Guinea jungle lead to a victory.
  • The Weapon That Saves Lives August 23, 1943 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The invention of sulfa drugs. The Army Surgeon General speaks.
  • Dear Funnyface August 30, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A tribute to the Seabees.
  • Double Play September 6, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: two brothers in love with the same girl turn a double play into a sunk Japanese ship.
  • Iron Camels September 13, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The Army Transportation Corps keeps the ammunition trains running in Tunisia.
  • The Vengeance of Torpedo Eight September 20, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Torpedo Squadron Eight, mauled at Midway, gets revenge at Guadalcanal.
  • The Hated Hero of 1776 September 27, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Thomas Paine in the darkest days of the Revolution.
  • Continue Unloading October 4, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a Coast Guard cameraman and his pal hit the beach under fire in Sicily.
  • Bob Hope Reports October 11, 1943 · NBC Red · 28 min
    Bob Hope recreates his first tour of the front: England, Algiers, Sicily, Iceland.
  • The General Wore Calico October 18, 1943 · NBC Red · 26 min
    Mary Bickerdyke, volunteer nurse of the Civil War.
  • Take Her Down (1943) October 25, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Commander Howard Gilmore gives his life to save his submarine.
  • Burma Surgeon November 1, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Dr. Gordon Seagrave in the Burmese jungle during the Japanese invasion.
  • Joe Dyer Ends a War November 8, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Connecticut and Pennsylvania nearly go to war over a boundary in 1782.
  • Twelve Desperate Miles November 15, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    The Contessa, a battered tramp steamer, plays a vital part in the invasion of North Africa.
  • Soldiers of the Soil November 22, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A soldier blinded in the war comes home to the farm, and his brother joins the Marines to take his place.
  • The Wise, Mad General November 29, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Sergeants and soldiers rebel against their officers in the Revolution, but refuse to become traitors.
  • Navy Doctor December 6, 1943 · NBC · 30 min
    A day in the life of a Navy doctor, as the Astoria is attacked and sunk.
  • Check Your Heart at Home December 13, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A woman gives up show business dreams to volunteer for the Red Cross in Iceland.
  • U-Boat Prisoner December 27, 1943 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A merchant sailor is torpedoed twice by the Germans, then rescued by the submarine that sank him.
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  • Bullseye for Sammy January 3, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A sailor with a bad attitude goes AWOL, then gets a second chance aboard a sub chaser.
  • Here Is Your War January 10, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Ernie Pyle's stories of the troops in North Africa.
  • Terrence O'Toole, M.P January 17, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    An MP who expects to spend the war guarding prisoners lands in the thick of combat.
  • The Doctor Shoots a Cannon January 24, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: two doctors and two volunteers race to find a way to prevent flash burns.
  • The Sailor Takes a Wife January 31, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: to impress his girl, a city editor joins the Merchant Marine, and finds there's more to it than he thought.
  • Prologue to Glory February 7, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Young Abe Lincoln, up to his first unsuccessful run for office.
  • G.I. Valentine February 14, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Frances Langford sings "Please Don't Cry" and remembers her USO tour with Bob Hope.
  • The Purple Heart Comes to Free Meadows February 21, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A GI home in New England won't talk about his Purple Heart, until a chat with General Washington clears his head.
  • Junior Angel February 28, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A fourteen-year-old girl does her bit as a nurse's aide.
  • Odyssey to Freedom March 6, 1944 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Edward Kowalski escapes two Nazi concentration camps, comes to America and joins the Navy.
  • Song from Spokane March 13, 1944 · 31 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • G.I. Circuit March 20, 1944 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: a woman accordion player on a USO tour of the South Pacific jungles.
  • So Sorry, No Mercy March 27, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Mutual broadcaster Royal Arch Gunnison, captured and tortured by the Japanese, tells his story and speaks at the end.
  • Ambulance Driver, Middle East April 3, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: William Prescott of the American Field Service fights a smallpox epidemic in the Middle East.
  • The First Commando April 10, 1944 · NBC Red · 29 min
    General Francis Marion fights the British in the South Carolina swamps, with sung transitions.
  • A Mask for Jefferson April 17, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Jefferson is nearly smothered making a life mask, and remembers his advice on the coming French Revolution.
  • The Story of Penicillin April 24, 1944 · NBC Red · 28 min
    From Hollywood: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin and Howard Florey makes it usable.
  • The Adventures of Mark Twain May 1, 1944 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Autobiography of an Angel May 8, 1944 · 31 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Blessings of Liberty May 15, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the Constitution, seen by a GI fighting in Italy.
  • A Ship to Remember May 22, 1944 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The carrier Hornet: the Doolittle raid, Midway and her loss.
  • Treason June 5, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Matthew Clarkson, Benedict Arnold's aide, must choose between his country and his general.
  • My Fighting Congregation June 12, 1944 · NBC Red · 29 min
    An Army chaplain at an air base and a nonbeliever he meets.
  • Tokyo Spearhead June 19, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: soldiers from Michigan cross the near-impassable mountains of New Guinea, from a sergeant's diary.
  • What Price Freedom? June 26, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Robert Morris becomes superintendent of finance and fights to steady the new nation's money.
  • My Friend McNair July 3, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A combat story, with the Liberty Bell ringing in a dying man's ears.
  • From Emporia Kansas July 10, 1944 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Boomerang July 17, 1944 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Lovely Lady July 24, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    In Sicily, a private and his bulldozer build a bridge and do the impossible.
  • Conquest of Quinine July 31, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Robert Woodward and William Doering find a way to make quinine artificially.
  • A Walk in the Sun August 7, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    An American platoon on assignment, somewhere in Italy.
  • The Gals They Left Behind August 14, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Women on the farm while their men are at war.
