Cavalcade of America - Season 1

Cavalcade of America - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesOct 1, 1952 - Jun 24, 1953
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Episodes

Poor Richard
Season 1Episode 1

Poor Richard

Dramatized incidents are used to show how Benjamin Franklin delayed a conference between Lord Howe and John Adams until the spring rainy season commenced, thereby allowing General Washington to extricate his troops from Long Island under the cover of a storm. This drama sent the ""old and obstinate"" Franklin to delay American surrender talks with the British, thereby allowing General George Washington to escape capture to fight another day.
Oct 1, 1952
All's Well with Lydia
Season 1Episode 2

All's Well with Lydia

The Revolutionary War story of Lydia Darragh, American patriot and Philadelphia widow, who by her cleverness gained information instrumental in an American victory.
Oct 8, 1952
The Man Who Took A Chance
Season 1Episode 3

The Man Who Took A Chance

The story of an 19th century genius who adapted 20th century methods to solve an American problem, Eli Whitney first begins to manufacture muskets.
Oct 29, 1952
A Romance to Remember
Season 1Episode 4

A Romance to Remember

The tale of the two beautiful Peabody Sisters who become rivals for the love of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Nov 12, 1952
What Hath God Wrought
Season 1Episode 5

What Hath God Wrought

The story of how Samuel Morse, after many hardships, gained recognition for the first telegraph.
Nov 26, 1952
No Greater Love
Season 1Episode 6

No Greater Love

A story about Clara Louise Maas, a Spanish-American War nurse who allowed herself to be bitten by a Stegomyia mosquito in order to further the experiments which were being conducted in the Las Animas Hospital in Havana under the direction of Dr. William C. Gorgas during a yellow fever epidemic at the turn of the century.
Dec 10, 1952
In This Crisis
Season 1Episode 7

In This Crisis

John Honeyman, American patriot, pretends to be a Tory in order to gain information that will mean Washington?s victory over the Hessians.
Dec 24, 1952
The Arrow and the Bow
Season 1Episode 8

The Arrow and the Bow

The career of Andrew Johnson, who, starting as a tailor, became the 17th President.
Jan 7, 1953
What Might Have Been
Season 1Episode 9

What Might Have Been

The story of the tragic romance and marriage of Jefferson Davis and Sarah Knox Taylor.
Jan 21, 1953
New Salem Story
Season 1Episode 10

New Salem Story

The legendary tale of Abe Lincoln and his great love for Ann Rutledge.
Feb 4, 1953
A Matter of Honor
Season 1Episode 11

A Matter of Honor

A historical drama portraying the misunderstanding between Sam Houston and his wife, Eliza, which resulted in Houston's resignation of the governorship of Tennessee. The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Alamo, who gave the woman he loved a locket engraved with one word, ""integrity"" but had she earned the right to wear it?
Feb 18, 1953
Experiment at Monticello
Season 1Episode 12

Experiment at Monticello

Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, uses himself as a guinea pig and is inoculated with the germs of small pox in a heroic effort to establish control of the disease.
Mar 4, 1953
Mightier than the Sword
Season 1Episode 13

Mightier than the Sword

A pre-Revolutionary War drama. The freedom of the press is upheld through the trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper publisher who was imprisoned for printing the truth about corruption of the British administration. Story of John Peter Zenger in the famous trial that established American freedom of the press.
Mar 18, 1953
The Indomitable Blacksmith
Season 1Episode 14

The Indomitable Blacksmith

A story about Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith, and his long struggle to invent and perfect the electric motor. Setting: Brandon, Vt., in the 1830's. The story of how Thomas Davenport neglected his blacksmith trade and failed in business, but won immortality in science by inventing the first electric motor.
Apr 1, 1953
The Gingerbread Man
Season 1Episode 15

The Gingerbread Man

A true story about Christopher Ludwick, the baker, who came to America in 1776 from Germany. He made a most unusual gingerbread man which later became famous in America. He lived with his wife in Philadelphia. A comedy-drama about an elderly German baker who persuades 123 Hessian soldiers to desert the British Army during the American Revolution.
Apr 15, 1953
Night Strike
Season 1Episode 16

Night Strike

Dramatizes an incident in the career of Captain John Paul Jones. Describes a raid made by Americans under Jones' leadership on the English coast at Whitehaven in 1778 and the unexpected outcome of the action.
Apr 29, 1953
Slater's Dream
Season 1Episode 17

Slater's Dream

Dramatizes the story of Samuel Slater, a young Englishman, who came to America in 1790 and struggled to construct from memory the cotton spinner, the plan of which England jealously guarded to insure a monopoly on the machine.
May 13, 1953
The Pirate's Choice
Season 1Episode 18

The Pirate's Choice

Dramtizes the events which led to the decision of the pirate Jean Lafitte to join Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans against the English forces in 1814.
May 27, 1953
John Yankee
Season 1Episode 19

John Yankee

Dramatizes John Adams' difficult and unpopular decision to defend eight English soldiers who participated in a Boston riot prior to the Revolution.
Jun 10, 1953
The Tenderfoot
Season 1Episode 20

The Tenderfoot

A historical drama showing how young Theodore Roosevelt, undaunted by a blizzard, pursues and captures three outlaws in the Dakota Bad Lands. Time: 1886.
Jun 24, 1953

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