Season 8

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Episodes

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Episode 160 min1955-09-04

The Miss America Story

The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.

Episode 260 min1955-09-18

The Outsiders

The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.

Episode 360 min1955-10-02

A Man is Ten Feet Tall

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

Episode 460 min1955-10-23

A Business Proposition

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Episode 560 min1955-11-06

The Mechanical Heart

A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.

Episode 660 min1955-11-20

One Mummy Too Many

Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.

Episode 760 min1955-12-04

The Trees

A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.

Episode 860 min1955-12-18