  • The Story of Canine Joe August 21, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    An all-American collie goes to war.
  • Yankee from Olympus August 28, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was much more than a judge.
  • What Makes a Hero? September 4, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    How Corporal James Slayton won the Medal of Honor and more.
  • The Doctor Gets the Answer September 11, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    How the Army is treating battle fatigue.
  • Hymn from the Night September 18, 1944 · NBC Red · 29 min
    The first show of the tenth season and Walter Huston's first as host: Julia Ward Howe writes "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
  • Lifetide (1944) September 25, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Dr. Norman Bethune, the mobile blood bank and blood plasma.
  • The Voice on the Stairs October 2, 1944 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Valley Forge October 9, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Walter Huston leads Maxwell Anderson's drama of General Washington's troubles through the terrible winter at Valley Forge.
  • Report from the Pacific October 16, 1944 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Girl Lincoln Loved October 23, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: young Lincoln and Ann Rutledge.
  • Take Her Down (1944) October 30, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Clark Gable, in his first radio role since leaving the service, as Commander Howard Gilmore, who saved his submarine at the cost of his life.
  • The Laziest Man in the World November 13, 1944 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: the inventive genius of Benjamin Franklin.
  • The Admiral November 20, 1944 · NBC Red · 28 min
    Robert Montgomery, in his first radio role since leaving the service, as Admiral Dewey at the start of the Spanish-American War.
  • Witness for the People November 27, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Fay Bainter stars as Anne Royall, a crusading journalist who fought for a free press in Andrew Jackson's day. Walter Huston hosts.
  • Doughnut Girl December 4, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Patricia Holland of Chicago with the Red Cross in New Guinea.
  • The Conquest of Pain December 11, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the history of surgical anesthesia and ether.
  • Doctor in Crinoline December 18, 1944 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • America for Christmas December 25, 1944 · NBC Red · 30 min
    A Christmas tour of America in music and story.
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  • Westward the Women January 1, 1945 · NBC Red · 31 min
    From Hollywood: Abigail Duniway fights for women's rights in the Oregon Territory.
  • Name, Rank, Serial Number January 8, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Four captured American fliers are questioned by German intelligence and give away vital information without knowing it.
  • Immortal Wife January 15, 1945 · NBC Red · 27 min
    From Hollywood: Jessie Benton Fremont, wife of explorer John Fremont.
  • Penny Fancy January 22, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • A Race for Lennie January 29, 1945 · NBC Red · 27 min
    From Hollywood: Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin.
  • The Road to Berlin February 5, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    On the USO's fourth anniversary, Bing Crosby recreates his trip to Europe.
  • The Man Who Taught Lincoln February 12, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    Rural schoolteacher Mentor Graham and his most unusual pupil. Walter Huston's last show as host.
  • Washington and the Traitor February 19, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the twenty-four hours that saved the country and ruined Benedict Arnold.
  • Flight Nurse February 26, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a tough flight nurse with a plane full of wounded GIs.
  • Bernadine, I Love You March 5, 1945 · NBC Red · 26 min
    From Hollywood: a big, lovable GI needs the Red Cross to help with his love life.
  • Sign Here, Please March 19, 1945 · NBC Red · 28 min
    From Hollywood: an LST crew through several Pacific island invasions.
  • Grandpa and the Statue March 26, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a stingy old Irishman won't give to the Statue of Liberty fund.
  • Doctor in Mexico April 16, 1945 · NBC Red · 27 min
    From Hollywood: Dr. Katharine Neel Dale, pioneering missionary doctor in Mexico.
  • Weapon 4-H April 23, 1945 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Philippines Never Surrendered April 30, 1945 · NBC Red · 29 min
    Meek school superintendent Edward Kuder builds an underground in the Japanese-occupied Philippines. Lammot du Pont speaks about the United Nations.
  • Artist to the Wounded May 7, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a commercial artist draws wounded soldiers for the USO, and then her man is reported missing.
  • Weather Is a Weapon May 14, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a weather forecaster in Greenland is badly needed in Europe during the Battle of the Bulge.
  • How to Build Paradise May 21, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Captain Robert Parsons builds a combat hospital on a South Pacific island with the Seabees.
  • Recon Pilot May 28, 1945 · NBC Red · 29 min
    From Hollywood: an ace fighter pilot itching to fight is made a reconnaissance pilot instead.
  • The Lieutenants Come Home June 4, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a wartime marriage survives separation, and Carlton Rouh wins the Medal of Honor.
  • The Law West of the Pecos June 11, 1945 · NBC Red · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Judge Roy Bean, the law west of the Pecos.
  • Party Line June 18, 1945 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: a small town ruled by the party line and its chief operator, Miss Elmira.
  • DDT June 25, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    The Army uses a new insecticide, DDT, against typhus in Naples.
  • Assignment for the Prof August 27, 1945 · NBC · 28 min
    A geology professor volunteers for a dangerous mission in Normandy before the invasion.
  • Cargo Over Burma September 3, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    A day with a combat cargo crew over Burma.
  • Sawdust Underground September 10, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: two GIs escape occupied France disguised as a clown and an acrobat in a circus.
  • Nellie Was a Lady September 17, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Nellie Bly goes around the world in less than eighty days.
  • The Battle to Stay Alive September 24, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the conquest of epidemic disease.
  • Two Hundred Thousand Flyers October 1, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: how the Army Air Forces were built into a fighting force before the war.
  • Spy on the Kilocycles October 8, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: tracking down a secret Nazi transmitter. Henry Fonda's first role since leaving the service.
  • Children, This Is Your Father October 15, 1945 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: a soldier who fought the war at a desk comes home a stranger to his children.
  • Johnny Comes Home October 22, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the Albert Lea plan and a child in Italy help a veteran start a toy factory in Minnesota.
