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Ports of Call

36 episodes · Syndicated · Historical

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A syndicated half hour from the mid-1930s that visits one country a week, dramatizing scenes from its history and legend, from ancient kings to the news of the day. Syndicated by Transco, the Transcription Company of America.

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Undated

• Alaska Syndicated · 29 min
  The discovery and early years of Alaska.
• Austria Syndicated · 29 min
  Austria: Count Rudolph Hapsburg wins absolution by fighting for the church, and Maria Theresa's reign.
• Wales Syndicated · 29 min
  Wales: Edward I and the first Prince of Wales, Roger Mortimer's escape from the Tower, and David Lloyd George.
• Japan Syndicated · 29 min
  Japan: the Mikado names the first Shogun, the 47 Ronin, Commodore Perry, and the great bronze Buddha.
• Turkey Syndicated · 29 min
  Turkey: the siege of Constantinople, Justinian and Theodora, and the empire's long decline.
• The United States of America Syndicated · 29 min
  The United States: Paul Revere, the Gold Rush, the Civil War, Lincoln at Gettysburg, Samuel Clemens on the river, Henry Ford and the Wright brothers.
• Yugoslavia Syndicated · 28 min
  Yugoslavia: Dubrovnik, the battle of Kosovo, and the plot against King Alexander in 1903.
• Russia Syndicated · 28 min
  Russia: Boris Godunov and the false Dmitri, the building of St. Petersburg, and the seeds of revolution.
• The Barbary States Syndicated · 28 min
  The Barbary States: Carthage, Algiers and the Barbary pirates, and French Morocco.
• Central Africa Syndicated · 28 min
  Central Africa: Sierra Leone, the fall of Carthage, Portuguese gold mines, and Stanley's search for Livingstone.
• Hungary Syndicated · 28 min
  Hungary: King Matthias in disguise, the Tartar invasions, and Austria-Hungary.
• The Philippines Syndicated · 29 min
  The Philippines: Magellan, Spanish rule, and Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay.
• Scotland Syndicated · 29 min
  Scotland: Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Robert Burns, and the launch of the Queen Mary.
• Argentina Syndicated · 28 min
  Argentina: Buenos Aires, Mendoza's treasure hunt, independence, and the gauchos.
• Ecuador Syndicated · 29 min
  Ecuador: the Incas and the Caras, independence, a railroad over the Andes, and the yellow fever fight.
• Switzerland Syndicated · 28 min
  Switzerland: the fight against the Hapsburgs and the Hospice of St. Bernard high in the Alps.
• Germany Syndicated · 29 min
  Germany: Martin Luther, Frederick the Great, and Goethe, Schiller and Beethoven.
• Egypt Syndicated · 29 min
  Egypt: the Rosetta Stone, the pyramids and the Sphinx, Ankhnaton, Cleopatra, and General Gordon in the Sudan.
• Ireland Syndicated · 29 min
  Ireland: Tristan and Isolde, St. Patrick and the monks, King Brian defeats the Danes, Blarney Castle and the poet Thomas Moore.
• Haiti Syndicated · 30 min
  Haiti: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the founding of an independent nation.
• Sweden Syndicated · 30 min
  Sweden: Queen Christina, Catherine of Russia's marriage plot, and Sweden against Admiral Nelson.
• Greece Syndicated · 28 min
  Greece: Theseus and the Minotaur, Leonidas at Thermopylae, and the golden age of Pericles.
• Venezuela Syndicated · 28 min
  Venezuela: how the country got its name, Simon Bolivar and the fight for independence.
• Czechoslovakia Syndicated · 29 min
  Czechoslovakia: the blind King John of Bohemia, the clock of Prague, young Dvorak and Brahms, and the new republic.
• England Syndicated · 29 min
  England: the Magna Carta, Elizabeth and Essex, Trafalgar, Victoria and Albert, and the new King Edward VIII.
• Guyana Syndicated · 29 min
  Guyana: Sir Walter Raleigh hunts for El Dorado, the slave trade, Dutch rule, and Devil's Island.
• Chile Syndicated · 29 min
  Chile: a planned uprising against the Spanish is foiled, and Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe.
• Australia Syndicated · 29 min
  Australia: Captain Cook at Botany Bay, the gold rush, the Commonwealth, the ANZACs, and Nellie Melba comes home.
• Panama Syndicated · 30 min
  Panama: Balboa sees the Pacific, Henry Morgan raids, and the canal is built.
• Denmark Syndicated · 30 min
  Denmark: Waldemar's crusade, young Hans Christian Andersen goes to Copenhagen, and other famous Danes.
• Belgium Syndicated · 29 min
  Belgium: Caesar's conquest, the Duke of Alba in Flanders, Rubens, and the First World War.
• Arabia Syndicated · 31 min
  Arabia: the Queen of Sheba visits Solomon, Haroun al Rashid walks among his people, and Lawrence and the Arab revolt.
• India Syndicated · 32 min
  India: the East India Company, Clive and the Black Hole of Calcutta, the 1857 rebellion, and British rule.
• Portugal Syndicated · 28 min
  Portugal: the doomed romance of Pedro and Inez de Castro, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Vasco da Gama's voyage to India.
• New Zealand Syndicated · 29 min
  New Zealand: Maui fishes up an island, a friendly dolphin protected by Parliament, gold on the South Island, and a whale hunt.
• Persia Syndicated · 29 min
  Persia, from Cyrus the Great to the Shah crowned in 1925.