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Episode 1120 min1951-12-24

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Broadcast live from New York, Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas story was the first opera commissioned for television, and was repeated in several subsequent telecasts.

Episode 2120 min1952-01-06

Doctor Serocold

A Hollywood press agent is assigned to promote a starlet with whom he was once in love.

Episode 3120 min1952-01-13

Love Story

Adaptation of the novel by Helen Ashton.

Episode 4120 min1952-01-20

The Big Build-Up

Dramatization of the love affair between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Episode 5120 min1952-01-27

The Story of Roger Williams

In 1631 Roger Williams landed in Boston. He had come to America to find freedom of belief and worship; instead, he found the church here still connected to the church in England and just as oppressive. He refused to join the church in Boston because it still held communion with the Church of England, from which he had just fled. He thought it his duty to renounce all connection with any church that would stain its hands in the blood of the Lord's people.

Episode 6120 min1952-02-03

Florence Nightingale

Biography of Florence Nightingale: her determination to build hospitals and train nurses for the sick and disabled during the Crimean War, her correspondence with the Minister of War, and the letter of appreciation she received from Queen Victoria.

Episode 7120 min1952-02-10

Woman with a Sword

Story of Anna Ella Carroll, prominent member of a Maryland family who served as unofficial but close advisor and special representative to President Lincoln.

Episode 8120 min1952-02-17

The Plot to Kidnap General Washington

Irish-American tailor Hercules Mulligan's contribution to the American Revolution.

Episode 9120 min1952-02-24

Mistress of the White House

The story of Dolley Madison.

Episode 10120 min1952-03-02

Prelude

The meeting of George Sand and Frederic Chopin.

Episode 11120 min1952-03-09

Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts

The founding of the Girl Scouts, presented on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.

Episode 12120 min1952-03-16

Constitution Island

A salute to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on its 150th anniversary, focusing on Anna Warner's historic gift of Contitution Island to the institution; set in 1907.

Episode 13120 min1952-03-23

Harriet Quimby

The story of America's first woman aviator.

Episode 14120 min1952-03-30

The Vision of Father Flanagan

The story of Reverend Edward Joseph Flanagan who, as a young priest from Ireland, founded Boys Town, Nebraska, where outcast boys could find the love and care denied them in their own homes.

Episode 15120 min1952-04-06

Ordeal by White House

Little-known incidents in the life of Grover Cleveland.

Episode 16120 min1952-04-20

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan Poetess

Story of America's first woman author.

Episode 17120 min1952-04-27

Miracle in May

Dr. Edward Jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination.

Episode 18120 min1952-05-04

The Face of Spain

The life of Francisco Goya; set in Spain, 1786.

Episode 19120 min1952-05-11

A Woman for the Ages

The story of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams.

Episode 20120 min1952-05-18

Reign of Terror

Eliza Monroe, in Paris as the wife of the U.S. Foreign Minister toFrance, obtains Madame Lafayette's release from prison and sentence of death by guillotine.

Episode 21120 min1952-05-25

The Magnificent Failure

A biography of Louisa May Alcott, ending with her writing of ""Little Women"" in 1860.

Episode 22120 min1952-06-01

The King's Author

Biography of Ben Jonson, covering the writing of Eastward ho; set in London, 1606.

Episode 23120 min1952-06-08

Nefretiti, Queen of Egypt

Biography of Nefretiti, illustrating her life with the Pharoah and her influence on Egyptian history and culture.

Episode 24120 min1952-06-15

Mr. and Mrs. Freedom

The story of Anna and John Peter Zenger and their fight for freedom of the press.

Episode 25120 min1952-06-22

Forgotten Children

A dramatization honouring American educator Martha Berry, founder of Mt. Berry, a Georgia home for mountain people.

Episode 26120 min1952-06-29

Our Sister Emily

The story of the Bronte sisters.

Episode 27120 min1952-07-06

The Legend of Josiah Blow

An infantryman in the American Revolution lights a firecracker and gets blown into another generation.

Episode 28120 min1952-07-13

The Real Glory

Story of a town in U.S. taken over by corrupt men due to the neglect of the citizenry.

Episode 29120 min1952-07-20

Salvage

An aging man thinks his usefulness to society is at an end.

Episode 30120 min1952-07-27

21-Plus

Story of the importance of one vote in an election.

Episode 31120 min1952-08-03

The Carlson Legend

A young state senator runs into a moral problem while conducting a cleanup campaign.

Episode 32120 min1952-08-10

The Last Command

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Episode 33120 min1952-08-17

I Lift Up My Lamp

A young Czech girl in the U.S. is faced with the choice of returning to her family behind the Iron Curtain or remaining free in the U.S.

Episode 34120 min1952-08-24

Crabapple Saint

Story of Johnny Appleseed, the wanderer who planted trees as he traveled.

Episode 35120 min1952-08-31

Refresher Course

Story of a wealthy middle-aged married couple who retrace their honeymoon, and in so doing, regain their love for each other.

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