  • My Son John October 29, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a new crewman seems to bring bad luck to the submarine Seawolf.
  • The Builders of the Bridge November 5, 1945 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: John Roebling and his son Washington build the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • A Sailor Who Had to Have a Horse November 12, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a Montana cowboy in the Navy ends up owning a flea-bitten colt.
  • I Count the Days November 19, 1945 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Traveler to Arkansas November 26, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Direction Home December 3, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a Navy civilian helps develop radar while putting up with his father-in-law's scorn.
  • Big Boy Blue December 10, 1945 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: the poet Eugene Field.
  • The Magnificent Meddler December 17, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Names on the Land December 24, 1945 · NBC · 30 min
    A tour in verse of American towns with odd, funny and beautiful names.
  • Ten in Texas December 31, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
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  • Build Me Straight January 7, 1946 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Venture in Silk Hat January 14, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Union agent James J. Andrews steals the locomotive General.
  • The Camels Are Coming January 21, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: the Army tries camels in the Texas cavalry.
  • Commencement in Khaki January 28, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the postwar Army college at Camp Kilmer, and a romance that blooms there.
  • Children of Ol' Man River February 4, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Billy Bryant's life on a Mississippi showboat at the end of an era.
  • Remembered Day February 11, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the night before Gettysburg, Lincoln talks with a wounded Confederate captain.
  • Young Major Washington February 18, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: before he's twenty-one, Washington delivers an ultimatum to a French general.
  • Star in the West February 25, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: a couple settles early Texas, for the centennial of statehood.
  • The Case of the Tremendous Trifle March 4, 1946 · NBC · 28 min
    From Hollywood: Edwin Drake starts the American oil industry.
  • The Doctor with Hope in His Hands March 11, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Dr. Harvey Cushing, pioneering brain surgeon.
  • Alaskan Bush Pilot March 18, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Alaska's bush pilots open up the territory.
  • The Generals Wife March 25, 1946 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • When Cupid Was a Pup April 1, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a bitter ex-serviceman at a lighthouse finds Oscar, a blind, starving seal who can't swim.
  • Circus Day April 8, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: circus life, remembered by the widow of a circus man.
  • The Great McGraw April 15, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: stories of John J. McGraw of the New York Giants.
  • Meet Artie Greengroin April 22, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Artie Greengroin, a comic Brooklyn private from the pages of Yank.
  • Thirst Without End April 29, 1946 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown May 6, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    Molly Brown goes from the Colorado mines to English drawing rooms, and the Titanic.
  • Storm May 13, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    A great storm, from start to finish.
  • The Petticoat Jury May 20, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    Miss Euphemia Prescott brings law and order to a lawless Western town.
  • Spin a Silver Dollar May 27, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    The couple who run Wide Ruins, a Navajo trading post in Arizona.
  • I Guess It's Here to Stay June 3, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    The romance of the early automobile.
  • My Freshman Husband June 10, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    A young veteran, his wife and baby go to college on the GI Bill.
  • Algerian Adventure June 17, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    Consul Mordecai Noah tries to free American sailors held by the Barbary pirates.
  • Cruise of the Cashalot June 24, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    The last show of the season: a tall tale of Erie Canal barge captain Ben Meeker and the whale that reached upstate New York.
  • Passport to Freedom August 26, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a Russian arrives in America sure the true freedoms lie behind the Iron Curtain.
  • With Cradle and Clock September 2, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    An early champion of obstetric medicine in America.
  • Danger: Women at Work September 9, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    A tribute to America's truck drivers, and one woman driver, Josephine Clark.
  • General Benjamin Franklin September 16, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Benjamin Franklin as a shrewd general in the French and Indian War.
  • The Old Fall River Line September 23, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    Captain Dan Hamilton rises from deckhand to captain in forty-five years on the Fall River Line.
  • One Wagon Westward September 30, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: after his parents die, fourteen-year-old Johnny Sager takes his five brothers and sisters on to Oregon.
  • That They Might Live (1946) October 7, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    Dr. Chevalier Jackson invents the bronchoscope.
  • The Hickory Tree October 14, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Elizabeth Jackson, Andrew Jackson's patriot mother.
  • Mr. Conyngham Sweeps the Seas October 21, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr. stars in the story of Gustavus Conyngham, the Revolutionary War captain who took on the British Navy with a single ship.
  • Flying Tigers Fly Again October 28, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the Flying Tigers, from fighting Japan to flying freight. Founder Bob Prescott appears.
  • An Honorable Titan November 4, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    Adolph Ochs and the New York Times.
  • Country Lawyer November 11, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    Edward Arnold stars in a warm portrait of a small-town lawyer, from Bellamy Partridge's book.
  • The Pinkerton Man November 18, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    A Pinkerton detective cracks a year-old bank robbery and murder. Lee Bowman stars.
  • Parade November 25, 1946 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Mother of Freedom December 2, 1946 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Anna Zenger's fight against a corrupt New York governor.
  • Wings to Glory December 9, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • That Powell Girl December 16, 1946 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Maud Powell, pioneering woman violinist.
  • The Du Pont Chorus December 23, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Rain Fakers December 30, 1946 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
194743 episodes
  • The Woman on Lime Rock January 6, 1947 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Prairie Burner January 13, 1947 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Builder of the Soo January 20, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • A Chance for Jimmy January 27, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Magnificent Failure February 3, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Voice of the Wizard February 10, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    On the hundredth anniversary of his birth, the spirit of Thomas Edison recalls his early triumphs.
  • Man Against the Mountain February 17, 1947 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Abigail Opens the White House February 24, 1947 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    Abigail Adams opens the White House. Was John Adams a hero or a fool?
  • Mr. Pullman's Palace Car March 3, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: George Pullman and his sleeping car.
