Season 4 (1954)

Dynamite
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September 5, 1954 • 2h

The Swedish-American inventor of dynamite, established before his death the Nobel Prize to be awarded annually for the best work i...Read more

Do Not Cry For Me
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September 12, 1954 • 2h

Tells the story of the early life of the American composer Stephen Foster. Relates the difficulties Foster encountered when he tri...Read more

A Man of Many Ideas
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September 19, 1954 • 2h

The story of John Nelson Wanamaker the 35th United States Postmaster General who was known for buying an abandoned railroad depot ...Read more

The Reluctant Redeemer
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September 26, 1954 • 2h

The story tells of Moses' upbringing by an Egyptian pharaoh, his killing of a cruel overseer and the flight to Media where he marr...Read more

The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach
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October 3, 1954 • 2h

From court appointed organist to his triumphant position as Kantor at the Thomasschule his story unfolds as his music was given to...Read more

The Immortal Oath
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October 10, 1954 • 2h

The tale of Hippocrates, the father of medicine is dramatized.

The Yankee Roadblocks
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October 17, 1954 • 2h

An all-male cast set in the Revolutionary War days, the story tells how a hero exposed the plot of Benedict Arnold and save Genera...Read more

The Lady in the Wings
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October 24, 1954 • 2h

The widow of the great composer, Edward MacDowell, remembering her happy past, wishes to create a place where artists from all qua...Read more

The Path to Peace
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October 31, 1954 • 2h

Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized.

A Matter of Principal
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November 14, 1954 • 2h

An incident in the life of John Adams, second President of the United States and his defense of an English Officer who was charged...Read more

President for a Day
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November 21, 1954 • 2h

The story of the man who was President of the United States for one day is told. David Rice Atchison as President of the Senate au...Read more

Macbeth
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November 28, 1954 • 2h

A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Deadlock
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December 5, 1954 • 2h

The story of the Burr–Hamilton duel arose from a long-standing political and personal rivalry that had developed between both men ...Read more

The Province of Man
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December 12, 1954 • 2h

The story of how William Harvey used King John of England as a guinea pig to test his theory of the circulatory system.

Amahl and the Night Visitors
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December 19, 1954 • 2h

The tale of a poor boy and his mother who journey to visit Christ's birth in Bethlehem.

The Joyful Tydings
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December 26, 1954 • 2h

The story of the stormy controversy during the reign of Henry the Eighth is dramatized.

William Tell
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January 2, 1955 • 2h

The story of the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell is dramatized.

The First Mintmaster
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January 9, 1955 • 2h

Story of John Hull, first mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who was appointed to the post in 1650 as the culmination of his ...Read more

Crusade for Freedom
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January 16, 1955 • 2h

In the name of his brother, the editor of a Boston newspaper, Benjamin Franklin launches a crusade against Cotton Mather.

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
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January 23, 1955 • 2h

Struggle of chemist Wiley to expose frauds in food and drug trade and in patent medicine. His efforts to prove the harmful effects...Read more

A Story About Henry Ford
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January 30, 1955 • 2h

Ford, unhappy with farm life, moves to Detroit where he begins to experiment with the gas engine, certain that it could be made to propel a vehicle.

Patrick Henry
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February 6, 1955 • 2h

Silver-tongued Patrick Henry studied law for only six weeks, but so impressed the board that they passed him. He was a successful ...Read more

The Shining Beacon
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February 13, 1955 • 2h

Tale of Alcuin, the great educator who taught Charlemagne to read and write.

Martha Custis Washington
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February 20, 1955 • 2h

The courtship of George Washington and Martha Custis, a widowed mother of two.

The Talking Wire
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February 27, 1955 • 2h

The story of Alexander Graham Bell and experiments that led to the electric hearing aid, and then the telephone.

The Adventures of Lt. Contee
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March 6, 1955 • 2h

Tribute to one of Commodore Perry's officers, whose personal efforts helped open Japan to foreign trade.

The Pirate and the Lawyer
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March 13, 1955 • 2h

Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.

Soldier's Bride
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March 20, 1955 • 2h

Story of the love between Knox Taylor (daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor) and Jefferson Davis.

The Finest Gift
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March 27, 1955 • 2h

The story of Lord Byron's efforts to liberate Greece.

The Green Mountain Boys
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April 3, 1955 • 2h

The story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.

Lydia
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April 10, 1955 • 2h

Story of the pagan Greek Lydia, who lived in ancient Rome and saved the life of the Apostle Paul.

The Man Who Tore Down the Wall
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April 17, 1955 • 2h

Story from 1910 of Dr. James Ewing, who fought to break down the barriers erected against the investigation and treatment of cance...Read more

Aimee de Rivery
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April 25, 1954 • 2h

Story of Aimée de Rivery, who brought reforms to Turkey.

The Touch of Steel
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May 1, 1955 • 2h

The story of young army officer and law student Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 60th justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Cradle Song
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May 8, 1955 • 2h

Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

The Promise
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May 15, 1955 • 2h

A dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.

The Man With a Camera
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May 22, 1955 • 2h

Story of George Eastman, and his development of the first camera to use film.

The Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International
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May 29, 1955 • 2h

Tribute to Rotary International in commemoration of its golden anniversary. Includes speech by then Rotary president Herbert J. Taylor.

The Tempering of the Sword
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June 5, 1955 • 2h

The story of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, founder of the American military system, who trained troops in the American Revolution.

Cadet Poe
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June 12, 1955 • 2h

Recounts a "little-known incident" in the life of Edgar Allan Poe.

The Father Who Had No Sons
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June 19, 1955 • 2h

The inspiring story of Milton S. Hershey, who worked so hard to bring happiness to thousands of orphans.

The Farmer From Monticello
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June 26, 1955 • 2h

The story of Thomas Jefferson's return to politics in 1773.