Cavalcade of America - Season 3

Cavalcade of America - Season 3

Season 3

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DatesOkt. 12, 1954 - Juni 21, 1955
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Episodes

The Great Gamble
Season 3Episode 1

The Great Gamble

A dramatization about Cyrus Field, who after several unsuccessful attempts, realized his dream of laying a cable across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland. The story of the great faith and fortitude of Cyrus Field in his attempt to lay the first telegraphy cable beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Field was labeled a swindler when his first try failed, but he continued his work.
Okt. 12, 1954
The Forge
Season 3Episode 2

The Forge

The events in the life of Eliphalet Remington leading to the development of his famous rifle which played an important part in American history because it gave to the pioneers a cheap and superior substitute for European-made weapons. Eliphalet Remington builds his own rifle on his father's forge. He then enters a shooting match in an attempt to prove that American-made goods offer worthy competition for the more expensive European-made items.
Okt. 26, 1954
Moonlight Witness
Season 3Episode 3

Moonlight Witness

In the midst of preparations for his political debates with Douglas, Lincoln successfully defends William Armstrong, a benefactor's son who is charged with murder.
Nov. 2, 1954
The Gentle Conqueror
Season 3Episode 4

The Gentle Conqueror

A drama about Father Junipero Serra, an 18th century Spanish missionary who devoted his life to establishing missions up and down the coast of California. Depicts incidents connected with the Portola Expedition to San Diego in 1769 and portrays the role of Father Serra in civilizing the Indians there.
Nov. 9, 1954
Mountain Man
Season 3Episode 5

Mountain Man

Relates the story of James Ohio Pattie, the first American to write an account of a visit to California. Reenacts his arrival in San Diego, the Mexican provincial capital, in 1828, and portrays his role in averting a smallpox epidemic, thus winning the friendship of the Mexicans and freedom for the Americans whom they held in captivity.
Nov. 16, 1954
American Thanksgiving
Season 3Episode 6

American Thanksgiving

The history of Thanksgiving Day is presented by dramatizations of the holiday as it was in Washington's time and Lincoln's time.
Nov. 23, 1954
Ordeal in Burma
Season 3Episode 7

Ordeal in Burma

The story of Ann and Adoniram Judson, American missionaries, whose determination to return love and understanding for hatred not only saved their own lives but also helped end the war between Great Britain and Burma in 1824.
Nov. 30, 1954
Night Call
Season 3Episode 8

Night Call

A dramatization of a typical twenty-four-hour period in a doctor's life. Follows his activities during his night calls, his work at a hospital, his office appointments, and his efforts to save the life of a young stranger who is the victim of a rare disease.
Dez. 7, 1954
A Medal For Miss Walker
Season 3Episode 9

A Medal For Miss Walker

A biographical account of the wartime medical service of Dr. Mary Walker, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for her courageous work as a civilian surgeon among Federal troops during the Civil War.
Dez. 14, 1954
A Man's Home
Season 3Episode 10

A Man's Home

A dramatization of some of the events leading up to the American Revolution. Shows the part played by James Otis in defending the right of citizens to be protected against unreasonable search and seizure of home and property.
Dez. 28, 1954
The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old
Season 3Episode 11

The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old

A story about Lou Diamond, a marine gunnery sergeant who refused to let old age and sickness keep him from his post with the Fifth Marine Regiment during World War II.
Jan. 4, 1955
A Message From Garcia
Season 3Episode 12

A Message From Garcia

An account of the heroic mission of Lt. Andrew Rowan, who braved the Cuban jungles, risking capture and execution by Spanish troops in order to obtain information to aid the United States in the Spanish-American War.
Jan. 18, 1955
Petticoat Doctor
Season 3Episode 13

Petticoat Doctor

A biographical account of the career of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor to practice in America, who, with the assistance of her younger sister, managed the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. Dr.Elizabeth Blackwell is befriended by New York newspaperman Horace Greeley in her struggle to obtain recognition and respect for professional women.
Jan. 25, 1955
Take Off Zero
Season 3Episode 14

Take Off Zero

The story of the Navy's first plane to take off vertically and of the man, Lt. Col. ""Skeets"" Coleman, who made the first take-off.
Feb. 1, 1955
Decision For Justice
Season 3Episode 15

Decision For Justice

Dramatizes an episode in the life of Chief Justice John Marshall, showing how his decision in the case of Marbury vs. Madison resulted in the recognition of the Supreme Court as the final authority in the interpretation of the Constitution.
Feb. 15, 1955
The Hostage
Season 3Episode 16

The Hostage

The heroic activities of Captain Robert Stobo,of the Virginia Militia, who, as a prisoner of the French during the French and Indian War, procured for the British the plans of Forts Duquesne and Quebec and made possible an important British victory.
Feb. 22, 1955
That They Might Live
Season 3Episode 17

That They Might Live

A biographical drama about Doctor Abraham Jacobi and his wife, Doctor Mary Putnam Jacobi, whose theories about prenatal and child care brought about the recognition of pediatrics as a separate branch of medicine.
März 8, 1955
Man on the Beat
Season 3Episode 18

Man on the Beat

Typical incidents in the daily life of a city patrolman are used inexplaining the role of the police force in protecting citizens and maintaining order in the community.
März 15, 1955
The Ship That Shook the World
Season 3Episode 19

The Ship That Shook the World

The events leading to the construction of the Monitor, the ironclad ship built by the Federal Government during the Civil War to oppose the Merrimac.
März 29, 1955
The Gift of Dr. Minot
Season 3Episode 20

The Gift of Dr. Minot

Dramatizes the career of Dr. George Minot, and Nobel prize winner who disregarded his own diabetic condition and successfully continued his experiments to effect a cure for pernicious anemia. Time: 1922.
Apr. 12, 1955
How to Raise a Boy
Season 3Episode 21

How to Raise a Boy

Shows how the influences of a farm environment, the necessity of assuming responsibility, and the receiving of faith and trust from a loving family contribute toward the rehabilitation of an unhappy city orphan.
Apr. 26, 1955
Stay On, Stranger!
Season 3Episode 22

Stay On, Stranger!

Tells how Mrs. Alice Lloyd, a forty-year-old Bostonian, started a school in the mountain town of Caney, Kentucky, in 1916 and gradually overcame local opposition to education by showing that her students could use their education to help their own community.
Mai 3, 1955
Sunrise on a Dirty Face
Season 3Episode 23

Sunrise on a Dirty Face

Dramatizes the campaign waged by James E. West and Theodore Dreiser to establish the first juvenile court in the District of Columbia. Half a century ago a young attorney named James E. West became interested in juvenile delinquents. His fight for more humane treatment of mistreated youngster led to a great improvement in the laws.
Mai 10, 1955
Six Hours to Deadline
Season 3Episode 24

Six Hours to Deadline

A drama about a newspaper editor's reluctant decision to print a story which will bring sorrow to a man whom he deeply respects.
Mai 24, 1955
The Palmetto Conspiracy
Season 3Episode 25

The Palmetto Conspiracy

Dramatizes the part played by Allan Pinkerton and his National Detective Agency in thwarting a Southern plot to assassinate Lincoln as he passed through Baltimore in 1861 on his way to his first inauguration.
Juni 7, 1955
The Rescue of Dr. Beanes
Season 3Episode 26

The Rescue of Dr. Beanes

During the War of 1812 a Baltimore attorney goes on a rescue mission behind the British lines. His name is Francis Scott Key and the trip inspires him to write the national anthem, ""The Star Spangled Banner.""
Juni 21, 1955

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