  • The Stirring Blood March 10, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the discovery of the Rh factor, and what "Rh" stands for.
  • The Man with Green Fingers March 17, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Luther Burbank, nearly run out of town for the plants he created.
  • The Man Who Stepped Aside March 24, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: William Seward serves faithfully in Lincoln's cabinet.
  • Kansas Marshal March 31, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    Henry Fonda plays Wyatt Earp, the marshal hired to clean up Wichita, Kansas. The year before, he had played Earp in the film My Darling Clementine.
  • The Skipper from Stonington April 7, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Richard Loper, shipbuilder and captain who never got to go whaling.
  • The Peanut Vendor April 14, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Amedeo Obici founds Planters Peanuts.
  • The Doctor and the President April 21, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse vaccinates President Jefferson against smallpox.
  • Frontier Widow April 28, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Ann Robertson, pioneer and teacher in Tennessee's Cumberland Valley.
  • The School for Men May 5, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: a detective tracks a photographer suspected of three murders, with the FBI labs. Gregory Peck receives an award.
  • Page One May 12, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Joseph Pulitzer changes journalism.
  • Witness by Moonlight May 19, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Newark: Lincoln defends an innocent boy accused of murder.
  • Under the Big Top May 26, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    Lolo the Clown helps make Charleston the capital of West Virginia, with the congressman's granddaughter in the cast.
  • A Lady of Distinction June 9, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: M. Carey Thomas becomes president of Bryn Mawr.
  • Woman Alone June 16, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    The last show of the season: Alice Evans pioneers the study of undulant fever.
  • The Iron Horse August 18, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    The first show of the thirteenth season: Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb and its famous race.
  • The Red Stockings August 25, 1947 · NBC · 27 min
    From Hollywood: Albert Spalding, ballplayer and sporting goods founder.
  • Mission to Cuba September 1, 1947 · NBC · 27 min
    From Hollywood: Lieutenant Andrew Rowan carries the message to Garcia.
  • Kitchen Scientist September 8, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Fannie Farmer, who revolutionized home cooking.
  • Return to Glory September 15, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: John Quincy Adams goes back to Congress after the presidency.
  • The Girl Who Ran for President September 22, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: Belva Lockwood, who ran for president against Grover Cleveland.
  • Big Boy September 29, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Hollywood: the life of Babe Ruth.
  • Of Such Is the Kingdom October 6, 1947 · NBC · 27 min
    From Hollywood: Jim West fights for juvenile courts and foster homes.
  • The Forge October 13, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    From Hollywood: Eliphalet Remington makes his first gun.
  • The Oath October 20, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    From Buffalo: Millard Fillmore takes over the presidency and faces the Great Compromise.
  • The Admiral Who Had No Name October 27, 1947 · NBC · 29 min
    How John Paul became John Paul Jones.
  • The Flame November 3, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    Carrie Chapman Catt carries on the fight for the vote.
  • The Unnatural Death November 10, 1947 · NBC · 31 min
    Dr. Bailey Ashford finds the cure for a mysterious disease in Puerto Rico.
  • Hurry Up Yost November 17, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    Bill Stern tells the story of Michigan coach Fielding Yost.
  • Us Pilgrims November 24, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    The Pilgrims, seen through the eyes of a modern immigrant.
  • Towards the Horizon December 1, 1947 · NBC · 26 min
    John Wesley Powell takes the first trip down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon.
  • Diamonds in the Sky December 8, 1947 · NBC · 27 min
    An episode in the life of astronomer Maria Mitchell.
  • The Day They Gave Babies Away (1947) December 15, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    A widow dies leaving six children, and the oldest tries to carry out her wishes.
  • The DuPont Chorus (1947) December 22, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    From Wilmington, Delaware: the second annual program of Christmas carols.
  • Powhatan's Daughter December 29, 1947 · NBC · 30 min
    Pocahontas saves John Smith and helps Jamestown survive.
194843 episodes
  • The Justice and the Lady January 5, 1948 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Conscience of Black Danl January 12, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Sheriff Teddy January 19, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Theodore Roosevelt in the Dakota Badlands.
  • The Perfect Union January 26, 1948 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Good Morning, Miss Tyckman February 2, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    An aging schoolteacher is passed over for principal.
  • Mr. Lincoln Goes to the Play February 9, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Lincoln tries to decide whether to go to the theater.
  • The Alerting of Mr. Pomerantz February 16, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Exterminator Charlie Pomerantz helps the Public Health Service solve the Long Island mystery disease, and appears afterward.
  • This Way to Tomorrow February 23, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Young Michael Pupin, later a great scientist, and his first days in America.
  • The Black Duster March 1, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    A Texas farm boy fights the dust storms of the Depression.
  • No Greater Love March 8, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Army nurse Clara Maass volunteers to fight yellow fever in Cuba.
  • Paging Miss Ellen March 15, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Ellen Swallow, one of the first women in science, stays on to teach chemistry at MIT.
  • The President and the Doctor March 22, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Dr. Samuel Bard and George Washington's little-known, very serious illness.
  • Roses in the Rain March 29, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Grover Cleveland's romance and married life in the White House.
  • Woman of Steel April 5, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Rebecca Lukens becomes the first woman to run an iron mill.
  • The Man Who Took the Freedom Train April 12, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    A fantasy aboard the Freedom Train.
  • Winner Takes Life April 19, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    From Rutgers: Dr. Selman Waksman develops streptomycin.
  • Lee of Virginia April 26, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Robert E. Lee after the war, at Washington College.
  • Thunder on the Hudson May 3, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Washington Irving makes a career of writing when no American had.
  • Village Doctor May 10, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    A doctor gives up research to be a country doctor in rural Colorado.
  • Queen of Heartbreak Trail May 17, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Widow Harriet Pullen goes into business in Skagway, Alaska.
