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Episode 1120 min1954-09-05

Dynamite

The Swedish-American inventor of dynamite, established before his death the Nobel Prize to be awarded annually for the best work in the field of physics, medicine and chemistry.

Episode 2120 min1954-09-12

Do Not Cry For Me

Tells the story of the early life of the American composer Stephen Foster. Relates the difficulties Foster encountered when he tried to have his first song performed.

Episode 3120 min1954-09-19

A Man of Many Ideas

The story of John Nelson Wanamaker the 35th United States Postmaster General who was known for buying an abandoned railroad depot and converting it into a department story called "The Grand Depot" which was considered the first department store in Philadelphia.

Episode 4120 min1954-09-26

The Reluctant Redeemer

The story tells of Moses' upbringing by an Egyptian pharaoh, his killing of a cruel overseer and the flight to Media where he marries. When the voice of God comes from the burning bush he returns to Egypt to free his people. Natalie Wood will be featured as the beloved ot Moses when he was a young man.

Episode 5120 min1954-10-03

The Story of Johann Sebastian Bach

From court appointed organist to his triumphant position as Kantor at the Thomasschule his story unfolds as his music was given to the world almost a century after he died after being rediscovered by Felix Mendelssohn.

Episode 6120 min1954-10-10

The Immortal Oath

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

Episode 7120 min1954-10-17

The Yankee Roadblocks

An all-male cast set in the Revolutionary War days, the story tells how a hero exposed the plot of Benedict Arnold and save General Washington from being captured by the British.

Episode 8120 min1954-10-24

The Lady in the Wings

The widow of the great composer, Edward MacDowell, remembering her happy past, wishes to create a place where artists from all quarters can work in solitude.

Episode 9120 min1954-10-31

The Path to Peace

Horace Greeley's fight for peace is dramatized.

Episode 10120 min1954-11-14

A Matter of Principal

An incident in the life of John Adams, second President of the United States and his defense of an English Officer who was charged with the deaths of five American patriots in Boston.

Episode 11120 min1954-11-21

President for a Day

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 automatically became President for 24 hours when Zachary Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.

Episode 12120 min1954-11-28

Macbeth

A dramatization of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Episode 13120 min1954-12-05

Deadlock

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

Episode 14120 min1954-12-12

The Province of Man

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

Episode 15120 min1954-12-19

Amahl and the Night Visitors

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

Episode 16120 min1954-12-26

The Joyful Tydings

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

Episode 17120 min1955-01-02

William Tell

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

Episode 18120 min1955-01-09

The First Mintmaster

Story of John Hull, first mintmaster of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who was appointed to the post in 1650 as the culmination of his efforts to abolish barter and foreign coinage in favor of a stabilized currency.

Episode 19120 min1955-01-16

Crusade for Freedom

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

Episode 20120 min1955-01-23

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley

Struggle of chemist Wiley to expose frauds in food and drug trade and in patent medicine. His efforts to prove the harmful effects of adulterated and falsely labeled food ultimately led to passage of the Food and Drug Act.

Episode 21120 min1955-01-30

A Story About Henry Ford

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.

Episode 22120 min1955-02-06

Patrick Henry

Silver-tongued Patrick Henry studied law for only six weeks, but so impressed the board that they passed him. He was a successful Southern backwoods lawyer and reluctant to enter the Virginia House of Burgesses until the British introduced the Stamp Act.

Episode 23120 min1955-02-13

The Shining Beacon

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

Episode 24120 min1955-02-20

Martha Custis Washington

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

Episode 25120 min1955-02-27

The Talking Wire

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

Episode 26120 min1955-03-06

The Adventures of Lt. Contee

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

Episode 27120 min1955-03-13

The Pirate and the Lawyer

Adventures of pirate Jean Laffite and lawyer Edward Livingston.

Episode 28120 min1955-03-20

Soldier's Bride

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

Episode 29120 min1955-03-27

The Finest Gift

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

Episode 30120 min1955-04-03

The Green Mountain Boys

The story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys.

Episode 31120 min1955-04-10

Lydia

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

Episode 32120 min1955-04-17

The Man Who Tore Down the Wall

Story from 1910 of Dr. James Ewing, who fought to break down the barriers erected against the investigation and treatment of cancer, and who almost single-handedly founded the Memorial Cancer Center in New York City.

Episode 33120 min1954-04-25

Aimee de Rivery

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

Episode 34120 min1955-05-01

The Touch of Steel

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

Episode 35120 min1955-05-08

Cradle Song

Story of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

Episode 36120 min1955-05-15

The Promise

A dramatization of the legend of Damon and Pythias.

Episode 37120 min1955-05-22

The Man With a Camera

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

Episode 38120 min1955-05-29

The Story of Paul Harris and the Founding of Rotary International

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

Episode 39120 min1955-06-05

The Tempering of the Sword

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

Episode 40120 min1955-06-12

Cadet Poe

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

Episode 41120 min1955-06-19

The Father Who Had No Sons

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

Episode 42120 min1955-06-26

The Farmer From Monticello

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

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