  • The Enlightened Professor May 24, 1948 · NBC · 25 min
    Benjamin Silliman, Yale's first chemistry professor.
  • Who Walk Alone May 31, 1948 · NBC · 28 min
    The fight against leprosy after the Spanish-American War.
  • The Last Frontier June 7, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Frederic Remington, painter of the old West.
  • Chautauqua Fable June 14, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    A 1910 visit to Chautauqua to hear William Jennings Bryan.
  • Skylark Song June 21, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Grace Moore, from a church choir to the Metropolitan Opera.
  • The Common Glory June 28, 1948 · NBC · 30 min
    Thomas Jefferson's part at the start of the Revolution.
  • The Exiled Heart July 5, 1948 · NBC · 28 min
    Louisa May Alcott finds the one romance of her life in Europe.
  • Break the News July 12, 1948 · NBC · 23 min
    The last show of the season: the Associated Press on its hundredth anniversary.
  • Gettysburg September 13, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    The Battle of Gettysburg, through the eyes of ordinary people.
  • The Proud Way September 20, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Varina Howell falls in love with Jefferson Davis.
  • Incident at Niagara September 27, 1948 · NBC · 28 min
    From Niagara Falls: the incident at Navy Island.
  • Action at Santiago October 4, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Lieutenant Hobson's near-suicidal mission to bottle up the Spanish fleet at Santiago.
  • Home to the Heritage October 11, 1948 · NBC · 28 min
    From Chattanooga: Andrew and Rachel Jackson's hard road to the White House.
  • The Darkest Hour October 18, 1948 · NBC · 26 min
    Jack Jouett foils a British plot to capture Jefferson.
  • Bryant's Station October 25, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    Prudence Potter on the frontier in 1782.
  • The Blue Cockade November 1, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    The mutiny of Anthony Wayne's Pennsylvania Line, and Tempe Wick.
  • Garden Key November 8, 1948 · NBC · 28 min
    Dr. Samuel Mudd, convicted of helping John Wilkes Booth, wins a pardon fighting yellow fever.
  • The Burning Bush November 15, 1948 · NBC · 26 min
    Booker T. Washington founds Tuskegee Institute.
  • Us Pilgrims George Tobias November 22, 1948 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Betrayal November 29, 1948 · NBC · 26 min
    Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold.
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes MacLanahan December 6, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    How Oliver Wendell Holmes found the cause of childbed fever.
  • Family Circle December 13, 1948 · NBC · 27 min
    The Otis Skinners, one of America's great theatrical families.
  • The Indigo Girl December 27, 1948 · NBC · 28 min
    Eliza Lucas brings indigo to South Carolina.
194939 episodes
  • The Gift of Johnny Appleseed January 3, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    Johnny Appleseed encourages a young couple to head West.
  • Experiment at Monticello January 10, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    Jefferson proves smallpox vaccination works by giving it to his family and household.
  • Secret Operation January 17, 1949 · NBC · 28 min
    Dr. John Erdmann's secret operation on President Cleveland, which prevented a panic. Dr. Erdmann appears.
  • The Queen's Handmaid January 24, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    In a plot to save Marie Antoinette, her former maid, living in Pennsylvania, must pose as the queen.
  • One Last Romance January 31, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    Benjamin Franklin helps the romance of painter Benjamin West.
  • The Store That Winked Out February 7, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    Lincoln runs a general store, and fails.
  • A Valentine for Sophia February 14, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody.
  • The Unheroic Hero February 21, 1949 · NBC · 26 min
    Captain Robert Stobo, who fought beside Washington and spent years in a French prison.
  • Journey Among the Lost March 7, 1949 · NBC · 28 min
    Dorothea Dix fights for humane treatment of the insane.
  • My Hunt After the Captain March 14, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes searches for his soldier son.
  • Boy Wanted March 28, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    An unwanted little boy and a difficult adoption.
  • Citizen Mama April 4, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    From Buffalo, for cellophane's twenty-fifth anniversary: an immigrant mother becomes a citizen.
  • Dinner at Belmont April 11, 1949 · NBC · 25 min
    Sarah Polk promotes a romance between a Southern belle and a Union soldier, with a university at stake.
  • Honest John Gaminski and the Thirteen Uncle Sams April 18, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    A crooked politician reforms after dreaming of a visit from Uncle Sam.
  • Lady on a Mission April 25, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    James and Elizabeth Monroe try to free Madame Lafayette from prison.
  • When We're Green We Grow May 2, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    Jennie McKimmon, one of the first rural home demonstration agents, appears after the story.
  • Heard 'Round the World May 9, 1949 · NBC · 26 min
    Daniel Chester French sculpts the Minuteman. His daughter appears afterward.
  • The House Near Little Dock Street May 16, 1949 · 24 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Woman with a Sword May 23, 1949 · NBC · 26 min
    Anna Carroll and her Tennessee plan.
  • The Reluctant Rebel May 30, 1949 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    The fall of Fort Ticonderoga.
  • The Return of the Lodger June 6, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    Jacob Riis gets Theodore Roosevelt's help for the homeless.
  • Footlights on the Frontier June 13, 1949 · NBC · 28 min
    Actor Joseph Jefferson and his friend Abraham Lincoln.
  • Ridin' Shotgun June 20, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    Scott Davis rides shotgun on the Wells Fargo stage and goes after the Blackburn gang.
  • The Homecoming of Sou Chan June 27, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    A Chinese immigrant boy makes good as owner of the House of Chan. The real Sou Chan appears.
  • Wire to the West August 30, 1949 · NBC · 30 min
    The first show of the season: building the first transcontinental telegraph.
  • Lay That Musket Down September 6, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    Christopher Ludwick, immigrant baker, helps Washington win the Revolution.
  • Joe Palmer's Beard September 13, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    A man of principle refuses to shave his beard, even when the town turns on him.
  • Troublesome Jane September 20, 1949 · NBC · 26 min
    Abolitionist publisher Jane Swisshelm takes on the pro-slavery boss who owns the town.
  • The Immortal Blacksmith September 27, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    John Nesbitt tells the sad story of Thomas Davenport, inventor of the electric motor.
  • This Little Plot of Ground October 11, 1949 · NBC · 31 min
    The youth of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
  • Remember Anna Zenger October 18, 1949 · NBC · 26 min
    Rosalind Russell stars in the story of Anna Zenger and her husband, printer John Peter Zenger, who stood up to tyranny and helped establish freedom of the press.
  • Life Line October 25, 1949 · NBC · 26 min
    A veteran becomes an underwater lumberjack after the war, and appears afterward.
  • Strike a Blow for Liberty November 1, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    Thomas Fortie, who thought the Revolution wasn't his fight.
  • Signal to the World November 8, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    Robert Townsend, torn between grief and patriotism.
  • The Greatest Risk November 15, 1949 · NBC · 25 min
    A man who came to America as a spy stays to defend it.
  • Spindletop (1949) November 29, 1949 · NBC · 28 min
    Anthony Lucas strikes oil at Spindletop.
  • The Wall of Silence December 6, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
    Marie Hays Heiner goes deaf overnight from influenza and refuses to admit it.
  • South of Cape Horn December 13, 1949 · NBC · 31 min
    Americans discover the Antarctic continent.
  • A Cup of Coffee with Lew December 27, 1949 · NBC · 26 min
    Lew Reese rebuilds the pottery company in Scio, Ohio.
195043 episodes
  • The Incomparable Doctor January 3, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    Benjamin Franklin meets Lord Howe in a last effort to prevent war.
  • Honor Bound January 10, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
    From the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville: Confederate hero Sam Davis.
  • The Golden Needle January 17, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Nell Donnelly of Kansas City builds a successful dress factory.
  • The Interchangeable Mr. Whitney January 24, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
    In 1799, Eli Whitney turns from cotton gins to muskets and changes industry.
  • Ordeal by Fire January 31, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Early insurance companies and the great New York fire.
  • The Thinking Heart February 7, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    Prose and poetry about Lincoln, by Sandburg, Whitman and others.
  • Enterprise U. S. a February 14, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Two young men in Georgia turn worthless cotton fields into a shirt factory.
  • Reveille February 21, 1950 · NBC · 25 min
    The darkest days at Valley Forge.
  • Young Man in a Hurry February 28, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Austrian immigrant Joe Gerber invents a simple, clever device, and is interviewed afterward.
  • Mr. Peale and the Dinosaur March 7, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    Charles Willson Peale's adventures founding his Philadelphia museum.
  • Crazy Judah March 14, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    Theodore Judah dreams of a transcontinental railroad.
  • I, Mary Peabody March 21, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    The Peabody sisters of Salem, and Mary's love for Horace Mann.
  • General Forrest Rides Again March 28, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    A tanker crew fighting Japan in the Pacific gets help from the spirit of a Confederate general.
  • Decision in the Valley April 4, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Six momentous days for Confederate doctor Hunter McGuire.
  • Citizen Straus April 11, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Nathan Straus's worry about a tubercular cow leads to pasteurized milk.
  • Lady of Johnstown April 18, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Rose Knox, forty years president of the Knox Gelatine Company.
  • The Firefly Lamp April 25, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Engineer Will Mahone builds a railroad through the Great Dismal Swamp.
  • I Can and I Will May 2, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    Selling food sealed in jars.
  • The Sword of Kentucky May 16, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    From Louisville: George Rogers Clark wins the Northwest Territory.
  • A Portrait of the Author May 23, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    Thomas Jefferson's three great loves: his home, his family and his country.
  • Miss Vinnie and Mr. Lincoln May 30, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
    Vinnie Ream sculpts the Lincoln statue that stands in the Capitol rotunda.
  • The Conqueror June 6, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Dr. Henry Rose Carter's fight against yellow fever.
  • The Redemption of Lottie Moon June 13, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    The rise and fall of Lottie Moon, a beautiful Confederate spy.
  • Experiment in Humanity June 20, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Building a small hospital in Georgia, and what came after.
  • I Speak for Democracy June 27, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    The last show of the season: a girl from northern Canada wins a Delaware contest on democracy.
  • John Yankee August 29, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    The first show of the sixteenth season: John Adams defends British soldiers charged with murder.
  • The Iron Mountain September 5, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
    A worldwide search ends with an iron ore strike in Venezuela.
  • The Man with the Cargo of Water September 12, 1950 · NBC · 25 min
    Frederic Tudor ships New England ice to the Caribbean.
  • Golden Harvest September 19, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    Cyrus McCormick invents the reaper.
  • Yankee Doodle Debby September 26, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Deborah Sampson disguises herself and joins the Continental Army.
  • Six Men of Wood October 3, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    A Depression family goes into the furniture business with original designs.
  • Emma October 10, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    The fifteenth anniversary show: nurse Emma Edmonds spies for the North.
  • Wizard of Whiting October 17, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    Dr. William Burton and Dr. Robert Humphreys invent petroleum cracking.
  • Juliet in Pigtails October 24, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Actress Mary Anderson's stage debut. The show receives an American Legion Auxiliary award.
  • Whither Thou Goest October 31, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    Eliza McCardle marries a Tennessee tailor, Andrew Johnson.
  • Improvement Noted November 7, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    Eliphalet Dennison and his paper products company.
  • Sir Galahad in Manhattan November 14, 1950 · NBC · 25 min
    Dr. J. Marion Sims founds America's first women's hospital.
  • The Stepping Stones November 21, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
    The Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact.
  • The Rose and the Thorns November 28, 1950 · NBC · 26 min
    Winnie Davis, Jefferson Davis's daughter, and her romance with a New York journalist.
  • The Grand Design December 5, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    Pierre L'Enfant designs Washington, D.C., and holds to his principles.
  • Ulysses in Love December 12, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    A romance in the life of young Lieutenant Ulysses Grant.
  • The DuPont Chorus (1950) December 19, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
    From Wilmington: the DuPont Chorus sings Christmas favorites, starting with "Adeste Fideles."
  • A Mockingbird Sang (At Chickamagua) December 26, 1950 · NBC · 27 min
    Confederate spy Beasley Nichol discovers the Union's plans.
195142 episodes
  • Spindletop (1951) January 9, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    From Beaumont, Texas, on the fiftieth anniversary: Anthony Lucas strikes oil at Spindletop.
  • There Stands Jackson January 16, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Stonewall Jackson's military genius and his death.
  • The Metal of the Moon January 23, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Charles Martin Hall, twenty-two, finds a practical way to make aluminum.
  • Keepsakes January 30, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
    Little-known facts about Lincoln, told through his keepsakes.
  • Greeley of the Tribune February 6, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
    A temperance-minded aunt helps Horace Greeley scoop a story about Daniel Webster.
  • Fiber 66 February 13, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    The invention of nylon.
  • Mary of Murray Hill February 20, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Mary Murray helps Washington escape the British.
  • The Case of Harold Thomas February 27, 1951 · NBC · 25 min
    A Legal Aid lawyer defends a poor man framed for robbery.
  • Whale Off March 6, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Cantankerous Samuel Mulford sails to England to complain to the king about the whale tax.
  • Uncle Eury's Dollar March 13, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    The Faith Cabin libraries of the South.
  • Mr. Statler's Story March 20, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    From bellhop to hotel chain owner: Ellsworth Statler.
  • The King of Nantucket March 27, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    Tristram Coffin, would-be king of Nantucket.
  • The Reluctant Pioneer April 3, 1951 · NBC · 25 min
    The invention of the typewriter and the Remington No. 1.
  • Once More, the Thunderer April 10, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    A small Martha's Vineyard paper goes to great lengths to publish during a hurricane.
  • Man of Action April 17, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    Commodore David Porter's valiant, losing fight against the British.
  • No Doll Was Abigail April 24, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Abigail Scott Duniway fights for suffrage in the Pacific Northwest.
  • The Raft May 1, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
    Eddie Rickenbacker and seven others adrift twenty-three days on a raft.
  • A Duel with Aunt Rebecca May 8, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    The time Lincoln almost fought a duel.
  • Militant Angel May 15, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    Annie Goodrich sets standards for the nursing profession.
  • Top Secret May 22, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    General Mark Clark's secret meeting with the French in North Africa.
  • The Torchbearer May 29, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    Nathaniel Bacon, a revolutionary a hundred years too soon.
  • Path to the Stars June 5, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    John Brashear, lens grinder and telescope maker.
  • The Silent Service June 12, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
    Short of torpedoes, the submarine Trigger lays mines, and still makes trouble for Japan.
  • Chinese Daughter June 19, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
    Jade Snow Wong, fifth daughter of a Chinese-American family, earns the hardest honor: her father's approval.
  • They Shall Have Music June 26, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
    Theodore Thomas brings the masters to American audiences and founds the Chicago Symphony.
  • Sound the Great Bell July 3, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
    Jefferson struggles to write the Declaration of Independence.
  • Towards a New World September 4, 1951 · NBC · 31 min
    Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen.
  • No One Is Alone September 11, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    A Travelers Aid case: a lonely man thinking of suicide.
  • Girl on a Mission September 18, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
    Ellen Geiger, who can't lie well, helps the Revolution with a musical cipher.
  • Listen My Children (1951) September 25, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Paul Revere's life beyond the midnight ride.
  • Sequel at Seventy October 2, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Dr. Benjamin Duggar discovers Aureomycin.
  • The Fields Are Green October 9, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
    For the Future Farmers of America: two boys run a farm with modern methods.
  • The Ship the Nazis Had to Get October 16, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    A freighter carrying tanks to Egypt makes the trip the hard way.
  • Loyal Lady October 23, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    Rebecca Wright of Winchester, Virginia, works for a Union victory.
  • Navy Blue October 30, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Lieutenant Victor Blue, hero of the Spanish-American War.
  • Seven Hundred Boiled Shirts November 6, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    Ginger Rogers as India Locke, a New England bride who follows her captain husband to sea.
  • A New Commandment November 13, 1951 · NBC · 25 min
    Captain Thomas Sullivan's meeting with a pirate ship leads to the founding of the YMCA.
  • Incident at Lancaster November 27, 1951 · NBC · 26 min
    Captain James Lee poses as a Tory prisoner to find out how British prisoners are escaping.
  • The Sitting Duck December 4, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
    In the Korean War, a salvage ship raises a sunken MiG-15 under fire.
  • The Giant Who Stepped Over the Mountain December 11, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
    John Sevier and the lost state of Franklin.
  • The DuPont Chorus (1951) December 18, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
    From Wilmington: the DuPont Chorus sings Christmas carols.
  • The Day They Gave Babies Away (1951) December 25, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
    A twelve-year-old must find homes for his brothers and sisters when their mother dies.
195242 episodes
  • Sixteen Sticks in a Bundle January 1, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    A poor Black family, a generation out of slavery, puts fourteen children through high school and most through college.
  • A Prisoner Named Brown January 8, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Tom Osborne goes to prison to reform the prisons.
  • A Port of Missing Men January 15, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Janet Roper, "Mother Roper" of the Seamen's Friend Society.
  • As If a Door Were Opening January 22, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Lafayette gets his commission and first meets Washington.
  • The Night There Was No President January 29, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    How Theodore Roosevelt became president, seen by his family.
  • Thunder of Justice February 5, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Matthew Lyon of Vermont fights the Sedition Act from prison.
  • With Malice Towards None February 12, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Lincoln and Alexander Stephens try, and fail, to end the war.
  • Three Words February 19, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    How "Victory or Death" became Washington's password at Trenton.
  • Doctor Commando February 26, 1952 · NBC · 28 min
    General Sams lands behind the lines in North Korea to investigate reports of plague.
  • Romance at Fort Crawford March 4, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Jefferson Davis's tragic first marriage.
  • Adventure on the Kentucky March 11, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    A Kentucky River ferryman helps the Confederacy by helping Union troops.
  • The Marine Who Was Two Hundred Years Old March 18, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Lou Diamond, a combat Marine who couldn't be stopped.
  • Breakfast at Nancy's March 25, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    Nancy Hart's cabin becomes a way station for Continental messengers.
  • The Devil's Staircase April 1, 1952 · NBC · 28 min
    Herman Frasch's sulfur process, and his fight with fear and prejudice in the Louisiana bayous.
  • The Nurse Who Forgot Fear April 8, 1952 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Fly High, Fly Low April 15, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    Thaddeus Lowe's balloon goes up for military reconnaissance.
  • The Yankee and the Scales April 22, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    Thaddeus Fairbanks invents the platform scale.
  • Going Up April 29, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
    Elisha Otis invents the safety elevator.
  • An American from France May 6, 1952 · NBC · 28 min
    E. I. du Pont founds DuPont, on the company's 150th anniversary.
  • The Prisoner at Castle Thunder May 13, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Spencer Kellogg Brown, unsung Union hero.
  • The Green Wall May 20, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
    A tank commander's idea breaks through the Normandy hedgerows at St. Lo.
  • The Valley of the Swans May 27, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    From Seaford, Delaware: Pieter Plockhoy leads early settlers into the wilderness.
  • The Long Gray Line June 3, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    Three great leaders of West Point: Thayer, Mahan and Michie.
  • Daughter with Wings June 10, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Harriet Quimby, America's first woman pilot.
  • Quality of Courage June 17, 1952 · NBC · 28 min
    David Bushnell invents a submarine during the Revolution.
  • The Dark Heart June 24, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    The sorrows of Mary Todd Lincoln.
  • Patriot with the Chestnut Curls August 26, 1952 · NBC · 28 min
    Sally Townsend helps defeat Benedict Arnold's plans. The show wins an American Legion Auxiliary award for the third year.
  • The Melody Man September 2, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
    Finn Magnus invents a cheap, mass-produced harmonica.
  • How High the Flame September 9, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
    Edward Squibb makes pure, high-quality drugs.
  • A Woman's Way September 23, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
    Catherine Fay founds Ohio's first orphanage.
  • The Gig of the Saginaw September 30, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
    Five sailors in a small boat try to bring help to eighty-six shipwrecked comrades.
  • One Way Out October 7, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
    A Korean War combat story based on a true incident of November 1950.
  • The Saga of Jerry O'Brien October 14, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    The first sea skirmish of the Revolution, off Machias, Maine.
  • Ready on the Right October 21, 1952 · NBC · 28 min
    Alexander Hamilton wants a field command, not a desk at Washington's side.
  • That Moore Girl October 28, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
    Behethland Moore becomes a hero when no one else will warn the militia.
  • One Nation Indivisible November 11, 1952 · NBC · 26 min
    Horace Greeley helps get Jefferson Davis out of prison.
  • Away All Boarding Parties November 18, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
    An attempt to capture a German submarine and her code books.
  • The Path of Praise November 25, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
    The history of Thanksgiving.
  • Listen My Children (1952) December 9, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    Paul Revere's life beyond the midnight ride.
  • Barbed Wire Christmas December 16, 1952 · NBC · 27 min
    Four thousand American POWs in a German camp are determined to attend midnight Mass.
  • Christmas in America December 23, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Billy the Kid December 30, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
    In Korea, a B-29 is attacked by MiGs, and a gunner gets the first kill.
195313 episodes
  • A Medal for Miss Walker January 6, 1953 · NBC · 26 min
    A Civil War nurse refuses to leave her patients and is captured with them.
  • Down Brake January 13, 1953 · NBC · 26 min
    George Westinghouse invents the air brake.
  • Bless This House January 20, 1953 · NBC · 26 min
    The White House and the presidents who have lived there.
  • The Nugget and the Law January 27, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
    Lawlessness and vigilantes in old San Francisco.
  • The Short Straw February 3, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
    Navy nurse Ann Bernatitus on Corregidor.
  • Operation Miracle February 10, 1953 · NBC · 30 min
    Salvaging a sunken drydock in wartime under the worst conditions.
  • Dangerous Mission February 17, 1953 · NBC · 27 min
    Captain Allan McLane and the victory at Stony Point.
  • Life on the Mississippi February 24, 1953 · NBC · 28 min
    Mark Twain as a riverboat pilot.
  • Star and Shield March 3, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
    A warm story about a little girl.
  • The Secret Road March 10, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
    Two of Washington's spies save the French fleet.
  • The River Finds a Master March 17, 1953 · NBC · 27 min
    Henry Shreve makes the rivers safe for steamboats.
  • One Came Through March 24, 1953 · NBC · 25 min
    William Dawes, the other midnight rider.
  • A Time to Grow March 31, 1953 · NBC · 30 min
    Robert Livingston and Pierre du Pont de Nemours help bring about the Louisiana Purchase.